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8/4/2025
Silicon dethroned? China’s 2D InSe wafer sets new bar for next-gen chip tech

Silicon dethroned? China’s 2D InSe wafer sets new bar for next-gen chip tech

Silicon has competition. Scientists in China built the first wafer-scale InSe chip, and it’s already beating future benchmarks.

Neetika Walter

43 minutes ago

World’s fastest medium-voltage DC breaker may unlock next-gen energy infrastructure

World’s fastest medium-voltage DC breaker may unlock next-gen energy infrastructure

By ditching mechanical switches and using thyristors, this new circuit breaker slashes arcing risks and enables next-gen power grids.

Aamir Khollam

2 hours ago

Decade-long sea star mystery solved as scientists trace stealthy bacterial killer

Decade-long sea star mystery solved as scientists trace stealthy bacterial killer

Scientists trace sea star die-off from Alaska to Mexico to a stealthy, tissue-melting marine bacterium.

Neetika Walter

3 hours ago

Crushers to slashers: Dinosaur bite styles reveal evolution’s many paths

Crushers to slashers: Dinosaur bite styles reveal evolution’s many paths

Researchers studied how the skulls of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs developed in relation to their size.

Maria Mocerino

8 hours ago

World’s first two-ton electric cargo aircraft cuts 10-hour trip to under 1 hour

World’s first two-ton electric cargo aircraft cuts 10-hour trip to under 1 hour

This Chinese heavy-lift drone is a game changer for offshore missions.

Kaif Shaikh

9 hours ago

New tech offers 1,000,000 times/sec battery checks for safer aircraft, ships

New tech offers 1,000,000 times/sec battery checks for safer aircraft, ships

The new tech gives renewable energy providers stable, controllable battery systems to handle power fluctuations.

Video: Japan’s falcon-inspired drone can land safely on your palms, no cushions needed

Video: Japan’s falcon-inspired drone can land safely on your palms, no cushions needed

It uses soft, flexible, flapping wings to fly, mimicking a bird’s motion.

Mrigakshi Dixit

9 hours ago

Video: China’s humanoid robots perform synced dance using motion capture AI 

Video: China’s humanoid robots perform synced dance using motion capture AI 

On display were sleek designs, fluid movements, and seamless synergy between humanoid hardware and advanced AI systems.

Jijo Malayil

11 hours ago

183-million-year-old sea monster species found hiding in German fossil bed

183-million-year-old sea monster species found hiding in German fossil bed

The species has been named Plesionectes longicollum, which means “long-necked near-swimmer.”

Mrigakshi Dixit

12 hours ago

UK launches world-first vaccine campaign to tackle drug-resistant gonorrhoea

UK launches world-first vaccine campaign to tackle drug-resistant gonorrhoea

NHS begins offering gonorrhoea jabs to high-risk groups to tackle antibiotic resistance.

Sujita Sinha

14 hours ago

Apple may be building ChatGPT-style ‘answer engine’ to disrupt Google Search

Apple may be building ChatGPT-style ‘answer engine’ to disrupt Google Search

The Cupertino-based giant is hiring experts in search algorithms and engine development to build Answers.

Atharva Gosavi

14 hours ago

Earthquakes act like batteries to power deep underground life, study reveals

Earthquakes act like batteries to power deep underground life, study reveals

The team simulated the powerful forces of crustal faulting in the lab, focusing on the common silicate mineral, quartz. 

Mrigakshi Dixit

15 hours ago

8/3/2025
China deploys breakthrough super steel to build nuclear fusion reactor

China deploys breakthrough super steel to build nuclear fusion reactor

More than a decade in the making, the ‘China high-strength low-temperature steel No 1’ met key standards, handling 20 Tesla magnetic fields and withstanding 1,300 MPa pressure.

Lithium batteries get extended efficiency, life using electrolytes with boron additives

Lithium batteries get extended efficiency, life using electrolytes with boron additives

The oxidative decomposition of boron additives at the cathode interface facilitates the formation of the robust cathode electrolyte interphase.

Chinese scientists develop self-cleaning glass that uses electric fields to remove dust

Chinese scientists develop self-cleaning glass that uses electric fields to remove dust

The thin, transparent glass embedded with electric-field-driven electrodes can clean itself in seconds, erasing up to 98% of particles without using water, chemicals, or much energy.

Scientists used an AI program to discover new laws of physics, and it worked!

Scientists used an AI program to discover new laws of physics, and it worked!

A custom AI neural network developed by scientists at Emory University has corrected faulty assumptions that shaped plasma theory for years, including one concerning a particle’s electric charge.

World’s largest-scale brain-like computer with 2 billion neurons mimics monkey’s mind

World’s largest-scale brain-like computer with 2 billion neurons mimics monkey’s mind

The research team deployed several intelligent applications on the computer.

Chinese scientists uncover strange life forms at 31,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean

Chinese scientists uncover strange life forms at 31,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean

The organisms discovered sustain on chemosynthesis rather than sunlight and are clustered around abundant methane seeps in the Kuril-Kamchatka and western Aleutian Trenches.

OpenAI withdraws option to make chats discoverable on Google amid privacy concerns

OpenAI withdraws option to make chats discoverable on Google amid privacy concerns

Calling the feature a ‘short-lived experiment’, OpenAI said it has started working with search engines to de-index previously shared links.

China’s new electronic warfare tech disrupts enemy systems while protecting friendly signals

China’s new electronic warfare tech disrupts enemy systems while protecting friendly signals

The innovation is based on two drones acting in conjunction. They cancel each other out at the point of intersection, creating a ‘null zone’ for ally communication to operate.