Interesting Engineering

Crucial design flaws are reported to be behind the implosion of the Titan submarine, raising questions about how this was allowed to happen.

24.06.2023 08:18 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Missing Titanic submersible is running out of oxygen Five people are on the Titan sub which went missing on Sunday. The sub has about 70 hours of oxygen left.

As of Monday afternoon, it was thought the crew members had four days-worth of oxygen left at most.

20.06.2023 18:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Frogs have different accents, reveals new study Researchers at UNSW Sydney and the Australian Museum have analyzed the calls of nearly 700 frogs and have discovered that the individual animals have different accents.

The calls of nearly 700 frogs were analyzed for this study.

17.06.2023 20:10 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Chinese company unveils 'world's most powerful' hydrogen locomotive China has built what it says is the world’s most powerful hydrogen-powered locomotive, rolling stock that state media suggests has potential to replace most fossil fuel engines in service.

China expects to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

17.06.2023 20:09 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

World's first cosmic-ray GPS can detect underground movement Scientists demonstrate cosmic-ray GPS which detects muons underground and can change how search-and-rescue missions are carried out in the future.

A team of scientists have successfully demonstrated the world's first cosmic-ray GPS to detect movement underground and in volcanoes which can potentially aid in future search-and-rescue missions.

16.06.2023 19:13 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic starts first commercial spaceflight in two weeks While Galactic 01, the first spaceflight mission, is scheduled to launch between June 27 and June 30, the second Galactic 02 flight will take off in early August.

The first flight will fly three crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy to undertake microgravity research.

16.06.2023 10:40 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0