716 Results From "nuclear power"

New simulations show that a compact fusion reactor with compressed plasma would actually produce more electricity than it takes in.
Energy

Simulation Shows This Fusion Reactor Doing Something Amazing

Russia is preparing to test launch its powerful new RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic nuke, which has been given the appropriate nickname "Satan II."
Military

Russia Announces Plans to Test Nuclear Weapon Called “Satan II”

A Canadian fusion energy company is set to break ground on a large-scale nuclear fusion demonstration plant in Culham, UK — and it's being funded by richest man in the world
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Is Helping Build a Fusion Power Plant in the UK

Saharan dust carrying radioactive isotopes from France's nuclear bomb tests in the 1960s is now blowing back into France.
Environment

France Tested Nuclear Weapons in Africa. Now Radioactive Dust Is Drifting Back Into France.

It looks like China's "doomsday" AI weapons may be more American than critics care to admit.
Artificial Intelligence

US Military Horrified by Chinese Military Spending Money on Exact Same Crap They Do

China broke a record with its "artificial Sun" fusion reactor on Friday when it sustained a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 second
Science & Energy

China’s “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Just Set a World Record

Engineers are shipping the world's most powerful magnet to the construction site of the world's largest experimental fusion reactor called ITER.
Energy

World’s Strongest Magnet Could Help Make Fusion Energy a Reality

NASA is working on simplified, scaled-down nuclear reactors that it hopes will power future settlements on the Moon and Mars.
Moon

Scientists Want to Build Nuclear Reactors to Power Moon Colony

Rolls-Royce is eyeing two building sites for its first mini nuclear power stations called "small modular reactors" (SMR) in Wales and northern England.
Nuclear Fusion

Rolls-Royce Is Building Tiny Nuclear Reactors

British engineers are preparing to test the fuel mix that could one day power the largest nuclear fusion experiment in the world, as Nature reports.
Energy

Scientists Now Testing Fuel for Giant New Fusion Reactor

Ukrainian authorities say a forest fire is causing radiation levels to spike in the area of Chernobyl, a nuclear power plant that melted down in 1986.
Energy

A Fire at Chernobyl Is Releasing Large Amounts of Radiation

A team of researchers wants to make use of nuclear waste by converting it into extremely long-lasting diamond batteries that could power medical devices.
Nuclear Fusion

New Technique Turns Nuclear Waste Into “Diamond Batteries”

Virgil Griffith, a prominent Ethereum cryptocurrency developer who was previously charged for violating US sanctions against North Korea, has been detained.
Future Society

Crypto Dev Thrown in Jail for Checking His Coinbase Account

China is following Russia's lead and constructing nuclear power plants on top of floating barges so it can bring cheap energy to distant islands.
Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building up to 20 Floating Nuclear Power Plants

A startup based in Shenzhen, China, called SpinQ has unveiled a quantum computer that can fit on a desk — and  costs less than $5,000.
Computing

This Quantum Desktop Computer Can Be Yours for Just $5,000

Mathematician and astronomer Claudio Maccone published more research on how to defend Earth from asteroids with orbital missiles.
Off-World

Scientist: If Asteroids Threaten Earth, We Should Blow Them Up With Missiles

Researchers from the University of New Mexico believe they have found the remains of Theia buried deep beneath the lunar surface in a new paper.
Science & Energy

Fragment of Planet That Hit Earth May Be Buried Inside Moon

The local government overseeing Fukushima has vowed to supply the region with 100% renewable energy by 2040, The Guardian reports.
Renewable Energy

Fukushima Plans to Power Region With 100% Renewable Energy

Scientists dropped a spherical telescope into Lake Baikal, where they hope it will spot subatomic neutrinos zipping by as they pass through the Earth.
Physics

Scientists Dump Telescope Into the World’s Deepest Lake to Hunt for Dark Matter

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the physics of warp drive, according to aerospace engineering professor Jason Cassibry.
Off-World

Peer-Reviewed Paper Claims Faster-Than-Light Travel Is Possible