In a famous fossil bed in Brazil, researchers have discovered a new treasure of three egg clutches. These provide new insights into semi-aquatic peirosaurid crocodyliforms and expand our understanding of their reproductive strategies.
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Viewpoint: Why ‘always-on’ environments break most robotics deployments – and how to fix them
By Nohtal Partansky, founder and CEO, and Patrick DeGrosse Jr, director of engineering, Sorting Robotics Most robotics deployments don’t run into trouble because a motor was undersized or because someone wrote bad control logic. In our…
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Automation Expo in Thailand concludes with strong attendance
Co-organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) and GMTX, the 2026 edition of Automation Expo closed recently, achieving a record 50 per cent year-on-year increase in attendance. The event was held at the Nongnooch International Convention and Exhibition…
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Japanese supercomputer upends 45-year-old theory about sun-like stars
For nearly half a century, astronomers have believed that stars like our sun eventually change the way they rotate. The theory suggested that when such stars grow old and slow down, their rotation pattern flips—causing their poles to spin…
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US Army to advance ultra-high speed missile tracking with new system
Global defense technology giant, AeroVironment (AV), has recently been awarded a $97 million U.S. Army contract for virtual missile defense testing. Awarded under the Generative Environment for the Next Era of Spectral Imaging Stimulators…
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China’s BYD EV catches fire as driver narrowly escapes burning cabin
Preliminary findings from a technical inspection carried out at a BYD service center indicate that the vehicle itself was not the source of the fire. According to the investigation, the blaze was triggered by an external power bank – a…
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Hypersonic missiles may slip past US-made defenses, Chinese study claims
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that some of its “hypersonic” missiles and drones were able to penetrate US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) defenses in Israel on Thursday (5th March).
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Simbe becomes first retail robotics company to achieve UL 3300 certification
Simbe, a provider of store inventory and intelligence robots, says it has become “the first retail technology company to achieve UL 3300 certification”. The certificate is the “Standard for Service, Communication, Information, Education and…
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Techman Robot and Tesollo unveil adaptive robotic gripper solution for high-mix manufacturing
Techman Robot Korea, the South Korean subsidiary of global collaborative robot company Techman Robot headquartered in Taiwan, and Tesollo, a South Korean specialist in robotic grippers, will present an articulated, multi-jointed gripper-based…
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Smart ceramics reveal a new way to control heat transfer, boosting thermal conductivity nearly threefold
Scientists used electric fields to extend heat-carrying vibrations in ceramics, revealing a promising path toward solid-state devices that actively manage thermal energy flow.
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