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'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed (newatlas.com)

550 points by peutetre 4 months ago | 271 comments
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)

489 points by Brajeshwar 5 months ago | 386 comments
Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5°C (newatlas.com)

399 points by Brajeshwar 7 months ago | 152 comments
Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event (newatlas.com)

291 points by awb 5 months ago | 108 comments
Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town (newatlas.com)

289 points by aa_is_op 6 months ago | 178 comments
28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid (newatlas.com)

282 points by bornelsewhere 7 months ago | 185 comments
Record-breaking chip can transmit 1.8 petabits per second (newatlas.com)

264 points by typeofhuman almost 2 years ago | 116 comments
“Inside-out Wankel” rotary engine delivers 5X the power of a diesel (newatlas.com)

255 points by geox over 1 year ago | 201 comments
Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough (newatlas.com)

249 points by geox 7 months ago | 202 comments
US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves (newatlas.com)

245 points by geox over 2 years ago | 193 comments
Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores (newatlas.com)

244 points by tolbish over 3 years ago | 231 comments
Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights smoother (newatlas.com)

234 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 127 comments
Bird with GPS flies into typhoon (newatlas.com)

234 points by clumsysmurf 11 months ago | 106 comments
Fastest-ever logic gates could make computers a million times faster (newatlas.com)

230 points by DamnInteresting over 2 years ago | 104 comments
A centrifugal spin on a 500-year-old air compressor design (newatlas.com)

225 points by joshwa over 3 years ago | 61 comments
Optical microphone can separate multiple instruments from afar (newatlas.com)

222 points by sohkamyung about 2 years ago | 52 comments
Sleep apnea: Mouthguards less invasive, just as effective as CPAP (newatlas.com)

219 points by peutetre 5 months ago | 171 comments
The genie escapes: Stanford copies the ChatGPT AI for less than $600 (newatlas.com)

207 points by Freddie111 over 1 year ago | 166 comments
NASA will test SpinLaunch's ability to fling satellites into orbit (newatlas.com)

203 points by clouddrover over 2 years ago | 199 comments
Particle seen switching between matter and antimatter at CERN (newatlas.com)

203 points by birriel over 3 years ago | 139 comments
DeepMind AI predicts incoming rainfall with high accuracy (newatlas.com)

189 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB almost 3 years ago | 112 comments
Eye comfort a priority for all-in-one desktop PC with color E Ink display (newatlas.com)

187 points by clouddrover 12 months ago | 159 comments
Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard (newatlas.com)

182 points by airhangerf15 7 months ago | 153 comments
Night-vision lenses so thin and light that we can all see in the dark (newatlas.com)

180 points by bookofjoe 4 months ago | 94 comments
Fastest sailboat: Two wild designs (newatlas.com)

179 points by clouddrover 12 months ago | 91 comments
Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with high reflectivity (newatlas.com)

178 points by thunderbong 10 months ago | 129 comments
SR-71 pilot, photographer and storyteller Brian Shul dies at 75 (newatlas.com)

169 points by clouddrover over 1 year ago | 50 comments
World's biggest wind turbine shows the disproportionate power of scale (newatlas.com)

164 points by geox about 3 years ago | 195 comments
Largest tokamak fusion reactor powers up (newatlas.com)

162 points by clouddrover 10 months ago | 134 comments
Human-monkey chimera embryos created in lab (newatlas.com)

152 points by wellokthen over 3 years ago | 231 comments
HB11's hydrogen-boron laser fusion test yields groundbreaking results (newatlas.com)

148 points by geox over 2 years ago | 88 comments
"Bookfind of the century" sells for $2.23M (newatlas.com)

148 points by clouddrover 8 months ago | 34 comments
The Ingenious Cardboard Bed (newatlas.com)

148 points by geox 12 months ago | 111 comments
CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens (newatlas.com)

143 points by DamnInteresting about 2 years ago | 131 comments
Computer tool spots deepfakes via tiny reflections in the eyes (newatlas.com)

142 points by DamnInteresting over 3 years ago | 91 comments
Water-based circuit concept switches much faster than semiconductors (newatlas.com)

130 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB almost 2 years ago | 57 comments
Lightweight woven helical antenna could replace field-deployed dishes (newatlas.com)

128 points by westurner 8 months ago | 75 comments
Dual Coincidence is likely the most complex electromechanical game (newatlas.com)

127 points by jdlshore over 1 year ago | 57 comments
The Celera 500L passenger plane gets hydrogen powertrain (newatlas.com)

126 points by clouddrover over 2 years ago | 140 comments
Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power (newatlas.com)

125 points by belter about 1 year ago | 29 comments
Early immunotherapy for Crohn’s disease significantly reduces complications (newatlas.com)

113 points by geox 7 months ago | 31 comments
Bricklaying robots can now build tennis-court-sized walls in 4 hours (newatlas.com)

113 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 11 months ago | 104 comments
Brain-cleaning sleeping cap gets US Army funding (newatlas.com)

112 points by sahin almost 3 years ago | 69 comments
World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September (newatlas.com)

110 points by hubraumhugo 4 months ago | 31 comments
Hybrid supercapacitor offers NiMH energy density, charges much faster (newatlas.com)

109 points by CarCooler over 3 years ago | 122 comments
Record-breaking camera keeps everything between 3 cm and 1.7 km in focus (newatlas.com)

108 points by bsenftner over 2 years ago | 42 comments
CRISPR tomatoes genetically engineered to be richer in Vitamin D (newatlas.com)

106 points by lelf over 2 years ago | 122 comments
Researchers have found that micro-spikes etched into titanium rupture microbes (newatlas.com)

103 points by LordAtlas about 1 year ago | 73 comments
AI learns from brain signals to create personalized attractive faces (newatlas.com)

103 points by erichocean over 3 years ago | 46 comments
Cycloidal marine propellers: Efficient thrust in any direction (newatlas.com)

100 points by Zobat 5 months ago | 45 comments
Jetoptera VTOL aircraft design features “bladeless fans on steroids” (newatlas.com)

98 points by BerislavLopac over 3 years ago | 39 comments
New type of 3D printing uses sound waves to build up objects (newatlas.com)

95 points by matthewsinclair over 2 years ago | 28 comments
Computer memory prototype ditches 1s and 0s for denser data storage (newatlas.com)

95 points by DamnInteresting about 1 year ago | 105 comments
Free time, curiosity and playfulness has led to young orcas bumping boats (newatlas.com)

92 points by Brajeshwar 4 months ago | 71 comments
Protein tweak makes CRISPR gene editing 4k times less error-prone (newatlas.com)

87 points by hochmartinez over 2 years ago | 12 comments
Microneedle patch digs deep to regenerate hair in bald mice (newatlas.com)

85 points by clouddrover almost 2 years ago | 66 comments
First known fractal molecule (newatlas.com)

85 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 5 months ago | 9 comments
Earthgrid aims to rewire the USA using super-cheap tunnel tech (newatlas.com)

79 points by bookofjoe about 2 years ago | 109 comments
Hubless-wheel electric penny farthing is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece (newatlas.com)

78 points by Brajeshwar 9 months ago | 26 comments
Unpowered cargo gliders on tow ropes promise 65% cheaper air freight (newatlas.com)

77 points by tomcdonnell 6 months ago | 77 comments
Personal 'invisibility shield' goes on sale, starting under $70 (newatlas.com)

77 points by Brajeshwar 6 months ago | 67 comments
Battery made of aluminum, sulfur and salt proves fast, safe and low-cost (newatlas.com)

75 points by calind about 2 years ago | 77 comments
First 3D-printed functional human brain tissue grows like the real thing (newatlas.com)

75 points by geox 8 months ago | 27 comments
Ultra-light liquid hydrogen tanks promise to make jet fuel obsolete (newatlas.com)

74 points by clouddrover over 2 years ago | 66 comments
Google's Green Light project retimes traffic lights for 30% fewer stops (newatlas.com)

74 points by rbanffy 11 months ago | 80 comments
Record-setting quantum entanglement connects two atoms across 20 miles (newatlas.com)

73 points by elorant about 2 years ago | 51 comments
Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA's new tallest building (newatlas.com)

72 points by geox 8 months ago | 145 comments
Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself using gravity (2022) (newatlas.com)

72 points by jermaustin1 about 1 year ago | 52 comments
Japanese rail company rolls out VR-piloted robot worker (newatlas.com)

68 points by clouddrover over 2 years ago | 15 comments
German monks create first powdered beer (newatlas.com)

68 points by marban over 1 year ago | 78 comments
Toroidal propellers: A noise-killing game changer in air and water (newatlas.com)

68 points by bookofjoe over 1 year ago | 18 comments
"Millennium Camera" to take a 1k-year long-exposure photo (newatlas.com)

68 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | 64 comments
Surfactants safely take down mosquitoes without using insecticides (newatlas.com)

68 points by sahin about 1 year ago | 86 comments
ADHD linked to evolutionary success in ancient humans (newatlas.com)

67 points by Brajeshwar 7 months ago | 111 comments
A chemical signal in human female tears lowers aggression in males (newatlas.com)

66 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 9 months ago | 65 comments
Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding (newatlas.com)

66 points by clumsysmurf about 1 year ago | 54 comments
Self-driving Citroën Skate carries swappable pods for inner-city travel (newatlas.com)

61 points by geox almost 3 years ago | 52 comments
Novel helmet liner made from carbon nanotubes (newatlas.com)

60 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 34 comments
$4 solar desalination system produces a family's daily drinking water (newatlas.com)

58 points by razzio over 2 years ago | 9 comments
Lowering a dumbbell 6 times a day offers significant gains in strength (newatlas.com)

57 points by geox about 2 years ago | 16 comments
Whitest paint is now thin enough to coat cars and planes (newatlas.com)

56 points by bilsbie almost 2 years ago | 69 comments
Those perfect cars you see in ads? Here's the Mad Max machine underneath the CGI (newatlas.com)

53 points by clouddrover almost 2 years ago | 7 comments
Hookworms successfully prevent type 2 diabetes in human trial (newatlas.com)

53 points by geox about 1 year ago | 6 comments
Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while (newatlas.com)

53 points by geox 4 months ago | 82 comments
Plants may be absorbing 20% more CO2 than we thought, new models find (newatlas.com)

51 points by jnord 10 months ago | 16 comments
New material shows zero heat expansion from 4 to 1400 K (newatlas.com)

51 points by elorant over 3 years ago | 24 comments
GPS alternative taps cosmic rays for underground or underwater navigation (newatlas.com)

50 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB about 1 year ago | 10 comments
Helixx: $6 a day EV subscription service could disrupt the auto industry (newatlas.com)

50 points by teleforce 5 months ago | 54 comments