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Researchers at Stanford University said they had studied the wings of common pigeon cadavers, then used their findings to build a radio-controlled robot with wings made with 40 real feathers
World
19.08.2024
'PigeonBot' brings aircraft closer to feathered-flight
Sepsis occurs when a person's organs cease to function properly as the result of an out-of-control immune response to infection
World
19.08.2024
Sepsis linked to 1-in-5 deaths worldwide: study
Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz before a meeting on January 16, 2020 in Prague; Kurz has admitted ex-Communist neighbours had a different strategy for going green
World
19.08.2024
Austria fails to win over neighbours for nuclear phase-out
"It's never too late to make a government back down," Philippe Martinez of the CGT union said
World
19.08.2024
French unions vow to stand firm as pension strike softens
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says his government "is working daily to prevent military confrontation or war" with the United States
World 19.08.2024
Rouhani says Iran wants dialogue, working to 'prevent war'
Demonstrators run as a riot police vehicle sprays water during a protest against Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government in Santiago on January 10
World 19.08.2024
Chile's Pinera announces key pension fund reform after protests
Eight countries use the West African CFA franc -- Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, which are former French colonies, as well as Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony
World 19.08.2024
W.African anglophone states criticise move to rename CFA
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar greets German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in his eastern stronghold Benghazi
World 19.08.2024
Libya's warring leaders eye Berlin truce talks
A woman holds a malnourished toddler at Al-Sabeen hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on November 23, 2019: a senior UN official has warned of a renewed threat of famine
World 19.08.2024
UN flags famine alarm signals in Yemen
Heavy gunfire broke out in the Sudanese capital as several agents of the long-feared security agency launched a short-lived mutiny
World 19.08.2024
Sudan appoints new spy chief after crushing mutiny
Several new cases of alleged police brutality have surfaced recently
World 19.08.2024
Police brutality: French government admits to problems
Former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told Congress she was subjected to a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani
World 19.08.2024
Ukraine launches probe into alleged surveillance of ex US envoy
Contested: President Peter Mutharika's attempt to deliver a state of the nation address to open parliament last June was disrupted by opposition protests
World 19.08.2024
Malawi anti-bribery protest draws thousands
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