A California-based startup, JetZero, is all set to move closer to a real-world test of a 'manta ray' aircraft that could change the future of the airline industry forever. According to the startup, its planned Z4 will carry about 250 passengers, fly roughly…

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MIT researchers engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, enabling the creation of living “circuit boards.” These bacteria could someday coat plant leaves or roots, computing to respond to drought or pests.

Leanne Fan, an 18-year-old student from San Diego, has been named a finalist in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for her research into wound healing in space. Her project looks at whether red light therapy can help wounds heal when gravity is greatly…

In some wellness circles, tadalafil is promoted as a longevity drug. There is evidence showing a link between it and a lower risk of death in men, but there are no well-controlled trials in humans.

MIT engineers mapped how lighting, layout, privacy, and reconfigurable spaces can affect crews living far from Earth.

New research at Aston University has shown that a variety of compounds is responsible for the antimicrobial action of mānuka honey, not just the sugar content and methylglyoxal (MGO) alone, as previously thought.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's push to build new nuclear power is reopening longstanding questions about nuclear power's safety and role in transitioning to a clean energy economy

For someone sleeping on the street, a backpack may be little more than a way to carry the few belongings they have left. But the Backpack Bed turns that familiar object into something far more meaningful: a portable place to sleep.

The leases would allow companies to explore for and potentially develop deposits of critical minerals.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) held its first earnings call as a public company earlier this month, and Elon Musk set an aggressive target: an annualized revenue run rate of $100 billion by December, more than tripling the company’s current…

U.S. Space Force launches its Space-Based Sensing & Targeting portfolio to speed up tech acquisition, starting with a $4.16B SpaceX contract.

Denison's Phoenix uranium mine enters full construction as the company generates $91.6 million from uranium sales to fund growth.

The 140-trillion-oceans figure is a modelled inventory of diffuse water vapour around a gravitationally lensed quasar at redshift 3.91.

The microreactor maker plans to deploy new reactors at a "world record" speed.

The opportunity could redefine nuclear power.

Oswego County already has three nuclear power reactors which provide millions in local property taxes.

Scientists have long thought an unusual genetic system helped ants, bees, and wasps evolve their extraordinary social colonies. A massive new analysis suggests that genetics alone can’t explain it—and the real secret may lie in other traits unique to these…

Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices…