Category: Engineering

The US Air Force is taking a significant step to improve the effectiveness of its B-1B Lancer bombers, also known as The Bone. They are starting to buy new external Load Adaptable Modular (LAM) pylons.

These pylons will allow the bombers to…

Chinese solar module maker Longi has presented a new tandem perovskite-silicon solar cell with a 34.58% power conversion efficiency. The cell incorporates a new material designed to reduce passivating defects.

“This research provides…

Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered a mysterious interstellar object which they believe is not only the oldest comet ever seen. Still, they may have formed more than three billion years before our solar system began.

Named…

Chinese researchers have successfully predicted lithium metal anode failures with the help of a predictive model. The tool uses electrochemical data from the initial cycles of lithium metal batteries (LMBs) to forecast potential…

The Jetson ONE, a personal vehicle (eVTOL), was tested in Southern Poland for mountain rescue missions. The company used two ready-to-fly aircraft and flew to several mountain locations, including Mt. Lubań (3,973 ft), reaching the top in under…

Varda Space Industries has raised $187 million in its latest funding round, the company explained in a press release on Thursday, July 10.

The funding round, led by Natural Capital and Shrug Capital, will help Varda Space develop drugs in…

Australian National University (ANU) researchers have developed a simple, cost-effective technique that could transform how valuable resources like lithium are extracted from brine deposits.

The new work builds on the world’s first thermal…

A collaborative effort from researchers in China and the US has led to the development of a new glass coating that reflects heat and helps in energy savings, while also being resistant to moisture, ultraviolet light, and temperature…

In a comprehensive ecological intervention, China has claimed to dismantle 300 dams and decommission more than 90 percent of small hydropower stations along the Chishui River, also known as the Red River, a key tributary of the upper…