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Researchers created a synthetic bone graft combining gallium oxide with glass that simultaneously kills bone cancer cells, fights bacterial infection, and rebuilds bone, as cancer cells absorb far more gallium than healthy cells, triggering self-destruction.
Rolls-Royce Submarines has broken ground on a 1-million-square-foot facility to more than double nuclear reactor manufacturing capacity, supporting three submarine programs for the UK and Australia while potentially creating...
UC Berkeley scientists mapped the hypothalamic brain circuit controlling sleep-based growth hormone release, uncovering a brainstem feedback loop that balances sleep cycles. The findings may drive new treatments for diabetes,...
STEP's fusion reactor will use stackable, replaceable ring-shaped modules instead of traditional welded chambers, simplifying maintenance. Two new patents also reveal a flexible sealing system to maintain the vacuum needed for...
NASA's LINK robotic spacecraft has launched and made contact with the Swift observatory as part of the Swift Boost mission, aiming to boost it to a higher, stable orbit and extend its operational life.
Black holes may leave stable remnants preserving all captured information, potentially resolving the information paradox. The same 7-dimensional spacetime model with torsion could also explain how particles acquire mass.
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Advanced civilizations may be undetectable because superintelligent AI would prioritize sending tiny 10kg seed probes containing knowledge and biological material to other stars, rather than building large, easily detectable...
RH3OVA, a joint venture between the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Eni, provides engineering services across the tritium fuel cycle, using digital modeling tools to optimize fuel handling and accelerate commercial fusion energy.
Quantum mechanics underpins modern technology—from lasers to quantum computers—and continues to push beyond classical limits. Physicist Marlan Scully sees quantum coherence and entanglement driving future breakthroughs in energy,...
Neuralink's surgical robot implanted hair-thin brain threads through the intact dura membrane using real-time imaging, skipping the previous step of cutting it back. A paralyzed patient was controlling a cursor with thoughts...
Matter waves rotate in the complex plane, driving rotation in electromagnetic fields that spread outward, creating phase differences across nearby charged particles — producing the electric force we observe.
Ancient Greek engineers created steam engines, early robots, and programmable machines millennia before the Industrial Revolution, suggesting technological progress is cyclical rather than linear.
A citizen astronomer discovered RAD-BAARG, a galaxy 1.8 million light-years wide with radio jets twisted into a unique bow-and-arrow shape, likely caused by a bow shockwave as it falls into a dense galaxy cluster.
EVelution Energy has broken ground on a 28 MW solar-powered cobalt refinery in Yuma County, Arizona — the first commercial facility of its kind in the U.S., targeting 40% of projected domestic cobalt demand by 2029.
IQM became Europe's first publicly listed quantum computing company via a Nasdaq SPAC merger at $1.9B, despite shares underperforming and the company acknowledging large-scale commercial quantum computing "may never occur."
True Anomaly and Rocket Lab completed a classified Space Force mission where one satellite tracked and photographed the other, demonstrating rapid-launch reconnaissance capabilities to monitor adversarial space weapons.
Hubble spotted ionizing light from a tiny, star-forming galaxy just 250 million years after reionization ended, suggesting compact galaxies like it helped clear the early universe's hydrogen fog.
Spherephones, a Georgia Tech wearable headset, converts nearby robot movements into subtle 3D audio cues inspired by horror film music, helping workers intuitively sense robot proximity without disruptive alarms or task...
Small molecules encode up to 5.7 bits per atom—11x more than proteins—making them potent but difficult to synthesize and nearly impossible for AI to accurately simulate, keeping physics-based drug design methods essential.
Auriga Space launched the first commercial platform to test hypersonic materials in real weather conditions, using its Prometheus electromagnetic accelerator to propel samples through rain, hail, and debris at Mach 2.5, with...
Weave Robotics is taking pre-orders for the Isaac 1, a $7,999 wheeled home robot that does laundry, makes beds, and cleans up clutter. It's cheaper than bipedal rivals and ships to California in September.
Valar Atomics became the first US company to power an Nvidia Blackwell AI chip with a next-generation nuclear reactor, with both firms planning a 30MW water-free data center combining nuclear and closed-loop cooling.
Keysight and WIN Semiconductors have launched a joint GaN chip design workflow combining simulation, layout verification, and evaluation board design in one platform, helping engineers avoid costly redesigns as the GaN RF market...
German researchers broke their own world record with a tandem perovskite/CIGS solar cell, achieving certified 25.5% efficiency. Internal tests reached 27.5%, with 30% potentially achievable.