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Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar | Official Trailer
Their search for Earth’s lost spices just crash-landed them into a world of trouble! 💥 When the six-member crew of the Serrano wrecks their ship, Kent, C-LA, Ada, Eloy, Mod, and Nexus must race against time and some mysterious planet inhabitants to repair it and escape before becoming the main course.
Get a taste of the adventure in this trailer for Steamroller Animation’s first ever pilot episode, Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar.
The full “Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar” pilot episode is dropping on May 21, 2025.
For all of us at Steamroller Animation, the creation of independent animation projects like “Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar” is not merely a side quest; it’s the very lifeblood that fuels our creative spirit and drives innovation.
These projects serve as vital proving grounds, allowing our talented artists, creatives and technicians the freedom to experiment with new styles, push storytelling boundaries, and hone their skills without the constraints of external mandates.
By investing in our own intellectual property, we cultivate a culture of ownership and passion, fostering an environment where groundbreaking ideas can flourish and ultimately elevate the quality and originality we bring to all our animation work, including client-based productions.
Gravity-Defying Breakthrough: Floating Sensor Unmasks Dark Energy’s Secrets
Scientists have made a groundbreaking leap in detecting dark energy by developing a magnetically levitated precision force system.
Their experiments vastly surpassed previous methods, reaching a new level of precision that opens up unexplored realms of dark energy research. The work was so impactful it earned a featured highlight in Nature Astronomy.
Breakthrough in Dark Energy Detection.
Boy with ‘death sentence’ disease living a normal life after breakthrough gene therapy
A four-year-old boy with a life-threatening immune disease is now living a normal life thanks to a pioneering gene therapy trial.
Eisa Hussain, who suffers from a severe form of leukocyte adhesion deficiency 1 (LAD-1), can now play football and attend school – milestones his family once thought impossible.
LAD-1 cripples the immune system, leaving children vulnerable to infections. Without treatment, the most severe cases are often fatal before the age of two.
Large-scale cryopump developed for fuel/helium separation in fusion applications
A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel large-scale compound cryopump (multi-stage cryopump) capable of separating fuel particles from helium ash.
Designed to meet the demanding requirements of radiation resistance and efficient gas handling, the cryopump features an innovative structural configuration and utilizes a new fabrication technique. The researchers developed a process for bonding activated charcoal to cryogenic panels using an inorganic cryo-adhesive, ensuring long-term stability under extreme conditions. The full-scale prototype measures 1.2 meters in diameter, includes a 0.58-meter valve opening, and weighs 4 tons.
Cryopumps based on adsorption technology are widely recognized as essential components in fusion systems. They offer large pumping speeds, broad temperature tolerance, and strong resistance to harsh electromagnetic and nuclear conditions. These capabilities are critical for the removal of unburned fuel and helium ash—key to maintaining plasma stability and enabling sustained fusion reactions.