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longevity - August 04, 2021

𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

‘It's just a really super weird thing,’ says plant geneticist Andrew Leitch If you want to understand the science of longevity and perseverance, you can't do much better than the Welwitschia plant. Considered one of the toughest and longest-living plants, a Welwitschia can survive for thousands of years in the bone-dry deserts of southern Africa. And as long as it's alive, it never stops growing. That's why scientists have studied the DNA of the Welwitschia, in the hopes of unlocking the secrets of its incredible ability to survive for millennia in extremely inhospitable conditions. "It's just a really super weird...

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aircraft - August 04, 2021

𝐭𝐞𝐓𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐌𝐤-𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐕𝐓𝐎𝐋 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞

teTra Aviation, an aircraft manufacturing startup based in Tokyo, Japan, won the $100,000 Disruptor Award at the FoFly personal flight contest last year. The startup has now unveiled the exclusive, single-seat eVTOL aircraft, dubbed the Mk-5, at the week-long EAA AirVenture event at the Wittman Regional Airport in Wisconsin. The fully electric personal aircraft is designed to be safe, quiet, and easy to manufacture. Forged from aluminum and carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP), the Mk-5 measures roughly 8.62 m (28.2 feet) wide, 6.15 m (20.2 ft) long, and 2.51 m (8.2 ft) high, and weighs around 488 kg when empty. The aircraft...

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aircraft - August 04, 2021

𝗗𝗛𝗟 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝟭𝟮 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻; 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿

DHL and Eviation today announced a pretty big moment in the developing history of electric aviation and specifically electric cargo aviation. Starting later this year, DHL will begin testing a fleet of 12 electric cargo planes from Eviation’s sole current model dubbed “Alice.” Deliveries will begin in 2024. AD The Alice planes look almost identical, save for some missing windows and seats and an additional 100lbs capacity, to the passenger version of the Eviation Alice plane we’ve talked about in the past, amusingly calling it the “Tesla of Aviation.” It now boasts around 440NM of range or just over 500 miles...

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self -drive, trucking - August 03, 2021

𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿

This shipment of watermelons was a day fresher than it would have been because autonomous trucks can move nearly continuously, without breaks. Self-driving cars are taking longer to come to market than many expected. In fact, it’s looking like they may be outpaced by pilotless planes and driverless trucks, with self-driving technology already coming in handy on long-haul trucking routes, as a recent cross-country trip showed. Last month TuSimple, a transportation company focused on self-driving technology for heavy-duty trucks, shipped a load of watermelons from Arizona to Oklahoma using an autonomous system for over 80 percent of the journey. The starting point was Nogales, at...

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energy storage, molten salts - August 03, 2021

New molten salt battery for grid-scale storage runs at low temp and cost

As renewable forms of power like wind and solar continue to gain prominence, there will be a need for creative solutions when it comes to storing energy from sources that are intermittent by nature. One potential solution is known as a molten salt battery, which offers advantages that lithium batteries do not, but have their share of kinks to iron out, too. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a new design that addresses a number of these shortcomings, and demonstrated a working molten salt battery that can be constructed far more cheaply, while storing more...

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𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

𝐭𝐞𝐓𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐌𝐤-𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐕𝐓𝐎𝐋 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞

𝗗𝗛𝗟 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝟭𝟮 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻; 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿

𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿

New molten salt battery for grid-scale storage runs at low temp and cost

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