The world’s largest ice tank is preparing for an Arctic nobody fully understands yet We visited Finland’s Aalto Ice and Wave Tank, the world’s largest facility for studying sea ice, to see how researchers simulate some of Earth’s harshest conditions. The ... See more
China’s DD6 single-crystal superalloy rivals US jet engine blade materials China’s DD6 single-crystal superalloy was developed to survive the extreme heat and stress inside advanced jet engines. Inside a jet engine, the turbine blades spin at extreme temp... See more
New battery hits 85% charge in 6 minutes without rapid degradation The battery retained 76 percent capacity after 500 consecutive six-minute charging cycles. Charging an electric vehicle fast without degrading the battery has been one of the harder proble... See more
New space-grade memory withstands radiation equivalent to 100 million x-rays Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a ferroelectric NAND memory that can withstand radiation levels up to 30 times higher than conventional flash. As space missions travel... See more
Data centers are making parts of Phoenix up to 4°F hotter, study finds Researchers directly measured air temperatures around Phoenix-area data centers and found waste heat can raise temperatures in nearby neighborhoods. Your neighborhood may be getting wa... See more
