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Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System
Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration point trajectories, planet-moon transfers and tours, and all types of interplanetary and asteroid/comet missions. Latest News Development The Copernicus Project started at the University of Texas at Austin […]
Read MoreCleaning up aluminum will be critical to a low-carbon future
As demand for aluminum grows, a new report calls for tighter pollution controls and more recycling.
Read MoreStudy: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals
Rapidly transitioning the world’s vehicle fleet to fully electric could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, but also dramatically increase demand for critical battery metals like lithium, nickel and cobalt, according to a new study in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers from Cornell University and the Paul Scherrer Institute modeled different scenarios where major […]
In a historic about-face, Apple publicly supports right-to-repair bill
The iPhone maker now says repair access “is good for consumers’ budgets and good for the environment.”
Read MoreWorld’s biggest tropical crop bank opens in Colombia, taking food research high tech
As more people are born onto this great green planet, the demand for food grows. Feeding the nearly 8 billion of us here today is a challenge, not only because of the amount of food required but because the climate crisis is making growing conditions more difficult and unpredictable. To withstand droughts, heat, floods, and […]
‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out
As western governments untangle themselves from Russian oil and gas, Svitlana Krakovska argues that the roots of the climate crisis and invasion are in fossil fuels.
Read MoreHow 5G could send weather forecasting back to the 1970s
Plans to expand wireless cellular networks could be bad news for atmospheric science.
Read MoreBig retailers are getting into the secondhand market. Will that change how we shop?
Whether resale benefits the planet will depend on if it actually offsets consumption, or promotes it.
Read MoreBiden administration could finally define what ‘clean’ manufacturing is
The federal government wants to use its massive buying power to clean up heavy industry.
Read MoreThe American dream is now a huge electric truck
Carmakers no longer worry that EVs aren’t tough enough to market during the Super Bowl.
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