Category: Engineering

Long-necked sauropods were widely believed to be plant-eaters. But direct proof has been incredibly hard to come by. Until now.

Fossilized plant remains have been discovered inside the abdomen of a sauropod (Diamantinasaurus matildae) that…

One of Turkmenistan’s most iconic landmarks, the infamous ‘Door to Hell’, a fiery natural gas crater which has been raging on for more than half a century has finally started to lose its steam, according to scientists monitoring the…

Researchers have never seen anything as close to a potential HIV cure as this new nanoparticle approach.

As study authors wrote, the virus’s ability to remain latent inside white blood cells presents a major hurdle in curing HIV. The virus…

YouTuber Battery Man retrofitted a first-generation Nissan Leaf with a more modern battery. In doing so, he more than doubled the range of the 15-year-old model car.

In a video posted on his channel, Battery Man likened the Nissan Leaf to a…

Researchers at the University of Otago have discovered that the New Zealand spotty fish, or paketi, can begin displaying dominant behaviors just minutes after a shift in their social order, well before their bodies begin changing sex.

The…

The Polish Air Force has reportedly scrambled fighters to secure its airspace in response to Russian airstrikes in Western Ukraine. Other Allied nations also followed suit in response to the Russian attacks early on Monday (June 8th)…

In a move signaling China’s growing ambitions in the global defense export market, Beijing’s state media has revealed technical details of two multirole combat trainer aircraft, the FTC-2000G and the L-15, with capabilities meant for foreign…

China has started mass production of the world’s first non-binary chips, adding this new technology to important industries like aviation and manufacturing.

Spearheaded by Professor Li Hongge and his team at Beihang University in Beijing,…

Biodegradable plastics have been hailed as an eco-friendly alternative to solve the global plastic pollution crisis. 

These are made from renewable resources like corn starch and sugar cane as compared to conventional plastics. 

However,…

Advancing predictive industrial maintenance, Boston Dynamics has introduced the latest version of Orbit—its intelligent automation platform designed to work seamlessly with the Spot robot.

This upgraded system allows operators to detect,…