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France’s Airbus Helicopters has revealed two next-generation rotorcraft designs for NATO’s future fleet. The concepts—a conventional helicopter and a high-speed compound aircraft—share common systems to reduce costs. They build on Airbus Racer demonstrator technology and aim to replace aging NATO helicopters by 2035-2040.
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has detected the most powerful natural microwave laser ever found in the universe. The gigamaser signal comes from two colliding galaxies 8 billion light years away and is 100,000 times stronger than a typical star, offering a rare glimpse into galaxy mergers in the early universe.
University of Minnesota researchers have identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that solves the mystery of tiny bird-like dinosaurs called alvarezsaurs. The complete skeleton, found in Argentina, shows these creatures became small long before developing their strange single-clawed arms and spread across the ancient supercontinent Pangaea.
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago have developed a new way to calculate the
Researchers at Kyoto University, in partnership with Sumitomo Forestry, have developed the world’s first wooden satellite. The satellite, named LignoSat,
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MIT researchers have built a navigation system that helps drivers find parking instead of just reaching their destination. The system directs users to the lot with the best chance of an open spot, considering drive time, walk time, and success probability. In tests using Seattle traffic data, the approach saved drivers up to 35 minutes compared to waiting for the closest lot. The system could reduce congestion and emissions while giving drivers realistic travel time estimates.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar, using only sunlight. The process breaks down common plastics through a chemical reaction sparked by sunlight, offering a new approach to fighting plastic pollution while creating a useful product. The method works on mixed plastics and could lead to solar-powered recycling systems.
NASA has given its Perseverance Mars rover a new navigation system that works like GPS, letting it pinpoint its location without waiting for instructions from Earth. The software matches the rover’s panoramic images to orbital terrain maps in about two minutes, ending its reliance on daily check-ins with human controllers millions of miles away. The upgrade allows much longer drives and more science.
Engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a method to create urea fertiliser by combining waste carbon dioxide with nitrogen pollutants using renewable electricity. The process avoids the fossil-fuel-intensive methods currently used to produce fertiliser for more than half the world’s population. If scaled up, the technology could help Australia produce its own clean fertiliser while cutting emissions and cleaning waterways.
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