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Fire-starter behind bars
A FRENCH court sentenced a Rwandan man to four years in prison for starting the 2020 fire in Nantes Cathedral. Emmanuel Abayisenga was judged to be guilty on Thursday, March 30 for starting the blaze which severely damaged the Gothic cathedral. Despite finding that Abayisenga was not mentally sound at the time of the fire, a judge ruled that he will face prison time for his actions, and will also be banned from the region for five years.
The man was a volunteer at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Cathedral in the city, and prosecutors alleged that he set fire to the building knowingly due to “huge anger and a feeling of revenge linked to his own administrative situation.”
LAB GROWN meat has been a suggestion for many years now, but Italian officials say that meat grown in laboratories and other synthetic foods will not be allowed in their country. Members of the Italian parliament proposed a bill on Wednesday, March 29 to prohibit synthetic foods being produced or sold.
The proposed legislation would impose fines of up to €60,000 for violations of the ban. The move by the rightwing Italian government has been designed to protect the country’s rich food heritage as well as and promote consumer health.
Francesco Lollobrigida, head of the rebranded Ministry for Agriculture and Food ‘Sovereignty’, spoke of the importance of Italy’s culinary traditions while advocating for the bill to pass. The country’s
Australia in 4 hours
NEW hydrogen engine technology being developed by Destinus could allow an aircraft to fly from Europe to Australia in only 4 hours and 15 minutes.
CDTI, the Spanish Centre for Technological Development and Innovation, has selected farmers’ lobby also supports the bill, while some animal welfare groups have criticised the decision.
In other parts of the world, synthetic food is becoming closer. Last year, Singapore gave regulatory approval for lab grown chicken meat to be used in nuggets, while the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared cellcultured chicken for human consumption. However, the European Food Safety Authority has not yet received any applications.
Destinus for its Aeronautical Tech nology Plan (PTA) project.
The company has received €12 million to develop the first hydrogenpowered aircraft engine and promote the development of supersonic hydrogenfuelled flights.
DESTINUS: Already has two hydrogen prototypes.
The money given for the research and development of the engine comes from the European Commission’s Next Generation funds for the Spanish government, as reported on Thursday, March 30, by a news source.
Destinus already has two hydrogen prototypesJungfrau and Eiger and is currently working on a gas turbine equipped with a hydrogen afterburner to be tested before the middle of this year.
Specifically, the aid from the Spanish government will be used for the design and construction of a test bench for engines with hydrogen as fuel.
With current planes, the journey from Europe to Australia takes approximately 20 hours.
