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New insights into quantum physics

Interdisciplinary research on electro-optic sampling pushes the boundaries of quantum physics A new study explores how EOS transmits ultrashort laser pulses through crystals that change...

Split-wing aircraft makes world-first fan-in-wing transition flight

Horizon Aircraft just made aviation history, becoming the first eVTOL to achieve a stable wing-borne flight transition using a fan-in-wing design with its “large-scale”...

Breakthrough shrinks fusion power plant and expands practicality

Commercial fusion power plants may be cheaper and easier to build thanks to a breakthrough by TAE Technologies that allows reactors to generate their...

How to Fast-Track Perovskite Solar Cells

When British solar manufacturerOxford PV shipped the first commercial order of perovskite-silicon solar cells last September, it was touted as a breakthrough in the...

New fusion rocket design could cut Mars trip to under 4 months

It seems too good to be true, but UK-based Pulsar Fusion has revealed its new Sunbird self-contained nuclear rocket tug that uses a fusion...

Fire-quenching modular robodog pads into danger zones

Unitree has launched a modified version of its B2 quadruped aimed at putting out fires. Able to host various use-specific modules, the robodog hauls...

Zinc Microcapacitors Are the Best of Both Worlds

As electronics shrink, they require smaller components—including for energy storage. Batteries store a lot of energy but deliver power more slowly, whereas supercapacitors can...

MIT’s new circuit achieves record quantum coupling, could 10x processing speed

MIT’s new quantum circuit enables record nonlinear coupling, promising up to 10x faster quantum operations. Quantum computers promise to solve problems far beyond the reach...

Experimental quantum communications network

Researchers at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical...

Electricity-generating bacteria may power future innovations

By identifying how these bacteria expel electrons externally, the researchers offer a glimpse into a previously hidden strategy of bacterial life. This work, which...

China blasts laser 80,778 miles to the Moon and back in a daylight world-first

DSEL compares the feat to hitting a single hair from 6.2 miles (10 km) away China has fired a precision laser across 80,778 miles (130,000...

A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China

China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone—its new nuclear reactor is reportedly one of the first to use thorium...

USTC Demonstrates Successful Satellite-Enabled Quantum Key Distribution

Quantum secure communication uses quantum mechanisms to secure classical (non-quantum) communication and is fundamental to national information security and socioeconomic development. One of the...

Japan’s Solar Super-Panel—More Powerful Than 20 Nuclear Reactors!

In a bold leap toward a greener future, Japan has unveiled its most ambitious renewable energy innovation yet: the world’s first solar super-panel powered...

NASA tests aerogel antennas for future aerospace communications solutions

NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an...

Xanadu, US AFRL team up to propel photonic quantum tech

Canada-based Xanadu Quantum Technologies has reached a collaborative research and development (R&D) initiative with the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to advance photonic...