Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla: Here's what to know
Elon Musk said this week that SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to study a merger of his two biggest companies.
Oct 23, 2026
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Shares in this data center company are down 40% as investors lose faith in the AI story
For two decades, data centers were relatively safe, lucrative real estate investments. They attracted investors because they served as digital infrastructure—the essential plumbing that keeps the internet running.
Oct 22, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
From red mud to green concrete: Low-carbon construction material can cut carbon footprint
Research led by Trinity, in partnership with Gannon Eco and McGrath Quarries, is transforming "red mud," an industrial byproduct, into a high-performance, low-carbon construction material. The team is now moving from laboratory ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
App's AI 'eyes' for blind users fall short, researchers find
A blind man points his phone at a pan and asks, "Are the sausages brown yet?" The app he's using responds out loud that some spots are still slightly pink. So a bit later, he takes another photo and asks again, and then again, ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Molecular locking strategy enables efficient and scalable organic solar cells
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are devices that convert sunlight into electricity using carbon-based organic materials rather than the silicon used in conventional solar panels.
Oct 22, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Doubling hydrogen production through a synergy of materials
Many chemical processes require hydrogen, which is still being produced from fossil fuels. A protonic ceramic electrolyzer cell (PCEC) is a device that can produce hydrogen from water at temperatures that match key industrial ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Engineering
Tiny 3D-printed color routers could enable sharper and brighter low-light photography
Almost every sensor in a digital photography device, from a smartphone to a digital camera, relies on color filters to separate incoming light into red, green and blue before it reaches the sensor. Substantial light is lost ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Engineering
Recoloring polyester with supercritical CO₂ could simplify fiber-to-fiber recycling
Colored polyester is difficult to recycle because the dyes are hard to remove without using large quantities of chemicals, water or energy. Researchers have developed a supercritical carbon dioxide treatment that redistributes ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Engineered porous material recovers valuable rare earth elements from industrial wastewater
The rare earth elements that help power electric vehicles, wind turbines, medical imaging machines and other advanced technologies may be hiding in an unlikely place: industrial wastewater.
Oct 22, 2026
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Robotics
Lab-grown mouse muscles enable tiny robots to jump, swim, walk and grasp
Lab-grown skeletal muscle tissue can contract, but the movement is often so slight that it is barely visible. This poses a problem for biohybrid robots designed to move using living muscles. Researchers at ETH Zurich have ...
Oct 22, 2026
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