Category: Engineering

Xanadu and HyperLight have announced a breakthrough in photonic chip performance that could reshape the trajectory of quantum hardware.

Through a joint development effort, the two companies achieved industry-leading results on thin-film…

The graphics processing unit, better known today as the GPU, did not begin as a pillar of supercomputing or the engine behind artificial‑intelligence chatbots. Its story starts in a smoky arcade where Namco’s Galaxian cabinet debuted in…

Chinese camera maker Insta360 is entering the competitive consumer drone market with a new brand called Antigravity, set to unveil its first unmanned aerial vehicle in August.

According to Antigravity, the new drone, which weighs less than…

A waste incineration plant in Finland has used glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubes to store excess heat 1.2 miles underground to reshape energy storage and waste heat recovery.

The Lounavoima waste-to-energy plant in the town of Salo…

The MARVEL microreactor project at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), US, has successfully concluded its three-month coolant system testing campaign.

In spring 2020, INL engineers, led by Carlo Parisi, began designing a microreactor test…

Canada-based First Hydrogen Corp. says it will begin designing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) with the University of Alberta, marking its first move into nuclear technology as it seeks a steady, low‑carbon power source for large‑scale…

Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a novel whole-brain organoid. 

This model is unique because it features connected neural tissues from various brain regions and even includes basic blood vessels.

The newly developed…

B2U Storage Solutions, a California-based company, has announced it is building a new battery storage facility in San Antonia, Texas. What’s most interesting, however, is that the facility will consist of recycled old electric vehicle (EV)…

A team of scientists discovered a new species of shark preserved in the walls of Mammoth Cave, an underwater cave system brimming with ancient species of fish.

Between 320 and 360 million years ago, Mammoth Cave began to form when the tides…