Engineering

Life on Mars: NASA Reveals Winning Design of 3D-Printed Habitat Competition

NASA recently announced top 3 designs for its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge began in 2015, with the goal to create sustainable shelters that could one day shelter humans on the surface of the…

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MIT’s Recycling Robot ‘Rocycle’ Can Detect Paper, Plastic, and Metal By Touch

We all know the importance of recycling. Recycling not only reduces the waste in landfill sites, but it also reduces the need for raw materials so that the forests can be preserved. For recycling, sorting…

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Scientists Will Soon Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth – But Should They?

In 2007 a carcass of a baby mammoth was found by reindeer herders in Siberia. Then in 2013, a team of tusk hunters from Yakutsk, Russia, uncovered the almost complete carcass of a young female mammoth buried…

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World’s Tallest Indoor Waterfall Unveiled at the World’s Best Airport

Singapore’s Changi Airport is titled as the world’s best airport for seven years running. Now the new extension of this Airport ‘Jewel’ is going to further tighten its grip on the title. ‘Jewel changi airport’,…

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Scientists Found Caffeine Gives Solar Cells an Energy Boost

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered that caffeine can help in improving the performance and thermal stability of metal halide perovskite solar cells. Researchers foresee that this technique could enhance…

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NASA Releases Final “Kelly Twins” Experiment Results

Although it’s limited to a single study sample, the “Kelly Twins” experiment is valuable as a first indication of what we humans should expect from our bodies when exposed to no-gravity conditions for extended periods…

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Stratolaunch: The World’s Biggest Plane Flies for The First Time

Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch has made its maiden flight, cutting through the air with as much grace as a twin-fuselage aircraft with a wingspan length of 117 meters can. The record-breaking contraption was under…

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Transparent Polymer Film Stronger Than Metals

Aluminum has been used as a lightweight alternative to steel but it is held back by its higher market price. Now scientists have created a transparent polythene film that is stronger than aluminum but a…

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Tesla Launches an Investigation Into Model S Car Self-Ignited

A surveillance camera footage has emerged, showing a Tesla Model S catching fire spontaneously, while being parked in an underground community garage in Shanghai, China. The self-ignited car seems to be off and not charging…

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Google’s Wing Given Green Light, Drone Delivery Service to Become a Reality Soon

Drone delivery company Wing aviation, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet is launching its first public drone delivery service in Australia. Wing has been testing drone delivery since last 18 months. It has successfully…

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