Category: Engineering

  • 3,500 volunteers spent 4 years decoding scientist’s 200-year-old notes

    3,500 volunteers spent 4 years decoding scientist’s 200-year-old notes

    Sir Humphry Davy, a name etched in scientific history for his discoveries, has been unearthed in a new light. Beyond his acclaimed achievements in chemistry and invention, a hidden treasure has emerged—poetry. Yes, poetry penned in secret, tucked within the same notebooks that documented his scientific marvels. As reported by The Guardian, imagine the thrill…

  • Japan’s ispace aims for moon landing in 2024 with upgraded lander

    Japan’s ispace aims for moon landing in 2024 with upgraded lander

    Japanese private space company ispace has offered a sneak peek of its lunar lander, which is currently in development.  The company is gearing up for its second lunar landing endeavor after experiencing a setback with a crash during its initial mission in 2023. According to the company’s statement, the anticipated launch for the HAKUTO-R Mission…

  • China reveals next-gen multi-target electronic warfare weapon design

    China reveals next-gen multi-target electronic warfare weapon design

    Researchers at the Southeast University in Nanjiang China have revealed the design of their new generation electronic warfare (EW) weapon in a peer-reviewed journal. Unlike other EW weapons known so far, the Chinese-developed weapon can allegedly launch multiple beams of electromagnetic waves from a single antenna and target multiple objects simultaneously. Electronic warfare is widely…

  • China, Russia claim to have tested hack-proof quantum communication link

    China, Russia claim to have tested hack-proof quantum communication link

    Scientists from Russia and China have allegedly achieved quantum communication encryption using secure keys transmitted by China’s quantum satellite Mozi. Quantum communication encryption uses the principles of quantum mechanics to establish secure communication channels. It aims to create unbreakable encryption, making it highly attractive for applications where the highest level of security is essential, such…

  • Cargo ship carying lithium-ion batteries on fire for 5 days in Alaska

    Cargo ship carying lithium-ion batteries on fire for 5 days in Alaska

    A large cargo ship containing stacks of lithium-ion batteries has caught fire, which is being currently kept 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) away from the Alaska coast in the US. To contain the fire that originated on December 28 and continued for the last five days, authorities have also established a one-mile safety zone around the…

  • China tests world’s largest, 600,000 ton, coal-to-ethanol production plant

    China tests world’s largest, 600,000 ton, coal-to-ethanol production plant

    The world’s largest plant that converts coal into ethanol has begun its test runs at a facility in southeastern China, local media has reported. The technology developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) is the only in the world to have reached the industrial level so far. The world is looking to phase…

  • NASA Parker Solar probe to zip past the Sun at 435,000 miles per hour speed in 2024

    NASA Parker Solar probe to zip past the Sun at 435,000 miles per hour speed in 2024

    NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe is preparing to “touch” the Sun again in late 2024. In this upcoming close encounter, the probe will rapidly soar through the Sun’s upper atmosphere, known as the corona. Just as landing on the moon gave scientists significant insights into its origin and geological history, “touching” or carefully analyzing the…

  • China claims its new kinetic weapon makes tanks shake, rattle and roll

    China claims its new kinetic weapon makes tanks shake, rattle and roll

    Chinese scientists have allegedly developed a new high-speed kinetic energy weapon that could “shake apart” a main battle tank (MBT) like the U.S. M1 Abrams, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports. What’s more, weighing no more than 44 pounds (20 kg), the new weapon only needs a glancing blow to do so. The claim…

  • Japan to dispatch solar-powered, flying 5G mobile base station in 2025

    Japan to dispatch solar-powered, flying 5G mobile base station in 2025

    The Japanese telecommunication industry is hoping to reestablish its mark once again on the global map by deploying flying base stations in 2025. Called high altitude platform stations (HAPS), the technology is aimed at providing wider network coverage using unmanned vehicles flying in the stratosphere. Over the past few years, countries have been looking to…

  • India deploys first X-ray satellite, 882-pound tech to decode black holes

    India deploys first X-ray satellite, 882-pound tech to decode black holes

    The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) began the new year with a bang, launching its first X-ray space observatory known as the Polarimeter Satellite (XpoSat).  This mission lifted out from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday, January 1, atop India’s powerful launch vehicle, PSLV-C58. The rocket smoothly deployed the satellite…