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Musk’s Starlink Set to Debut in India Via Airtel

Image Credits: Debarchan Chatterjee / NurPhoto / Getty ImagesAirtel announced on Tuesday a partnership with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s high-speed satellite internet to India, years after Elon Musk’s company first attempted to enter the world’s second-largest internet market.However, this is not a confirmed rollout. The launch depends on regulatory approval from IN-SPACe and the...

Stem Cell Therapy Trial Restores Vision by Healing Corneal Damage

Credit: PixabayEye injuries that damage the cornea often lead to permanent blindness, with few treatment options available. However, a new clinical trial has successfully restored vision in patients by transplanting stem cells from their healthy eyes.The cornea, the eye’s outermost layer, plays a crucial role in focusing light toward the retina. Because it constantly...

SpaceX Starship Loses Control During Second Consecutive Test Flight Failure

Image Credits: SpaceXDuring a test flight on Thursday, SpaceX’s Starship lost control while in space, marking its second consecutive failed attempt to reach orbit.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly grounded flights at major Florida airports and rerouted others due to concerns about potential "space launch debris." The agency informed TechCrunch that SpaceX must conduct...

Our Next Energy’s Founder Returns as CEO After New Funding

Image Credits:Our Next EnergyJust over a year after stepping down as CEO of battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE), Mujeeb Ijaz has returned to lead the company. This announcement coincides with the closing of a new funding round led by Crescent Ventures and Trousdale Ventures.ONE has not disclosed the round’s size and did not...

Woolly Mouse Takes a Step Toward Resurrecting the Mammoth

The scientists altered seven genes to give these mice woolly mammoth traits Colossal BiosciencesThe quest to bring the woolly mammoth back to life has taken another significant, albeit small, step with the creation of the Colossal Woolly Mouse. These lab-engineered rodents have been modified with seven genes, imparting them with "core traits" of the long-extinct...

Largest Automated Port Set to Handle 65 Million Containers Annually

When its four-phase development is complete, Singapore's Tuas mega port will become the largest automated container terminal on the planet.PSA SingaporeSingapore's ambitious project to develop the world’s largest automated port is progressing well. The Tuas mega port has already processed 10 million containers since its operations began in September 2022. By the 2040s, once...

Sunken Continents Could Unbalance Earth’s Magnetic Field

Credit: DepositphotosStructures the size of continents, protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core, may be contributing to an instability in our planet's magnetic field.Initial Assumptions About SimilarityThese two formations, one beneath the Pacific and the other under Africa, have similar characteristics in terms of seismic waves, leading scientists to initially believe they...

Physicists Develop Lab-Grown Diamond Tougher Than Natural Ones

Credit: PixabayScientists have once again created a synthetic diamond even tougher than natural ones, using a novel approach to diamond formation.By subjecting graphite—a super-hard material in its own right—to extreme pressure and heating it to 1,800 K (1,527 °C or 2,780 °F), the researchers produced a diamond with a hexagonal lattice structure instead of...

Humanoid Robots Join Assembly Line to Build More of Themselves

Apptronik's Apollo robot will have to successfully carry out simple repetitive tasks before it can help manufacture humanoid bots like itselfApptronikView 3 ImagesThe self-replicating robot era may soon be upon us: Apptronik's humanoid Apollo robot is preparing to help produce more copies of itself, thanks to a new partnership with global engineering firm Jabil....

Flatworm-Inspired Aquatic Robot Propels Itself with a Wiggling Motion

The robot is ideal for use in environments such as ponds, where it won't hurt animals or get tangled in debrisEPFLTo safely collect data in delicate aquatic environments, researchers have developed a robot that mimics flatworms' swimming motion.While flatworms usually move along the seabed, they can also propel themselves through water by undulating their...