Scotland’s largest regional airline, LoganAir, is taking early steps toward adopting hydrogen propulsion for commercial flights. During the Paris Air Show last week, the carrier announced a partnership with ZeroAvia—an aerospace company with…
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Quantum embezzlement is hiding in known one-dimensional materials: Study
In quantum physics, entanglement links particles across space in ways that defy logic. However, there’s a lesser-known phenomenon that’s even more intriguing than entanglement, and it’s called quantum embezzlement.
It happens when one…
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Hot air balloon bursts into flames mid-air in Brazil, eight killed
A freak accident involving a hot air balloon in southern Brazil has resulted in the death of eight people after the balloon caught fire and plunged from the sky on Saturday.
Footage from local media showed billows of smoke rising from the…
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Driverless cars can now make better decisions, new technique validated
Researchers have validated a new technique that helps driverless cars to make “moral” decisions.
The method tests how people judge the morality of driving decisions by sharing a variety of traffic scenarios with test subjects, and then…
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50 WWII Nazi helmets found during road renovation
During road renovations near the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wroclaw, workers made a remarkable discovery: over 50 helmets from WWII.
“The war still haunts us,” the University of Wroclaw stated in a recent press release…
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China’s new 2.47kW portable laser works in Arctic cold, Saharan desert
Chinese scientists have developed a portable 2-kilowatt (kW) fiber laser weapon that can operate in extreme temperatures. Reportedly capable of functioning in conditions between -58°F (-50°C) and 122°F (50°C), the new laser does not require…
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US firm’s advanced reactor to supply hydrogen, electricity for 400,000 homes
US-based NuScale Power Corporation has initiated research programs to develop an integrated energy system capable of concurrent clean water desalination, energy-efficient hydrogen production, and carbon-free power generation.
The…
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Inlaid gold patterns found on 1,100-year-old Japan’s spear stun experts
Among 80,000 artifacts from the sacred Japanese island of Okinoshima, Japanese researchers discovered an intricately decorated spear tip lying inside an ancient gold sheath. It’s now a national treasure.
The Munakata-Okinoshima and…
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Fujian carrier with swarm attack could give China 1st-mover advantage
China’s state-owned national broadcaster CCTV has announced that the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, will be able to conduct ‘deck load strikes’ once commissioned. This is a type of swarm attack in which a large…
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Universe emerged from time, not from space? New theory shows how
It is believed that matter, motion, gravity, and everything else we know of originated from the three dimensions of space and one of time. However, a new idea challenges this theory, suggesting that time, specifically in three dimensions, is the…
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