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Salt-friendly hydrogel can harvest liters of freshwater from thin air

Salt enhances the moisture uptake of the hydrogel, making it suitable for water harvesting in dry regions.

Solar-driven system produces electricity and fresh water in the desert

The system could improve food and water security for people living in dry-climate regions.

Northrop-Ball Aerospace team to develop Polar-Orbiting Next-Gen Missile Warning satellites

Satellites to provide continuous early-warning missile detection coverage over the northern hemisphere.

Alphabet’s Wing drones hit 200,000 commercial deliveries milestone

Wing says it recently made more than 1,000 deliveries in a day - that's a delivery every 25 seconds.

Israel tests naval version of Iron Dome missile defense system

Israel completes the first 'C-Dome' interceptions from aboard the Navy's Sa'ar 6 corvettes.

Northrop Grumman to launch new on-orbit satellite servicing mission

This mission launch will mark a new era in on-orbit satellite servicing.

New method for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

Easy aluminum nanoparticles split water and generate hydrogen gas rapidly under ambient conditions.

Clean driving technology enables cleaner, greener rocket fuel

A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight.

Meta plans to build Universal Speech Translator

Meta is teaching AI to translate 100s of spoken and written languages in real-time.

E-nose designed to diagnose Parkinson’s disease by smelling skin

The portable device could diagnose Parkinson's disease at an early stage when treatment is most effective.

World’s first hydraulic hybrid multicopter can fly up to 900 km

Flowcopter has begun testing the heavy-lift hybrid drones.

New low-cost system to check quality of 3D-printed metal parts

New method of analyzing metal alloys requires only 15 minutes and costs only a fraction of the price.

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