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In 2023, Kitepower flew a 176-pound fabric wing over a Mayo bog for the first time. 3 years later, it has logged more than 90 flights and over 100 hours generating airborne wind-energy dataKitepower is testing an unconventional approach to renewable energy at a designated airborne wind-energy site in County Mayo, Ireland. Inst...- A dried lakebed in Africa's Chad sends 27.7 million tonnes of dust across 5,000 km of Atlantic Ocean each year, carrying phosphorus that helps sustain the Amazon rainforestThe Amazon rainforest has a surprising lifeline. Each year, about 27.7 million tonnes of Sahara dust travel nearly 5,000 kilometres from Ch...
- In 2016, scientists identified the globe skimmer as the world's longest-distance insect flyer. Years later, it reshaped our understanding of insect migrationResearchers from Rutgers University have uncovered genetic evidence demonstrating that dragonflies embark on remarkable long-distance migra...
- Why wildfires pose multiple threats to US power sectorWildfire smoke now poses a significant challenge to America's evolving power sector. This smoke reduces crucial solar energy generation, im...
- Could China’s 6-tonne autonomous aircraft change who controls tomorrow’s skies, as the Lanying R6000 signals a dramatic aviation shift ahead?China’s 6-tonne autonomous tilt-rotor aircraft is one of the largest unmanned aircraft developed for low-altitude transport and heavy-lift ...
- Why Homes Used to Be Less Airtight And How That HelpedHomes of the past were naturally ventilated, offering health advantages by expelling pollutants. Modern construction prioritizes energy eff...
- Giant lake sits on a $540 billion Lithium jackpot, but scientists warn of ‘environmental disaster’: Here is whyCalifornia's Salton Sea holds vast lithium reserves worth $540 billion, essential for electric vehicle batteries. However, extracting this ...
- Los Angeles fire how it started: Authorities may have found main responsible factor for deadly wildfireLos Angeles fire has caused big worries among people and celebrities of Hollywood.
- Party's over: Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy airThe Air Quality Index (AQI) surged to 451 on a scale of 500 - the maximum recorded this year - indicating "severe" conditions that affect h...
- You can help your city earn $500 million by just planting trees. Here's howResearchers found that tree-based ecosystem benefits had a median annual value of $505 million, which is equivalent to $1.2 million per squ...
- New tools to help NASA research habitability on MarsWashington, Sep 26 (IANS) Scientist have developed a set of five instruments that can potentially advance NASAs understanding of wind and w...
- Eight Google projects that could change the worldGoogle's wide range of project includes not only technology related researches, it is pinning a lot of hope on health science also.
- NASA windbots could explore gas giant JupiterEngineers at NASA are looking to creat a windbot, a new class of robotic probe that can stay aloft in a planet's atmosphere for a long time...
- NASA's windbot drone would sail forever around JupiterAs part of Innovative Advanced Concepts program, the Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA is looking into using a 'windbot' to harness the power of J...
- Five Google products would fit right into Google's city of the futureGoogle's "urban innovation" company called Sidewalk Labs, which has as a mission the lofty goal of re-inventing cities for the modern age.
- Moth's mating behaviour can help build better dronesImitating moth mating behaviour can help researchers develop airborne robots or drones that ply the sky searching for signature odours from...
- Floating wind turbines for affordable electricityThe technology is being developed by researchers led by Ben Glass, inventor and CEO of the company Altaeros Energies, founded in 2010 at MI...
- NASA to launch five Earth science missions in 2014For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth science missions will be launched into space in the same year.
- India to receive 200 bn euro loan from EUIndia will receive a loan of 200 million euros from the European Union to finance private sector projects for the development of renewable ...
- Suzlon shares fall 6% on US pollution violation penalty newsSuzlon Energy shares plummeted 6% to Rs 48.60 on news that its subsidiary Suzlon Rotor Corporation has been fined Rs 2 crore for violation ...
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