News about innovations
Beijing Betavolt, a Chinese company, said it has created a compact battery that runs on nuclear power, according to Logos Press.
Elon Musk has once again thrilled the public with a new post on social media X, attempting to “gracefully” promote Tesla’s autonomous driving technology.
Scientists from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea have developed a technology for wireless data transmission underground at a depth of up to 100 meters, Logos Press reports.
United Airlines (USA) has introduced “Relax Row” economy class seats that convert into reclining seats, according to Logos Press.
The U.S. will launch a nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft for the first time in history, according to Logos Press.
The Louvre has announced the launch of a major restoration of the “Cycle of Maria de’ Medici” series of paintings by Peter Paul Rubens. The project will cover 24 paintings with a total area of about 293 square meters and will be the largest initiative of the museum’s painting department in recent years.
The Moldovan Defense Ministry received a batch of Quantum System unmanned aerial vehicles from Germany. The equipment was donated as part of a project aimed at strengthening the operational capabilities of the National Army.
The European Patent Office (EPO) will provide the necessary technical and methodological support to the State Agency for Intellectual Property (AGEPI) for institutional capacity building and harmonization of national legislation with European directives in the context of Moldova’s accession to the EU.
The Chinese Air Force has integrated artificial intelligence into the refueling process for fighter jets and bombers in the air, according to Logos Press.
Bureau 1440, a private Russian aerospace company, made the first batch launch of 16 spacecraft on March 23 evening. This is the first step towards the creation of the company’s low-orbit constellation to provide communications with global coverage – analogous to Russia’s Starlink.
In Novy Urengoy, Algoritm has started construction of a mining hub based on gas-fired generation. The cluster will have a total capacity of 440 MW. Financing of the project is estimated at 50 billion rubles, and it will become the largest infrastructure facility in the field of industrial mining in Russia and the CIS.
The Japanese company Balmuda presented a new innovative gadget – The Clock. The device outwardly resembles an analog alarm clock without hands, but its functional concept is radically different from traditional clocks: The Clock is not designed to display the time, but serves as a tool for relaxation and forming evening rituals.
In Japan, the utilitarian Toyota ProBox was approached with an unusual creative task: to turn a serial working station wagon into a stylized “mini-Land Cruiser 70”. The tuning studio Hakobanya from Fukuoka has undertaken this remodeling, having offered its version under the name 70 BOX – in social networks it is also called “70Yo.70 Destroyer” and similar sounding nicknames. In fact, it is an attempt to create an aggressive crossover-universal in the spirit of “seventy”, which Toyota has never had in this form.
Scientists have noticed an unusual feature of pythons – their ability to survive long periods of starvation and then digest huge portions of food without harm to the body. This led to the discovery of a molecule that may play an important role in controlling appetite in humans.
Modern technology is rapidly changing the approach to art restoration, making it more accurate, faster and more environmentally friendly. While in the past it took months of painstaking work to restore damaged canvases, today artificial intelligence and innovative materials come to the aid of specialists.
A state-of-the-art mobile scanner was officially tested at the Tudor customs point. It was installed by the Customs Service (CU) as a pilot project and represents the next step towards full digitization and optimization of the customs control procedure.
Xiaomi (China) has launched its flagship AI model MiMo V2 Pro, which has beaten DeepSeek V3.2, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and DeepSeek V3.2 in the rankings on the “OpenRouter” platform even before its official release, according to Logos Press.
European scientists are developing bio-based fertilizers that would reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian imports. One promising solution is algae grown on wastewater.
A new innovative mechanism introduced in the pilot mode of modernization of customs control is being tested at the Tudor border customs point.
Volga cars were once a measure of success and belonging to the “upper caste” in the former Soviet Union. And this summer, the revived Volga brand announced its first new model – the K50 crossover.
