729 Results From "nuclear power"

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Jon Christian

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

By Victor Tangermann

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”

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Tony Ho Tran

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

By Victor Tangermann

The brain geniuses at Chuck E. Cheese still use floppy disks to control their animatronic rodent robots — and they wouldn't have it any other way.
Robotics

Chuck E. Cheese Is Weirdly Defensive About Its Floppy Disk-Powered Robots

By Noor Al-Sibai

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.
Advanced Transport

This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust

By Dan Robitzski

It's becoming increasingly likely that Japan's decision will be to dump the radioactive water stored at the Fukushima power plant into the ocean.
Environment

Japan’s Radioactive Water Will Go Into the Ocean or Atmosphere

By Dan Robitzski

South Korea's fusion reactor just set a new world record, maintaining temperatures of over 100 million degrees for 20 long seconds.
Energy

Korean “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Sets New World Record

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, scienists were able to directly observe that our sun does the same kind of nuclear fusion expected from much heavier stars.
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Decipher the Sun’s Nuclear Fusion for the First Time

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers argues that a spacecraft powered by nuclear fusion would radically improve our ability to explore the cosmos.
Off-World

Fusion-Drive Spacecraft: Express Solar System Travel, If We Figure It Out

By Dan Robitzski

With just hours left before he turned 13, Jackson Oswalt managed to fuse two deuterium atoms together in a fusion reactor he built — in his play room.
Energy

Middle Schooler Builds Tiny, Working Fusion Reactor

By Victor Tangermann

Latest

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo