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The U.S. Is Testing Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Can Go Practically Anywhere
The microreactors eVinci (Westinghouse) and Kaleidos (Radiant) each produce only 5 megawatts and 1.2 megawatts of power. The ...
Rivers choose their path based on erosion, a discovery that could transform flood planning and restoration
Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from ...
New Study Finds Probiotic Potential in Battling Pesticide Damage
Study in mice suggests potential for probiotic treatment. Although previous research has linked pesticide exposure to harmful ...
Physicists Uncover Forgotten 1938 Fusion Breakthrough That Could Power the Future
Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...
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Forgotten for Nearly a Century, a ‘Lost’ Fusion Breakthrough Has Been Unearthed—and Physicists Just Recreated It
A forgotten fusion experiment from 1938 has been unearthed, revealing a lost discovery that seeded a key concept in modern ...
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Scientists just recreated a 1938 experiment that could rewrite fusion history
A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...
Ivar Giaever, Nobel Winner in Quantum Physics, Dies at 96
A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory ...
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...
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DOE Selects Westinghouse, Radiant for First Microreactor Tests at DOME Facility
The Energy Department selected Westinghouse and Radiant as the first companies to test their microreactor designs at the DOME ...
A new way to wobble: Scientists uncover mechanism that causes formation of planets
Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, ...
Nuclear Engineering International7d
DOME trials for first microreactors
The US DOE has selected Westinghouse and Radiant microreactors to be the first tested at Idaho National Laboratory's new DOME ...
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Our gut bacteria can absorb and remove toxic 'forever chemicals' — at least in lab mice
An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until they are excreted, new study finds.