Abu Dhabi, May 21 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its thirty-first Council meeting on Wednesday at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with more than 300 government representatives attending in person and online.…
Sputtering start for flat materials
A simple method for creating high-quality two-dimensional materials could enable industrial-scale production. [caption id="attachment_4019" align="alignright" width="300"] Transistors made of films of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) could be integrated with other silicon electronics devices. © 2015…
Fast access to Cryosat’s Arctic ice measurement now…
[caption id="attachment_4013" align="alignright" width="305"] Spring ice thickness[/caption] ESA’s ice mission has become the first satellite to provide information on Arctic sea-ice thickness in near-real time to aid maritime activities in the polar region. Marking five…
A strategic alliance between Thermo Fisher Scientific and…
Singapore - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) on 13 April announced three research projects, which are supported under their strategic alliance. Each project…
Aim’s Asteroid Lander
Description Engineers recently began the preliminary design of ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission mission concept and are including a lander. If the mission comes to fruition touchdown would occur in late 2022. The asteroid lander is…