EHang begins aerial sightseeing trial at south China real estate project By Paul Ridden  January 04, 2021 The aerial sightseeing trial is open to residents of the Forest Lake project in the popular tourist destination of Zhaoqing city in south China EHang China’s air mobility company EHang has added another location to its autonomous air taxi […]

New catalyst converts common plastic waste into fuels and wax By Michael Irving  January 05, 2021 Researchers in Japan have developed a new catalyst that could make it easier to recycle waste plastic into new products gavran333/Depositphotos As useful as plastics are in our everyday life, they’re difficult to recycle, meaning most ends up in landfill […]

Portable X-ray device would let patients check their own bones By Ben Coxworth  January 08, 2021 The prototype portable X-ray machine, with its designers Timo Liimatainen and Matti Hanni Juha Sarkkinen/University of Oulu Presently, if someone has been involved in a potentially bone-breaking mishap, they have to be X-rayed by trained staff at a hospital. Soon, […]