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Inside a Fusion Startup’s Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony
So the race is on to engineer an efficient surrounding for fusion. One of Fuse’s ideas is to…
A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas
Michaelsen thought he had won. But when the TCEQ commissioners took up the question several months later, again…
Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily
A power substation near a data centre in Virginia Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images Silicon Valley’s scramble to…
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now,…
Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea
Long-lasting nuclear batteries could provide power on remote missions like deep-sea exploration EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock A nuclear battery…
Should Ukraine capture a Russian nuclear power plant?
A Ukrainian military vehicle driving passing a destroyed border crossing point with Russia, in the Sumy region, 14…
Tech firms claim nuclear will solve AI’s power needs – they’re wrong
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania, which closed in 2019 Michael Ventura/Alamy Silicon Valley wants…
Fusion reactors could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks
A nuclear test on 3 July 1970 at Fangataufa atoll, French Polynesia Science History Images / Alamy Fusion…
Is This New 50-Year Battery for Real?
Wouldn’t it be cool if you never had to charge your cell phone? I’m sure that’s what a…
Russia’s space weapon: Is it nuclear and does it pose a threat?
The mysterious new weapon might threaten satellites in Earth’s orbit KeyFame/Shutterstock The US government has privately warned lawmakers…