Airbus’ AlbatrossONE. Airbus Airbus created the AlbatrossONE, a small-scale remote-controlled aircraft with wingtips that can flap like a bird during turbulence to better handle the strong gusts of winds. These hinged, flapping wingtips help reduce drag, therefore saving fuel and consequently decreasing carbon dioxide emissions.…
Adding nutritional supplements, and protein in particular, to the diet of patients on hemodialysis didn’t seem to bolster their mortality rates, a pragmatic trial found. In a cluster-randomized clinical trial of over 10,000 patients on hemodialysis, patients on an intensive oral nutritional supplement protocol had…
VA hospitals used more antibiotics in the first 5 months of 2020, which reversed declines in antibiotic use in recent years, a researcher said. Days of therapy per 1,000 days present rose to 631 in January-May 2020, the highest since 2016 when it was 630…
A high mountain in China turns into a safe haven for the declining insects A beekeeper checks beehives on the cliff in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve in central China’s province of Hubei on April 27, 2015. Credit: Jie Zhao Getty Images Bees do not usually…
SpaceX Had Its First 100 Successful Rocket Flights Brian Wang | October 24, 2020 | On Saturday, October 24, 2020, SpaceX completed its 100th successful flight since Falcon 1 first flew to orbit in 2008. Over the course of these flights, SpaceX landed Falcon’s first…
250-300 kW Combat Lasers Now and Scaling to Megawatts Brian Wang | October 24, 2020 | General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing are working together to scale 100 kW-class lasers to 250 kW-class High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system to they can shoot down…
Pilots to Reduce COVID Quarantines from 14 Days towards 48 Hours Using Rapid Testing Brian Wang | October 24, 2020 | Canada will have a pilot program for international travelers for the option to shorten the 14-day self-isolation period for COVID-19 to about 48 hours…
Photo: Clipchamp Halloween is going to look a little different this year, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have kids, you’ve probably already put a decent amount of thought into how to be able to give them some type of Halloween experience, whether that’s…
Home News Software (Image credit: Stacy Revere/Getty Images) The Green Bay Packers roll into week 7 with an impressive 4-1 record and all signs point to that becoming 5-1 after today’s game against the Texans. Houston has just a single win under its belt this year,…
Home News Software (Image credit: Frederick Breedon via Getty Images) Two of the NFL’s three remaining undefeated teams do battle at Heinz Field today in the pick of week 7’s games. After a three-week delay, there’s now a definite air of expectation surrounding this clash,…