In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend under pressure — without breaking.
Potential applications for…
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First Border Wall Contracts of Second Trump Term Awarded in Texas, San Diego
Granite Construction has won a $70-million contract to build seven miles of new U.S.-Mexico border wall in Hidalgo County, Texas, awarded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It is the first new border contract awarded in President Donald…
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MIT’s nano “skin” may shrink night-vision tech into regular eyeglasses
MIT has grown and “peeled” a 10-nanometre pyroelectric film that senses heat across the full infrared spectrum without the bulky cryogenic coolers standard night-vision gear requires. In lab tests, the atom-thin membrane detected temperature…
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BYD launches world’s largest car carrier with 9,200-vehicle capacity
China’s leading electric vehicle giant BYD has launched the world’s largest car carrier, a state-of-the-art vessel with a loading capacity of 9,200 vehicles, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global logistics capabilities…
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Material? Robot? It’s a metabot
In an experiment reminiscent of the Transformers movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot even…
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Researchers achieve 4x hydrogen output using sugarcane waste, sunlight
South Korean researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen from sugarcane, a fuel hailed as the next-generation energy.
This new technology harnesses the power of the sun and an unlikely source – sugarcane waste.
The…
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Shape-shifting metabot bends, twists, crawls via magnetic fields
Researchers from the US have turned sci-fi fantasy into engineering reality by designing a groundbreaking new robot that can expand, change shape, move, and follow electromagnetic commands all without a motor or internal gears.
Drawing…
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Robots can now learn from a single instructional video in 30 minutes
Cornell University researchers have introduced a new AI-powered framework that makes robots better at learning tasks. It’s called RHyME, which stands for Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution.
The idea is simple but…
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Fiber-optic drones help Ukraine avoid Russian jamming, strike deeper
Ukraine has taken a major step forward in drone warfare by introducing new fiber-optic drones.
The country’s defense technology group, Brave1, recently brought together over 15 top drone manufacturers to test long-range first-person view…
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Yellowstone’s eruption 12 million years ago made a mass rhino grave
About 12 million years ago, huge herds of rhinos roamed the lands of North America.
There was a long-standing mystery around a fossil site in northeast Nebraska – Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park. In 1971, researchers uncovered…
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