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Ampaire to test hybrid-electric aircraft in UK
27th April 2021 9:52 Europe/London
Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Ampaire is to demonstrate its testbed aircraft in the UK in two locations: the Orkney Islands and Exeter in the south-west.
The demo flights are to show airlines how Ampaire’s hybrid-electric propulsion system could work on smaller, regional aircraft.
The first stop is the Orkney Islands in Scotland for participation this summer in what’s known as SATE – Sustainable Aviation Test Environment – a programme supported by the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge.
Ampaire’s ‘Electric EEL’ – a Cessna 337 upgraded to hybrid-electric power
Ampaire’s demo aircraft is a Cessna 337 which has power units in the nose and the tail. It has been prepared for the Scottish flights, over water between Wick and Kirkwall, with specially painted wingtips to represent the tartan pattern of Highlands and Island Airports Limited (HIAL), which oversees SATE.
Sustainability and performance delivered with home-grown feed As UK retailers ramp up commitments to environmental sustainability targets and reducing carbon footprints on farm, many dairy producers are faced with the need to find alternative protein sources, while maintaining herd performance. With some major retailers eliminating soya from their milk pools, and Morrisons becoming the first supermarket to announce that the British farms in its supply chain will be required to achieve net zero by 2030, the direct implications for the dairy farmer are clearly set out. These will only accelerate as the agri-food sector continues to respond to the Government’s 2050 net zero target.
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Wearable brain scanner research to examine elderly drivers
A wearable brain scanner is being used, for the first time, to investigate the brain activity in elderly people whilst driving a car.
Research led by the University of Nottingham and funded by the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing will explore how neural substrates underling cognitive processing whilst driving, change with age.
Maintaining quality of life for elderly people is an increasing concern given the UK’s ageing population and the findings from this study could enable a new understanding of neural processing, which in turn will enable elderly people to receive the necessary therapies and interventions to help them maintain their driving abilities, and therefore their independence, for longer.
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Dr Naomi Harvey, research manager at Dogs Trust and an academic at the University of Nottingham, conducted the review. She says just because dogs live seven times shorter than humans does not mean each trip around the sun is worth seven for a dog (stock)
Vets warn of a surge in potentially-fatal parvovirus in dogs
Pet owners are being warned of a surge of a highly contagious virus which can kill dogs and is spread through faecal particles.
Parvovirus is a stomach bug which infects dogs and leads to severe vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration and, if left untreated, death.