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NVIDIA has just unveiled the Isaac GR00T N1, a foundation model that is revolutionizing humanoid robotics. This AI-driven system can learn tasks, make decisions, and adapt like never before!

At GTC 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang revealed the Isaac GR00T N1, a next-generation AI model designed to train humanoid robots with unprecedented efficiency. It uses a dual-system approach—one for instant reactions and another for strategic thinking. NVIDIA also introduced Newton, a physics engine developed in collaboration with Google DeepMind and Disney, aiming to enhance robotic motion.

Additionally, NVIDIA’s Isaac GR00T Blueprint enables large-scale training with synthetic data. In just 11 hours, the system generated over 780,000 training examples, drastically improving robot accuracy. These advancements could reshape industries by making humanoid robots more intelligent and useful in real-world applications.

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Adopting liquid cooling technology could significantly reduce electricity costs across the data center.

Many Porsche “purists” reflect forlornly upon the 1997, 5th generation, 996 version of the iconic 911 sports car. It was the first year of the water-cooled engine versions of the 911, which had previously been based on air-cooled engines since their entry into the market in 1964. The 911 was also the successor to the popular air-cooled 356. For over three decades, Porsche’s flagship 911 was built around an air-cooled engine. The two main reasons often provided for the shift away from air-cooled to water-cooled engines were 1) environmental (emission standards) and 2) performance (in part cylinder head cooling). The writing was on the wall: If Porsche was going to remain competitive in the sports car market and racing world, the move to water-cooled engines was unavoidable.

Fast forward to current data centers trying to meet the demands for AI computing. For similar reasons, we’re seeing a shift towards liquid cooling. Machines relying on something other than air for cooling date back at least to the Cray-1 supercomputer which used a freon-based system and the Cray-2 which used Fluorinert, a non-conductive liquid in which boards were immersed. The Cray-1 was rated at about 115kW and the Cray-2 at 195kW, both a far cry from the 10’s of MWs used by today’s most powerful supercomputers. Another distinguishing feature here is that these are “supercomputers” and not just data center servers. Data centers have largely run on air-cooled processors, but with the incredible demand for computing created by the explosive increase in AI applications, data centers are being called on to provide supercomputing-like capabilities.

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Hydrogen is often seen as the fuel of the future on account of its zero-emission and high gravimetric energy density, meaning it stores more energy per unit of mass compared to gasoline. Its low volumetric density, however, means it takes up a large amount of space, posing challenges for efficient storage and transport.

In order to address these deficiencies, hydrogen must be compressed in tanks to 700-bar pressure, which is extremely high. This situation not only incurs but also raises safety concerns.

For hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) to become widespread, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has set specific targets for : 6.5% of the storage material’s weight should be hydrogen (gravimetric storage capacity of 6.5 wt%), and one liter of storage material should hold 50 grams of hydrogen (a volumetric storage capacity of 50 g L‒1). These targets ensure that vehicles can travel reasonable distances without excessive fuel.

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Unsubstituted π-electronic systems with expanded π-planes are highly desirable for improving charge-carrier transport in organic semiconductors. However, their poor solubility and high crystallinity pose major challenges in processing and assembly, despite their favorable electronic properties. The strategic arrangement of these molecular structures is crucial for achieving high-performance organic semiconductive materials.

In a significant breakthrough, a research team led by Professor Hiromitsu Maeda from Ritsumeikan University, including Associate Professor Yohei Haketa from Ritsumeikan University, Professor Shu Seki from Kyoto University, and Professor Go Watanabe from Kitasato University, has synthesized a novel organic electronic system incorporating gold (AuIII) and benzoporphyrin molecules, enabling enhanced solubility and conductivity.

The findings of the study were published online in Chemical Science.

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We often never hear of many inventions, which is why Lifeboat is good at informing people.

Gregorio Zara (March 8, 1902–October 15, 1978) was a Filipino scientist best known as the inventor of the videophone, the first two-way electronic video communicator, in 1955. All told, he patented 30 devices. His other inventions ranged from an alcohol-powered airplane engine to a solar-powered water heater and stove.

Filipino scientist Gregorio Zara won 30 patents for his inventions, which included the first videophone and many breakthroughs in aeronautics.

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BANGKOK (AP) — China’s energy and auto giant BYD has announced an ultra fast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps.

BYD, China’s largest EV maker, said Monday that its flash-chargers can provide a full charge for its latest EVs within five to eight minutes, similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank. It plans to build more than 4,000 of the new charging stations across China.

Charging times and limited ranges have been a major factor constraining the switch from gas and diesel vehicles to EVs, though Chinese drivers have embraced that change, with sales of battery powered and hybrid vehicles jumping 40% last year.

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Interconnected materials containing networks are ubiquitous in the world around us— rubber, car tires, human and engineered tissues, woven sheets and chain mail armor. Engineers often want these networks to be as strong as possible and to resist mechanical fracture and failure.

The key property that determines the strength of a network is its intrinsic fracture energy, the lowest energy required to propagate a crack through a unit area of the surface, with the bulk of the network falling apart. As examples, the intrinsic fracture energy of polymer networks is about 10 to 100 joules per square meter, 50–500 J/m2 for elastomers used in car tires, while spider silk has an intrinsic fracture energy of 150–200 J/m2.

Until now, there has been no way to calculate the intrinsic fracture energy (IFE) for a networked material, given the mechanical behavior and connectivity of its constituents.

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The Nano Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), led by Dr. Tae-Hoon Kim and Dr. Jung-Goo Lee has successfully developed a grain boundary diffusion process that enables the fabrication of high-performance permanent magnets without the use of expensive heavy rare earth elements. This pioneering technology marks the world’s first achievement in this field.

The findings are published in Acta Materialia.

Permanent magnets are key components in various high-value-added products, including electric vehicle (EV) motors and robots. However, conventional permanent magnet manufacturing processes have been heavily dependent on heavy rare earth elements, which are exclusively produced by China, leading to high resource dependency and .

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