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Virgin Hyperloop has settled on a location for a new facility that will serve as a key stepping stone in the development of its next-generation transport system in the US. The Hyperloop Certification Center is to be built in West Virginia and will play… Continue reading Virgin Hyperloop to build certification center in West Virginia
As tiny particles traveling at the speed of light, it’s going to take a serious machine to capture photons in action, and an international team of researchers have just pieced together one that is very much up for the job. Dubbed the world’s fastest UV… Continue reading World’s fastest UV camera records flying photons in real time
Last year, Amazon signed a deal to buy 100,000 electric trucks from automotive startup Rivian, and today the pair have offered a first real look behind the curtain. Amazon is now showing off what it calls its first custom electric delivery vehicle, whi… Continue reading Rivian builds an all-electric delivery van for Amazon
Scientists in Europe researching aerodynamic forces have opened up some interesting new avenues of study inspired by fish scales. This new understanding of the flow patterns over the surface of the creature’s skin was used to create bio-inspired fish s… Continue reading Secrets of fish scale drag offer clues for more aerodynamic aircraft
Aviation startup Boom Supersonic has unveiled a fully assembled version of its demonstrator aircraft, taking an important step forward in its efforts to build the world’s fastest airliner. The company’s XB-1 is a sleek, one-third-scale prototype of its… Continue reading Boom Supersonic reveals XB-1 plane built to break the sound barrier
When it comes to dreaming up locomotion solutions for advanced robots, scientists regularly turn to the natural world for inspiration, and the marine environment is a particularly rich source of ideas. The latest example of this is a highly efficient “… Continue reading “Squidbot” propels itself with jets of water just like the real thing
Underwater robots that operate autonomously could find use in all kinds of areas, from studying the ocean to the exploration of other planets. Scientists at Purdue University have developed a type of mobile docking station that not only enables these m… Continue reading Roomba-inspired docking station keeps underwater robots charged up
For many type 2 diabetics, keeping blood sugar to healthy levels is a painstaking task involving regular monitoring and insulin injections, but scientists are pursuing more convenient ways to manage the condition. Among them is a research group at the … Continue reading “Remote control” for diabetes tackles blood sugar with electromagnetism
Wildlife smugglers do their best to conceal the path of their stolen goods. But what if those goods weren’t actually wildlife, but a disguised GPS tracker that revealed exactly where it had been taken instead? This is the approach being pursued by one … Continue reading GPS-equipped decoy eggs reveal wildlife smuggling routes in Costa Rica
The pursuit of early-stage cancer screening methods that are both low-cost and non-invasive is a common goal among medical researchers, and a team in Australia is claiming a significant advance in this area. The team has developed a breath test that ca… Continue reading Cancer breath test detects 80 percent of cases in early trial