NASA tests method to extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil
Space travel has always had a luggage problem. If you want to breathe, drink, or move on the…
Half-ton magnet aces world-first 1.8 million°F fusion plasma confinement
A 0.5-tonne superconducting magnet recently hovered silently inside a 5-meter-wide vacuum chamber, which marked a major milestone for…
World’s largest neutrino detector to track supernova blasts
The world’s largest neutrino detector just got even more powerful after scientists successfully deployed six new strings of…
US team’s fusion plasma heat control method to protect tokamak walls
Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have identified a new method to tame the destructive energy bursts…
US lab uses lasers, heat to map neptunium for deep-space nuclear fuel
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are studying neptunium, a rare radioactive element. It serves as the…
UK moon base dreams stall as Rolls-Royce halts nuclear reactor work
The UK Space Agency’s ambitious dream of establishing a nuclear-powered Moon base has dimmed. Reports suggest that Rolls-Royce…
Geothermal energy could beat nuclear, coal to satiate AI power hunger
A new Stanford University study proposes that enhanced geothermal technology (EGS) could be just the ticket for global…
World’s largest particle accelerator heats thousands of homes in France
The world’s largest particle accelerator has been supplying heat to thousands of homes in France since mid-January, in…
World’s fastest solar evaporator makes 1 gallon of fresh water an hour
Scientists at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea have developed the world’s fastest…
Billion-times more efficient fusion unlocked with low-frequency laser
A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature requirements for controlled nuclear…
World’s first ‘graviton trap’ aims to solve century-old physics mystery
Physicists from Stevens Institute of Technology and Yale University have launched an experimental program to detect gravitons —…
DOE and NASA renew push to build US nuclear reactor on moon by 2030
NASA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have finalized an agreement to research and develop a fission…