716 Results From "nuclear power"

Chinese scientists are reported to have developed a fully-automated, pig-cloning robot, and the AI-powered bot is apparently way more efficient than humans.
Future Society

China Now Producing Cloned Pigs Using Only Robots

A team of scientists in China say they’ve discovered a cost-effective method of creating fusion energy that could rival much more expensive counterparts.
Nuclear Fusion

Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Cheap New Way to Do Nuclear Fusion

Bill Gates says that he doesn't really see the appeal of investing in rockets to Mars, saying money would be better spent on climate change and medicine.
Mars

Bill Gates Says That Going to Mars Is Silly

China has successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time according to Agence France Presse.
Energy

China Just Powered Up Its “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor

The Japanese government announced that it plans to dump radioactive water stored at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.
Energy

Japan Plans to Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Sea

After denying reports of a system malware infection Tuesday, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) admitted that its plants had been hacked.
Nuclear Fusion

Someone Hacked India’s Nuclear Power Plants

Research reveals that the west coast of India and Pakistan — where both countries operate nuclear power plants — are particularly vulnerable to tsunamis.
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Warn That Indian, Pakistani Nuclear Plants Could Get Wrecked by Tsunamis

An experimental form of male birth control involves using magnets to heat up nanoparticles inside the testes to prevent sperm formation.
Energy

Scientists Debut Magnet Powerful Enough to Lift an Aircraft Carrier

A team of engineers from the University of Bristol visited the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant last week to test out Spot, a four-legged robodog.
Boston Dynamics

Scientists Send Boston Dynamics Robodog Into Chernobyl

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak fusion reactor was able to sustain a plasma temperature of 120-million-degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds.
Energy

China’s “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Just Smashed Its Old Record

MIT engineers managed to create an intensely powerful magnetic field in a very compact space, which they say is a huge step toward nuclear fusion energy.
Energy

MIT Announces “Major Advance” in Fusion Power

Ann Druyan and Sam Sagan warn of a "pervasive and growing feeling" that the human enterprise is in a death spiral. Here's where they find hope.
Future Society

The Human Family in Crisis

A camera mounted inside the JET fusion reactor recorded an amazing video of glowing plasma swirling during this week's record experiment. 
Energy

Amazing Video Shows Inside Fusion Reactor During Record Breaking Test

According to new research, investing in nuclear power doesn't tend to lead to a drop in greenhouse gas emissions like using renewables does.
Energy

Scientists: Nuclear Energy is a Waste of Time

After sending Starlink terminals to maintain internet during Russia's invasion, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky said he'd spoken with Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

The President of Ukraine Says He Just Talked to Elon Musk

The Biden administration is bragging it has produced a record amounts of oil and gas as world powers look to end their reliance on Russian oil.
Fossil Fuels

White House Brags That America Is Producing More Oil and Gas Than Ever

The U.S. just approved designs for the first small modular reactors, scaled down fission reactors that could help transition away from fossil fuels.
Nuclear Fusion

US Approves First Small-Scale Nuclear Reactors

A group of expert Ukrainian drone pilots called the Aerorozvidka are holding off advancing Russian troops by striking when the invading force sleeps.
Future Society

Elite Ukrainian Drone Pilots Are Reportedly Making All the Difference

Soldiers in Ukraine are using facial recognition software Clearview AI to identify dead Russian soldiers and send it to families in Russia.
Future Society

Ukraine Reportedly Using Facial Recognition to Send Photos of Dead Russian Soldiers to Their Mothers

A team of physicists demonstrated that a nuclear fusion device called a stellerator could manage heats up to twice the temperature of the Sun's core.
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Thrilled at Important Step Toward Practical Nuclear Fusion