745 Results From "nuclear power"

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a nuclear-powered rocket to move cargo around Earth's orbit.
Moon

DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon Access

Japanese officials granted final approval to bring one of the nuclear reactors damaged by a 2011 tsunami and earthquake back online.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan Is Bringing One of Its Tsunami-Damaged Nuclear Reactors Back Online

Good news for Bill Nye the Science Guy! He was married late last month, to best-selling author Liza Mundy — and they met in a truly beautiful way.
Future Society

Bill Nye Just Got Married, and Their Love Story Is Beautiful

Think and you’ll miss it: researchers at MIT claim to have successfully created analog synapses a million times faster than those in our human brains.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Claims New Artificial Neuron 1 Million Times Faster Than the Real Thing

The White House is worried that a frustrated Russian President Vladimir Putin might turn to chemical, biological, or even nuclear weapons to tip the scales.
Future Society

US Create Emergency Plans Just In Case Putin Decides to Nuke the World

Nuclear fusion power, which is clean and basically limitless, could be just around the corner. Advancements made in recent weeks may actually tip the scale.
Energy

Experts Say Fusion Power Is Finally Starting to Look Imminent

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

Scientists at the UK-based JET lab have smashed a fusion energy record for the first time in 25 years, producing 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds.
Energy

Fusion Scientists Say They Just Made a Major Breakthrough

A company is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract with them to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system for travel to Mars.
Mars

Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”

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

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.
Nuclear Fusion

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

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

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

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

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

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

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