Locust swarms could hold the key to developing effective collision avoidance technology for robots, drones and self-driving cars Locusts fly in swarms of millions but a special neuron stops them from colliding Researchers from the US have made an electronic version inspired by the insects The sensor is far less bulky than current alternatives and responds in … Read more
Woman in her 30s dies after becoming trapped under a boat after two vessels collided off Great Yarmouth Woman died after becoming trapped under boat which crashed in Norfolk It is understood that the woman fell into the River Bure in Great Yarmouth Despite efforts of emergency services, woman pronounced dead at the scene By … Read more
Four people are trapped including inmate after prison van overturns in horror collision with lorry on dual carriageway near HMP Lewes in East Sussex Major collision between prison van and lorry on A27 near Lewis Prison in East Sussex at 11am this morning Prison van was operated by contractor GeoAmey and one of the four … Read more
The first planet to be discovered outside our solar system was never a planet and may be a giant dust cloud created by the collision of two icy asteroids, a study finds. Astronomers spotted what was thought to be a Saturn like planet lying 25 light years from Earth in the star system Fomalhaut 12 … Read more
Two men are arrested and 17-year-old is injured in a motorbike collision after 150 people flouted coronavirus social distancing rules to attend a funeral Motorcyclists attended the funeral at a crematorium in Sittingbourne, Kent Boy, 17, was airlifted to a London hospital with ‘serious’ injuries after collision Government guidelines state only ‘immediate family’ should attend … Read more
The Milky Way has a ‘kink’ or warp in its disc that ‘wobbles like a spinning top’ and it could have been created by an ongoing collision with a nearby dwarf galaxy. Observations from the European Space Agency Gaia mission helped scientists from the Turin Astrophysical Observatory track the warp as it orbits the galactic … Read more