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Autonomous undersea vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin operating at the ocean surface during a test demonstration.

Lockheed Martin is developing an autonomous submarine capable of operating with drones and torpedoes: a venture that could transform naval warfare

By ECONEWS

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March 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Illustration of a nickel iron battery inspired by Thomas Edison’s early design and modern nanotechnology research for long lasting energy storage.

Edison’s nickel-iron electric battery returns: a UCLA-led team makes it charge in seconds and last over 12,000 cycles

By Adrian Villellas

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March 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Iranian Kilo-class submarine sailing on the surface, illustrating renewed naval activity in the Persian Gulf

A satellite image reveals that Iran has returned one of its Russian Kilo submarines to service after months in dry dock, and the move comes just as the United States bolsters the Gulf with the USS Gerald R. Ford

By ECONEWS

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March 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

LignoSat wooden cube satellite prototype with metal supports, illustrating Japan’s experiment to reduce orbital debris with wood.

Japan launches a wooden box into space as a “strange but brilliant solution” to an increasingly serious problem, orbital debris, and proposes an idea that seems like science fiction, but seeks to prevent the future of space from becoming an unmanageable landfill

By ECONEWS

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March 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM

A person holds a compact anti-drone device in a workshop, illustrating Ukraine’s Sunray laser and interceptor technology.

Sunray, the laser that aims to change the war in Ukraine: the system that promises to shoot down Russian drones as if it were a 21st-century Iron Dome

By ECONEWS

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March 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Chinese researchers test a high-power microwave device designed to disrupt satellite electronics in low Earth orbit.

China claims to have created a 20-gigawatt microwave weapon capable of firing for 60 seconds, and the “phantom” target everyone is pointing to is Starlink

By Adrian Villellas

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March 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM

Russian soldier wearing experimental white “penguin” winter camouflage suit moving across a snowy field in Ukraine during drone surveillance.

Russia tests a white suit with black spots nicknamed “penguin” in Ukraine, and within hours at least two soldiers are located and neutralized by FPV drones in the middle of a snowy landscape

By Adrian Villellas

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March 10, 2026 at 10:45 AM

U.S. military satellite in low Earth orbit using laser communications for secure space-based data links

The United States is making laser communications the basis for future space warfare

By Adrian Villellas

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March 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM

USS Dewey destroyer docked in Singapore with visible rust streaks along its gray hull

Rust on its ships has become a readiness problem for the US Navy after a viral photo of the USS Dewey

By Adrian Villellas

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March 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Person holding a smartphone in both hands at a table, illustrating the moment older phones lose software and security updates.

Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy A03s, A52s, F42 5G and M32 5G

By Adrian Villellas

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March 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM

AI powered robot dog walking through orchard rows while scanning fruit crops and collecting real-time data

The “robot dog” that already works in orchards: it monitors crops, learns routes, and provides real-time data using artificial intelligence

By ECONEWS

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March 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM

UK DragonFire laser weapon system during drone interception trials at the Hebrides range

The United Kingdom boasts a “real-life Star Wars”: DragonFire shoots down drones at 650 km/h in the Hebrides and claims that each shot costs only £10

By ECONEWS

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March 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Concept rendering of The Line at Neom, showing a long mirrored linear city with greenery running through the Saudi desert.

Saudi Arabia scales back The Line and refocuses Neom on AI data centers

By Adrian Villellas

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March 5, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Flexible OLED display prototype stretching without losing brightness thanks to MXene-based transparent electrodes

South Korea claims to have created a material that solves the main problem with flexible OLED screens

By ECONEWS

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March 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Close up of a purple USB port on a power strip, indicating support for fast charging and high power output.

The purple USB isn’t just for show; it’s a “secret” clue about speed and charging, and for some time now, many people have been confusing it with a normal USB

By ECONEWS

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March 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM

USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier at sea, the Navy’s newest carrier facing ongoing sewage system failures

The USS Gerald R. Ford’s vacuum toilets keep clogging, and each acid flush costs about $400,000

By ECONEWS

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March 1, 2026 at 4:59 AM

Ukrainian air defense system preparing to intercept drones using AI guided autonomous technology

Ukraine wants to move from being a “human shield” to a shield that thinks for itself: in the next six months, it will deploy an artificial intelligence-based air defense system capable of predicting Russian attacks and launching autonomous interceptors before you can blink

By ECONEWS

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February 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM

Amazon Leo internet satellites in low Earth orbit reflecting sunlight and creating bright streaks in the night sky.

Amazon Leo satellites shine brighter than astronomers recommend, a study of nearly 2,000 observations finds

By ECONEWS

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February 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM

Giant Siphonophore filmed at 6,000 meters by a remotely operated vehicle off Australia

They lowered a robot to 6,000 meters, and what appeared on the camera looked like something from another planet: a 15-meter translucent “creature” floating in total darkness

By ECONEWS

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February 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM

Unitree G1 humanoid robot walking on snow at -47.4 °C in Xinjiang during an extreme cold endurance test

A Chinese humanoid robot has just made history at -47.4 °C, taking more than 130,000 steps on the ice in Xinjiang and even “drawing” an Olympic emblem

By Adrian Villellas

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February 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM

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Lockheed Martin is developing an autonomous submarine capable of operating with drones and torpedoes: a venture that could transform naval warfare

Edison’s nickel-iron electric battery returns: a UCLA-led team makes it charge in seconds and last over 12,000 cycles

A satellite image reveals that Iran has returned one of its Russian Kilo submarines to service after months in dry dock, and the move comes just as the United States bolsters the Gulf with the USS Gerald R. Ford

Japan launches a wooden box into space as a “strange but brilliant solution” to an increasingly serious problem, orbital debris, and proposes an idea that seems like science fiction, but seeks to prevent the future of space from becoming an unmanageable landfill

Sunray, the laser that aims to change the war in Ukraine: the system that promises to shoot down Russian drones as if it were a 21st-century Iron Dome

China claims to have created a 20-gigawatt microwave weapon capable of firing for 60 seconds, and the “phantom” target everyone is pointing to is Starlink

Russia tests a white suit with black spots nicknamed “penguin” in Ukraine, and within hours at least two soldiers are located and neutralized by FPV drones in the middle of a snowy landscape

The United States is making laser communications the basis for future space warfare

Rust on its ships has become a readiness problem for the US Navy after a viral photo of the USS Dewey

Samsung ends security updates for the Galaxy A03s, A52s, F42 5G and M32 5G

The “robot dog” that already works in orchards: it monitors crops, learns routes, and provides real-time data using artificial intelligence

The United Kingdom boasts a “real-life Star Wars”: DragonFire shoots down drones at 650 km/h in the Hebrides and claims that each shot costs only £10

Saudi Arabia scales back The Line and refocuses Neom on AI data centers

South Korea claims to have created a material that solves the main problem with flexible OLED screens

The purple USB isn’t just for show; it’s a “secret” clue about speed and charging, and for some time now, many people have been confusing it with a normal USB

The USS Gerald R. Ford’s vacuum toilets keep clogging, and each acid flush costs about $400,000

Ukraine wants to move from being a “human shield” to a shield that thinks for itself: in the next six months, it will deploy an artificial intelligence-based air defense system capable of predicting Russian attacks and launching autonomous interceptors before you can blink

Amazon Leo satellites shine brighter than astronomers recommend, a study of nearly 2,000 observations finds

They lowered a robot to 6,000 meters, and what appeared on the camera looked like something from another planet: a 15-meter translucent “creature” floating in total darkness

A Chinese humanoid robot has just made history at -47.4 °C, taking more than 130,000 steps on the ice in Xinjiang and even “drawing” an Olympic emblem

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

In Abauntz Cave in northern Spain, archaeologists have found the first Neanderthal remains ever identified in Navarre, six bones from a man’s right hand dated to about 46,000 years ago, and at first nobody realized they were human

Emperor penguins vanish from satellite photos every Antarctic winter, so scientists followed them with radar for 8 years and found colonies walking away from the sea while the ice around them showed no visible change

A museum in Lucerne is showing what Switzerland’s melting glaciers have given up, from 8,000-year-old deer antler to a crushed mayonnaise tube, in a year when the country’s glaciers lost 5.5% of their volume, the second-worst loss on record

A meltwater pond at the foot of Mount Hood’s Coalman Glacier has grown larger than in previous years, and the USGS says a sudden release could send a debris flow down the White River toward the Highway 35 bridge

A camera set up to study forests in New Mexico’s Carson National Forest photographed a Canada lynx in June, the first confirmed in the state in about 25 years according to New Mexico State University, and it lives in the kind of forest crews thin to fight wildfires

Scientists have finally seen inside living Antarctic fish cells at nearly 32°F, and the tiny energy factories inside them are far busier than anyone assumed

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