Category: Engineering

Britain’s flagship nuclear power project has encountered an unexpected safety hazard. Hundreds of rats scuttle through work zones, canteens, and waste skips at the Hinkley Point C construction site. 

Trade unions Unite and GMB alerted…

On January 15, 2022, the Pacific’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano produced an unprecedented eruption.

Far from being just another strong eruption, this event produced extraordinarily far-reaching shockwaves. 

This volcanic eruption…

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has deployed Type 22 fast attack missile boats to target US Navy warships in the South China Sea. 

This action occurred as the United States continues to enhance its naval presence near…

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu and leading research institute RIKEN have announced a major breakthrough with the development of a 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, hailed as one of the most powerful systems of its kind in the…

China’s Huawei Technologies is gearing up to test its new and most powerful artificial intelligence processor, according to a report. The AI chip in question has been designed with an aim of replacing some high-end products of U.S. chip giant,…

Stellantis, one of the world’s largest automakers, has partnered with Factorial Energy, a battery technology startup, to validate the successful development of a new semi-solid-state battery cell. Together, they managed to test the battery…

On the evening of January 29, 2025, a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter engaged in a training exercise collided mid-air with American Airlines Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport, resulting in 67 fatalities. 

A new report shows that a…

For more than a century, scientists have relied on crystallography—analyzing X-ray diffraction patterns—to uncover the atomic structures of materials. This method revolutionized fields from medicine to materials science, famously enabling…