The ACS3 solar sail can be seen underneath the orbiter at the bottom of the photo. Credit: NASA NASA has released the first look at its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) in orbit. Although the agency describes the device as currently “slowly tumbling” around the planet at an altitude of roughly 600 miles above
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Scientists finally get a 3D view of degrading microplastics
Turns out, micro and nano plastics degrade differently. Credit: University of Waterloo Small, degraded microplastics have already been found in placentas, breast milk, semen, and potentially even our brains. It’s still unclear exactly what all that debris is doing, but some experts fear it could contribute to scores of health problems. Despite their growing prevalence
Tactacam Launches New Cell-Based Defend Security Cameras for Remote Sites
Hunting and outdoors camera maker Tactacam is branching out to large area surveillance, including construction sites, with its new Defend cellular camera. The camera uses cellular connectivity instead of Wi-Fi. So as long as the area has a cellular connection, the cameras can be connected and provide real-time updates and alerts to mobile devices, the
Top-Selling New and Used Construction Equipment: Q2 2024
Over 55,000 new and used machines in the top 11 types of construction equipment* were financed during the second quarter of 2024, according to Fusable’s latest EDA finance data, a 7.7% increase over the same period last year. Depending on the type of machine, financed machines can represent 40 to 75 percent of the total
Talking Point: Five Years Later, What Do You Think Of Gears 5 In 2024?
The Ultimate Edition released on September 6, 2019 by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 7:30pm We’ve already talked about Starfield’s one-year anniversary today, but Gears 5 is […]
Poppy Playtime: Chapter 2 & 3 Bring The Spooks On Xbox Next Week
Chapter 1 has clearly been a hit by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 6pm It’s been a couple of months now since the horror / puzzle game […]
US Dollar holds steady after mixed NFPs
US Dollar recovers ground after mixed August Nonfarm Payrolls data. Fed official downplayed discussions of a larger rate cut in September than 25 bps. Markets are seeing 40% odds of a 50 bps cut in the next Fed meeting. The US Dollar Index (DXY), a measure of the US Dollar against a basket of six
Fed’s Goolsbee: There is an overwhelming Fed consensus for multiple rate cuts
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee noted on Friday that Fed officials are finally beginning to catch up with the broader market’s view that the time has come for movement from the US central bank on policy rates, but downplayed discussion of a larger opening cut in September. Key highlights The job
Pre-entry list for Round 7 of the 2024 Paulo Duarte FIM EnduroGP World Championship
LATEST NEWS Pre-entry list for Round 7 of the 2024 Paulo Duarte FIM EnduroGP World Championship 6 September 2024| Official rider pre-entry list for the seventh round of the 2024 Paulo Duarte FIM EnduroGP World Championship in Brioude, […] EnduroGP Talking Points – FORSITESERVICES GP of Wales, Round 6 6 August 2024| Round six of
Bungling bosses humiliated as new electric buses too tall to go under bridge
The buses are too tall to fit under this bridge (Image: Wikimedia Commons / Google ) A fleet of newly introduced electric buses in York has been found to be too tall to pass under a key railway bridge, leading to the rerouting of a popular local bus service outraging residents. The unexpected blunder has