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A beam of red light shines through a series of four lenses within a telescope-like device

Anti-laser can make any object suck in light

25 August 2022

A maze of mirrors and lenses turns any material into a highly efficient light absorber and could be used for detection of faint light or charging distant devices with light

A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

16 August 2022

A scientist in Ukraine warns that the reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power station is designed to protect against some threats, but not shelling

A Ukrainian soldier observing the area at a destroyed bridge

Efforts to regulate 'killer robots' are threatened by war in Ukraine

13 July 2022

International efforts to legally control the use of "killer robots" are faltering because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conduct Mobile Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrated Defense System (M-LIDS) training, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 25, 2022. The Soldiers trained on the M-LIDS weapon system, which can be mounted on vehicles and is designed to target and disable, or destroy hostile drones or other unmanned aerial vehicles, in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve advise, assist, and enable mission. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Damian Mioduszewski)

US Army wants to pack land vehicles with drone-destroying weapons

30 June 2022

US army vehicles could be equipped with jammers that prevent drones from flying nearby, cannons and machine guns for shooting drones out of the sky, and launchers capable of deploying special drones that destroy other drones in mid-air

Hawks forward dive and then swoop up to hit the brakes before landing

29 June 2022

A diving manoeuvre used by raptors to slow down before landing on a branch could improve technology for flying and perching drones

Watch a swarm of drones navigate a forest without crashing

4 May 2022

A new navigation system for drones reduces the processing power needed to avoid obstacles, even in tricky environments like forests

Chernobyl scientists want robots and drones to monitor radiation risk

2 May 2022

Russian troops destroyed and stole equipment used to monitor radiation levels at Chernobyl, requiring the creation of a new sensor network that could involve drones and robots to avoid landmines in the area

Methane emissions from cows spotted from space for the first time

29 April 2022

A satellite has been used to identify a California farm as the source of methane plumes, marking a new level of precision for independent monitoring of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions

The US has a new plan to help tackle criminals using drones

29 April 2022

Current legislation prevents local law enforcement in the US from shooting down or interfering with criminal drones

Surveillance drone saves power by deliberately crashing into walls

20 April 2022

A prototype surveillance drone can save power and stay on task for longer by sticking to walls and powering down its rotors, but only by making a crash landing