The U.S. Senate confirmed Marcus Molinaro to lead the Federal Transit Administration by a 71-23 vote Aug. 2 shortly before senators broke for their summer recess.
Molinaro previously outlined some of his priorities as FTA administrator during a…
Category: Engineering
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St. Louis Stops Certifying MBE and WBE Construction Contracts
Effective Aug. 4, St. Louis won’t issue new, non-emergency city construction contracts under its Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) goals—citing new federal rules that could withhold or eliminate funding for cities that…
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Russian students build anti-drone simulator to train gunners
Students at Russia’s Southern Federal University (SFU) say they have built the world’s first dedicated simulator for training with anti-drone rifles and detection systems, hoping to speed up instruction as unmanned aircraft dominate…
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Carnivorous dinosaurs had very different bite styles, shows study
A new study finds that meat-eating dinosaurs followed remarkable evolutionary paths regarding their skull design and feeding style.
In a new study published in Cell, researchers from the University of Bristol investigated the largest…
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World’s first two-ton VTOL drone completes cargo delivery in China
China has completed what it calls the world’s first offshore oil-platform cargo mission by a two-ton electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
The unmanned V2000CG CarryAll took off from the coastal city of Shenzhen on Sunday,…
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New tech tracks EV battery health 1M times/sec while it’s in use
Researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking real-time measurement technique that could dramatically improve the safety, efficiency, and longevity of batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy systems, and even future…
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Japan team builds falcon-like drone that lands softly on your palm
A flapping-wing drone can safely perform a soft landing on a person’s hand like a Falcon.
Developed by the University of Tokyo’s DRAGON Lab, this system combines human gestures with flight planning.
Flapping-wing drones are ideal for…
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Humanoid robots Adam and Adam-U display lifelike AI movement
Chinese robotics player PNDbotics turned heads at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai (WAIC 2025), showcasing for the first time its full-sized humanoid Adam alongside its data‑collection counterpart Adam‑U.
Adam,…
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Russia’s stealth nuclear submarine’s secrets out, Ukraine claims
Submarines are mysterious beasts that lurk deep in the oceans to surprise enemies and deal a blow that can be lethal in any war. A nuclear submarine is more dangerous as it can sail for longer durations and distances with less chance of…
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Chinese engineers design drones that survive 87% of missile attacks
A team of aerospace engineers from China has proposed a new evasive maneuvering technology that would allow combat drones to increase their survivability rate to almost 90 percent.
The concept involves fitting lightweight, side-mounted rocket…
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