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The life of Robert Adler - the father of the TV remote control
Inventor Robert Adler owns a total of 180 electronic device patents, with applications ranging from specialized fields to everyday life.
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Siegfried Marcus - The forgotten car inventor
The first car using a gasoline engine was built by Austrian inventor Siegfried Marcus in 1875, but he is often not mentioned.
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Launch of the world's first giant molten salt 'battery'
The newly inaugurated molten salt green energy storage facility in Denmark is like a giant and extremely efficient battery.
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The world's tallest observatory opens
TAO Observatory is located on a 5,640 m high mountain peak, equipped with a 6.5 m diameter telescope to help observe the universe with infrared rays.
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Japan inaugurated the world's largest fusion reactor
The JT-60SA reactor, as tall as 6 buildings in Japan, will create plasma as hot as 200 million degrees Celsius, paving the way for the goal of obtaining net energy from…
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South-North Water Diversion Project: Chinese super project costs tens of billions of dollars, 'artificial river' has 1-02 on Earth
The South-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) began taking shape in the 1950s and when fully completed in 2050, it will transfer tens of billions of cubic meters of wa…
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Euclid and the birth of geometry
Euclid (330 - 275 BC) was born in Athens, the capital of Greece, one of the largest and most beautiful ancient cities in the world.
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Launching the world's largest 3D printer at the University of Maine, USA
The world's largest 3D printer at the University of Maine can print objects measuring 29 x 10 x 5.5 m, cutting construction time and labor.
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Floating desalination plant helps Barcelona cope with drought
A floating desalination plant with a capacity of 40,000 m3 of water/day will be able to help Barcelona solve its water needs amid a prolonged drought.
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The tallest skyscraper project in America is resistant to tornadoes
Legends Tower is expected to be built in Oklahoma City with a height of 581 m, about 40 m higher than One World Trade Center.
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Explore the 'giant' underground sewer line under the To Lich riverbed
The 15km underground sewer line of the Yen Xa Wastewater Treatment Plant project has been completed, preparing to rescue the polluted To Lich river.
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Revealing the huge construction site of a 170km long city
Aerial footage shows the massive scale of The Line, Saudi Arabia's straight city project across the desert.
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Saudi Arabia's 170km straight city project is facing difficulties
Saudi Arabia will shorten the length of the city from 170km to 2.4km with a capacity of only 300,000 residents.
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Carl Gauss: Prince of mathematics solved an ancient problem with a history of more than 2,000 years in just one night
Surely when we were in school, at least once we heard the name Gauss and were told about the anecdotes or theorems that this prodigy left behind.
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Legend of the first woman to be an Egyptian pharaoh
Including the time she served as regent and pharaoh (king of Egypt), Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for a total of 21 years.