1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (532+ words) The facility is a part of USA Rare Earth’s broader push as a rare earth and critical minerals company working to develop an end-to-end supply chain. USA Rare Earth has broken ground on a $1.2 billion rare earth metal and magnet…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago   (212+ words) Interesting Engineering America’s New 9,700-Ton Destroyer Is Watching the Arctic With SPY-6 Radar USS Ted Stevens is America’s newest Flight III destroyer, combining the AN/SPY-6 radar with upgraded power and cooling systems as the U.S. Navy increasingly focuses…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (551+ words) The expansion is being done to meet growing demand for complex engine parts and to support defense programs. GKN Aerospace has started a $16 million expansion of its North Charlestown, New Hampshire, facility as rising demand drives the company to increase…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (500+ words) However, Chinese manufacturers have established a substantial lead in production and accounted for more than four out of every five humanoid robot installations worldwide in 2025. Its latest Figure 03 robot is powered by Helix, an embodied AI system that converts visual…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago   (439+ words) With China dominating much of the global rare earth supply chain, projects such as Itarantim are attracting attention as alternative sources of critical magnet materials. Rare earths are increasingly becoming a supply-chain issue rather than simply a mining story, particularly…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago   (196+ words) Interesting Engineering Japan’s Frigate Could Win the U.S. Navy Contract. But There Is a Big Problem The U.S. Navy wants foreign frigates, including Japan’s upgraded Mogami. But Japanese shipbuilders face a difficult question: build for America, or invest heavily in…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (102+ words) Interesting Engineering No US power plant currently generates electricity from superhot geothermal fluids. Geothermal energy comes from the underground heat trapped and stored deep beneath the Earth’s crust. It can be accessed through shallow ground, hot water reservoirs, or deep…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (122+ words) Singular Photonics has launched Litavis, a SPAD image sensor that combines photon counting, timing and histogramming with on-chip processing. Litavis builds on that sensitivity by making the sensor software-configurable. The same hardware can be reconfigured for different imaging tasks without…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (575+ words) These companies are building the processors behind advanced AI models. The artificial intelligence boom is creating an almost insatiable demand for computing power. Behind every chatbot, image generator and reasoning model are specialized chips performing vast numbers of calculations within…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (363+ words) The collaboration brings together Amazon's comprehensive, secure, and price-performant AI infrastructure with Qualcomm Technologies' leadership in power-efficient processing, silicon design and system-level integration. is collaborating with Amazon to enable customized silicon at scale for large-scale AI data centers, working together…...