World first: Oblique wave detonation engine may unlock Mach 17 aircraft

 

UCF researchers have successfully fired up a new hypersonic detonation engine that harnesses the raw power of a sustained, trapped explosion. The new engine could power aircraft up to 17 times the speed of sound.

Background image credit: NASA. Aircraft and composite image credit: Daniel Rosato, UCF

3 Keys to Overcoming Perfectionism - Are you stuck in the perfectionism trap?

 

Perfectionism is defined as the tendency to set unrealistically high

Meet the marine worm with 100 butts that can each grow eyes and a brain!

 

Small fraction of a single living specimen of Ramisyllis multicaudata, dissected out of its host sponge and seen through the stereomicroscope. (Image credit: Guillermo Ponz‐Segrelles/M. Teresa Aguado/Christopher J. Glasby)

How many butts is too many? One is usually enough for most animals

New report estimates true COVID-19 death toll is double current figures

 Striking research out of the University of Washington (UW) is

World's smallest single-chip system can be injected into the body

The world's smallest single-chip system, sits on the tip of a hypodermic needle

Chen Shi/Columbia Engineering

The continuing miniaturization of electronics is opening up some exciting

Elon Musk Monologue - SNL

 

First bottle of wine 'aged in space' is for sale at Christie’s

 This Bordeaux spent 14 months aboard the International Space Station