Japan’s new plasma engine could clean space junk contact-free
A new propulsion system developed by a researcher at Tohoku University, Japan, could provide a non-contact method for…
Engineers use electric fields to form circuits beyond silicon limits
Transistors, the fundamental building blocks of digital logic, are now being made just a few dozen atoms wide.…
US team develops nuclear propulsion concept to shorten Mars trip
The Ohio State University is developing a new nuclear thermal propulsion system called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket…
Solar trees preserve 99% of forests, mimic nature to generate energy
A recent study indicates that vertically designed “solar trees” can generate electricity on par with conventional solar farms…
China planning mission to strike asteroid, alter its orbit: Report
China is moving forward with plans for an ambitious planetary defense mission aimed at testing whether a spacecraft…
Oklo to open first private nuclear fuel recycling facility in the US
Oklo Inc., a nuclear technology company, has announced plans to build the nation’s first privately funded facility to…
How collapsing cavities could replace needles
A joint US-Chinese research team has developed a new technique that uses bubble-popping as a potential propulsion system…
Scientists trace rare nuclei ‘island’ where physics rules break apart
Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped…