4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (102+ words) Interesting Engineering No US power plant currently generates electricity from superhot geothermal fluids. Geothermal energy comes from the underground heat trapped and stored deep beneath the Earth’s crust. It can be accessed through shallow ground, hot water reservoirs, or deep…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (522+ words) Purpose built around cargo volume, not simply payload weight, WindRunner enables direct delivery of outsized space systems to launch sites, manufacturing facilities, and austere or distributed locations without disassembly....

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (487+ words) A few atoms of aluminum oxide could solve a key trade-off holding back next-generation 2D semiconductor technology. Taiwanese researchers have developed a new atomically thin “primer coat” for molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) that lets you put an extremely thin gate insulator on top…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (939+ words) Why can a robot do a backflip but struggle to fold a shirt? The answer is surprisingly complicated. A humanoid robot can run, jump, dance, and even perform a backflip, yet ask it to fold a shirt, pick up a…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (512+ words) Carbon blocks could store electricity as heat, giving factories a new way to access round-the-clock energy. GrafTech International, a major manufacturer of carbon and graphite products, and thermal energy storage company Antora Energy are teaming up to develop carbon-based materials…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (474+ words) Dig Energy took roughly two weeks to complete its first commercial geothermal drilling project in Boston. A geothermal drilling rig just finished working on one of the least forgiving places for heavy equipment, a live construction site in downtown Boston....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (516+ words) A full-size reactor canister survived a 100-foot descent and retrieval as Deep Fission tests its underground nuclear concept. Deep Fission has successfully lowered a 20-foot reactor canister 100 feet underground and retrieved it using commercial drilling equipment, testing a key part…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (468+ words) A deep-tech startup’s experimental nuclear fusion system has reportedly spotted signatures of a total of 32 elements, including noble gases, rare earths, and uranium. Hyderabad-based Hylenr Technologies, which develops low-energy nuclear reactor (LENR) tech, reported the findings after more than two…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (485+ words) The supersonic aircraft could test hypersonic payloads and air-launched rockets. Starfighters Space, a space company operating the world’s only commercial fleet of flight-ready Mach 2+ supersonic aircraft, and Vaya Defense and Space, the privately held developer of the patented Vortex-Hybrid rocket…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (499+ words) A new ORNL algorithm helps utilities find urban sites for power projects by weighing grid needs alongside zoning and local priorities. Cities trying to add large power plants or battery storage facilities face a problem beyond grid capacity: finding a…...