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Rolls-Royce has completed the first ground tests on its massive UltraFan engine, claiming it’s at least 10% more efficient than any other large aero engine in service today. This carbon/titanium beauty will roll out on airliners in the 2030s.
Tags: Rolls Royce, concept engine, Engine Technologies, World’s Largest, Aeroplanes
Continue reading World’s largest and most efficient aircraft engine aces first tests
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has revealed plans to build the world’s largest spokeless Ferris wheel. The huge metallic ring will reach an impressive maximum height of 180 m (590 ft) and provide visitors with superb views of the beautiful South Korean landscape.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Ferris wheel, South Korea, World’s Largest, Travel and Tourism
Continue reading World’s largest spokeless Ferris wheel to become striking gateway to Seoul
At 399.99 m (1,312.3 ft) long and 61.5 m (202 ft) wide, the MSC Tessa can handle more than 240,000 tons of cargo. It’s the first ship to break that mark, as well as the first that’s able to carry more than 24,000 containers.
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Continue reading China delivers world’s largest container ship
Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of what may be the largest penguins that ever lived. The bones, found on a beach in New Zealand, belonged to a giant bird that was more than three times the size of the biggest living penguins today.
Category: Science
Tags: Animal science, Animals, Evolution, Birds, Penguins, Fossils, World’s Largest, Cambridge University, University of Cambridge
Continue reading Fossils reveal largest-ever penguin was probably bigger than you
Extreme engineering is becoming the norm as offshore wind continues to scale up. Sweeping the area of 12.3 standard NFL fields each rotation, with gargantuan 140-meter (459-ft) blades, the MySE 18.X-28X will be the largest wind turbine ever built.
Tags: Wind, Wind Power, Wind turbine, World’s Largest
Continue reading Wind turbine as tall as a 70-story building announced in China
The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is upping the ante on offshore wind, announcing it’s building the largest and most powerful wind turbine ever, making a peak 18 megawatts with an enormous 260-meter (853-ft) diameter on its three-bladed rotor.
Tags: Wind turbine, World’s Largest, Offshore Wind, Renewable Energy
Continue reading World’s new largest wind turbine sweeps 10 football fields per spin
Researchers have discovered what seems to be the largest plant in the world – a meadow of seagrass off the coast of Western Australia that covers a total of 200 km2 (77 miles2). The entire expanse has grown from just one seedling, spreading by cloning itself.
Category: Science
Tags: Plants, World’s Largest, University of Western Australia, Australia, Flinders University, Environment
Continue reading World’s largest plant: 112-mile-long seagrass found off Australian coast
Paleontologists have discovered the largest raptor dinosaur ever found. The new species, known as Maip macrothorax, was a super predator of the megaraptor family that stalked the forests of Argentina some 70 million years ago.
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Tags: Dinosaurs, Fossils, World’s Largest, Patagonia, Bones
Continue reading Megaraptor: Largest known raptor dinosaur uncovered in South America
Biologists have discovered the largest bacterium ever found, with a single cell measuring a mammoth 2 cm (0.8 in) long. Visible to the naked eye, this new species has some bizarre characteristics that make it like a missing link in the evolution of complex cells like those in humans.
Tags: Bacteria, DNA, Cells, Micro-organisms, World’s Largest
Continue reading Largest bacterium ever discovered is longer than a housefly
German scientists have announced the discovery of what is claimed to be the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date. Described as a globally unique ecosystem, it consists of tens of millions of icefish nests on the Antarctic sea floor.
Tags: Alfred Wegener Institute, Fish, Ecology, World’s Largest, Antarctic, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading “Largest-ever” fish breeding colony may contain up to 60 million nests