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China’s EV Shift May Cut A Billion Tons Of CO2 Emissions By 2040

Feb 23, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Environment, Featured

At least a billion tons of emissions, equivalent to Japan’s total in 2020, could be saved if battery electric vehicles make up 80% of China’s new car sales and 34% of its total fleet by 2040, up from 19% and 3% in 2022. We take into account BEVs’ extra emissions from...

NASA Names Moon Mountain After Black Mathematician And ‘Hidden Figure’ Melba Mouton

Feb 16, 2023 | Space

NASA named a huge moon landmark after a prominent Black mathematician who worked during at the agency the “Hidden Figures” era. The name of Melba Mouton (1929–1990) will be designated by NASA on a Delaware-size flat moon mountain near the water-rich lunar...

Space Command Crafting Requirements To Improve Satellite Mobility

Feb 16, 2023 | Mobility, Satellites, Space

As the Pentagon eyes increasing threats in space — from on-orbit debris to enemy spacecraft flying too close for comfort — U.S. Space Command wants its surveillance satellites to be more maneuverable. SPACECOM’s Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. John Shaw said during a Jan....

Hydrogen-powered Drones Are Coming

Feb 16, 2023 | Drones, Hydrogen, Power

The last time hydrogen-laden flying vessels zipped around the heavens didn’t end all that well, but that isn’t stopping Heven Drones from fueling up its H2D55 drone. The company claims the octacopter can fly for over an hour and a half, with a payload...

UK: Sheffield To Open National 6G Research Facility

Feb 16, 2023 | 6G

A research facility aimed at helping the UK become a world leader in 6G mobile phone technology is to be set up at the University of Sheffield. The new national centre will bring together academics and the industry to drive innovation in 6G, which experts say could be...