Torches, drones and an electric Le Mans racing car are all test-beds for a new kind of "structural battery", BAE Systems has said. The batteries use carbon fibre and can form part of the body of a device. By effectively building the power source into the fabric of an object they can save weight. BAE [...]
The RSPB says this winter more people than ever are getting in touch about the lack of birds in gardens. So are they disappearing? If it's cold, small birds burn off more energy reserves keeping warm and need to take on board more food to keep them going. Usually by this stage of the winter, [...]
By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON | Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:44am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the day ends on planet Kepler-16b there is a double sunset, scientists reported on Thursday in the journal Science. In a scene reminiscent of science fiction, researchers using observations from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have detected a distant planet orbiting two [...]