Category: Engineering

A portable device that sniffs out fentanyl, cocaine, and explosives from the air better than trained dogs could soon change how US border agents detect narcotics and other harmful substances.

Named VaporID, the microwave oven–sized sensor…

In a remote bonebed in Arizona, a Smithsonian team unearthed the oldest pterosaur on record and an entire ecosystem of fossils—over 200 million years old.

While looking for prehistoric precursors to mammals in Petrified Forest National Park…

Huawei’s artificial intelligence research arm, Noah Ark Lab, has firmly denied allegations that it copied Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 model while developing its Pangu Pro Mixture of Experts (MoE) system.

The denial comes after a whistleblower…

A French wave energy company has secured a multi-million dollar funding round to advance its pioneering technology, aiming to deploy a full-scale demonstrator and fast-track international expansion.

Bordeaux-based Seaturns raised USD 2.9…

Florida-based company Redwire Corporation has announced it has completed the first deployment test of its roll-out solar arrays (ROSA). If it reaches lunar orbit, these could eventually be used on NASA’s lunar Gateway space…

German researchers have developed a new roll-to-roll production process to make lithium batteries safer with better energy density. 

Fraunhofer FEP has developed this process for a new type of component for lithium-ion batteries called…

Researchers have demonstrated that a genetic switch for organ regeneration exists, after restoring damaged outer ears in mice.

This has ignited hope that similar switches might exist for other organs, even in humans.

The study conducted by…