Category: Engineering

China just fired up a next-gen battery hub blending lithium and sodium in its latest energy leap.

On Sunday, its first lithium-sodium hybrid energy storage station began operation, marking a major step toward hybrid battery storage at…

Each year, millions of pilgrims from around the world travel to Mecca to perform Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam.

With Hajj expected to begin on June 4 and end on June 9, Saudi authorities are preparing to host an enormous influx of…

Since its inception, SpaceX has established itself as a leading innovator in rocketry and aerospace. Through its pioneering work with rocket retrieval and reusability, SpaceX has significantly reduced the cost of launch services, increasing…

Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, commonly referred to as NYK Line, has launched the first-ever fully battery-driven work vessel, in a bid to significantly reduce carbon emissions across the maritime industry.

The…

SpaceX has completed another vital cargo mission to the International Space Station, delivering and retrieving critical scientific payloads that could shape the future of space exploration, satellite safety, and education.

The mission, part…

This week, five asteroids will fly past Earth, close enough to be categorized as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). However, NASA predicts that none will pose any real risk to the planet for another hundred years.

Known as…

An engineered alloy that heats and cools by simply stretching may offer the most efficient solid-state heat pump yet — a breakthrough that could reshape the future of fossil-free heating.

Developed by researchers at the School of Engineering of…

Researchers have resolved a puzzling vibrational phenomenon that has baffled the scientific community for years, after discovering a strange quantum link between carbyne and carbon nanotubes.

Led by the University of Vienna in Austria, along…

Researchers in the US have used electron microscopy to capture electric vehicle (EV) battery failure on film for the first time showing how lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries deteriorate when exposed to severe heat or cold.

Led by Yao Yang, PhD,…

Solid-state batteries have the potential to provide higher energy density while also being cheaper and safer than lithium-ion batteries.

The technology could improve electric vehicle performance and boost EV adoption, which has slowed down…