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Little red flying-foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to roost on inland white mahogany trees , Atherton Tablelands, Queensland,Australia

A noisy flashing drone could stop bats crashing into wind turbines

14 December 2022

A drone equipped with lights and speakers can deter bats from wind farms to protect them from potentially deadly turbine blades


Scenic view of Rhone Glacier

Melting sounds of an entire glacier recorded for the first time

14 December 2022

A 9-kilometre fibre-optic cable that captured the sounds of melting ice across an entire glacier could improve how researchers measure ice loss


The drone pilot and other project engineers operated within a make-shift control room.

Drone used to map radioactive vault at former US weapons site

13 December 2022

A drone has mapped a vault full of radioactive powder as part of a decades-long project to clean up a former weapons and nuclear energy test site in Idaho


The HapticPuppet drone

Drones on strings could puppeteer people in virtual reality

25 November 2022

Having drones on strings attached to a person could provide a more realistic simulation of interacting with physical objects in virtual reality


An ant drinking from a drop of clear liquid

Ants appear to feel more optimistic after a sugary treat

11 November 2022

A sweet reward influences ants’ decision-making when they encounter ambiguous situations, hinting that they might have internal states like our emotions


The Zephyr solar plane made by Airbus

Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar planes

3 November 2022

The US military has spent billions of dollars on spy satellites and supersonic surveillance aircraft, but now it seems to be focusing on slow, lightweight solar-powered planes to do the same job


A Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously

Unpiloted military helicopter flies 134 km in simulated mission

2 November 2022

A retrofitted Black Hawk helicopter flew autonomously between mountains to deliver blood supplies in a simulated mission. It also picked up a simulated medical casualty


Volodymyr Zelenskyy and drone

Will Ukraine deploy lethal autonomous drones against Russia?

1 November 2022

Ukraine has used drones in innovative ways throughout the Russia-Ukraine war, and may now be preparing to deploy machines capable of finding and attacking targets without direct human control


Ship navigation rrom

First 3D quantum accelerometer could let ships navigate without GPS

28 October 2022

A device that measures acceleration very precisely using quantum effects could be used for navigation when GPS is unavailable


This photograph taken on September 25, 2022, shows an antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system donated by the US tech billionaire Elon Musk in Izyum, Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

What's next if SpaceX won't fund Starlink in Ukraine?

14 October 2022

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the company can no longer pay for the Starlink satellites providing internet for Ukraine’s government and military. What you need to know


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