Category: Engineering

Amid mounting plastic waste, a US engineer has developed a single-step method to grow strong, biodegradable sheets using bacteria.

Maksud Rahman, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Houston, led…

 Some love stories are written in the stars, quite literally.

A new Caltech-led study has found that some explosive star duos may have formed thanks to a third, more distant star.

These dramatic systems often involve a white dwarf, the…

NVIDIA has unveiled a powerful new parallelism technique that could radically improve how AI models operate on massive contexts. Dubbed Helix Parallelism, this innovation allows AI agents to process millions of words simultaneously, like…

Forget mines, the next lithium rush might come from the ocean.

In a major breakthrough, researchers at U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have developed an advanced membrane…

Dutch solar innovator Wattlab and German inland shipping giant HGK Shipping have teamed up to launch the world’s first hybrid solar-powered inland vessel as part of an ambitious initiative to decarbonize inland waterway transport.

Named the…

A new study explores the potential of caterpillars to degrade polyethylene plastic, the most common type of plastic globally. 

A team at Brandon University in Canada, headed by Dr. Bryan Cassone, researched waxworms, the caterpillars of the…

An ambitious fishery-solar farm hybrid in China is now fully connected to the grid.

The project combines a 250 MW solar farm with a fishery. Beijing-based company Dajin Heavy Industry claims the project represents an extremely efficient land…

Boston Dynamics often springs to mind when the conversation turns to cutting-edge four-legged robotic dogs. 

However, China has unveiled a new contender that is doing more than just competing—it’s surpassing the rest.

Chinese startup…