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Automotive & TransportInnovation

JCB Hydrogen Land Speed Record: 1,600 hp Hydromax Targets 350 mph

JCB's Hydromax hydrogen car targets 350 mph at Bonneville with twin 800 hp engines, aiming to nearly double the current hydrogen land speed record…

Deep dive: How do you build a 350 mph hydrogen car?

4 min read

Aerospace, Defence & MarineInnovation

GE Aerospace Uses AI for Hypersonic Ramjet Engine Design

GE Aerospace compressed hypersonic ramjet engine design from months to seconds using generative AI, returning hundreds of candidate layouts in a single session.

Deep dive: Dual-Mode Ramjets and the Physics of Hypersonic Combustion

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Energy & EnvironmentBreakthroughs

Compressorless Hydrogen Gas Turbine Beats NASA Record

KIT engineers built a compressorless hydrogen gas turbine that ran for 303 seconds, beating NASA's record and generating electricity without mechanical compression.

Deep dive: Gas Turbines

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Aerospace, Defence & Marine

Artemis II Launch Sends Four Astronauts Towards the Moon

The Artemis II launch sends four astronauts on a ten-day lunar flyby, testing the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft with shuttle-era RS-25 engines and…

Deep dive: How the Artemis II Launch Systems Actually Work

5 min read

Automotive & Transport

The Engineering Behind Formula 1

Ever watch a Formula 1 race and wonder, "How do those cars even exist?" We just did a deep dive into the engineering beneath…

Deep dive: Engineering principles

20 min read