Energy & Environment
The first wave of large-scale offshore wind farms is ageing. Turbines installed in the mid-2000s are approaching the end of their 20–25-year design lives,…
Deep dive: The Physics of Neodymium Magnets and Electromagnetic Generation
Health
Some bacteria navigate using the Earth's magnetic field. They produce chains of iron-rich nanoparticles inside their own cells, using them like a biological compass…
Deep dive: The Physics and Biology Behind Magnetobot Cancer Treatment
Space
Five states of matter exist. Most people learn about four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. The fifth is rarer, stranger, and…
Deep dive: Cold Atoms, Quantum Waves, and the Physics of Absolute Zero
Energy & Environment
Solar panels are, at heart, a compromise. Every photovoltaic cell is tuned to absorb light at a particular range of wavelengths. Photons above that…
Deep dive: How a Perovskite Tandem Solar Module Works
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
China's Qianfan satellite constellation hit 200 in orbit with costs slashed 96%. Here's the engineering behind the flat-pack satellites and mass launches.
Deep dive: Hall-Effect Thrusters, Orbital Mechanics, and the Logistics of Building a 15,000-Satellite Fleet
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
HKU engineers built a cryogenic neuromorphic chip in silicon carbide that mimics neuron spiking at 10 millikelvin, opening a path to quantum computing.
Deep dive: How SiC Transistors Mimic Neurons at Millikelvin Temperatures
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
Engineers have developed force-regulating fuses that prevent building collapse propagation, isolating damage like an electrical fuse before it cascades.
Deep dive: Progressive Collapse, Structural Mechanics, and the Design of Force-Regulating Fuses
Chemicals
Osaka researchers built an artificial photosynthesis solar fuel system that runs without batteries, turning sunlight, water and CO2 into formic acid.
Deep dive: Electrolysers, Impedance, and the Physics of Self-Regulation
Energy & Environment
UK wind turbine rare earth recycling could supply neodymium for one million EVs a year from 2038, a NEPC report finds. Here's how the…
Deep dive: How Neodymium Magnets Work and Why Recycling Them Is Hard
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
China's Tianwen-2 entered orbit around asteroid Kamoʻoalewa on 7 June 2026, beginning a sample return mission that could confirm the rock is a fragment…
Deep dive: How Do You Orbit a Rock That Barely Has Gravity?
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
A modified Unitree G1 humanoid robot named Pemba completed a volcano climb to 6,200 metres on Ecuador's Chimborazo, testing extreme-altitude robotics.
Deep dive: Building a Robot That Survives at 6,200 Metres
Automotive & Transport
Britain's first electrified rail testing loop opened at Long Marston in Warwickshire, a 3.5 km closed track backed by £75 million in investment.
Deep dive: Inside the Electrified Rail Testing Loop