A 247-million-year-old tree-dwelling reptile has been identified through the fossils discovered way back in the 1930s.
Paleontologists from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany, have named the reptile Mirasaura grauvogeli,…
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US cracks alloy code to shrink nuclear fuel disposal time by 20 years
A redesigned carrier for spent nuclear fuel has been implemented at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to accelerate the material’s processing for permanent disposal. This new design resolves a prior issue where the original carriers failed to…
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Massive 123-foot wind wings to propel giant tankers and slash CO2
A UK maritime engineering firm has confirmed that its revolutionary WindWings propulsion system will be installed on two newly built LR2 dual-fuel tankers in one of the first large-scale wind propulsion deployments for this vessel…
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World’s first two-ton vertical takeoff aircraft set to fly in China
Chinese electric aircraft maker Autoflight has delivered its CarryAll V2000CG, the world’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft over one ton to receive all three major airworthiness certifications: a Type Certificate,…
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Lithium-metal breakthrough may double EV battery life, boost retention
A South Korean research team has developed a novel printing technology that more than doubles the stability of next-generation lithium-metal batteries.
This development could enable energy storage that is powerful enough for long-range…
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Tough alloy tested at 1112°F to replace steel in nuclear reactors
Researchers at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) are studying a special type of material called a high entropy alloy (HEA) made using different metals to withstand high temperatures and radiation from nuclear reactors.
The researchers…
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Knowledge before faith is the motto of a robot pope | Science Robotics
Clifford D. Simak’s Project Pope imagines a distant future where logic unifies religion.
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Will your next surgeon be a robot? Autonomy and AI in robotic surgery | Science Robotics
Artificial intelligence and robotics are enabling surgical autonomy, with potential to improve outcomes and expand access to care.
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Construction Economics for July 28, 2025
Join the ENR LA Infrastructure Forum on November 10 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, where over 90 public agencies, contractors, and design firms converge to align strategies, share capital plans, and foster innovative partnerships….
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Parked EVs and water heaters could turn cities into giant batteries
New research has found that electric vehicles (EVs) and household hot water systems could significantly strengthen Australia’s electricity grid.
The study, conducted by the Australian National University (ANU), suggests that by using these…
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