Interesting Engineering on MSN

Video: YouTuber captures ‘lightning in a bottle’ using particle accelerator

A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...
Microsoft

AI chips are getting hotter. A microfluidics breakthrough goes straight to the silicon to cool up to three times better.

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...
Consumer Reports

Set Your WiFi to Automatically Shut Off So Your Kids Will Go to Sleep

Digital media use—mobile phone, computer, internet, and social media—at nighttime or near bedtime is associated with shorter sleep duration and poorer sleep quality, and it can be especially damaging ...

"There's always a loose end, trailing off into the distance": Inside the mind of a Metroidvania creator and how they spin up mysteries

Along the way, ideas emerged in various ways. Some grew out of unintentional bugs, including one that allowed players to die ...
NPR

Up First

December 18, 2025 • During a nationwide address, President Trump says the U.S. is poised for an economic boom. And, some Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to force a vote on enhanced healthcare ...