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Holtec, Entergy, and Hyundai Engineering will explore deploying dual-unit SMR-300 reactors across the Gulf South, generating 680 MW of carbon-free power for AI data centers and heavy industry amid rising electricity demand.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology set a world record by running a hydrogen-powered detonation turbine for 303 seconds, beating NASA's 250-second record. Unlike conventional turbines, it builds pressure internally, eliminating the...
Geocells—3D plastic honeycomb structures—reinforce weak soil by confining particles and distributing heavy loads, reducing costly excavation and fill materials. The Port of Long Beach successfully used them to build a heavy-duty...
VibeMathed tracks AI-solved math problems, with 440K+ logged, 325 fully resolved, and 130 machine-verified via Lean. Some problems had remained open for up to 87 years before AI solved them.
LUX is a hovering lunar robot funded by NASA ($175K) that uses power-over-fiber technology—a surface laser transmits power and data through ultra-thin fiber—to explore Moon lava tubes without battery, signal, or weight...
IC 1101, the largest known galaxy, spans 1.7 million light-years and holds 3.4 trillion solar masses—17 times larger than the Milky Way. Located ~1 billion light-years away, it continues absorbing surrounding matter and smaller...
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Scientists have created a theoretical material combining indium arsenide and GST that controls directional heat radiation, breaking a 160-year-old physics rule. It could enhance infrared sensing and energy systems without...
Scientists used France's Double Chooz detector to detect antineutrinos from spent nuclear fuel after a reactor shutdown—a first. This could enable remote reactor monitoring and fuel verification, reducing reliance on traditional...
Antarctica's Blood Falls, a crimson glacial outflow, gets its color from iron-rich brine traced to ancient trapped seawater. Microbes in the flow carry marine genetic signatures, confirming the ocean origin of this...
China is deploying quantum sensors and encryption at a Hefei substation to detect faults and secure grid communications, potentially reducing measurement errors by 500,000+ kWh annually, with plans to expand nationwide.
Base Power raised $1 billion to scale its Core home battery (78.4 kWh), which installs in under an hour and feeds electricity back to the grid, letting thousands of units act as distributed infrastructure to meet rising demand.
AI recently solved a major open math problem for ~$2,000 in compute. A PhD student warns this threatens core mathematical values like attribution and open knowledge-sharing, urging mathematicians to set norms before AI reshapes...
Foundation Robotics' new tendon-driven robotic hand can catch a mid-flight baseball, with motors in the forearm enabling slim, fast fingers that adapt to grip various objects for its Phantom humanoid robots.
Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott proved Galileo's theory by dropping a hammer and feather simultaneously on the moon in 1971, confirming objects fall at equal speeds in a vacuum—an experiment with real consequences for the crew's...
Erbium's natural 1.5 micrometer telecom wavelength eliminates lossy signal conversion, enabling direct fiber-optic network integration. Its divalent structure also allows continuous cooling during computation, making it ideal for...
Jaunt Air Mobility is partnering with Calogy Solutions to integrate passive air-cooled batteries into its cargo and tactical aircraft, using Calogy's Uni.T technology to match liquid-cooling performance while reducing weight and...
Larger ant groups outperform smaller ones on complex mazes, using consistent rules without outside guidance. This collective intelligence surpasses physics-based simulations, though group size doesn't affect performance on...
Figure 03 autonomously climbed a ladder using an upgraded AI model that merges visual perception with body awareness, improving balance and navigation on stairs and uneven terrain, advancing real-world autonomy.
Moonquakes could reveal hidden lunar ice, as seismic waves travel 2–3x faster through frozen soil. NASA's Artemis missions could extract this ice for water, oxygen, and rocket fuel, reducing dependence on Earth.
Researchers developed an electrochemical system that removes 85% of salt and 92% of heavy metals from industrial wastewater in four hours, using programmable voltage to selectively capture reusable metals—outperforming costly...
A two-step Chinese asteroid defense strategy uses a metal penetrator to carve a crater, then detonates a 3-megaton nuclear warhead inside it—110 times more powerful than NASA's DART mission.
Porous 3D-printed feet for quadruped robots absorb impact energy, reducing motor workload. Combined with an AI controller, the design cuts battery consumption by up to 6.2%, extending runtime for warehouse and search-and-rescue...
During REM sleep, brain energy drops despite increased blood flow—with vessels surging 50 seconds before dreaming begins—suggesting circulation drives brain activity. This finding could reshape understanding of sleep disorders...
Asteroid 44 Nysa, discovered in 1870, is the first known three-lobed asteroid, measuring ~47 miles wide with a small moon. Its unusual shape likely resulted from a past collision.