Cylinder sails promise up to 90% fuel consumption cut for cargo ships

[New Atlas logo]( Transport [Cylinder sails promise up to 90% fuel consumption cut for cargo ships]( [Artist's concept of a ship with the CoFlow system]( Looking like a set of bridge supports that were accidentally installed on a cargo ship, a new wind-driven system by startup CoFlow Jet promises to reduce ship fuel costs by up to 90% using stationary cylinders with no moving parts. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Learn 25 new languages? It’s possible with Rosetta Stone]( Your high school teacher was wrong; learning languages can be fun. Instead of mind-numbing worksheets, take addicting lessons online and become fluent in up to 25 new languages with Rosetta Stone. [Read more]( Health & Wellbeing [Fully-automatic robot dentist performs world's first human procedure]( [A world-first human treatment by an autonomous robot dental surgeon]( Nightmare fuel? Maybe – but in a historic moment for the dental profession, an AI-controlled autonomous robot has performed an entire procedure on a human patient for the first time, about eight times faster than a human dentist could do it. [Read more]( Energy [Microwave technique recovers 87% of batteries' lithium in 15 minutes]( [Freeing lithium from the very batteries they power could go a long way toward meeting an ever-increasing demand]( Lithium is a finite resource, and the more we lock inside rechargeable batteries, the less we have to use. A new speedy method to free the element from such sources could be a game changer in terms of the material's availability. [Read more]( Robotics [Watch: Walls, furniture and stairs prove no match for wheeled robodog]( [The Go2-W quadruped robot is designed to roll over challenging terrain, while boasting similar agility to non-wheeled robodogs]( Around this time last year, Chinese robotics company Unitree caught our attention with the impressive circus tricks and GPT chat capabilities of its $1,600 second-generation robot dog. Now the company has wheeled out an all-terrain upgrade. [Read more]( Science [Engineered microbes may find use in living, long-term mosquito repellent]( [Unlike their natural counterparts, two types of genetically engineered skin bacteria don't produce a mosquito-attracting form of lactic acid]( There could soon be a non-toxic, longer-lasting and less-smelly alternative to DEET for repelling mosquitos. Scientists have created genetically engineered human skin bacteria that are unappealing to the irritating and disease-spreading insects. [Read more]( Materials [Innovative 'solid knitting' machine builds 100% reconfigurable objects]( [Despite the large cable, the solid-knitting objects are deceptively firm]( A new materials technique that takes cues from Grandma's yarn bag and cutting-edge tech has the potential to automatically build whole furniture sets – and the fabric that covers them. Then, they can be unraveled to use again in a totally different way. [Read more]( Health & Wellbeing [A familiar culprit thought to be why depression affects motivation]( [Researchers have proposed how exercise exerts anti-depressant effects, spurring motivation]( Exercise’s positive effect on depression is well-known, but not how it produces its anti-depressant effects. After reviewing a broad range of studies into how depression and physical activity affect motivation, researchers have now come up with a hypothesis. [Read more]( Health & Wellbeing [Nanoscale ‘Russian doll’ tech delivers two drugs at different times]( [The 'concentrisome' drug delivery system contains two compartments, like a Russian doll, meaning it can deliver two different drugs]( Researchers have developed technology that creates nanoscale sacs containing a compartment within a compartment, like a Russian matryoshka doll. The novel tech is capable of delivering two drugs simultaneously or at different times. [Read more]( Outdoors [Micro-camper tows as a Swiss Army vault of deep-wilderness survival]( [The Hardkorr Xplorer 2.0 ducks a little lower than the original Xplorer trailer but lives equally large]( A serious multitool for urban-to-wild adventurers, the Hardkorr Xplorer 2.0 Shorty trailer drops low to store in a garage. In minutes, it expands to offer a large kitchen, electrical system, hot running water, and a rooftop tent with staircase entry. [Read more]( Automotive [Inches apart: Self-driving cars master extreme sideways driving skills]( [Getting the autanomous chase car to not collide with the lead car was the responsibility of Stanford]( Toyota and Stanford University have been pushing self-driving technology beyond the limits of traction for several years now, and they've now released video of two autonomous cars drifting in tandem, getting very sideways with extreme precision. [Read more]( Materials [World's fastest supercomputer derives recipe for otherworldly diamond]( [A supercomputer creates the formula for a superdiamond in this generative image highlighting new research out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory]( BC8 superdiamonds are harder than any known material, but they likely only exist in the cores of giant exoplanets. Now, the Frontier supercomputer has unraveled the secret of their formation, a finding that could lead to their production on Earth. 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