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Texas A&M Proposes Tunnel System From The Boring Co.

UK explores world’s most powerful tidal turbine to unlock clean energy

Breakthrough bendable 32-bit microprocessor costs less than a buck to make | Barely any throughput loss, even when curved to the extreme

Knit wit: 1st-ever cat cap that measures brain activity without sedation | In a first, veterinary scientists have successfully scanned the brains of cats in a conscious state.

AI begins its ominous split away from human thinking

Governor Newsom Vetoes California’s Contentious AI Safety Bill

Samsung unveils world’s first ultra-small solid-state battery

Robot hand can detach from arm, crawl over to objects, and pick them up

Meet LISA: The $1.6 Billion Space Telescope That Will Redefine Astronomy

ITER: First 5,200-ton vacuum vessel built to contain plasma for fusion

The families of 43 missing students in Mexico are still demanding justice 10 years later

US detects first-ever fluorine, uranium isotopes in single particle

Hands-on with Meta's Orion AR glasses prototype and the possible future of computing

Scientists turn toothpaste into edible transistors for smart health tracking | Copper phthalocyanine, known for its teeth-whitening properties, can also be used as a semiconductor material.

Project Pele: US starts building unique 5MW mobile nuclear reactor

Thermoelectric generator pulls energy from room temperature heat | Scientists in Japan have developed a new organic device that can harvest energy from heat. Unlike other thermoelectric generators, this one works at room temperature without a heat gradient.

World’s largest waste-to-hydrogen plant unveiled, 30,000 tons yearly output | Hyundai Engineering aims to contribute to sustainability by transforming plastic waste into hydrogen, accelerating the transition to a hydrogen society.

OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity

New fireproof fabric can defend EV batteries from 2,300°F flames

"World-first" indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of berries a year

New rebar-tying robot could speed up construction, ease worker strain

Stretchy Wearables Can Now Heal Themselves | Korean breakthrough material opens up new path to biosensors and stimulators

10,000-year-old DNA, oldest ever in South Africa, shows country’s genetic consistency | Researchers from South Africa just successfully sequenced the genomes of 13 individuals that lived 1,300-10,000 years ago.

OpenAI CEO: We may have AI superintelligence in “a few thousand days”

New gold nanoparticles offer a better way to analyze kidney health

Researchers Store Entire Human Genome on ‘Everlasting’ 5D Memory Crystal

US to hit energy jackpot with 2,200 MW floating plant that will power 770,000 homes | The total power capacity of approved projects is now over 15 GW, with more than 5 GW being installed and over 300 MW already working.

Samsung and TSMC have reportedly discussed building AI chip “megafactories” in the UAE.

Auto takeoff system undergoes flight testing to eliminate tail strike

The Russian Bot Army That Conquered Online Poker

Nuclear fusion: ORNL's method to identify new alloys for reactors

Defeating AIDS: MIT reveals new vaccination method that could kill HIV in just two shots | MIT researchers found that the first dose primes the immune system, helping it generate a strong response to the second dose a week later.

what other consumer or enterprise electronics supply chains do you think has israel infiltrated for surveillance, espionage, cyber terrorism?

Trash to tower: MIT engineers 3D-print LEGO-like glass bricks as tough as concrete | The researchers used soda-lime glass, commonly found in glassblowing studios, to produce prototype bricks.

Highly toxic gallium kills 'greedy' cancer cells with 99% accuracy, study says

Molten salt battery can replace lithium devices, works in heat without catching fire | The high-temperature battery uses molten salt as the electrolyte.

The Verge: Apple gets ready for AI: all the news on iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more

Solar fuels soon? Researchers succeed in making ethylene from CO2

Chinese botnet infects 260,000 SOHO routers, IP cameras with malware

World’s largest ethanol-to-jet fuel plant finalized, 250mn gallon yearly output | The 60-acre facility will revolutionize the global aviation industry by providing a scalable supply of low-carbon jet fuel.

Engineers create squid-inspired magnetic screen for encrypted displays

World-first ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day

NHS scientists find new blood group solving 50-year mystery

Have you heard of the open source internet? The antidote to a capitalist web already exists

Germany unveils solar roof tile that powers heat pumps as well as homes | Each solar roof tile can generate 44 W of output, meaning just fives tiles can generate 200 W of power.

Neuralink rival Synchron achieves 1st Alexa control via brain chip

Engineers create powerful battery ‘fuel’ that stores energy even in low sun, wind | The team created a novel electrolyte, an acetamide and ε-caprolactam solvent, to aid in the battery’s energy storage and release.

"Golden Lettuce" genetically engineered to pack 30 times more vitamins

Breakthrough edge state in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources

CO2 turned into fuel: Japan’s scientists convert captured carbon into green fuel | The new electrochemical cell converts bicarbonate (from captured carbon) into formate, a potent green fuel.