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Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Rebecca Campbell

Japan and the UK partnering on robotics for use in nuclear facilities

21st January 2021

Japan and the UK are partnering to develop and deploy new automation and robotics techniques for use in both the decommissioning of nuclear plants and the development of nuclear fusion energy. The... 


New theory suggests that dark matter is made up of black holes formed by exotic events

15th January 2021

Scientists at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo, in Japan, have proposed a new theory to explain the mysterious phenomenon of dark... 


Commercial business delivers 777 freighters after securing separate order for 737 MAXs

15th January 2021

US-based global major aerospace group Boeing marked the advent of the new year with the delivery of three 777 Freighter (777F) aircraft to Qatar Airways Cargo. One of the aircraft concerned was the... 


Climate change affecting arid areas in poorer and richer countries differently

11th December 2020

At the global level, as the climate has been changing, the amount of vegetation in arid areas has been increasing. But scientists at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have, following analysis... 


UK aid to be focused on seven areas, including climate change, health and girls’ education

11th December 2020

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab recently informed the House of Commons in London on the the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s plans to overhaul Britain’s Official Development... 


Drone Council seeks to help the industry by influencing govt

4th December 2020

Although South Africa was, only a few years ago, the leader in Africa in the development, deployment and operation of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs, also known as remotely piloted aircraft systems... 


Renowned US radio telescope to be decommissioned due to structural instability

4th December 2020

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that the world-renowned Arecibo Observatory, in the US territory of Puerto Rico, is to be decommissioned after 57 years of operation. The... 


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Hard times for airlines forecast to continue next year, except for cargo operators

4th December 2020

The International Air Transport Association (Iata), the representative body for the global airline industry, has forecast that the sector will continue to suffer deep losses next year, although... 


What the end of the UK–EU transition period means for UK–SA trade

What the end of the UK–EU transition period means for UK–SA trade

27th November 2020

With effect from January 1 this year, the UK left the European Union (EU). But that day also inaugurated the start of a transition period, during which the UK remained part of the EU customs union... 


Iata issues guidance for Covid-19 vaccine transport

27th November 2020

Against a background of pharmaceuticals companies announcing breakthroughs in the development of vaccines against the Covid-19 disease, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) has issued... 


UK funds study into space-based solar power

27th November 2020

The British government has commissioned a study into the engineering and economic practicality of space-based solar power (SBSP) systems. More specifically, the study – the value of which has not... 


Rolls-Royce signs two international agreements on small modular nuclear reactors

20th November 2020

UK-based global major industrial technology group Rolls-Royce recently signed, in rapid succession, two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) regarding the development and operation of small modular... 


Scientists discover more evidence that, in the past, women were hunters and fighters

20th November 2020

  American archaeologists and anthropologists, supported by forensic scientists and physicists, have made a striking and theory-upsetting discovery in the Peruvian Andes. They uncovered the 9... 


Iata head calls on African governments to save their airlines as crisis stays deep

20th November 2020

Remotely addressing the recent fifty-second annual general meeting of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), International Air Transport Association (Iata) director-general and CEO Alexandre de... 


Trade Minister stresses Britain’s commitment to values-based free trade

13th November 2020

UK Secretary of State (Cabinet Minister) for International Trade Liz Truss has highlighted the “evangelical” commitment of the British government to free trade and reaffirmed the importance of free... 


International Space Station marks 20 years of operations

13th November 2020

November 2 marked the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first crew on board the International Space Station (ISS). More than 15 countries have worked together to build it, and, since the first... 


South African pharmaceuticals company approved to produce medicine active ingredients

13th November 2020

South African startup pharmaceuticals company CPT Pharma, a subsidiary of Chemical Process Technologies (CPT), has received Good Manufacturing Practice approval from the South African Health... 


Nasa announces new discovery on the Moon

6th November 2020

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) announced late last month that the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) has, for the first time, confirmed the... 


Nuclear regulator confirms Eskom seeks to extend Koeberg nuclear plant’s life

6th November 2020

The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has confirmed that it is in preliminary talks with State-owned national electricity utility Eskom regarding extending the operating life of the country’s only... 


Top UK companies highlight advanced technologies they are developing for future fighter

30th October 2020

Major British aerospace, defence and industrial technology companies BAE Systems (BAES), Leonardo UK (part of Italy-based global aerospace and defence group Leonardo SpA), MBDA UK (part of the... 


UK provides funding for ‘self-eating’ space rocket concept

23rd October 2020

The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), an agency of the country’s Ministry of Defence, has committed £90 000 (about R1.92-million) to support the development of a potentially... 


UK announces support for Southern and East African trade

23rd October 2020

UK Minister for Africa James Duddridge visited Zambia earlier this month to discuss British support to boost trade across Southern Africa and between Zambia and East Africa. He held talks with... 


Regional airline body calls for travel restrictions to be clear and consistent

23rd October 2020

The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has warned the governments of the region that the continuation of “inconsistent and arbitrary” air travel restrictions (to counter the Covid-19... 


Nasa’s new crewed space programme becomes more international

23rd October 2020

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has signed agreements with seven international partners to support Nasa’s Artemis crewed space programme and to establish a set of... 


Emerging technologies set to transform the search for minerals

Emerging technologies set to transform the search for minerals

16th October 2020

With the world now one-fifth of the way through the twenty-first century, cutting-edge technologies are transforming many if not most aspects of the mining industry worldwide. Mineral exploration... 


UK’s latest business risk guidance for SA highlights both good and bad

16th October 2020

The UK Department of International Trade released its updated “Overseas Business Risk – South Africa” guidance at the end of last month. The concise document provides political and economic... 


Emerging technologies set to transform the search for minerals

Emerging technologies set to transform the search for minerals

16th October 2020

With the world now one-fifth of the way through the twenty-first century, cutting-edge technologies are transforming many if not most aspects of the mining industry worldwide. Mineral exploration... 


US revelation about first new-generation combat aircraft surprises aerospace world

9th October 2020

The US Air Force (USAF) has stunned the aerospace world by secretly building and flying the first-ever sixth-generation jet fighter prototype. The news was revealed by Assistant Secretary of the... 


Iata calls for preflight Covid-19 testing of air passengers

9th October 2020

The International Air Transport Association (Iata), which is the global representative body of the airline industry, is calling for the testing of all air passengers for Covid-19 before they embark... 


Airbus unveils hydrogen-powered airliner concept designs

9th October 2020

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has released three concept designs for hydrogen-powered zero-carbon-emissions commercial aircraft. It was examining these designs in a programme it... 


Business rescue plan for Comair approved

2nd October 2020

The proposed business rescue plan for private-sector airline group Comair was approved by a decisive majority of creditors and shareholders in a vote late last month. Comair operates the British... 


Airbus, partners sign agreements to develop aircraft fuel-saving concept

2nd October 2020

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has signed agreements with two airlines and three air navigation service providers (ANSPs) to determine the operational feasibility of the... 


Solution for the puzzle of dark energy proposed by scientists in Hawaii

25th September 2020

Scientists at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa, in the US, have developed a theory to explain the mysterious force known as dark energy. For some 20 years now, scientists have known that not... 


Breakthroughs in practical artificial intelligence ethics reported by Rolls-Royce

25th September 2020

UK-based global industrial technology group Rolls-Royce recently announced that it had achieved two breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics. These breakthroughs will be... 


Iata calls for planning to start for distribution of Covid-19 vaccines

25th September 2020

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) – the representative body of the global airline industry – has urged governments to start planning now for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines,... 


British government announces major quantum computing initiatives

18th September 2020

The UK government recently and formally launched the country’s National Quantum Computer Centre. The creation of this centre was first announced in 2018 and the government has committed £93-million... 


Nasa successfully ground-tests improved rocket booster and flight-certified spacecraft

18th September 2020

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has successfully tested what could be described as the ‘Mark 2’ version of the booster rocket for its heavy Space Launch System (SLS).... 


The final explosions that will illuminate the dying universe predicted

11th September 2020

A theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, in the US, has calculated that the last phenomena that will happen in our universe is what he calls ‘black dwarf supernovas’. Assistant physics... 


Cosmic rays, background radiation could hamper quantum computing

11th September 2020

Quantum computing promises to bring huge improvements over conventional computing, if it can be scaled up from the current, basically laboratory test, installations. It would be able to process... 


Private reserves support public reserves in protecting carnivores

11th September 2020

Research undertaken in South Africa’s Kwazulu-Natal province by an international team of wildlife ecologists has not only confirmed the value of privately-owned nature reserves and game farms in... 


Covid-hit civil aerospace unit drags down Rolls-Royce

11th September 2020

UK-based global major industrial technology group Rolls-Royce has unveiled its results for the first half (H1) of 2020. It reported that the Covid-19 pandemic had had a significant impact on its... 


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