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Aerial view of Raffles City Chongqing showing The Crystal, a horizontal skyscraper linking multiple towers high above the city.

China built a 984-foot “horizontal skyscraper” linking four towers 820 feet up, and the about 13,200-ton structure turns architecture into a balance test

By ECONEWS

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May 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Underground tunnel inside an Italian Alps mine where a new data center is being built below the mountain.

An active mine in the Italian Alps becomes a $58 million underground data center, pairing servers with apples and wine in a cooling bet built where ore once came out

By ECONEWS

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May 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Graphene-enhanced concrete samples being tested for stronger and lower-carbon construction materials.

Graphene-infused concrete promises lighter builds with less cement, and the payoff could be longer-lasting structures with a smaller footprint

By Adrian Villellas

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May 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Traditional houses and cobblestone streets in São Tomé das Letras, constructed entirely from local quartzite slabs.

A mystical Brazilian city was built on a crystal mountain at about 4,724 feet, and its century-old homes and churches challenge engineering with a secret hidden underfoot

By ECONEWS

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May 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM

NASA engineer testing next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades inside a JPL laboratory chamber.

NASA engineers build a supersonic rotor for Mars, and carbon-fiber blades at JPL are already nearing Mach 1.08 in tests that push off-world flight to the edge

By ECONEWS

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May 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Aging rubber gasket used to seal underwater tunnel joints against seawater pressure

The rubber used in underwater tunnels is degrading much faster than expected: the problem is silent… and it could become incredibly expensive if no one stops it in time

By Adrian Villellas

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May 21, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Prototype earthquake damping device using steel spheres inside a cylinder to absorb structural vibrations

Scientists create a cylinder filled with steel spheres that can reduce earthquake impacts on buildings and bridges without needing electricity

By ECONEWS

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May 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Biodegradable Green Anarchy wall sticker applied to a cracked urban facade to grow plants and small vertical gardens

Turkey unveils a sticker-like adhesive material that can turn walls into gardens and may change the way we imagine green cities

By ECONEWS

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May 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Ultra-powerful superconducting research magnet developed in China for extreme magnetic field experiments

Chinese scientists activate a magnet 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field, and the question is what research needs such extreme power

By Adrian Villellas

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May 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Experimental learning metamaterial developed at the University of Amsterdam that changes shape and stores physical memory

Amsterdam researchers have built a material that learns without software, and its moving structure remembers past shapes as if intelligence were embedded in the object itself

By Adrian Villellas

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May 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Large-scale data center infrastructure powering artificial intelligence systems with high energy and cooling demands

Italy’s second-richest man makes a disturbing comment about artificial intelligence and companies that, almost without saying so, are training their own replacements

By Adrian Villellas

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May 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Living robots gain primitive nervous systems, opening new paths for sensing, movement, and environmental monitoring

Xenobots made from frog cells are no longer just biological robots; they now also have something resembling a primitive nervous system, and that changes everything a little more

By ECONEWS

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April 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM

A new missile using storable liquid fuel could reshape hypersonic defense by simplifying logistics and reducing handling risks

There is already a flight-tested hypersonic missile that, for the first time, runs on storable liquid fuel, and that small technical detail could mean a major shift in defense

By ECONEWS

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April 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Concept rendering of the U.S. Air Force F-47 sixth-generation fighter under development as part of the NGAD program

The United States is accelerating the development of the F-47: the sixth-generation fighter is on track to take flight in less than two years, and its 2028 debut is already causing concern around the world

By ECONEWS

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April 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Ukrainian soldier operating a drone near a forested battlefield during the war with Russia.

Russia floods Ukraine with fake logs, and the real reason has nothing to do with classic camouflage: this is how it’s trying to blind drones from the front lines

By ECONEWS

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April 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A massive, twin-hull semi-submersible research platform floating in the ocean, designed by China for deep-sea exploration.

China launches a floating island unlike anything seen before and takes a giant step toward dominating deep-sea research

By ECONEWS

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April 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Man demonstrating magnetic cement wall holding tools and objects using magnets without drilling

Ironplac, the magnetic cement by Argentine inventor Marco Agustín Secchi that lets walls hold objects without nails

By ECONEWS

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April 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Advanced composite material structure designed to self repair cracks and extend lifespan of industrial components

Engineers have developed a material capable of self-repairing more than 1,000 times, which promises to extend the service life of key components in airplanes, cars, and wind turbines for centuries

By Adrian Villellas

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April 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Electric vehicle on a final inspection line inside a modern car factory with bright overhead lighting and workers checking the vehicle.

Perhaps the biggest problem with electric cars isn’t the battery, but a magnet that fails in the heat

By ECONEWS

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April 14, 2026 at 6:34 AM

WSU robotic fruit harvesting prototype in an apple orchard using a soft inflatable arm to pick apples

Washington State University develops robots that pick apples and find strawberries as farms run short of workers

By Adrian Villellas

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April 13, 2026 at 5:59 AM

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China built a 984-foot “horizontal skyscraper” linking four towers 820 feet up, and the about 13,200-ton structure turns architecture into a balance test

An active mine in the Italian Alps becomes a $58 million underground data center, pairing servers with apples and wine in a cooling bet built where ore once came out

Graphene-infused concrete promises lighter builds with less cement, and the payoff could be longer-lasting structures with a smaller footprint

A mystical Brazilian city was built on a crystal mountain at about 4,724 feet, and its century-old homes and churches challenge engineering with a secret hidden underfoot

NASA engineers build a supersonic rotor for Mars, and carbon-fiber blades at JPL are already nearing Mach 1.08 in tests that push off-world flight to the edge

The rubber used in underwater tunnels is degrading much faster than expected: the problem is silent… and it could become incredibly expensive if no one stops it in time

Scientists create a cylinder filled with steel spheres that can reduce earthquake impacts on buildings and bridges without needing electricity

Turkey unveils a sticker-like adhesive material that can turn walls into gardens and may change the way we imagine green cities

Chinese scientists activate a magnet 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field, and the question is what research needs such extreme power

Amsterdam researchers have built a material that learns without software, and its moving structure remembers past shapes as if intelligence were embedded in the object itself

Italy’s second-richest man makes a disturbing comment about artificial intelligence and companies that, almost without saying so, are training their own replacements

Xenobots made from frog cells are no longer just biological robots; they now also have something resembling a primitive nervous system, and that changes everything a little more

There is already a flight-tested hypersonic missile that, for the first time, runs on storable liquid fuel, and that small technical detail could mean a major shift in defense

The United States is accelerating the development of the F-47: the sixth-generation fighter is on track to take flight in less than two years, and its 2028 debut is already causing concern around the world

Russia floods Ukraine with fake logs, and the real reason has nothing to do with classic camouflage: this is how it’s trying to blind drones from the front lines

China launches a floating island unlike anything seen before and takes a giant step toward dominating deep-sea research

Ironplac, the magnetic cement by Argentine inventor Marco Agustín Secchi that lets walls hold objects without nails

Engineers have developed a material capable of self-repairing more than 1,000 times, which promises to extend the service life of key components in airplanes, cars, and wind turbines for centuries

Perhaps the biggest problem with electric cars isn’t the battery, but a magnet that fails in the heat

Washington State University develops robots that pick apples and find strawberries as farms run short of workers

Westminster Abbey’s Roman stone coffin was made for a Londoner named Valerius Amandinus in the fourth century, yet the man inside died between 987 and 1052, and the Abbey’s archaeologist has narrowed him down to two Saxon abbots

BirdCast tracked 1.25 billion birds over the US on the night of October 8, 2025, and most bird migration happens after dark, where city lights can pull flocks off course

Morocco built the Noor solar complex to keep the lights on after sunset, and the World Bank says a cracked molten salt tank at its 820-foot tower caused two long outages

Goodbye to the solar bike path: the Netherlands paved a cycle lane with solar panels that reportedly made 9,800 kilowatt-hours in a year, and the weak spot was the surface cyclists rode on

NASA tomato seeds stranded in orbit after the Challenger disaster ended up with 3.3 million students, and the plants they grew were not the mutant tomatoes many of them hoped for

Satellites counted 39,619 icebergs stuck in place around Antarctica, and the small grounded icebergs that surveys usually overlook may be holding coastal sea ice together like posts in a picket fence

Antarctica has its own soil bacteria just as it has its own penguins, with 90 percent of the strains scientists tracked found nowhere else on Earth, and lab tests revealed something odd about them

Chile is turning 2,175 miles of undersea internet cable into an earthquake sensor, and a study found it can size a quake five seconds after the first waves

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