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World’s only complete baby dinosaur skeleton to hit auction block
Sotheby’s is auctioning the only known juvenile specimen of a Ceratosaurus nasicornis dinosaur for an estimated $4-6 million. It is one of the finest and most complete examples of its genus.
A swift and agile distant cousin of the T. rex,…
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Hyundai shipyard trials German humanoid robot for welding tasks
A partnership will result in Korean firms HD Hyundai Robotics and HD Hyundai Samho testing advanced robots in shipbuilding, marking a major step in automating one of the world’s toughest industries.
Interestingly, the trial will use robots…
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New transparent canopy brings down outdoor temperature by 10°F
Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a lightweight, scalable structure that combines water-cooled aluminum panels with a transparent, infrared-reflective polymer film. A system designed to make outdoor…
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One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions
Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes. Roman may even find evidence of some of the…
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Germany creates first-ever hybrid alloy for next-gen quantum chips
Scientists have merged four elements from Group IV of the periodic table to design a new material that could redefine the future of quantum computing, microelectronics, and photonics.
The stable semiconductor alloy of carbon (C), silicon…
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Ancient Iranian black eye makeup contained graphite and manganese oxide, revealing cosmetic practices of Iron Age elites
Black eye makeup, or kohl, used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of Iran contained natural graphite and manganese oxide, according to analysis carried out at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
The results provide the…
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Simple drying transforms slippery hydrogels into powerful adhesives
Researchers find that drying hydrogels briefly turns them into strong, reversible adhesives, opening new uses in robotics and material handling.
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Scientists decode virus behind deadliest flu pandemic in history
Scientists have “reconstructed” the genome of the 1918–1920 influenza virus, using a sample from a patient in Switzerland.
Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich studied a sample from the University of Zurich’s Medical…
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