The Top 5 Transportation Stories for 2025

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IEEE Spectrum’s transportation coverage this year covered breakthroughs in electric vehicles, batteries, charging, automation, aviation, maritime tech and more. Readers followed the race to rebuild U.S. magnet manufacturing, rethink EV-charging architecture, and reinvent automotive software. They tracked China’s sprint toward five-minute charging, the rise of high-power home chargers…Continue Reading

See inside London’s beautiful and unique private members’ clubs

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It’s hard enough to imagine getting inside London’s exclusive members’ clubs, let alone being allowed to ogle all the details. Which is a shame, because some of the most memorable and important works of architecture and design in this historic city can be found behind these guarded doors.  Few libraries can compete with the gasp-inducingContinue Reading

The Top 8 Magnets and Motors Stories of 2025

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Rarely a week went by in 2src25 without some newsworthy development related to rare earth elements, magnets, and electric motors. IEEE Spectrum was on top of the big ones, starting with the production of industrial quantities of the rare-earth oxides of neodymium and praseodymium at the Mountain Pass mine and processing facilities in California’s MojaveContinue Reading

united-states-cold-war-era-air-bases-still-in-operation

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During the Cold War, the United States constructed dozens of air bases designed for a conflict that many feared could escalate to nuclear levels with little warning. Some of these installations have since closed or transitioned to civilian use, but several bases explicitly built during that era remain active today.Continue Reading