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Airbus plans further H140 certification tests in extreme cold, following 800 test landings across Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
https://t.co/dXkfxRvJ7O

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NASA's lunar mission will test three neural networks using data from Earth, the Moon and the space station.
https://t.co/A5GOMxRdPE

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Scientists at the University of Helsinki have created a contactless tube made entirely of ultrasonic waves, using 256 tiny speakers to emit 40-kilohertz sound fields that hold matter in place and guide it through the air. The 8-centimeter prototype can transport liquids, powders, mist, and even electric discharges, with the tube’s direction changeable in real time by adjusting speaker configurations. Liquids can be dispensed with single-drop precision. Potential applications include transporting corrosive or sticky substances that damage conventional pipes, and moving contamination-sensitive materials without the risk of contact with solid walls. Despite the intense ultrasound at its core, the frequency is too high for human hearing. Similar modules could be connected in series to build tubes of any length. The research is published in PNAS.

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Tuesday Labs, a New York startup led by former Boston Dynamics engineer Ros Shinkle, has introduced Voxel, a headless humanoid robot butler designed to tidy homes, find misplaced items, fetch things and water plants. Its movement starts as 3D animation, with former Pixar animators shaping its character, before the company's models train it onto the robot. A refundable $200 deposit reserves one at an estimated $20,000, with US deliveries expected from 2028.

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Researchers have identified a new bacterial enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of polyesters and bioplastics.
https://t.co/eYnFLKLC55

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Unitree has introduced the H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian, the newest member of its 1.8-metre H2 humanoid line, pitched to "serve and guard you". Its launch video shows the robot denting a car door with kicks, leaping off a 4-metre platform, and acting out security and rescue scenes staged with props. Unitree claims up to about eight hours of endurance, which the video's own caption describes as standing time, and has not announced a price or full specs.

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The study found that on the supply side, the carbon footprint of an individual battery could be reduced by about 34% by 2050.
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NASA has selected the GIMLI mission to explore the Marius Hills Pit, a collapse feature on the Moon’s near side that likely marks the roof of an ancient lava tube. The rover will use ground-penetrating radar, seismic sensors, a gravimeter, and cameras to map both the pit and any underground void extending from it. If confirmed, the lava tube could serve as a natural shelter for future lunar astronauts, providing protection from radiation, temperature extremes, and micrometeorite bombardment. “Confirming these void spaces now could shift future habitat planning,” NASA said. The mission is funded through NASA’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon program, with hardware developed in partnership with Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics.

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Japan's MMX mission faces weak gravity, tricky landings and communication delays in its quest to collect Phobos samples.
https://t.co/MbvoyRi6R0

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Researchers at Tsinghua University and the Chinese PLA Medical School have developed Airscope, a 1-gram wireless brain monitor that can track the activity of more than 8,500 individual neurons across a wide area of the cerebral cortex simultaneously. Previous devices capable of cortex-wide neural imaging required animals to have their heads fixed or remain tethered by cables, severely limiting behavioral studies. Airscope shrinks the instrument volume by nearly five orders of magnitude compared to conventional benchtop microscopes while maintaining comparable signal quality, using a two-megapixel image sensor with onboard data compression for wireless transmission. In trials, mice fitted with the device roamed freely through a custom habitat with ramps and shelters while researchers recorded their neural activity in real time. AI-designed lenses and computer vision tracking prevented target loss during free movement. The researchers identified how cortical activity patterns influence social competitive behavior and plan to apply the technology to studying depression and other conditions. The research is published in Nature.

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Just two letters were enough to hijack a robot's task, making it target a model human hand instead of an apple in a US security experiment.
https://t.co/llvcw2tA8A

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Russia’s renewed Tu-160 production effort includes extensive equipment upgrades and the restoration of manufacturing capacity needed to build the bomber.

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Russia is reviving Tu-160 bomber production, modernizing around 80% of its systems with new engines, avionics and digital technology while rebuilding the industrial base behind the aircraft.

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RIG-360 has demonstrated in-flight communications with a PAC-3 missile while addressing a maximum-range requirement.
https://t.co/GP1TK4CxV6

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A Pentagon proposal would use a four-legged robot to locate chemical hazards and build three-dimensional contamination maps, allowing personnel to assess affected areas remotely.

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The Pentagon wants a robot dog that can map toxic gases in 3D, combining chemical sensors, lidar and networking to reveal hazardous areas without risking human operators.

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The achievement marks the creation of the first-ever "one-positron quantum cyclotron."
https://t.co/ypHMPJBVVc

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Quantinuum's Helios just set a new world record by achieving 99.9995 percent logical fidelity.
https://t.co/MDYUTUXqFC

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Satellite images from NASA’s PACE satellite show a dramatic color shift across the equatorial Pacific over the past year, from green to deep blue, caused by collapsing phytoplankton populations. El Niño suppresses the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water that phytoplankton depend on, causing populations to drop sharply and stripping the ocean of its green and teal hues. NOAA estimates an 83% chance this year’s El Niño will be the strongest in 75 years. Sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific are already approximately 3 degrees above the long-term average, and the pattern could raise sea levels by up to 12 inches in affected coastal zones, increasing flood risk. Scientists warn the cycle could have devastating global weather effects throughout 2027.

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Two Claude-designed proteins tightly bound a Mexican scorpion toxin, but their ability to neutralize venom remains untested.
https://t.co/z8zfcbSnaj

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Could watts replace dollars? Elon Musk thinks future economies may measure value through power.
https://t.co/dcF3djlNS0

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OpenAI wants to help drugmakers tackle the delays and logistical hurdles that can keep new medicines years away from patients.
https://t.co/i5dzzhTuV3