Mingyang's enormous 20-MW offshore wind turbineMingyang Smart Energy Mingyang Smart Energy announced last week that it has installed "the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine" in a project in Hainan, China. This turbine generates up to 20 MW, surpassing the company’s earlier 18 MW model from 2023. Mingyang describes the MySE18.X-20MW turbine as lightweight, modular, and...
A new technique can remove nanoplastics from water – and under pretty lights, it sure looks coolSam O’Keefe via University of Missouri Microplastics have been discovered in the Arctic sea and even trapped in the ice. The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, is contaminated with plastic debris, and Mount Everest has also...
Artist’s impression of an inhabited exoplanet. (NASA/Jay Freidlander) Given the Milky Way's age and size, we would expect to find intelligent civilizations scattered throughout. But where are they? A recent study suggests these civilizations might be so advanced that we simply can't detect them. Reevaluating the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life If extraterrestrials were observing Earth, they might...
Mars lost most of its surface water billions of years agoNASA The promising news is that a massive underground ocean on Mars could cover the entire planet with a mile (1.6 km) of water. However, the downside is that this water is buried so deep and is so inaccessible that it might as well be...
The 18650-format potassium-ion battery was launched at the 14th annual Beyond Lithium Conference at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in TennesseeGroup1 Most portable electronics and the latest electric vehicles rely on lithium batteries. Texas-based startup Group1 has introduced a more sustainable option with the world’s first 18650 potassium-ion battery. Group1, established in 2021 by experienced battery...
The self-powered aquatic robot skims on the water's surface like a water striderBinghamton University Researchers have created prototype robot bugs equipped with sensors that replicate biological digestive systems to generate energy, use a Janus interface for a continuous nutrient supply, and glide across water like water striders. In 2017, DARPA introduced a program to develop and...
Credit: Pixabay In a thrilling advancement for astronomy and the quest for extraterrestrial life, an international team of scientists has revealed the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet located just 40 light-years away, which equates to a relatively close 378 trillion kilometers from Earth. Researchers globally, with significant contributions from McGill University and...
Credit: Pixabay Funding Secured for Ambitious Space-Based Energy Grid Star Catcher Industries has secured US$12.25 million in seed funding for its ambitious plan to build the world’s first "space-based energy grid." The idea is that a network of satellites would gather energy from the Sun and beam it at high concentrations to other satellites in orbit. Collecting...
The Micro-Reactor can be used for nuclear space propulsionRolls-Royce Rolls-Royce has received an additional £4.8 million (US$6.2 million) from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to develop critical technology for a nuclear micro-reactor, potentially powering lunar bases and spacecraft propulsion in the future. In the 1969 science fiction film Doppelganger (also known as Journey to the Far...
A graphic overview of the ambitious AAPowerLink project, which is expected to supply its first clean power in the early 2030sSunCable Government officials have granted crucial approval to the world's largest renewable energy and transmission initiative. Spearheaded by SunCable, the AAPowerLink project involves constructing a massive solar farm in Australia's Northern Territory. This endeavor aims...
