All-Electric Air Taxi Service Is to Take-Off in Florida Soon

‘Lilium’, a Munich-based developer of electrically powered personal air vehicles is preparing for its first-ever actual “vertiport” in Orlando, Florida. The Germans had awed the world back in 2017 when their concept electrical aircraft named…

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Genetically Engineered Silkworms Produce Human “E-Selectin”

Silkworms have been helping humans produce high-quality fabrics for at least 5 000 years now, while in many places in the world their pupae are considered a delicacy. Thanks to a group of scientists at…

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Anti-Reflective Glass Set to Take Solar Panel Efficiency to New Levels

A French start-up named ‘Edgehog’ has developed and recently presented an anti-reflective glass that can increase the annual energy production of solar panels by 6% to 12%. Simply put, Edgehog’s glass lets most of the…

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Solar Power Finally Becomes Cheaper than Coal

Since solar power became a viable solution for creating electricity, many people wondered why we don’t immediately close coal plants. And, they would be right – solar power is much, much cleaner. Actually, it doesn’t…

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SSC’s Tuatara Is the Fastest Car in the World With 331mph (508 Km/h) Top Speed

Shelby SuperCars (SSC), a Washington-based private car company in North America has set a new top speed record for a production car. The car hit an average speed of 316.1 mph on a seven-mile stretch…

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Samsung Has Created the World’s First 10,000 PPI Screen

Samsung’s engineers have worked together with researchers from Stanford University to create a 10,000 PPI OLED display. That’s 10,000 pixels per inch, which is the most pixel-dense display ever to have been manufactured. For comparison,…

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Engineers Study the “Diabolical Ironclad Beetle” for Lessons in Strength

The “Diabolical Ironclad Beetle”, also known as “nosoderma diabolicum”, is a beetle of the Zopheridae family living on the western coast of the United States, and it has scientists baffled with the strength of its…

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BMW Partners with “Off Grid Energy” to Repurpose Old Car Batteries

The BMW Group UK has partnered with “Off Grid Energy” to launch a new program that will re-purpose old EV car batteries into modules that power mobile supply units. This will be a mutually beneficial…

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