Anglo American tumbled after it took emergency measures to avoid a disaster at its money-spinning platinum unit. The global mining giant led the FTSE 100 fallers after it slashed the production outlook for its platinum division Amplats and declared force majeure as it cannot process any recently mined material sent in by customers. Force majeure … Read more
By gum! British PhD student discovers first example of fossilised plant gum dating back 110 million years in Brazil The gum was found in fossilised leaves of the welwitschiophyllum plant Plants gums are involved in food storage and structural support University of Portsmouth student found it in the Crato formation in Brazil Scientists may have … Read more
Military robots win search and rescue competition as they search for survivors in underground power plant after gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm mannequins standing in for human survivors, and a lost cell phone in the ruins … Read more