GE Aerospace GEnx-1B Engine Logs 50 Million Flight Hours Milestone
GE Aerospace reports its GEnx-1B engine, used on Boeing 787 Dreamliners, has surpassed 50 million flight hours with a developer-claimed 99.98% dispatch reliability, raising questions about real-world performance and operational limits
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Nuclear-Powered Container Ship Design Receives Initial Safety Approval
A 15,000 TEU container ship concept using small modular reactors has received Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping, marking a step toward nuclear propulsion in commercial shipping but raising new safety and engineering questions
UCLA Team Integrates Terahertz Generation and Detection on One Chip
A UCLA research group has demonstrated a semiconductor chip that combines terahertz signal generation and detection, using quantum-well photodiodes and standard fabrication methods, potentially enabling scalable terahertz systems for communications and sensing
How the Heliosphere Shields the Solar System from Interstellar Space
Researchers are mapping the heliosphere, the vast bubble created by the solar wind that surrounds the Sun and planets, to understand how it protects the solar system from cosmic radiation and shapes planetary environments
