The Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has successfully completed a flight test of the country's first 3D-printed miniature turbojet engine. The engine, with 75% of its weight from 3D-printed parts, powered a drone for 30 minutes, reaching 6,000 meters and Mach 0.75, marking a major advance in China's independent aviation propulsion capabilities.

Chinese company has recently unveiled its next-generation Iron humanoid robot. With its highly human-like appearance and catwalk-like graceful gait, the humanoid is different from the design concepts of most robots It has a humanoid spine, bionic muscles, and fully covered flexible skin, and supports customization for different body shapes. With 82 degrees of freedom throughout the body, its movements are natural, smooth, and flexible, capable of achieving, catwalk walking an

After a suspected space debris strike damaged their original capsule, the Shenzhou-20 crew, including Commander Chen Dong, made an emergency return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. The Chinese astronauts landed safely in Inner Mongolia, concluding a record 204-day mission on the Tiangong space station that was extended by a week due to the incident.

NASA and L3Harris Technologies have successfully tested the second new RS-25 engine for the Artemis V mission. The engine, built with advanced 3D printing that cuts costs by 30%, fired for 500 seconds at 111% power, ensuring a sustainable engine supply for America's return to the Moon.

The People's Liberation Army Navy's new Type 076 assault ship, the Sichuan, has started sea trials. As the world's first dedicated drone carrier, it features an electromagnetic catapult and a 50,000-tonne displacement, enabling it to launch fixed-wing UAVs like the GJ-11 for extended reconnaissance and strike missions, with delivery expected by 2026.

MIT researchers developed a lightweight 2D polyaramid polymer (2DPA-1) that is nearly impenetrable to gas molecules, with permeability at least 1/10,000 that of existing polymers. Published in Nature, the film made from melamine building blocks is stronger than steel with one-sixth the density. A 60-nanometer-thick coating extended perovskite crystal lifetime by weeks, with bubbles created in 2021 still inflated, according to Michael Strano, Carbon P. Dubbs Professor at MIT,

Tesla has claimed that its Full-Self Drive system is 10 times safer than humans. Full Self-Driving (Supervised) intelligently and accurately completes driving maneuvers users, including route navigation, steering, lane changes, parking and more under user's active supervision. On-board cameras with 360-degree visibility will check your blind spots and move your Tesla vehicle into a neighboring lane while maintaining your speed and avoiding bikes, motorcycles and other cars. F

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Turing Quantum have developed a photonic quantum chip that accelerates computing by 1,000 times for AI data centers. The award-winning technology, already used in aerospace and finance, represents China's breakthrough into photonic computing markets long dominated by Western manufacturers.

New imagery analyzed by The War Zone suggests China's Type 004 aircraft carrier, under construction at the Dalian shipyard, may be the nation's first nuclear-powered warship. This would grant the Chinese navy unlimited range, closing a key technological gap with the United States and enhancing its power projection capabilities beyond the first island chain.

EDGE Group and Anduril are launching a major UAE-US joint venture to produce next-generation autonomous systems, starting with 50 Omen autonomous air vehicles. This partnership combines Anduril's Lattice AI software with EDGE's regional manufacturing to accelerate the UAE's sovereign capability in advanced drone technology.

European astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton and LOFAR telescopes have confirmed the first direct sighting of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from another star. The explosion from a red dwarf 40 light-years away raced at 2,400 km per second, threatening the habitability of any nearby planets and opening a new era in stellar space weather observation.

Researchers at City University of New York and University of Texas at Austin made previously invisible dark excitons shine by amplifying light emission 300,000 times using gold nanotubes and tungsten diselenide (WSe₂) just three atoms thick. Published in Nature Photonics, the breakthrough enables nanoscale control through electric and magnetic fields, according to Andrea Alù, Distinguished and Einstein Professor at CUNY Graduate Center. First author Jiamin Quan says the disco

Starlink is connecting more than 22,000 students across 85 schools in remote areas of Ghana with reliable high-speed internet from space. With download speeds soaring from under 5 Mbps to over 200+ Mbps, students can now access online learning, unlocking a world of knowledge and possibility Previously plagued with limited infrastructure and connectivity options, 85 schools in remote Ghana now have access to Starlink. In collaboration with the non-profit group, Our Future Priz

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers Ivan Wu and Jeff Baur from The Grainger College of Engineering developed an energy-efficient method to transform flat 2D structures into curved 3D shapes in space using continuous carbon fiber 3D printing with fibers the diameter of a human hair and frontal polymerization. The breakthrough combines Beckman Institute's energy-efficient resin to create five configurations including a parabolic dish for deployable satellites, i

Researchers led by Daniel Klocke from Max Planck Institute have developed an Earth model with 1.25-kilometer resolution using 672 million calculated cells. The system uses 20,480 GH200 superchips to simulate 145.7 days in one day, combining "fast" weather systems through the ICON model with "slow" climate processes. Running on JUPITER and Alps supercomputers in Germany and Switzerland, the breakthrough calculates nearly 1 trillion degrees of freedom, far surpassing traditiona

China's first national R&D project equipment for high-altitude wind energy—the world's largest 5,000-square-meter power-generating kite—successfully completed flight tests in Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia on Wednesday. Developed by China Energy Engineering Corp, the kite harnesses wind energy at altitudes above 300 meters, with the test successfully deploying the 5,000-square-meter kite alongside two 1,200-square-meter kites, according to China Media Group (CMG). The groun

Engineers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a simulator that predicts spray-based 3D concrete printing with over 90% accuracy. The tool, developed by Professor Kenji Shimada's team, allows robots to print around rebar, enabling stronger, more complex buildings for earthquake-prone regions and cutting construction waste.

ISRO has successfully conducted an important test on Main Parachutes for the Gaganyaan Crew Module at the Babina Field Firing Range (BFFR), Jhansi. This test is the part of the ongoing series of Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Tests (IMAT) for the qualification of parachute system for Gaganyaan Mission. For the Gaganyaan Crew Module, the parachute system comprises a total of 10 parachutes of 4 types. A simulated mass equivalent to the Crew Module was dropped from an altitud

ISRO has successfully tested the critical parachute system for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, validating the 10-parachute sequence under extreme conditions. A 2.5-tonne module was dropped from 2.5 km by an Indian Air Force IL-76, confirming the system can ensure astronaut safety during descent.

Estonian firm Frankenburg Technologies has developed the Mark 1, a 65cm rocket costing approximately $50,000 to counter Russian drone threats. CEO Kusti Salm aims for mass production to create an affordable defense wall for NATO's eastern flank against Shahed drones.