Interesting Engineering

Pentagon tests Locust laser that downs drones without harming nearby civilian aircraft

AeroVironment’s LOCUST laser weapon recently finished a major counter-drone test with the Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration. This marks an important step for using directed-energy ...
Interesting Engineering

US Navy tests plug-and-play laser system on USS Bush carrier, downs drones at sea

Containerized LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) set up for a live-fire test.Chief Petty Officer Brian Brooks, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic The U.S. Navy is accelerating its push into directed ...
ARLnow.com

New Green Valley art space to open with art vendors, poetry and clothing swap

Green Valley’s newest art space is preparing to open to the public with a outdoor market featuring creative activities and artwork for sale. SPARK! is expected to return on the first Sunday of every ...
Seeking Alpha

AeroVironment: Locust Laser Clears FAA Tests, Unlocking Growth Potential (Rating Upgrade)

AeroVironment is upgraded to a strong buy with a $335 price target, reflecting nearly 70% upside. LOCUST X3 laser system has completed safety trials and is positioned as the first validated ...
The Debrief

The Laser That Shut Down El Paso’s Skies: What We Know About the Army’s ‘LOCUST’ Counter-Drone Weapon

For several hours on February 11, the skies over El Paso, Texas, went strangely quiet after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) abruptly imposed sweeping flight restrictions over the border city ...
Science Daily

This small soil upgrade cut locust damage and doubled yields

Locust swarms can wipe out crops across entire regions, threatening food supplies and livelihoods. Now, scientists working with farmers in Senegal have shown that improving soil health can ...
eLife

Female Moths Incorporate Plant Acoustic Emissions into Their Oviposition Decision-Making Process

This study reveals that female moths use ultrasonic sounds emitted by dehydrated plants to guide their oviposition decisions. It highlights sound as an additional sensory modality in host searching, ...
The Straits Times

Is carob the new cocoa? NUS researchers fine-tune carob as chocolate alternative

SINGAPORE – With cocoa getting more costly and being threatened by climate change, food scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found ways to make cocoa-free chocolate ...
IEEE

Anomaly Detection and Root Cause Analysis in Cloud-Native Environments Using Large Language Models and Bayesian Networks

Abstract: Cloud computing technologies offer significant advantages in scalability and performance, enabling rapid deployment of applications. The adoption of microservices-oriented architectures has ...
SciELO

Locust bean gum hydrogels are bioadhesive and improve indole-3-carbinol cutaneous permeation: influence of the polysaccharide concentration

The locust bean gum (LBG) is a polysaccharide with thickening, stabilizing and gelling properties and it has been used in the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations. Hydrogels (HGs) are obtained ...
InfoWorld

Using Valkey on Azure and in .NET Aspire

Big changes to the license used by the popular open source key/value store Redis prompted a fork, with the launch of Valkey. In the time since that fork in March 2024, the two projects have diverged.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Using the 2026 GHSA points formula, here are the top teams in each class

The Georgia High School Association voted 66-1 this month to choose and seed playoff teams using a points formula beginning in 2026-27. The plan will apply to all sports that use 32-team playoff ...