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A small, lightweight drone flying through a greenhouse, utilizing the Bee-Nav system to navigate autonomously without GPS.

A drone inspired by bees flies 600 meters without GPS or external cameras and returns on its own, mimicking the insects’ “olfactory map” for indoor rescue missions

June 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The first A350-1000ULR test aircraft taking off from Toulouse, France, for its maiden voyage as part of the Qantas Project Sunrise program.

Airbus is testing a passenger aircraft capable of flying 22 hours nonstop and aims to establish a direct route between Sydney and London by 2028

June 28, 2026 at 9:30 AM
NASA's X-59 research aircraft in flight, captured during its envelope expansion testing phase where it successfully exceeded supersonic speeds.

NASA’s silent X-59 breaks the sound barrier for the first time without a sonic boom, paving the way for the return of civilian supersonic flights

June 28, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The Hermeus Quarterhorse test vehicle during a flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base.

A hypersonic prototype promises a flight from New York to London in 57 minutes at Mach 5.5, reigniting the dream of supersonic travel four times faster than the Concorde

June 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Two students from the M-PESA Foundation Academy in Kenya demonstrating their HewaSafi exhaust filter prototype built from farm waste.

Kenyan students are turning coconut shells and corn kernels into an exhaust filter that reduces particulate matter by 65% without the need for rare earth elements or an expensive catalyst

June 27, 2026 at 6:45 PM
U.S. Marine Corps personnel inspect the advanced cockpit and avionics bay of an F-35B Lightning II during its Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) conversion at FRC East.

The F-35 is getting a new brain, and the first Marine jets to receive it send a warning about the next war in the skies

June 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A construction worker assembling a modular wall using interlocking, bright-colored bricks made from 100% recycled plastic waste.

Recycled-plastic blocks can snap into a small house in five days, as construction starts to look like a puzzle

June 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A 10 Ah multilayer pouch cell prototype from SOLiTHOR, showcasing the company's solid-state battery technology designed for aerospace and defense.

A battery built for aircraft and defense hit 465 Wh/kg, and the safety tests may be the bigger story than the energy density

June 27, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A construction site in Lincoln, Nebraska, where a new pipeline is being installed to transport cooling water from a data center.

Nebraska is building a $10 million wastewater line to cool a data center, and AI’s heat problem is reaching the sewer

June 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A massive electric-converted mining excavator operating in an open-pit mine, showing the power and scale of the new electric architecture.

India turned a 650-ton diesel excavator into an electric machine, and the retrofit may be better than building a new one

June 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A section of an active Swiss railway track featuring removable solar panels installed between the steel rails to generate clean electricity.

Switzerland is running trains over solar panels, and the railway itself is turning into part of the power grid

June 26, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A diagram illustrating acoustic waves traveling from an underground source through the soil and scattering around a buried tunnel to be detected by surface sensors.

Researchers found a 40-ft. hidden tunnel under roads using acoustic signals, and the clue came from below the ground

June 26, 2026 at 6:45 AM
A close-up showing a metallic tool rack attached to a wall finished with Ironplac magnetic cement, demonstrating its holding power without nails.

A 29-year-old created magnetic cement, and construction may be facing a material shake-up almost nobody saw coming

June 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A hand taping a square of aluminum foil over a damp, discolored patch on a home wall to perform a moisture diagnostic test.

Tape aluminum foil over a damp wall for 48 hours, and the side that gets wet can reveal what your home is hiding

June 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A researcher demonstrating a solar-thermal panel that uses laser-etched metal to evaporate seawater and collect solid salt crystals.

Rochester researchers turned sunlight into a desalination tool that leaves no liquid brine, while pulling lithium from salty water

June 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A digital rendering of a sleek, high-speed Brightline West train speeding through the Mojave Desert median along Interstate 15.

America’s fastest train is being built in the desert, with an electric line meant to cut the Las Vegas trip to just over two hours

June 25, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A cycling path in Denmark illuminated by low-profile, red LED bollard lights to accommodate bat flight paths.

Denmark is replacing white streetlights with red LEDs on one road, and the reason is hidden in the flight path of bats

June 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A construction team assembling modular walls using brightly colored, interlocking recycled-plastic bricks.

A house made from recycled-plastic blocks turns construction into a quick 5-day assembly, and that could change how cheap homes are built

June 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A high-resolution close-up of a tiny, reddish-orange kyawthuite crystal, highlighting its adamantine luster and unique structure.

A 0.01-ounce crystal from Myanmar is the rarest mineral science knows, and its chemistry almost should not exist

June 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A wide view of large, mesh fog-collection nets installed on the ridge of Mount Boutmezguida in Morocco to capture mountain mist for drinking water.

Giant fog nets above 4,000 ft. are sending water 6.2 miles to villages, and the trick begins with mountain mist

June 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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