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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Man turns old coffee maker into a working PC that brews real coffee
Have you ever imagined a computer made out of a coffee machine? It might sound far-fetched to you, but not to Doug MacDowell, who recently unveiled his out-of-the-box creation.
The computer looks like a messy fusion of both machines, but that…
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LimX’s new humanoid robot masters gym, warehouse, dance floor
Chinese robotics player LimX Dynamics has officially unveiled its full-sized general-purpose humanoid robot, LimX Oli, marking a significant step forward in embodied AI robotics.
Designed for use by AI researchers, robotics engineers, and…
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South Africa makes rhino horns radioactive to fend off poachers
In a move to protect endangered rhinos, South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand has launched an ambitious campaign to combat poaching by injecting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns.
The initiative, named the Rhisotope Project,…
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