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NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a $13M contract to build an aeroshell for the 2028 Skyfall Mars mission, which will deploy three helicopters mid-descent to map the surface for water ice.
Mondo Robotics' Beni is a bipedal robot dog that films in 4K, runs at 18 mph, and survives crashes—priced at $600 on Kickstarter. Autonomous tracking still needs work ahead of its fall release.
AZAK's 500-lb robot towed a 53,000-lb Army truck while carrying 1,000 lbs of ammo, using its modular S26 in-wheel system — each self-powered wheel delivers 147 lb-ft of torque and attaches to any frame in seconds.
QuantumDiamonds raised €91M to scale its diamond-based quantum sensing technology, which detects chip defects across all layers in two minutes. The startup is moving from lab tools to factory-scale testing for global...
City Labs launched BOHR, the first commercial nuclear-powered CubeSat, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in July 2026. Its tritium betavoltaic battery provides long-lasting power without sunlight, enabling lunar and deep-space missions where...
A self-monitoring battery developed in Germany transmits internal temperature data through existing charging terminals, eliminating extra wiring. The design could reduce monitoring costs by 35% and improve EV safety by detecting...
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Airbus and MTU Aero Engines are partnering to develop the world's first fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft engine, launching in 2027, producing only water vapor—supporting Airbus' zero-emission commercial aircraft goal by...
Venus Aerospace raised $91M to scale its rotating detonation rocket engine, which offers ~15% better fuel efficiency than conventional engines. Backed by Lockheed Martin Ventures, it targets defense, space, and hypersonic markets.
Chinese researchers developed the Qianjiyuan Tianshu nuclear battery using carbon-14 and silicon carbide, delivering 2.6x more power than its predecessor with 15x less material, in a one-cubic-inch form factor potentially lasting...
Researchers from Oak Ridge, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM used quantum-classical computing to model nine molecular configurations of FLiBe, a molten salt vital for producing tritium—a rare hydrogen isotope needed to fuel future...
Using NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton observatories, researchers discovered the Milky Way's outer spiral arms extend farther than previously measured, using geometric analysis of gamma-ray burst rings to precisely calculate...
NASA released Webb's most detailed images of Centaurus A to mark its fourth anniversary, revealing unprecedented structural details of the distant galaxy using advanced infrared technology.
China targets 100,000+ humanoid robots in 2026, driven by AI adoption across 30% of industrial enterprises. This milestone will be spotlighted at Shanghai's World AI Conference (July 17–20), featuring 1,100+ exhibitors and 300+...
Helical Fusion and Hazama Ando are partnering to build the Helix KANATA fusion pilot plant by the 2030s, targeting clean, waste-free energy based on Japan's National Institute for Fusion Science research.
Deep Fission has delivered a prototype reactor canister to its Kansas test site, advancing its concept of placing a pressurized water reactor one mile underground in a borehole. This non-nuclear phase will validate installation...
NASA's upcoming missions include Artemis III returning humans to the Moon, the Roman Space Telescope, NEO Surveyor for planetary defense, and Dragonfly—a nuclear-powered rotorcraft exploring Titan.
Zenno Astronautics has tested a fuel-free "Supertorquer" thruster on a satellite, using superconducting magnets and solar power to maneuver via Earth's magnetic field, with future uses including deep space missions and astronaut...
Researchers at TU Munich created a fabric glove that reads forearm muscle signals to help paralyzed hands grip objects. Using machine learning, it inflates air chambers with 97% reliability, enabling an ALS patient to hold a fork...
With the naked eye, you can see roughly 2,000–2,500 stars, but the Milky Way holds up to 400 billion, and the observable universe contains around one septillion — a number telescopes like James Webb keep expanding.
Flawed soil calculations and a poorly designed I-wall system caused three critical levee failures during Katrina, flooding central New Orleans at water levels the structures were built to withstand, causing nearly half of all...
Male dragonflies defend territory using fighter pilot-style tactics, following simple positioning rules in mid-air dogfights. Researchers analyzed 102 flight paths in 3D, with findings that could improve vision-guided drone...
Ultrasound placed under the chin captures silent tongue movements and converts them to text with a 15.6% word error rate after just 50 hours of training, enabling private, speaker-agnostic voice computing.
Euclid has discovered 31 new ancient quasars, including the two oldest ever found, dating to just 670 million years post-Big Bang. This more than doubles known quasars from that era, shedding light on early supermassive black...
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