Sodium-ion batteries offer a number of advantages over lithium-ion cells. Sodium is 1,000 times more abundant in the Earth’s crust than lithium, and is far cheaper to obtain. Lithium-ion cells tend to achieve greater energy density, so sodium is considered less appropriate for EVs than for applications in which costContinue Reading
Malicious actors with code execution capability may gain root access on Linux systems using as few as 10 lines of Python, according to a researcher…Read MoreContinue Reading
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The NASA logo at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (Image credit: STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) The new chief of the Planetary Society says she is prepared once again to fight NASA’s science budget cuts, after helping the advocacy group do so last year. Planetary Society CEO Jennifer Vaughn saidContinue Reading
Scientists say this high-resolution photo of the planet Mercury probably resembles the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b, which the JWST just observed. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington) Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have, for the first time, directly analyzed the surface of a planet beyond our solar system, TheContinue Reading
Air Canada has never been an airline to chase headlines for the sake of it, but its latest cabin reveal suggests a far more calculated move beneath the surface. At the Aircraft Interiors Expo in April 2026, the carrier quietly introduced a new configuration for its incoming Boeing 787-10 fleet,Continue Reading
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth jet is also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, and for good reason. This aircraft was not only developed as a project that included many of America’s closest allies for design input, but also to share production in a distributed manufacturing network. AlmostContinue Reading
The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around your home and adapts to your daily habits. Colin Angle unveiled a four-legged prototype of that artificial pet, calledContinue Reading
gThumb, the open-source image viewer and organiser, has been rewritten in Vala and ported to GTK4/libadwaita – and compared to the old UI, it’s barely recognisable. An alpha build of gThumb 4.0 is available for testing. Alongside the visual revamp, this brings support for WEBP and PNG animations, lets youContinue Reading
OpenSource Science B.V., better known as OS-SCi, is a Netherlands-based institution that has a pretty specific focus. To train the next generation of developers exclusively on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). They run bachelor’s programs, modular courses, and student projects with partners that include LPI, UBports, the Rust Foundation,Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the Linux Mint project announced a significant shift in how it shipped releases, hinting at a longer cycle. Project lead Clement Lefebvre had pointed out that the existing pattern of a new release every six months, on top of maintaining LMDE, was leaving the team spending moreContinue Reading
Caterpillar’s Battery Electric Power Unit (BEPU) is making its first public appearance at IFAT Munich, installed in a Doppstadt SWS 6 Spiral Shaft Separator. The prototype is the result of roughly a year of collaboration between Caterpillar, Cat dealer Zeppelin Power Systems and Doppstadt, whose SWS 6 processes scrap wood,Continue Reading
New Eagle has launched the OpenECU NX3, a vehicle control platform that combines Megawatt Charging System (MCS) and Combined Charging System (CCS) charging protocols with full vehicle supervisory control—powertrain, charging and auxiliary management—in a single ECU. New Eagle says it’s the first production-ready controller to integrate both charging standards alongsideContinue Reading