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GE Aerospace used a generative AI app to design a hypersonic ramjet engine in seconds — a process that previously took months. The AI met all safe-flight criteria while handling multiple flight conditions simultaneously, signaling a major shift in how military and commercial jet engines could be developed faster.
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been upgraded to run at 2.8 megawatts — twice its original power — making it the world's most powerful pulsed proton accelerator. The boost allows...
Researchers from KAIST and Hanwha Solutions engineered microbes to convert glycerol, a biodiesel byproduct, into 1,3-propanediol for plastics and textiles, potentially replacing petroleum-based naphtha and reducing petrochemical...
Ancient rocks deep beneath Canada are naturally releasing hydrogen gas, offering a potential clean energy source. A mine near Timmins, Ontario produces over 140 tonnes annually across 15,000 boreholes — enough to power 400+...
Physicists confirmed "negative time" is real — meaning light appears to exit an atom cloud before entering — by measuring atomic excitement levels during photon transmission. After averaging 1 million test runs over 70 hours,...
Two mathematicians are rebuilding the foundations of mathematics using a new framework called "condensed mathematics," which rethinks how topology and algebra work together. Traditional topology has long had limitations when...
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Scientists in Japan developed a recyclable resin for high-precision 3D printing using anthracene, a compound that hardens under light but reverts to liquid when heated to 150°C. Unlike previous recyclable resins, it needs no...
A giant 3D-printed egg so large that researchers nicknamed it the "salad spinner" might be the key to bringing back a 12-foot-tall extinct bird. Biotech company Colossal has developed an artificial eggshell, a printed oval...
Hyundai plans to deploy over 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots, built by its subsidiary Boston Dynamics, across Hyundai and Kia factories in the US, with full production capacity reaching 30,000 units annually by 2028. Deployments...
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has killed 88 people among 336 suspected cases, and there are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for this specific strain — Ebola Bundibugyo virus....
Google's Gemini for Science collection now includes three new AI-powered tools designed to streamline research workflows, reducing time spent on tedious tasks and accelerating scientific discovery.
MIGHTY, a drone navigation system from MIT and UPenn, optimizes flight paths and travel time simultaneously, dodging obstacles in milliseconds. In tests, it flew 10% faster than existing methods, reaching speeds of 6.7 m/s and...
Three mathematicians just proved a 30-year-old geometry conjecture that its own creator, Michel Talagrand, never believed was true. The proof shows that even in billions of dimensions, simple orderly shapes can be built from...
Fraunhofer IEG is developing a $3.2M mobile, van-sized plant to extract lithium from ancient underground brines in northern Germany, potentially tapping 1.27 trillion tons of reserves while reducing Europe's reliance on lithium...
By digging trenches along California's major fault lines and using radiocarbon dating, scientists can map past earthquakes and estimate future ones. California saw eight major earthquakes between 1800 and 1906, but zero since —...
Astronomers used NASA's TESS satellite to identify 27 potential exoplanets orbiting binary star systems, ranging from 12 Earth masses to 10 Jupiter masses. Further study is needed to confirm their existence.
With over 10,200 Starlink satellites in orbit and 100,000 expected by 2030, radio frequencies used for satellite communication are becoming dangerously overcrowded, causing interference between competing networks. Laser...
Japan's space agency JAXA, working with three major universities, successfully tested a ramjet engine built for Mach 5 flight at temperatures reaching 1,832°F. The aircraft's heat shield kept internal systems running normally,...
China's first offshore wind-powered underwater data center near Shanghai houses ~2,000 seawater-cooled servers, achieving a PUE of 1.15 and 22.8% energy savings while supporting AI and LLM workloads.
Raytheon has developed a next-generation radar system that replaces rigid, hardware-locked designs with software-defined technology. Traditional radar systems took years or decades to upgrade, leaving military forces vulnerable...
Despite what many people believe, earthquakes are not becoming more frequent — but the rise of social media, automated alerts, and viral videos makes it feel that way. The 2011 Virginia earthquake, though modest, generated more...
Offshore floating solar panels generate 12% more electricity than land-based panels due to seawater's cooling effect, boosting efficiency and cutting carbon emissions—making them ideal for land-constrained countries targeting...
For over 60 years, physicists believed a tiny particle called the muon was behaving in ways that couldn't be explained by existing physics, hinting at a mysterious fifth force of nature. A Penn State-led research team used...
Somewhere between biotech breakthrough and beautiful absurdity, an MIT PhD student has figured out how to run Doom on living bacteria. Lauren "Ren" Ramlan engineered a display made entirely of E. coli cells, programming them to...