Type One Energy, a US-based firm, has successfully completed the first formal design review for its “Infinity Two” stellarator fusion reactor power plant.
The advanced design, targeting 350 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the grid by…
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France’s new nuclear submarine carries 620-mile cruise missiles
On May 27, 2025, the French Navy achieved a major milestone in its naval modernization program with the rollout of the De Grasse, the fourth unit in the Barracuda-class (Suffren-class) series of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs).
The…
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Hyperloop flaw that stalled Elon Musk’s Maglev dream gets fix: China
Chinese scientists working on the world’s first full-scale vacuum-tube maglev test line claim they’ve found a solution to a problem that has plagued ultra-high-speed travel concepts like Elon Musk’s Hyperloop.
Their study reveals that…
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SpaceX’s Starship crashes after losing control in 9th flight test
On May 27th, SpaceX launched the ninth test flight of its 403-feet (123-metre) Starship megarocket.
Despite reaching orbit, the vehicle then lost attitude control, resulting in an uncontrolled reentry and its third consecutive…
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World first soft robots walk off machine that makes them
University of Edinburgh. “World first soft robots walk off 3D printer that makes them.” Nanowerk, 28 May 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/gadget/newsid=66920.php.
University of Edinburgh. (2025, May 28). World first soft robots walk…
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Autodesk Beats First Quarter Revenue Estimates, Quells Shareholder Revolt
Autotdesk reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 non-GAAP earnings of $2.29 per share May 22, which beat most estimates and improved 22.5% year over year. Autodesk reports its revenue a year ahead based on its annual subscription sales model.
The…
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Analysis of foamed glass structure under thermal shocks and their impact on local breaking strength
Problem description
As the first step, the definition of thermal shock should be stated. Thermal shock is a rapid temperature fluctuation that generates transient thermomechanical loading within a solid body. This phenomenon originates from…
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Experimental-simulation analysis on mechanical degradation and energy evolution characteristics of sandstone under water-rock coupling effects
In the above chapter, through the uniaxial compression tests on sandstone specimens with different water contents, the macroscopic mechanical deterioration response of sandstone with different water contents has been studied. However, in order to…
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Development and evaluation of a restaurant virtual reality training system for enhancing awareness and priority-setting skills
The effectiveness, usefulness, and usability of our proposed restaurant VR training system were evaluated using training tasks in the Proof of Concept (PoC) system with the cooperation of participants who had a high degree of experience in…
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Experimental analysis of the damping characteristics of longmaxi shale under graded cyclic loading with different confining pressures
Stress‒strain hysteresis
The stress‒strain curves under equal-amplitude cyclic loading with different upper and lower limits of pericompression variations are shown in Fig. 5, 6 and 7.
Fig. 5 Stress‒strain hysteresis loop at a confining…
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