Hubble spies cosmic “Bat Shadow” flapping its wings

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking sight in the Serpens Nebula – a huge shadow in the shape of a bat. Now, follow-up observations have shown that it appears to be flapping its wings, which may be the influence of a nearby planet.

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Monster lightning “megaflashes” set new records for time and distance

There are few more spectacular demonstrations of nature's power than a thunderstorm. The World Meteorological Association (WMO) has now confirmed two new records for the biggest lightning bolts in recorded history, measured by duration and distance.

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Hastelloy Pressure Gauge For Highly Aggressive Media

For pressure measurement in processes with highly aggressive media, WIKA has a new Bourdon tube pressure gauge in its portfolio, the model PG28. The wetted parts are made of Hastelloy C276 and are even resistant to chlorine gas, hydrofluoric acid, and sulphuric acid.

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GEA Centrifuge Technology For Cleaning Wash Water In PET Recycling

the mechanical engineering company and supplier of plants and systems, make an ecologically and economically valuable contribution to the recycling of PET bottles. GEA supports its customers with centrifuge technology, the GEA sludge Decanter proline.

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Volvo teams with Waymo to develop autonomous electric vehicles

Waymo already has a number of partnerships in place with household names like Walmart and Jaguar. It can now add Volvo to that list, with the two forming an agreement to develop electric vehicles that can drive autonomously.

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Ford rolls out class-leading hybrid powertrain for clever new F150

America's biggest-selling pickup is back for 2021 with a new update focused on practicality, comfort and power. More interestingly, the new F150's top engine option will be a PowerBoost full hybrid system, offering "best in class" power and torque.

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Sera Takes Over The Exclusive Distribution of PeriBest Peristaltic Pumps in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

sera always endeavours to offer its customers the best possible range of pumps and dosing systems and if possible all necessary components of a process. For this reason, it is continuously expanding its portfolio and supplements its program with useful technologies and products.

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Comply with Social Distancing Recommendations by Automating your Workflow

During COVID-19, AMETEK Factory Automation, the manufacturer of Gemco linear displacement transducers, has received numerous inquiries to improve production line automation as manufacturers want to comply to COVID-19 social distancing recommendations without compromising the expected work safety and production stability.

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Exploding microbubbles tear apart cancer cells like “targeted warheads”

Adding to the burgeoning potential of ultrasound to treat cancer is a new study that combines the technology with microbubbles, which can be blasted apart like a “targeted warhead” to destroy the majority of tumor cells in breast cancer models.

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Fasting, or low-cal diets, may improve efficacy of cancer chemotherapy

The results of a trial investigating fasting as an adjunct to chemotherapy have been published, finding the simple dietary intervention can improve the outcome of cancer chemotherapy and potentially reduce cellular damage associated with the therapy.

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