The historic SS United States sank off the coast of Destin, Florida, on Wednesday, marking the end of its 74-year journey and the beginning of a new role as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. The nearly 1,000-foot-long ship, once the world’s fastest ocean liner, will now rest on the ocean floor and … Read more
A hot potato: On Sunday, Nvidia’s board said it continued to have confidence in Jensen Huang. This trust lasted all of three days. The board is now reportedly preparing to oust him. Directors are scheduled to meet as early as Wednesday to decide the future of the man who co-founded the chip maker in 1993 … Read more
Researchers at Flinders University have developed an electrically activated antibacterial coating that uses microscopic cracks in its surface to help kill dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. The flexible material combines liquid gallium, a metal that melts at room temperature, with carbon nanotubes. As the coating dries, tiny cracks naturally form on the surface. Instead of … Read more
Editor’s opinion: Hybrid drives were all the rage among storage manufacturers a little over a decade ago. Seagate believes that today’s chaotic hardware landscape is ripe for further exploitation, which is why the company is now offering an extra expensive new device that aims to revitalize the entire hybrid propulsion concept. Seagate has introduced the … Read more
Duke Energy Florida is scaling America’s clean energy solutions and has proposed four new utility-scale solar sites with a total generating capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). The plan to expand the southern state’s renewable energy portfolio was announced on Tuesday, November 10, as electricity demand continues to grow across the state. The American energy company … Read more
Energy is under almost everything, industry, transport, computers and cities, but is often only discussed when something breaks or becomes expensive. This category examines how energy is created, stored, moved, and used in the real world and how these systems change under technological, economic, and political pressures. Interesting Engineering’s coverage includes conventional power generation, renewables, … Read more
Face palm: If you own an Asrock Radeon 7000 series graphics card, here’s some good news: the company is rolling out a replacement firmware update after the previous version reportedly stalled some RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX GPUs. The less pleasant news is that the company hasn’t said what it plans to do … Read more
Science is less about sudden discoveries and more about constant, often frustrating work. It progresses through failed experiments, results that need to be repeated, and questions that take years, sometimes decades, to answer. This category focuses on how scientific knowledge is built, tested, challenged, and refined over time. Interesting Engineering’s coverage includes fundamental and applied … Read more
Why it matters: A fusion power plant only makes sense if it can run for days, similar to the coal and gas power plants it would replace. However, most tokamaks still operate intermittently because the giant magnetic coil that drives their plasma stream must eventually stop and restart. Physicists in San Diego have now shown … Read more
A vast nuclear reserve that once supplied America’s nuclear arsenal is preparing for an unprecedented industrial transformation. Federal officials have initiated a formal bidding process to lease thousands of acres at the Hanford site to the private sector. The goal is to transform land originally cleared for wartime weapons production into a trading hub for … Read more