Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has shown what might be the wildest concept video to come out of Beijing in years. It’s basically a rendered clip of a whole fleet of massive triangular grey motherships hovering at the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere, firing weapons into orbit and deploying futuristic fighter jets. Now, we’ve seen plenty…
Mach 2 (twice the local speed of sound) is incredibly fast, and few modern aircraft fly much faster. Operating at higher speeds is rare in real-world warfare and entails huge compromises. Despite this, some astonishingly fast planes flying today comfortably exceed Mach 2. A handful of designs prove that extreme speed still matters, surviving decades…
China announced it has begun mass producing the world’s first ultra-low noise, single-photon detector featuring four channels, suggesting that powerful applications loom in everything from daily communications to national defence. Dubbed the “photon catcher”, the device can detect a single photon – the smallest unit of energy – making it a core component in cutting-edge…