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Nuclear fusion milestone: China’s BEST reactor prepares for first electricity tests

China's advanced nuclear fusion reactor BEST reached a major construction milestone with the installation of its massive Dewar base, a 400-tonne vacuum-insulated vessel that will house the device's superconducting magnets at extremely cold temperatures. The reactor aims to become the first fusion device to generate electricity by 2030, initially targeting enough power to light a bulb. This would mark a significant...

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Watch: $80,000 humanoid robot takes a beating in wild YouTube durability test

YouTuber Cody Detwiler conducted extreme durability tests on an $80,000 Unitree G1 humanoid robot named Ben, programming it to consider humans as enemies before subjecting it to increasingly violent scenarios. Ben was given a...

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Robot Realities: The Road To Autonomous Non-Deterministic AI Agents

UiPath and other automation companies are developing systematic approaches to build, test, and manage AI agents that can work independently without human supervision, addressing challenges like unclear business returns and...

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Modder converts the 1:1 scale Lego Game Boy into a playable Game Boy

Modder Natalie the Nerd transformed the newly released 1:1 scale Lego Game Boy into a fully functional gaming device that plays original Game Boy cartridges. Working from press photos, she calculated dimensions to fit real Game...

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World-first: Surfboard-sized robot records live data inside Category 5 hurricane

A robot the size of a surfboard just made history by becoming the first uncrewed vessel to transmit live data from inside a Category 5 hurricane's eyewall. NOAA's four-foot C-Star robot sailed directly into Hurricane Humberto...

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These parachutes unfurl thanks to the Japanese art of kirigami

Scientists have developed a revolutionary parachute design inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, that automatically opens when dropped and falls straight down regardless of initial orientation. The parachute...

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Flax-made smart sensor fabric lets asphalt roads self-report damage without drilling

Scientists created a smart fabric with conductive wires that embeds in asphalt to monitor road damage. Vehicle traffic changes the fabric's electrical resistance, enabling AI to predict maintenance needs in real-time.

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German scientists use 3D blast simulations to make WWII bomb disposal safer

Hundreds of thousands of unexploded World War II bombs remain buried throughout Germany, forcing large-scale evacuations whenever discovered. German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed 3D simulation software...

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Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power

MIT researchers developed improved concrete "battery" technology that stores 10 times more energy than previous versions using cement, carbon particles, and electrolytes. The breakthrough brings concrete energy storage closer to...

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Jet-powered humanoid robot baby achieves robust flight control in simulations

Italian researchers developed a new control system that allows the jet-powered humanoid robot iRonCub to achieve stable flight and follow flight paths in computer simulations, even when hit by strong disturbances like pushes or...

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MIT technology can see microbes from 90 meters away

MIT researchers developed a breakthrough system that uses genetically engineered bacteria to detect molecules from 90 meters away using hyperspectral drone cameras, potentially revolutionizing environmental monitoring across...

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Saturn’s ocean moon looks more hospitable to subsurface life than we thought

Scientists analyzing data from Saturn's moon Enceladus discovered increasingly complex organic molecules shooting from beneath its icy surface, making the moon appear more capable of supporting life than previously thought. The...

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Soil-dwelling fungus produces hydrogels with promise in tissue regeneration

University of Utah researchers discovered that a common soil fungus, Marquandomyces marquandii, naturally produces thick hydrogels that can absorb 83% water and recover 93% of their strength after stress. This breakthrough could...

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World’s fastest supercomputer simulates black hole jets shaping galaxy clusters

Scientists used Frontier, the world's fastest supercomputer, to simulate how supermassive black holes regulate energy in galaxy clusters through powerful jets shooting material at nearly light speed. The simulation, requiring...

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China debuts ‘world’s mightiest’ centrifuge hitting 300 times Earth’s gravity

China launched CHIEF1300, the world's largest centrifuge generating 300 times Earth's gravity with 22-ton loads. It compresses decades of geological processes into days, enabling earthquake, tsunami, and deep-sea research.

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James Webb observes a sunless world that produces surprisingly intense auroras

The James Webb Space Telescope studied SIMP-0136, a "failed star" called a brown dwarf floating freely through space 20 light-years away, and discovered it produces auroras far brighter than Earth's northern lights despite having...

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Scientists record ‘first heartbeat’ of one of the most extreme objects in universe

Scientists captured the "first heartbeat" of a magnetar by detecting a periodic signal within a 2023 gamma-ray burst. After analyzing over 600,000 datasets, the team found a faint gamma-ray fluctuation lasting 160 milliseconds,...

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US breakthrough settles decades-old debate on graphite’s role in nuclear reactors

Oak Ridge researchers proved that microscopic pores in nuclear reactor graphite don't affect neutron-slowing properties. Using neutron scattering, they found increased activity comes from neutrons bouncing off pore surfaces, not...

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AI generated its first working genome: a tiny bacteria killer

Researchers at Stanford University successfully used two AI models, Evo 1 and Evo 2, to create the first complete genomes designed by artificial intelligence — 16 working viruses that kill E. coli bacteria in lab tests. The...

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A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness

Physicists discovered that quantum mechanics can reverse heat flow from cold to hot objects, creating a non-destructive diagnostic tool. This "anomalous heat flow" can detect quantum properties like superposition and entanglement...

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Scientists Intrigued by Weird Structures on Surface of Venus

Scientists may have solved the mystery behind Venus's strange circular surface features called coronae, which stretch hundreds of miles across and resemble chaotic scribbles around collapsed centers. New research suggests hot...

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$400 exoskeleton suit built from threads and motors delivers lifelike VR feedback

A $400 exoskeleton suit that weighs less than eleven pounds can deliver the sensation of lifting virtual objects or feeling an explosion's jolt. The breakthrough challenges decades of bulky, six-figure haptic systems....

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Second time unlucky for Firefly as an Alpha rocket stage explodes

Firefly Aerospace suffered another major setback when the first stage of its Alpha Flight 7 rocket exploded during ground testing at its Texas facility, forcing the company to delay the scheduled fourth-quarter 2025 launch for...

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12,000-year-old rock art hints at the Arabian Desert’s lush past

Researchers discovered 12,000-year-old rock art in Saudi Arabia's Nefud Desert, featuring life-size camels and other animals carved into clifftops that reveal the region's dramatically different past. The 150 newly documented...

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