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Barrel-rotor flying car prototype begins flight testing

One of the most fascinating aircraft in the eVTOL space has moved into flight testing with a new large-scale prototype. Cyclotech’s Blackbird airframe becomes...

Quick and efficient bicopter drone could dethrone its quadcopter cousins

Consumer drones are all just slight variations on the quadcopter design … right? Well no, not any longer. The Falcon Mini is a two-propeller...

What will quantum computing actually look like?

The field of quantum computing, like qubits themselves, exists in a state of indeterminacy, with multiple companies making big claims about wildly different approaches....

Quantum Sensor Hits Nanosecond Resolution

Making certain that tiny, nanoscale transistors are performing correctly, understanding the properties of nanomaterials, or testing nanoscale medical devices all require the ability to...

Tiny nuclear battery could power devices for decades

Researchers at Korea’s Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology have created a nuclear battery that could turn radiation directly into electricity for decades...

New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN...

Airbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wings

Airbus has lifted the curtain just a tad and given us a glimpse at the future of commercial aviation. At the Airbus Summit 2025...

Next-gen clean jet promises 5X the range of battery-electric

French company Beyond Aero has released an updated design for the zero-emissions jet it’s aiming to put into service by 2030, claiming it’ll be...

$9 billion in pre-orders for super-slow, super-quiet aircraft

Electra’s aircraft looks conventional enough, but it generates ludicrous amounts of lift, to take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using almost no...

4 technologies that could power the future of energy

Where can you find lasers, electric guitars, and racks full of novel batteries, all in the same giant room? This week, the answer was...

Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team...

Quaise Energy reaches back to push geothermal power forward

Quaise Energy has been dazzling us lately with its bleeding-edge plans to tap super-deep, superheated steam as a global power source. Now, the company’s...

HyperPort: Moving shipping containers at nearly 400 mph through a tube

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is looking to completely redesign the way cargo transport is carried out in Brazil, with an ambitious HyperPort project. The...

First electric seaglider finally hits the water with real passengers

Rhode Island-based startup Regent Craft has successfully completed the first test of its full-size electric seaglider with passengers on board, validating the company’s idea...

Daedalean Introduces Wire Detection System

Daedalean was formed in 2016 and builds autonomous piloting software systems for civil aircraft of today and advanced aerial mobility of tomorrow. The company has...

This fusion-powered rocket could halve the time it takes to get to Mars

Interplanetary travel might be about to get a whole lot faster — and hotter. UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket...