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ATI's new greenfield facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, integrates machining, NDT, finishing, and quality verification to accelerate next-generation engine component production and ease aerospace supply chain pressures for commercial and defense customers.
DEEP Robotics has unveiled a remote-controlled quadruped robot dog that suppresses fires in hazardous environments using pulse-based water bursts. It navigates stairs and rough terrain using LiDAR and infrared cameras as part of...
A hobbyist built a basement QRNG by splitting individual photons at a beam splitter—detector A outputs 0, detector B outputs 1—then fed the statistically validated bitstream into a working quantum Magic 8-Ball.
China's LineShine supercomputer has reclaimed the world's fastest title, surpassing the US's El Capitan using 45,000 CPUs and no GPUs, demonstrating China's ability to bypass US chip restrictions while exceeding 2,000 exaflops.
A University of Utah PhD student is working to identify an unknown psychoactive compound in a Chinese mushroom that triggers visions of tiny figures for days. DNA sequencing links it to identical hallucinations reported in the...
DEER, a new battery restoration process from Cornell University, revives lithium-ion batteries by dissolving capacity-reducing buildup—restoring up to 95% of original capacity while cutting recycled cell manufacturing costs by...
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American Fusion Inc. has established a testing protocol for its 5 MW aneutronic Texatron Fusion Engine, measuring plasma density, temperature, and neutron emissions with independent oversight, while filing a new patent on its...
Moment Energy has opened the world's largest EV battery repurposing facility in Vancouver, just six weeks after announcing it. The plant tests and converts retired EV batteries into grid-scale storage systems for hospitals, data...
River temperatures during a record heatwave forced France to shut down several nuclear reactors, cutting output by ~4 GW (7% of demand) and spiking wholesale prices in France and Germany, though supply remains stable.
Researchers found a gene cluster in Streptomyces bacteria that produces four molecules simultaneously targeting biotin synthesis, making resistance harder to develop. This multi-pathway approach offers a promising new strategy...
Physics relies on ~30 fundamental constants — including pi, the speed of light, and particle masses — that form the complete foundation of our understanding of the universe.
Researchers broke a 30-year superconductivity record, achieving it at -190°F under normal pressure. By compressing a copper-oxide material then rapidly releasing it, they trapped enhanced superconducting properties, advancing...
In space, the absence of oxygen and intense radiation strips metal surfaces bare, causing exposed atoms to permanently fuse together — called cold welding. Engineers prevent this using special coatings and dissimilar metal...
North America has enough rare earth deposits to challenge China's 70% global market share, but domestic mining needs government support. US-Canadian cooperation could build a competitive supply chain as demand grows from 91 to...
Mars's crust has two distinct layers formed through magma recycling — previously thought impossible without plate tectonics. This suggests rocky planets without tectonic activity may still develop habitable conditions, broadening...
Kyushu University developed a solid-state material that converts visible sunlight into UV light at 1.9% efficiency. After 14 years of research, it could power air purification, 3D printing, and photocatalysis using cheap, simple...
Researchers at the University of Manchester used Hirshfeld Atom Refinement—combining X-ray data with quantum calculations—to directly observe thorium-thorium bonding for the first time, a technique now applicable to other complex...
Fructose weakly suppresses hunger-driving neurons compared to glucose, which strongly reduces them. High-fructose corn syrup suppresses these neurons even more than fructose alone, possibly explaining why HFCS foods are harder to...
Stanford researchers created 25-nanometer transistors using dog bone-shaped 2D semiconductor materials, keeping them stable during manufacturing. A two-step etching process enabled up to 100x higher current density than previous...
The probabilistic method, introduced by Paul Erdős in 1947, proves existence without direct construction. After 80 years unchanged, mathematicians have now significantly upgraded it, unlocking solutions to previously unsolvable...
Astronomers have confirmed two "super-puffy" planets orbiting TOI-791, roughly Jupiter's size but with just 3–6% of its mass—densities comparable to cotton candy. Existing planet formation models can't explain them.
MIT's topology optimization model reduces bridge and building material use by up to 90%, cutting costs and emissions. It strategically combines timber and steel within practical construction constraints, generating optimized,...
Cornell's DEER process restores spent lithium batteries to 95% capacity by electrochemically dissolving electrode buildup, then reinserting them into new batteries — cutting recycling costs by 56% without shredding.
BAE Systems' Endura system-on-chip processor has passed extreme radiation testing, confirming its suitability for military and deep-space satellites. Built on domestic 45nm radiation-hardened technology, it delivers reduced size,...