eVTOL taxi startup Lilium is out of money and filing for insolvency

Seven years after its first test flight, German electric air taxi manufacturer Lilium has run out of funding, and filed for insolvency for its two subsidiaries. It failed to raise an emergency injection of $54 million to continue its operations.

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“Bizarre” way ant venom hits a nerve: An exciting new path to pain relief

Insect venom may seem like an unlikely ally in the discovery of new human pain treatments, but the latest findings into the "unique" way a small ant causes us such agony is a big leap forward – and one that's expected to progress rapidly.

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Grain-sized soft robot delivers medications, guided by magnetic fields

In what's been called "a medical breakthrough on the verge of happening," scientists have built a soft robot with the capacity to carry different types of drugs through the body – in a device the size of a grain of rice, steered by magnetic fields.

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Racial disparity still a problem for US health care

At the Anesthesiology Annual Meeting held this past week in Philadelphia, some research stood out for the wrong reasons. Among the presentations on space anesthesiology and the impact of AI were three separate studies dealing with the issue of racial disparity in US health care.

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Giving yourself brain zaps at home can safely treat depression

A recent clinical trial has shown that it's possible to safely and effectively treat depression at home using a brain stimulation device. That means patients can give themselves low-intensity impulses to see positive results with 30-minute sessions.

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Biomimetic EV fan goes full ‘birds of prey’ to silence efficiency

Mahle has been hard at work on next-gen e-drive systems, and it's also been exploring other electrification components. It has revealed a thermal management fan that borrows from nature to provide smoother, quieter, more efficient performance.

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Planet’s largest wind turbine record broken again at 26-MW

China, the undisputed global leader in wind energy, has just set another world record for the tallest and highest capacity offshore wind turbine, taller than the Eiffel Tower, The Chrysler Building, and longer than the longest US aircraft carrier.

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Airbus and Toshiba team up to create superconducting aircraft motor

Making a virtue out of necessity, Airbus is joining forces with Toshiba to develop a super-efficient superconducting motor for aircraft that uses the liquid hydrogen that supplies the electricity to cool the propulsion and adjacent systems.

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