A dolphin may soon help clean oil spills, but this one runs on batteries.
Engineers at RMIT University in Australia have built a small robotic “Electronic Dolphin” designed to vacuum oil from the surface of water using a filter inspired…
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Samsung debuts first pouch solid-state battery for humanoid robots
Samsung SDI said it will showcase a new pouch-type all-solid-state battery designed for emerging physical AI systems such as humanoid robots.
The battery will be publicly displayed for the first time at the InterBattery 2026 exhibition in…
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Energy Secretary Backs Restart of Indian Point Nuclear Plant in NY
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has proposed putting the four-year-old decommissioning of New York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant into reverse, refitting the plant for operation again.
Wright signaled that the effort would receive financial…
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GAO Finds Mounting Costs, Years-Long Delays Across NNSA Nuclear Projects
A new U.S. Government Accountability Office assessment of construction projects managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration finds that cost overruns and schedule delays across several defense nuclear modernization facilities have more…
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GAO Finds Mounting Costs, Years-Long Delays Across NNSA Nuclear Construction Projects
A new Government Accountability Office assessment of National Nuclear Security Administration construction projects finds that cost overruns and schedule delays across several nuclear modernization facilities have more than doubled since 2023.
The…
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OpenAI, Google AI researchers back Anthropic’s Pentagon lawsuit
The artificial intelligence industry rarely shows unity across competing companies.
Yet that is exactly what happened on Monday when dozens of researchers from rival firms rallied behind one company’s legal battle with the U.S….
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AI companion robots remind goals, encourage users, and listen
Researchers at Purdue University are developing robots designed to interact with humans in socially and emotionally natural ways.
The systems aim to support people in everyday environments such as classrooms, hospitals, and therapy…
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Can tomorrow's grid handle extremes? New simulations test renewables far faster
As power grids add more renewable energy and large-scale battery storage, utilities face a growing challenge: how to stress-test tomorrow’s electricity systems before investing billions to build them. Wind, solar and battery-backed grids behave…
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ABB Robotics partners with Nvidia to launch ‘hyper real’ version of RobotStudio
ABB Robotics is integrating Nvidia Omniverse libraries into ABB Robotics’ RobotStudio to help manufacturers deploy physical AI in real world robotics applications. Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics, said: “Today, using Nvidia accelerated…
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World’s first solid-state battery retains 97.7% charge after 10 days
Finnish startup Donut Lab has just released the third independent test of its solid-state “Donut Battery,” showing it retains 97.7 percent of its charged capacity after remaining idle for 10 days.
The technology firm released the new…
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