San Antonio-based Jordan Foster Construction has been awarded two Texas Department of Transportation contracts totaling $183.3 million to widen U.S. Highway 90 in Bexar County, home to San Antonio and improve State Highway 71 in Bastrop…
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New robotic sheet morphs in real time with heat and smart sensors
In a major leap for adaptive robotics, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a programmable robotic sheet that can change shape, move, and grasp objects, all without mechanical hinges or…
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Proposed Soccer Stadium Bordering Boston Kicks Up Controversy
Boston officials continue to spar with the owners of a Major League Soccer team proposing a reported $500 million soccer-specific stadium on Boston’s northern border. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu criticized the owner of MLS’s New England…
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GR-3 humanoid robot debuts with empathy, emotion, and lifelike walk
Who said machines can’t feel? Fourier’s new “Care-bot” is here to listen, respond, and flip the script.
The robotics and AI company unveiled GR-3, its first full-size “Care-bot” and the latest addition to its GRx humanoid robot…
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China’s secret 2-blade wind turbine runs 500 days with 99.3% uptime
A Chinese green technology and wind power giant has made a significant breakthrough after revealing that its innovative two-blade onshore smart turbine prototype has completed over 500 days of stable operation.
World-leading clean tech…
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In Surveying, Small Wins Bring Big Gains
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Survey data is the real-world basis for any construction project, from the smallest building to a 16-mile-long tunnel snaking beneath the Norwegian Sea.
It is the straightforward effort to determine the positions of points on or...
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How China’s CHSN01 super steel could shrink fusion reactors, cut costs
For decades, fusion projects such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) have relied on 316LN or JK2LB cryogenic stainless steels. Those alloys hold up well at liquid-helium temperatures, but their yield strengths top out…
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Scottish brothers row 9,000 miles in F1-inspired boat across Pacific
Crossing the Pacific Ocean is a daunting task by any measure, but imagine doing it in a rowboat, completely unsupported.
Three Scottish brothers are in the final leg of an extraordinary 9,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, and…
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New super-strong hydrogel can help advance biomedical and marine tech
Scientists have created the strongest underwater-adhesive hydrogels to date.
Hydrogels are soft, permeable materials made of polymer networks that hold water. These gels have various applications, from biomedical engineering to contact…
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Scientists levitate 300 million atoms at room temp for quantum purity
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich has reached an impressive milestone in quantum physics by levitating a cluster of three nano-glass spheres, composed of 300 million atoms.
The spheres, each ten times smaller than a human hair, were…
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