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China's first 1-gigawatt offshore solar project, now connected to the grid, will generate enough electricity to power 2.67 million homes annually while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by over 1.3 million tons.
Notre Dame's new Mach 10 quiet wind tunnel simulates hypersonic flight without turbulence, addressing critical testing gaps for the U.S. military. The $5.4 million facility, funded by the Navy, allows researchers to study extreme...
Voltari has introduced the first all-electric patrol boat for the US Navy. The Patrol 26 RIB features a 100-mile range, 55 mph top speed, and 740 horsepower. With a carbon fiber hull, military-grade specs, and advanced...
Microsoft is exploring the possibility of creating an Xbox handheld device. Gaming CEO Phil Spencer revealed that the company is working on prototypes and considering its options in the handheld market. While an actual console is...
Meta's Project Aria AR glasses research collaborations reveal potential applications for future devices. University of Bristol researchers are capturing expert movements for real-time AR lessons. IIIT Hyderabad developed a driver...
A new eco-friendly technology for recycling lithium-ion battery cathodes has been developed by South Korean researchers. The process restores spent batteries to 100% of their original capacity by immersing cathode materials in a...
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China has unveiled new military technologies, including the FK-4000 mobile air defense system that can disable small drones with high-power microwaves from nearly 2 miles away. The system, along with other microwave weapons and...
A massive coral colony, possibly over 300 years old, has been discovered in the Solomon Islands. The coral, belonging to the species Pavona clavus, measures 112 feet wide, 105 feet long, and 18 feet high, making it visible from...
Canada is positioned to become a significant player in the global nuclear fuel market, with its high-grade uranium reserves in the Athabasca Basin and capability to mine and enrich uranium. This could make Canada a preferred...
Electra unveils the EL9, a nine-seat hybrid-electric aircraft capable of ultra-short takeoffs and landings. The innovative plane cruises at 201 mph, has a range of 1,265 miles, and can carry 3,000 lbs of freight for 379 miles,...
Lynx, a new four-legged robot by DEEP Robotics, features wheels for switching between walking and climbing modes, allowing it to navigate diverse terrains, steep slopes, and large obstacles while combining the adaptability of...
The University of Houston secured $3.6 million from the DOE to create a microreactor converting CO2 to methanol using renewable energy, aiming to produce 30 MJe/day and potentially scale up to 225 tons daily while reducing...
Japanese researchers successfully transplanted functional chloroplasts from algae into animal cells, maintaining photosynthetic activity for two days. This marks the first confirmed instance of photosynthetic electron transport...
Physicists explore the concept of alternate timelines and parallel worlds through quantum mechanics and other scientific theories. While multiple possibilities may exist simultaneously at the quantum level, our perception is...
MIT engineers developed a new electrode design that significantly improves the efficiency of converting carbon dioxide into ethylene, a valuable chemical used in plastics and fuels. The design uses woven copper wires in a Teflon...
Rice University researchers have developed an innovative electrochemical reactor that extracts lithium from natural brine solutions with 97.5% purity. The reactor uses a specialized membrane to selectively allow lithium ions to...
A Martian meteorite found at Purdue University in 1931 reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago. Scientists used noble gases to date minerals in the Lafayette Meteorite, suggesting the water came from...
Researchers in China claim to have observed atoms in quantum superposition for 23 minutes, potentially breaking a record. They used about 10,000 ytterbium atoms cooled to near absolute zero and trapped with laser light. This...
The Biden administration aims to triple U.S. nuclear energy capacity to 200 gigawatts by 2050, emphasizing both large and small modular reactors. This ambitious plan faces challenges like aging infrastructure and high costs, but...
A contest for sound-based magic tricks explored the potential for auditory-only illusions, aiming to make magic more inclusive for the visually impaired and study differences in visual and auditory information processing. The...
MIT researchers created a robot that builds furniture from reusable blocks using spoken commands, converting speech to 3D models via AI and assembling them with a robotic arm, potentially transforming furniture production and...
Ancient perforated stones found in Israel, likely used as spindle whorls for spinning fibers, may be early rotational tools that influenced later wheel-like inventions and contributed to the transition to agriculture and settled...
Chinese researchers identified two genes limiting sugar production in ripening tomatoes. Using gene-editing, they created larger, sweeter tomatoes without affecting yield. The modified tomatoes had up to 30% higher sugar content,...
Amber found in Antarctic sediment cores reveals 90-million-year-old temperate rainforests once covered the continent, with tree bark inclusions suggesting these mid-Cretaceous forests faced challenges like parasites and fires.