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KAIST engineers designed an electrode that sequences ion entry—zinc first, protons second—in aqueous zinc batteries, preventing damaging buildup and achieving 368.7 mAh/g capacity over 500 cycles, advancing affordable grid-scale energy storage.
Chinese scientists discovered ultra-pure natural hydrogen (98.24% purity) leaking from Sichuan Basin's crust, suggesting vast underground reserves that could yield twice the energy of global proven natural gas reserves.
PyroGenesis landed its first U.S. commercial order, supplying plasma-atomized titanium powder for 3D printing to a DoD- and NASA-backed research lab, potentially unlocking further U.S. defense contracts.
Kyoto's religious sites double as wildlife sanctuaries, with 31 surveyed locations hosting at least seven frog species. Researchers found each site's unique landscaping acts as a "cultural filter," showing human-designed spaces...
Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, intismeran, reduced melanoma recurrence by 49% over five years when combined with Keytruda in Phase 3 trials, with expansion planned for lung, bladder, and kidney cancers.
Developed over four years, a USF laser tool cuts through 40-foot-deep ice baskets in nuclear plants within minutes. Successfully tested at two TVA sites, it could also benefit facilities in Japan and Finland.
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Physicists modeled splitting a photon in half and found it wouldn't produce two half-photons—instead, it could generate infinite photons, challenging fundamental assumptions about light and quantum behavior.
During a routine calibration run, Chile's MOTHRA telescope accidentally captured unprecedented bow shocks — curved waves of stellar debris — radiating from the Helix Nebula, a dying star 650 light-years away, mirroring what our...
Sebastian Thrun, co-founder of Waymo and Google Brain, has launched robotics startup Dulo, which uses AI foundation models to accelerate hardware design and manufacturing, entering a market that raised a record $16.3B in early...
RoboScience's REX G1 is a wheeled humanoid robot with 22 degrees of freedom, a 22-pound lift capacity, and onboard AI, designed for warehouses, factories, and homes without requiring costly infrastructure changes.
NORINCO's Fuxi humanoid robot is designed for hazardous reconnaissance, featuring real-time teleoperation. However, analysts caution that robots still cost three times more than the threshold needed for businesses to turn a...
Researchers at NUS developed a method to recycle aircraft composite waste into lightweight aerogel by grinding, binding, and freeze-drying it. The material insulates, absorbs sound, and removes oil spills, with plans for...
Zenno Astronautics' Supertorquer, the world's most powerful superconducting magnetic actuator, is integrated on Portal Space Systems' Starburst-1 and ready for flight, using Earth's magnetic field for orientation control, saving...
By deriving Einstein's equations from quantum relative entropy, researchers linked energy flow across horizons to spacetime curvature, suggesting quantum information underpins gravity and may help unify quantum physics with...
Researchers engineered probiotic bacteria to deliver immune-stimulating treatment directly into pancreatic tumors, exploiting their natural affinity for low-oxygen environments. Effectiveness improved when combined with...
Qnetic's Pulsar flywheel energy storage system—which stores electricity mechanically rather than chemically—is undergoing independent testing by EPRI, sponsored by Sacramento's municipal utility, to give grid and data center...
S301, the fastest and closest known star to the Milky Way's central black hole, orbits every 8.7 years at 25,000 km/s and could directly measure the black hole's spin by 2036, testing relativity.
A Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the Moon on August 5, 2026, creating a 60-foot crater. Its V-shaped ejecta pattern exposed ancient lunar soil, helping scientists refine collision prediction models.
S301, a star orbiting the Milky Way's black hole closer than any known star, travels at 8% the speed of light—potentially allowing scientists to directly measure the black hole's spin and growth.
Flinders University developed a zinc-iodine battery using biodegradable starch that charges in three minutes and lasts 60,000+ cycles—a cheaper, safer lithium-ion alternative that could leverage Australia's vast zinc reserves.
Researchers still don't fully understand static electricity despite centuries of study. Recent experiments show that invisible carbon compounds on surfaces significantly affect charge transfer, complicating efforts to develop a...
Celanese and Vigor Precision are collaborating to create lightweight engineered plastic joint components for humanoid robots, targeting 30%+ weight reduction over metal designs while improving energy efficiency, precision, and...
Diamond-based quantum sensors using nitrogen-vacancy defects are being developed at Argonne National Laboratory in a $1M, three-year project. These radiation-resistant sensors could integrate into particle accelerators, enabling...
Nations controlling the mining, refining, and recycling of critical minerals like copper, lithium, and rare earths hold the keys to advanced technology. Supply shortages and China's processing dominance create serious...