Drone sniffs out odors with a real moth antenna. Yes, researchers slap a living antenna on a drone to give the machine an insanely keen sense of smell. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the “Smellicopter” It’s a moth, it’s a plane, and it’s … the Smellicopter, a little drone that senses odors with an onboard moth […]
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The United Arab Emirates plans to launch a compact rover named Rashid in 2024 With its orbiter Hope on its way to Mars, the Arab World has now set its sights on the Moon. The United Arab Emirates plans to launch a compact rover named Rashid in 2024. If it is successful, the UAE would […]
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If they do hit one another, the smashup could create a spray of debris that would be extremely dangerous for other satellites and could set off a chain-reaction of collision-report About 1000 kilometers above Earth’s surface, two old spacecraft may be on a collision course. If they do hit one another, the smashup could create […]
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China launched the Mars probe on July 23, designed to complete orbiting, landing and roving in a single mission, thus taking the first step in its planetary exploration of the solar system. The Mars probe is expected to reach the red planet around February 2021. Monitoring Desk Beijing: China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 has traveled more […]
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A Mars probe is launched on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province, July 23, 2020 Monitoring Desk WENCHANG, Hainan: China launched a Mars probe on Thursday, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, and taking the first step in its planetary exploration of […]
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Researchers of the institute restore seagrass meadows. (Photo courtesy of an institute of marine ecology under Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences) Beijing: In 2018, an institute of marine ecology under Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences in south China’s Hainan Province was given a novel task – planting seagrasses on the ocean […]
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Newsbot can answer questions about the novel coronavirus in English Monitoring Desk Beijing: An intelligent newsbot, which can answer questions about the novel coronavirus in English, was launched recently on China Daily’s App, an app which has been downloaded nearly 30 million times around the world, and leverages the global mobile platform to deepen the […]
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Affordability remains the critical barrier to mobile ownership, while lower awareness, as well as a lack of literacy and digital skills, are vital factors preventing women’s mobile internet use Karachi: A new GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications) study launched Thursday shows that despite progress, the gender gap in mobile internet usage remains substantial, with […]
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(File Photo) Jerusalem: Israeli and Italian researchers have developed an efficient process for producing hydrogen and other products, utilizing solar energy, the northern Israel Institute of Technology said. For decades, hydrogen has been considered the future fuel, because its burning only releases energy and water and does not pollute the environment. Most of the hydrogen […]
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Four new technology experiment satellites are launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Beijing: China launched the Long March 2D carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 05:07 on Thursday, February 20. The rocket carried four new technology test satellites C, D, […]
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