Private Spaceflight Pushes Toward a Cislunar Economy
In 2020, private space companies attracted nearly $9 billion in investment, a record for the industry despite the global disruption…
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Inside the Relentless Economics of Chip Manufacturing
The global semiconductor shortage has disrupted industries from automotive manufacturing to consumer electronics, prompting urgent policy discussions in Washington, Brussels,…
BMW Advances Hydrogen Fuel Cell SUV Development
At its annual shareholder meeting, BMW Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse confirmed that the company will introduce a limited series…
Private Spaceflight Opens Doors for Civilian Travelers
On May 5, 2021, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard’s pioneering suborbital flight, Blue Origin announced that it…
Cobots Accelerate Global Industrial Robotics Growth
Frost & Sullivan’s latest analysis projects a sharp expansion in the global industrial robotics market, with revenues expected to climb…
Emerging Propulsion Technologies Reshaping Spaceflight
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has initiated a program involving Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, and General Atomics to…
Ingenuity Expands Mars Flight Role as Perseverance Begins Science
Nearly three months after its arrival on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has transitioned from system checkouts to active science operations,…
Electromagnetic Fields Sculpt Metal Nanostructures
Metal nanomaterials hold immense potential for advancing energy systems and electronics, but their performance hinges on precise control over shape…
Harnessing Bistable Metamaterials for Soft Robotics
Soft adaptive mechanical metamaterials are emerging as a transformative class of materials for soft robotics, enabling motion and reconfiguration without…
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