A German company has completed a six-week test of its full-flow staged combustion rocket engine. Named Typhoon, the engine’s oxygen-rich preburner was tested at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Lampoldshausen site. The Exploration Company’s…
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Labor Market Loses Momentum: July Adds 73K, Prior Months Slashed by 258K
Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in July, increasing by an anemic 73,000 jobs—well below the consensus forecast of a 110,000 gain—while the unemployment rate held at 4.2%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
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New $5 wound sensor tracks healing without removing dressings
A team of researchers from RMIT University in Australia has developed a wearable wound-monitoring device that could transform how clinicians track healing — and reduce infection risks in the process.
Unlike traditional methods that require…
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Nuclear reactors to power AI data farms in US’ first private HyperGrid
Fermi America has enlisted South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) to design and build the nuclear heart of a vast private power grid aimed squarely at fueling next-generation artificial-intelligence workloads in…
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US firm teases potential successor to SR-71 Blackbird in new video
A new video posted by GE Aerospace has fueled speculation that the American firm will use its dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) engines to power a hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird.
According to a report by Global Defense News, the video,…
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New sensor gives robots lifelike touch and instant grip control
Robots have become remarkably advanced, capable of executing complex tasks with impressive accuracy, speed, and coordination. Yet, despite these leaps, they often struggle with something fundamental like sensing and responding to touch.
That…
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US fusion ignition propels with THOR’s ‘burning plasma’ breakthrough
A research team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has successfully achieved fusion ignition in an experiment that incorporated a new diagnostic platform.
“This…
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Japan’s scientists smash records, create clean fuel from sunlight, CO2
Scientists have shattered previous efficiency records for producing clean fuel from sunlight, water, and CO2.
Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and Hiroshima University have developed a novel synthesis method that boosts the…
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2,300-year-old ice mummy’s tattoos reveal ancient artistry secret
Archaeologists have used new high-resolution digital imaging to study tattoos on a 2,300-year-old “ice mummy” from Siberia’s Pazyryk culture.
The technology allowed them to move beyond old drawings and study the craftsmanship behind the…
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Peacocks can shoot lasers from tail feathers, scientists discover
Scientists have concluded that peacocks’ tail feathers are capable of emitting narrow beams of light. A team highlighted that the colored tail feathers include tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam.
Researchers…
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