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In 2024, engineers lowered a 28-ton underwater kite off the Faroe Islands; it generated up to 1.2MW by flying figure-eights faster than the tideAn innovative underwater kite created by a Swedish company is making waves in renewable energy. This device generates significant electrici...- A black hole destroys a star, then fires off a powerful jet years later — scientists discover the 'burping' feeding pattern behind these cosmic outburstsScientists have found a new trend in black hole feeding patterns. Powerful jets emerge during two distinct phases of a black hole's feeding...
- In 2021, engineers floated a 74-metre platform off Scotland with 2 underwater turbines, and it's been making power since JulyOff the coast of Scotland, the innovative Orbital O2 platform is revolutionizing energy generation with its ability to produce clean electr...
- Science says black holes don’t actually suck everything around them: Here’s what really happensBlack Holes are called black because light cannot escape from inside their event horizons. Astronomers nevertheless detect black holes indi...
- Himalayas face severe glacial flood risks in years ahead, UN official warnsAn official from the United Nations has sounded the alarm regarding the alarming prospect of severe glacial floods in the Himalayas. These ...
- In 2014, East Bay Regional Park District began restoring Dotson Family Marsh, creating channels that reconnected it to the San Francisco Bay. 6 years later, tidal wetlands had returnedHistory of Dotson Family Marsh helps explain why its recovery matters. The broader 150-acre property was acquired by the East Bay Regional ...
- Infosys invests in AI enterprise procurement startup AerchainInfosys has invested an undisclosed amount in Bengaluru-based AI procurement startup Aerchain through its Infosys Innovation Fund. Founded ...
- In 1913, the Army Corps launched construction of Troy's Federal Dam, using engineers experienced on the Panama Canal. 113 years later, the lock and dam still supports New York's Hudson River navigation and remains a landmark of American engineeringTroy Lock and Dam: Troy's Federal Dam, built in 1913, supported river navigation for over a century. This engineering project connected the...
- A hidden black hole stayed invisible until it destroyed a passing star, revealing a cosmic mysteryAstronomers have identified a dormant supermassive black hole far from its galaxy's center. This hidden object revealed itself by tearing a...
- Meet South Florida teenager Theo Quenee who turned his rooftop into a mangrove nursery after Hurricane IrmaHurricane Irma's devastation prompted Theo Quenee to rescue hundreds of mangrove seedlings. He transformed his home's roof into a nursery, ...
- Starting 1996, surprising planetary system had close encounters with NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, recent study claims it may resemble Earth in certain qualitiesNearly three decades after Galileo first revealed Ganymede's intrinsic magnetic field, the giant moon of Jupiter remains one of the Solar S...
- 1.4 billion kilometers from the Sun, Titan has rain, rivers, and 100-meter-deep lakes, but the liquid is methane, not waterNew research reveals Titan's polar seas have shifting liquid compositions. Rivers deliver methane-rich liquid near coastlines, while open s...
- Arunachal Pradesh signs MoU with Norway's Tidal Sail AS for 500kW kinetic energy projectArunachal Pradesh and Norway's Tidal Sail AS signed an MoU for a river kinetic energy project. This initiative will establish India's first...
- LHS 3844b: Scientists find a bizarre 'tidally locked' planet that could host life, but it never has a day or nightA distant planet, LHS 3844b, shows one side perpetually scorched and the other frozen. Researchers suggest its internal geology could circu...
- Global Potential for tidal power is 1,000 GW, but costs dampen the prospectsHowever, the upfront construction costs of the tidal barrage, in addition to associated environmental impacts, remain major obstacles to fu...
- Indian-origin family invests in India-UK tidal power projectLiberty House had last year stepped in to acquire units of Caparo Group, Lord Swraj Paul's steel company that went into administration.
- No proposal to generate power from tidal waves: GovernmentTo capture sufficient power from the tidal energy potential, the height of high tide must be at least 5 meters (16 feet) greater than low t...
- NHPC all set to heat up thermal power sectorPublic sector NHPC, a hydroelectric power producer, has decided to spread its wings nationally in the thermal power business.
- Tidal power set to make waves as govts push clean energyThree decades ago, engineer Peter Fraenkel created an underwater turbine to use river power to pump water in Sudan. Now, his modified desig...
- Sundarbans set to host first tidal energy plant in IndiaIndia may have its first and the world’s fifth tidal energy power plant at Durgaduari creek in Sundarbans.
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