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Finnish marine and energy equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä will supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for four new vessels being built for Dutch ship owner and maritime service provider Vertom. The solution includes the Wärtsilä 25 engine, NOx reducer, gearbox, controllable pitch propeller (CPP), transverse thruster and the Wärtsilä ProTouch remoteContinue Reading

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Most fresh graduates could be forgiven for taking time out to rest, relax and defrag their post-study mind, but one comp-sci student decided to devote their downtime by reviving KDE’s TV-focused front-end — and the results look great! Plasma Bigscreen is a shell designed for use on televisions and otherContinue Reading

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In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow in space. The Moon-Rice project, led by the Italian Space Agency in collaboration with three universities, aims to create crops that thrive in microgravity while boosting astronaut nutrition and well-being., ReadContinue Reading