Space & Environment

Berry Plastic Sacks Certificated For Reused Material

The RecyClass recycled content certification covers all Berry’s clear, coloured and black refuse sacks. Credit: Packaging News.Berry Global claims its refuse sacks firm in Heanor, Derbyshire, has turned into the "first plastic packaging maker in the UK" to get RecyClass recycled material certification.Moreover, the packaging fabricator has also declared that its variety of Berry...

Amazing News: Monster Asteroid Not striking Earth, Researchers Say

lookup, it's okayA recent Phys.org report might have been the story of 2021's "Don't Look Up," the Netflix series about an asteroid that threatens to strike Earth. Fortunately, it was merely a close call.The website's initial observations of an asteroid named 2022 AE1 presented a possible impact with Earth on July of 2023. However, the risk...

Farsounder Recommends Propspeed FoulFree for Sonar Transducers

Credit: FarSounderPropspeed, a pioneer of underwater foul-release coatings, got an endorsement from FarSounder, a leader in navigation and obstacle avoidance systems. FarSounder tested the Propspeed Foulfree foul-release coating, and encouraged it for application by their clients, dealers, and partner shipyards.Propspeed's Foulfree and FarSounder" Our distinct, patented technology is designed to paint a clear picture...

Starship’s Advanced Model is Said to Have NASA Officials Sh**ting the Bed

SpaceX's Starship carrying out test flight maneuvers. Credit: SpaceXAccording to a statement from Politico, Elon Musk recently provided the first big update on SpaceX's Mars-bound rocket, Starship, and its competitors are monitoring on with "a mix of admiration and fright." At his latest Starship presentation, SpaceX CEO Musk emphasized the truth that Starship would...

Riding a Laser to Mars

Laser-thermal propelled spacecraft in Earth orbit awaiting its departure. Credit: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International LicenseCould a laser send a spacecraft to Mars?That is a proposed mission from a group at McGill University, made to fulfill a solicitation from NASA. The laser, a 10-meter vast array in the world, would certainly heat up...

An Electric Jolt Salvages Useful Metals From Waste

When a pulse of current goes through a tube containing coal ash, a flash of light indicates rapid heating. Rare earth elements then become much easier to extract. Credit: BRANDON MARTIN/RICE UNIVERSITYAs chemists struggle to discover methods to reclaim important metals from industrial waste and disposed electronics, one group has discovered an answer that...

Drones as Big as 747s Will Fly Cargo Around the World With Low Emissions

Credit: Volatus AerospaceThe global supply chain is presently experiencing all kinds of glitches, from material scarcities to labor scarcities and beyond. Moving goods from one point to another has become much more expensive, and there is no quick fix in sight. However, a San Diego-based start-up plans to meet some of the demand for air...

Lynk Tests Connect Satellite to Thousands of Cell Phones and IoT Devices

Lynk Global team. Credit: Lynk GlobalLynk Global reports that current pre-commercial tests on its fifth satellite in orbit linked it to countless unmodified devices, including mobile phones and IoT devices.Lynk's innovative approach to communicationLynk claimed in a Tuesday release that the tests were performed over five nations-- the Bahamas, Canada, New Zealand, the United...

Experiments on Parabolic Flight Test Oxygen-Evolving Electrolysis

Researchers have carried out experiments on a parabolic flight to examine the efficiency of oxygen-evolving electrolysis on the Moon and Mars.Researchers Bethany Lomax and Gunter Just conducting experiments on a parabolic flight. Credit: Manchester UniversityThe discovery from the Universities of Manchester and Glasgow is stated to supply beneficial insights into establishing human habitats far...

Scientific Hardware and Space Experiments Returning to Earth on SpaceX CRS-24 Dragon Craft

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Credit: NASAA retired microscope and samples from research studies on colloids and cellular signaling are among the load returning from the International Space Station aboard the 24th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. The Dragon craft, which reached the station on December 22, 2021,...