Wind turbine blades might look elegant, even ballet-like, as they glide through the air. But, much like ballet, achieving that simple grace requires complex, advanced engineering. NREL researchers build a 13-m thermoplastic blade at NREL’s CoMET facility. Photo from the National Wind Technology Center at the NREL Flatirons Campus. (Photo by Ryan Beach / NREL)
France has backed down on immediate threats to ban British vessels from French ports as the two nations continue to feud over post-Brexit licences to fish in UK waters. French President Emmanuel Macron had warned that Paris could block UK boats from landing their catches and impose physical checks on lorries travelling to and from
Rishi Sunak has denied he raised taxes in the autumn Budget so that he can cut them again ahead of the next general election in order to win more votes – but insisted he will aim to bring the tax burden down before then. The chancellor said the rises announced in his budget last month
2070. It’s the most distant net-zero target of any G20 nation, but, as one climate activist in Kolkata, India, told Sky News: “At least it’s a start, although I’ll be dead by then.” Coming into Glasgow’s COP26 climate summit, India hadn’t updated its previous carbon reduction commitments (or NDCs, Nationally Determined Contributions) pledged during the 2015
On the pavement outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC, a pro-life activist pours water on an “abortion is healthcare” statement written in white chalk, furiously trying to erase it using his shoe. Another man of similar persuasion carries a plastic doll representing a foetus, shouting “pro-life for all life”. Metres away, pro-choice campaigners huddle
Tesla has secured a lithium supply contract with Ganfeng Lithium Co, the world’s largest producer of battery-grade lithium. China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd and its unit GFL International Co Ltd announced in a filing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange today that they signed a three-year supply agreement with Tesla. Ganfeng didn’t confirm the amount of
In this article XLE Energy led the markets for another month. The second-best S&P 500 performer, just behind consumer discretionary, rose 10% in October and added to a 52% gain for the year. Industry heavyweights Chevron and Exxon both reported better-than-expected profits on Friday morning thanks to surging oil prices. West Texas Intermediate crude also
On 22 May 2017, Salman Abedi killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. A public inquiry has found “more should have been done” by police and security. So what were the missed opportunities to stop the bomber? SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter:
A first-of-its-kind treatment from GenSight Biologics partially restored a blind patient’s vision by combining gene therapy with specialized goggles. #CNN #News
The richest young celebrities in the UK and Ireland have been revealed in a new list. Compiled by Heat magazine, the list, now in its 11th year, “delves into the bank accounts of Britain’s youngest, richest stars to find out exactly where they make their money”. So who tops the chart for rich 30-and-under celebs
The rollout of smart motorways should be suspended amid safety concerns, MPs and campaigners have said. Government plans to remove the hard shoulder from all future smart motorways and use the lane for live traffic are “premature”, a report from Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC) has said. Demonstrators carried 38 cardboard coffins to the Houses
In this article MMAT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen fencing in the “Metaverse” with an Olympic gold medal fencer during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Facebook co-founder Mark
Following world domination with the most successful music act of all time, Sir Paul McCartney went on to collaborate with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Rihanna throughout his career. Now, he is joining forces with perhaps a more unusual act – The Wombles. The project aims to encourage people to eat less meat for the
8:00 AM ET Thomas Tuchel has been a game-changer in more ways than one since he took charge of Chelsea, turning them into Champions League winners within four months and taking them to the top of the Premier League after 10 games of this season. The former Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain coach has not
An electrician accused of murdering two women more than 30 years ago sexually assaulted dead bodies in the mortuaries of hospitals he worked at, a court has heard. David Fuller is standing trial at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent accused of the murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in 1987. Both women were found
Drive through the swamplands of Western Siberia, and you’ll pass one oil installation after the next. This is the largest petroleum basin on Earth and the heartland of Russia’s vast oil and gas reserves. Pipelines cut through the swampy ground. Fuel tankers thunder past, carrying hydrocarbons for global delivery. There is not much sense of
Madagascar is on a frontline where there are no bullets being fired, no mortars being launched and no bombs being dropped. But its people are helplessly trapped in the centre of a war where the results are just as devastating. Our Sky News team managed to get inside the country despite it still being cut
Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria has shared pictures of the family celebrating Halloween, saying the couple “rallied” to give their children a holiday following his film set shooting tragedy. She posted the pictures on Sunday, the day after Baldwin, 63, spoke out publicly for the first time since the accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has set a 48-hour deadline for a fishing dispute with France to be resolved before the UK moves ahead with legal action. Speaking to Sky News at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Ms Truss hit out at the French for behaving “unfairly” and accused them of operating outside the
Barclays has revealed that its chief executive Jes Staley has stepped down following an investigation by regulators into his dealings with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The bank said on Monday that Mr Staley – its chief executive since 2015 – had gone after being given sight of the preliminary conclusions of a probe launched