Category: Engineering

Chinese authorities have summoned U.S. chip giant Nvidia Corp. over alleged security vulnerabilities in its H20 processor, a move that could complicate the company’s efforts to re-enter the Chinese market just as Washington and Beijing…

Scientists from NASA are conducting a series of research flights to advance the supersonic parachutes. The plan is to make these parachutes more reliable and safer with advanced sensors. These upgraded parachutes are aimed at delivering…

Lithium-ion batteries changed the world. They powered the smartphone era, unlocked electric vehicles, and made portable electronics powered truly mobile.

But lithium is starting to show its cracks. It’s expensive, unevenly distributed, and…

Virginia-based BWX Technologies has announced that work is underway on the reactor core for the Pele microreactor at its BWXT Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The Pele microteactor is a 1.5-megawatt demonstration system built for the…

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Will Ashford-Brown, Director of Strategic Insights at Heligan Group, to discuss a compelling vision of what modern conflict looks like and what it’s becoming.

In a world where emerging…

Sound is everywhere, but now light can capture it without ever “hearing” a thing.

In a striking blend of optics and acoustics, researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a visual microphone that listens using light…

A megaflash lightning has set the record for being the longest lightning ever recorded in the world. The megaflash traveled over 500 miles, roughly the distance from Washington D.C. to Detroit.

The details were revealed following the analysis of…

A startup in Germany has used a high-pressure cooker to develop superhumus, which they see as a promising solution to soil degradation and climate change, one of the world’s most critical challenges.

The cross-disciplinary team made of…

A former nuclear power generation site in Philippsburg is slated to host one of the country’s largest battery storage systems.

The utility firm EnBW has detailed plans to build a 400 MW battery facility with an 800 MWh capacity, repurposing…

Potatoes are a widely loved and consumed vegetable globally — eaten in many forms, from fries to mashed potatoes. 

Even with its common presence, the vegetable’s origins have been a long-standing scientific mystery until recently.

An…