The Nobel Prize in Physics 1902 was awarded jointly to Hendrik Antoon Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman “in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena”
Get the latest international news and world events from around the world.
Humanoid Robot Production Numbers: The 50,000-Unit Claim Nobody Can Verify
Widely repeated humanoid robot production numbers, Tesla past 50,000 Optimus units, Figure AI past 10,000 deployments, don’t come from the companies themselves. Tesla’s own 2025 target was 5,000 units for internal use; actual output was a few hundred. The gap between claimed and audited numbers is now the story investors and buyers should be pricing in.
Humanoid robot production numbers have become the least reliable statistic in industrial AI. Search for how many humanoid robots are actually working today and you’ll find confident figures everywhere: Tesla past 50,000 cumulative Optimus units, Figure AI past 10,000 deployments across partner warehouses. None of those figures come from the companies they describe, according to a July 2026 investigation by Technology.org. Tesla has never published an audited Optimus production count.
The clearest example sits in Tesla’s own record. The company targeted 5,000 Optimus units for internal factory use in 2025. Actual output, per mid-2025 reporting from The Information cited by Technology.org, was a few hundred units, under ten percent of the goal. Contributing factors included China’s April 2025 export restrictions on rare earth magnets and a longer-than-planned Gen 3 design finalization, particularly on the dexterous hand system.
Soy lysolecithin counters high-salt diet-induced hypertension and cognitive impairment
High-salt (HS) intake is a major global health concern, closely linked to hypertension and growing evidence of cognitive and emotional decline. Although salt is a routine part of daily diets, long-term overconsumption can negatively affect both the cardiovascular system and the central nervous system, underscoring the need for practical dietary strategies to mitigate these adverse health effects.
Prostaglandins (PGs) are lipid compounds derived from arachidonic acid (AA) that act as potent local hormones. They maintain cardiovascular homeostasis through a delicate balance of vasodilation and vasoconstriction. In the brain, depending on the receptor involved, PGs can promote either neuroprotective or neurotoxic signaling, thereby influencing emotional and cognitive function.
LPC70, a soy lysolecithin in which lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) comprises more than 70% of phospholipids, has previously been shown to attenuate high-salt diet (HSD)-induced hypertension and cognitive impairment. However, the biological mechanisms, specifically the role of LPC70 in regulating PG signaling, remain unclear.
World’s first Artificial Cell Is here & this changes everything I Prof. Kate Adamala
🧬 She built the world’s first artificial cell from non-living chemicals.
Then she led the global fight to BAN its most dangerous cousin: mirror life. Episode No-370
In this episode of 1CW, Eddie Avil sits down with Prof. Katarzyna \.
A Particle Made Mostly Of Force And Very Little Matter May Have Finally Been Discovered. Introducing: Glueballs
The evidence for the peculiar glueball continues to increase.
This Metal From Outer Space Could Radically Transform EverythingFrom Electric Vehicles to Nuclear Submarines
“When you’re faced with a critical material problem, you can do one of two things: You can find more, or you can use less,” says Tom Lograsso, director of the Critical Materials Institute, a mineral research laboratory within the U.S. Department of Energy.
The sheer quantity of rare earths required for magnet production is staggering when put into raw numbers. For example, a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine requires 9,200 pounds of permanent magnets made with rare earths. (Permanent magnets are always magnetic, unlike electrical magnets that require an electrical charge to work.) And a proposal by the U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior to generate 86 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2050 would require more than 17,000 tons of neodymium.
“The biggest worry for the magnet industry is supply risk,” says Greer. That makes his breakthrough—a powerful magnet that doesn’t rely on rare earths—a potential game changer.
