Airbus and Boeing are racing to boost production rates to meet a surge in orders from airlines. Airbus and Boeing both stepped up deliveries of commercial aircraft in the first…
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Orbiting astronaut oversees robot team on Earth
The Rollin’ Justin robot in DLR’s planetary surface test environment at the Agency’s German Space Operations Center in Operpfaffenhofen near Munich, used for the Surface Avatar test on 24 July…
Google Green Report Shows Sustainability Wins, Water Goals Lag
Google’s annual environmental report released Monday showed the company continued to meet its goals for renewable energy use but still had a ways to go to meet its pledge to…
UN climate fund suspends first project over human rights concerns
The Green Climate Fund suspended a $117 million forest conservation project in Nicaragua over escalating violence against indigenous people. The UN’s flagship climate fund has suspended payments to a $117…
Researchers control the anomalous Hall effect and Berry curvature to create flexible quantum magnets
In a graphic representation of a two-dimensional material, squeezing and stretching leads to, respectively, positive and negative signs of the anomalous Hall effect, represented by arrows. Credit: Hang Chi Some…
Where the government draws the line for Medicaid coverage leaves out many older Americans who may need help paying for medical and long-term care bills – new research
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Medicaid, which provides low-income Americans with health insurance coverage, currently excludes large numbers of adults over…
Tech giants form AI group focused on ensuring safety
The development of artificial intelligence has come with fears that the risks of the technology will outweigh its benefits. Four US leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) announced Wednesday the formation…
Asian adults in US less likely to survive cardiac arrest despite bystander CPR rate equal to that of white adults
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Despite similar rates of bystander CPR after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Asian adults in the U.S. have lower rates of survival than white adults, according to…
Stellar Demolition Derby Generates a Powerful Gamma-Ray Burst
While searching for the origins of a powerful stellar gamma-ray burst (GRB), an international team of astrophysicists may have stumbled upon a new way stars might be destroyed. Astronomers studying…
How to stop obese children from having heart disease in adulthood
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Childhood is a window of opportunity to tackle obesity before the damage it causes is irreversible, according to a scientific statement by experts on heart disease…
