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US firm’s new underwater vehicle with strong thrust, high payload can operate for 30 days

A Houston-based company has launched a new Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for subsea operations. Developed...
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https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/us-firm-underwater-vehicle-strong-thrust

Mondelez-backed startup debuts ‘world’s first’ chocolate bars made with cultured cocoa

A food tech startup has created milk chocolate bars using cocoa butter grown in a...
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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/lab-grown-chocolate-celleste-bio-cocoa-butter

China’s new humanoid robot joins officers to handle street management tasks

China launched its first urban management enforcement pilot program featuring collaboration between human officers and...
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https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/chinas-humanoid-robot-handle-street-management

Spacecraft production, avionics testing accelerate in US with 144,000 sq feet campus

A Texas-based company is accelerating the production of spacecraft with expanded campus and innovation lab...
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https://interestingengineering.com/space/spacecraft-production-mission-control-accelerate-in-us

Osaka’s 10nm gold-coated optical fiber gathers 100,000 bacteria in 60 seconds via laser

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a light-driven detection technique that concentrates thousands of...
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https://interestingengineering.com/science/gold-coated-optical-fiber-sensor-water-bacteria-spr

Autonomous robots to get accurate awareness of real-world environments with US engineers new step

A new collaboration is expected to advance the technologies for autonomous robots operating in complex...
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https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/autonomous-robots-accurate-awareness-real-world-environments

4,000-year-old city actually became more equal as it became more successful: Study

A moving and inspiring new study of Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley’s largest city, revealed that it...
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https://interestingengineering.com/culture/4000-year-old-city-mohenjo-daro

The Cold War and the 1st Generation of Main Battle Tanks

To break it down, the First and Second World Wars were a time of intense...
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https://interestingengineering.com/military/the-cold-war-and-the-1st-generation-of-main-battle-tanks

Secret Service fatally shoots suspect after attack near White House checkpoint

A suspect was killed after opening fire on a Secret Service checkpoint near the White...
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https://interestingengineering.com/culture/secret-service-fatally-shoots-suspect-white-house

Life at 17,500 mph: ISS astronauts juggle 16 sunrises, sleep schedules, and celebrations

Astronauts on the International Space Station watch 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours....
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https://interestingengineering.com/science/iss-16-sunrises-90-minute-orbit-astronaut-sleep-prayer-birthday-circadian-time

Most advanced memory ever produced in US could boost defense, industrial systems

A Virginia-based firm has now started manufacturing 1α (1-alpha) DRAM, the most advanced memory ever...
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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/most-advanced-memory-production-us

UK’s remote-controlled artillery systems with long gun can hit targets from 45-mile away

The British Army is set to receive 72 RCH 155 remote-controlled howitzers under a contract...
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https://interestingengineering.com/military/remote-controlled-artillery-systems-long-gun

Thin air turned into power as new generator uses everyday material like salt, gelatin

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the University of Warwick, Imperial College London, and...
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https://interestingengineering.com/energy/thin-air-turned-into-power

Scientists create miniature nuclear fireball to understand how radioactive dust is born

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are attempting to understand what happens during nuclear...
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https://interestingengineering.com/military/scientists-build-miniature-radioactive-dust-nuclear-fireballs

100,000-year-old burned bones at famed Afar Rift might be the oldest cremation on Earth

Archaeologists might have just discovered the world’s earliest known human cremation in the Afar Rift,...
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https://interestingengineering.com/culture/oldest-cremation-on-earth

China’s BYD claims assisted driving slashes severe crash rates to one-sixth of human levels

At a recent event, BYD executive Yang Dongsheng outlined the company’s rapid expansion of assisted...
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https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-byd-assisted-driving-slashes-severe-crash

China’s coal waste could become the next critical metal resource, report suggests

A new report explains that China should consider turning coal waste (like fly ash) into...
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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-coal-waste-become-critical-resource

Video: Chinese humanoid robot stuns with ballet performance alongside human dancers

Chinese robotics company UBTECH unveiled its Walker C1 by making it perform ballet movements from...
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https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/chinese-humanoid-robot-stuns-with-ballet

Tylosaurus Rex: Scientists name formidable extinct 43-foot ocean predator from Ice Age

A new species of mosasaur — one of the largest marine reptiles ever documented —...
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https://interestingengineering.com/science/new-mosasaur-discovery-argentina-sea-t-rex

New method creates nanoscale patterns on hard material at room temperature, can boost chip-making

A new technique is helping scientists create nanoscale patterns on chip materials at room temperature....
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https://interestingengineering.com/science/technique-crates-nanoscale-patterns-chips-temperature

Rare 19th-century dental prosthetic that a wealthy person wore found in Portugal

A new groundbreaking study has examined the first documented fixed bone dental bridge ever recovered...
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https://interestingengineering.com/culture/19th-century-dental-prosthetic-found

China could launch world’s largest naval support ship with over 45,000-ton of displacement: Report

A newly shared image from a major Chinese state-owned shipyard has fueled speculation that China...
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https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-world-largest-naval-support-ship