Category: Engineering

Quantum teleportation, once the stuff of science fiction, is rapidly becoming a central pillar in the race to build the next version of the internet.

Instead of transmitting particles or signals through wires or airwaves, this process…

For centuries, Betelgeuse — one of the brightest stars and the closest red supergiant to Earth — appeared to shine alone in the night sky, but an elusive stellar partner hiding in plain sight has finally come into view.

The breakthrough…

Stellaria, a French startup born out of the CEA and Schneider Electric, has raised €23 million (approximately $26.88 million USD) to build a new kind of nuclear reactor, one that can actually get rid of more waste than it generates.

The…

From Alzheimer’s to heart failure, many chronic diseases have been linked to damage in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).

Now, scientists at the University of California, Riverside, may have found a way to halt the damage before it begins.

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Researchers in Japan observed the transverse Thomson effect for the very first time, a thermoelectric phenomenon that allows the control of the direction of heating and cooling flows by changing the direction of the magnetic field.

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An ambitious undertaking to create the first direct energy interconnector between the UK and Germany has hit another key milestone.

Under the NeuConnect project, Italian firm Prysmian’s Leonardo da Vinci cable-laying vessel has commenced…

A humanoid robot took center stage at a music festival in China, captivating audiences as a keytar player.

The full-sized robot, named Adam and developed by PNDbotics, performed alongside renowned Chinese musician Hu Yutong’s band, marking a…

The “Blue Bird” car is expected to return to historic Pendine Sands in south-west Wales. 

A century ago, this beach witnessed a motoring milestone: the moment a 350-horsepower Sunbeam car named Blue Bird roared into the record…

K’NEX, the colorful plastic construction toy known for roller coasters and towers, has taken on a new identity. It has become the frame of a fully functioning 8-bit mechanical computer. Built by an inventor on YouTube known as Shadowman39,…