[embedded content] Published on August 2nd, 2020 | by Chanan Bos This is the 19th broadcast of CleanTechnica’s weekly news show. We now also have a Patreon page! This week’s show covers Panasonic claims regarding future batteries, whether Sony’s concept EV might reach the market after all, two non-Tesla Gigafactory wannabees, a green skyscraper (half of
August 2nd, 2020 by Tim Dixon Welcome to China × Cleantech — June 2020. Our China x Cleantech series covers top cleantech stories in China each month. EV Sales Tesla & The Minions — China EV Sales Report On July 25, José Pontes reported on Chinese EV sales, highlighting that the Model 3 had almost
New rapid coronavirus tests that can detect the virus in just 90 minutes will start to be used in care homes and labs from next week. The two new types of test do not require trained health staff to operate them and can also pick up other winter viruses. Image: The Nudgebox can diagnose COVID-19
NASA and SpaceX have successfully brought astronauts back from the International Space Station with the first ocean landing in 45 years. Astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken returned safely, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico, 40 miles off Florida, early on Sunday evening. Behnken called their trip “quite an odyssey”, as Space X founder
The departing boss of Standard Life Aberdeen is to become the stopgap chairman of Britain’s audit regulator as ministers seek a heavyweight figure to push through far-reaching reforms of the profession. Sky News has learnt that the government is preparing to name Keith Skeoch as interim chair of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) following the
The cameraman was filming from a distance, through the dust-covered window of a car, but he managed to capture the scene before him. A policeman and a soldier centred on a pair of local residents in a township in Harare, taking wild swings with their batons. The image was shocking and the message was clear
12:04 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics enter their Sunday afternoon clash (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC) with very different agendas. For the Blazers, the goal is to build upon the momentum they carried over from their stunning 140-135 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. That
Government plans to delay COVID-19 testing for all residents and staff at care homes until early September have been described as “an absolute kick in the teeth”. A pledge to regularly test all people in care homes for coronavirus throughout the summer had been part of the so-called protective “ring of steel” promised to the
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has left hospital after recovering from coronavirus. The 77-year-old had been treated in a Mumbai hospital for three weeks, but has now tested negative and will rest at home. His actor son, Abhishek Bachchan, is still in Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital with the virus. Image: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, 77, (3rd
A Conservative MP arrested over allegations of rape will not be suspended from the party while police investigate. A spokesperson for the Conservative whips’ office said: “These are serious allegations and it is right that they are investigated fully. The whip has not been suspended. “This decision will be reviewed once the police investigation has
Scientists are investigating whether minks can pass on coronavirus to humans, after outbreaks at farms in Spain and the Netherlands. It is thought that the outbreaks started with infected workers on the mink farms, passing the virus on to the small animals. Scientists believe it is “plausible” that the minks then passed it back to
Aug 2, 2020 Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Hopeful Growth took the lead in the stretch and drew off to a four-length victory in the $200,000 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Ridden by Antonio Gallardo and trained by Anthony Margotta Jr., Hopeful Growth covered the mile and a sixteenth in 1:45.63 for her
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft shoved off from the International Space Station on Saturday with two US astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida. NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, ending a two month stay for the first
4:32 PM ET ESPN staff Jimmy Garoppolo‘s T-shirt game is strong. The San Francisco quarterback arrived for training camp on Saturday wearing a shirt with tight end George Kittle on it — who was wearing a shirt with Garoppolo on it. Other players had fun T-shirts, too. (See: Zach Pascal‘s T-shirt featuring teammate Quenton Nelson).
South Africa has confirmed more than 500,000 coronavirus cases, as the number of infections in the African continent climbs towards one million. The country reported a daily rise of 10,107 new COVID-19 infections. This brings the total to 503,290 – the fifth-highest worldwide, behind the US, Brazil, India and Russia, according to Johns Hopkins University
Two NASA astronauts are due to return to Earth with a rare splashdown off Florida, as a powerful storm heads towards the state. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley left the International Space Station in the early hours of Sunday for the final and most important part of their SpaceX test flight on the Crew Dragon.