2026-06-21
'Plastic trash is now a low-cost aircraft fuel': This new reactor system converts plastic waste into sustainable jet fuel with promising economics
Researchers develop a reactor system converting plastic waste into jet fuel, using advanced catalysts with estimated costs of $1.0–$1.8 per kilogram. [...]
2026-06-21
The American dream is ‘very dead’ for young Americans, says Mrs. Dow Jones
The American dream is “very dead” for millennials and Gen Z, according to financial influencer Haley Sacks, better known as Mrs. Dow Jones. In an interview with Business Insider, Sacks argued that traditional markers of middle-class success, homeownership, stable careers, retirement savings, have become functionally inaccessible to younger Americans, pushing them toward gambling and side […] [...]
2026-06-21
It looks like an old PC, but this bleeding-edge 'server' may well save us from hackers causing chaos in a post-quantum computing world — 4.1Gb/s 'rackable' quantum random number generator brings entropy to the data center
Fraunhofer IPMS launches Q-Dice, a quantum random number generator designed to strengthen encryption, authentication, and future security infrastructure. [...]