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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have awarded $230 million to help a company scale up production of the first at-home coronavirus test. The test, made by Australian manufacturer Ellume, was authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December. It comes with a … Read more
1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory Commissioned for service on November 1 for $9.7 million. 1965: One of its first accomplishments was establishing the rotation rate of Mercury, which turned out to be 59 days rather than the previously estimated 88 days. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant found at Green … Read more
1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory Commissioned for service on November 1 for $9.7 million. 1965: One of its first accomplishments was establishing the rotation rate of Mercury, which turned out to be 59 days rather than the previously estimated 88 days. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant found at Green … Read more
Electric cars shock: Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models Electric cars would have to be driven for 50,000 miles before being as ‘green’ Report suggests the green transport revolution could increase emissions The research threatens to undermine the PM’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by banning sales of new … Read more
It is too early to bring out the champagne, but a big slice of British industry is back in business. Factory output rose in July at its fastest rate since November 2017, giving fresh hope the economy is moving towards a V-shaped recovery. Pollster YouGov’s consumer confidence indicator has also shot up into positive territory … Read more
Meet Fluffy! Ford hires Boston Dynamics’ robot dog to scan its Michigan manufacturing plant with lasers to help employees retool Ford has leased two of Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot dogs The bots will use lasers and cameras to scan facilities to help with retooling One has been nicknamed Fluffy and the other kept the original … Read more
Industry body Make UK warns manufacturing will not recover from coronavirus crisis until 2022 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 28 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 28 June 2020 Manufacturing will not recover from the coronavirus crisis until 2022, industry body Make UK has warned. The sector could take a … Read more
A British pharmaceutical giant is already manufacturing its unproven coronavirus vaccine as it hopes to dish out hundreds of millions of doses by September. AstraZeneca has started to mass-produce its AZD1222 jab, being developed by Oxford University, at factories in India, Oxford, Switzerland and Norway. The Cambridge-based firm expects to have made and distributed hundreds of millions … Read more
UK’s largest pension fund cuts out ‘financially unsuitable’ coal, tobacco and arms manufacturing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 1 June 2020 The Universities Superannuation Scheme is to ditch investments in sectors including coal, tobacco and arms manufacturing The UK’s largest private sector retirement fund … Read more
VE Day has a deep resonance for BAE Systems. Some of the legendary planes flown in the Second World War, including the Spitfire, the Lancaster bomber and the Mosquito – built mainly from timber and known as ‘The Wooden Wonder’ – were designed and built by businesses that are now part of the UK’s leading … Read more