Reports and Studies – Page 106

18/12/2023

Shetland is first UK spaceport for vertical rocket launches

A site in the Shetland Islands has become the UK’s first spaceport for vertical rocket launches. SaxaVord Spaceport on the…

18/12/2023

In a lab in Manchester, volunteers are donning masks to breathe in lungfuls of polluted air. They’re being exposed to…

17/12/2023

When the countdown began, Khaled Elgammal took one final, deep breath before descending without any breathing equipment into the ocean.…

16/12/2023

An innovative UK climate satellite has failed in orbit just six months after launch. HotSat-1 was put up to map…

15/12/2023

Scientists now have good numbers to describe the true scale of the world’s biggest iceberg, A23a. Satellite measurements show the…

14/12/2023

Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels.…

14/12/2023

Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed – but will it really have an impact on…

14/12/2023

Nasa says its Perseverance rover has essentially completed the job it was asked to do when it landed on Mars…

14/12/2023

The Geminids meteor shower, famous for its multicoloured streaks of light, will peak on Thursday and Friday. Visible around the…

13/12/2023

Myanmar is now the world’s largest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan, a UN report says. Its opium production this year…