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  • UK firm’s 98% efficient hybrid motor delivers record performance

    UK firm’s 98% efficient hybrid motor delivers record performance

    A London-based company has unveiled a new high-efficiency hybrid transmission motor. With industry-leading efficiency of 98.2%, the motor from Horse Powertrain offers only a 1% reduction in whole-vehicle fuel consumption.

    Called the Amorphous…

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  • Evidence of Sudan’s King Arthur’s existence found in ancient trash can

    Evidence of Sudan’s King Arthur’s existence found in ancient trash can

    The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw made an astonishing discovery in northern Sudan: the first contextual evidence that might tip legend into fact by proving that Sudan’s “King Arthur” actually…

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  • Moons around asteroids exchange dust and rocks, reveals study

    Moons around asteroids exchange dust and rocks, reveals study

    Far from being static, binary asteroid systems are surprisingly dynamic. A team led by the University of Maryland found that asteroids with small moons can exchange rocks and dust in slow, gentle collisions, a process that continues over…

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  • Scientists build quantum dot device, emits photon pairs with record purity

    Scientists build quantum dot device, emits photon pairs with record purity

    Over the past decade, researchers have become good at creating devices that emit single photons on demand, which is a key ingredient for quantum computing. However, reliably producing exactly two photons at the same time has remained a…

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  • OpenAI hardware chief resigns as AI models deployed on Pentagon networks

    OpenAI hardware chief resigns as AI models deployed on Pentagon networks

    OpenAI’s hardware lead, Caitlin Kalinowski, said she has stepped down from the company after raising concerns about its recent agreement with the US’ Department of War. In a post shared on X, Kalinowski said the decision followed OpenAI’s…

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  • Rare 409 Russian Revolution gold coins found beneath historic house

    Rare 409 Russian Revolution gold coins found beneath historic house

    Archaeologists have discovered one of the most significant hoards from the Russian Revolution buried beneath a historic house in Torzhok.

    A 2025 rescue excavation produced a remarkable collection of 409 gold coins. The hoard was most likely…

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  • ‘Photonic crystal’ sail could help laser beams push spacecraft faster

    ‘Photonic crystal’ sail could help laser beams push spacecraft faster

    Researchers from Tuskegee University, Alabama, have developed a new photonic crystal (a kind of nanostructured material) light sail. This new sail could help solve problems of more conventional metal-coated polymer solar sails that tend to…

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  • High-temperature superconducting dome mapped in nickelate thin films

    High-temperature superconducting dome mapped in nickelate thin films

    Physicists hunting for new superconductors often look for a very specific shape hidden in their data—a dome. 

    In many of the world’s most intriguing superconducting materials, superconductivity appears only within a curved region of a…

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  • Israeli F-16 spotted with mysterious 2,000-pound precision bomb

    Israeli F-16 spotted with mysterious 2,000-pound precision bomb

    Images briefly shared by the Israeli Air Force on social media have drawn attention after appearing to show two unusually marked 2,000-pound GBU-31 series JDAM bombs mounted under the wing of an F-16C/D Barak fighter. 

    The release was…

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