A European consortium, EuroFusion, has taken an essential step on the long road to commercially viable nuclear fusion.The consortium just revealed the beginning of a five-year "conceptual design" stage for its DEMOnstration power plant (DEMO), a press statement reveals.This means nuclear fusion researchers are starting design work on a European demonstration power station that...
AMANO Jun-ichi/WikimediaIn Kasukabe, Japan lies the world's biggest underground floodwater facility. Large artificial concrete caverns that compose the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also called the G-Cans project, sprawl under the city's surface-level infrastructure.The large subterranean drainage system was developed to prevent devastating flooding of the waterways that surround the city. Because of...
Credit: Renascença.Russia's failure to attain an immediate victory over Ukraine has carried the West to consider what its own goals in the conflict need to be. In performing that, it must walk a fine line between the disgrace of insufficient action and the danger of strategic hubris.VIENNA-- We know what Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The M-RCV system. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense/FacebookThe weapon will be used for advanced reconnaissanceIn April of 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Israel tested its new laser-based missile defense system named Iron Beam, and now, the Ministry declared it would start testing a new robotic crewless combat vehicle on Monday that is under...
Flame nanoparticle deposition was utilized to make robust nano-sensors that can spot pesticide residues on apple surfaces within minutes. Credit: Georgios A Sotiriou and Haipeng Li.Researchers in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet have developed a tiny sensor for spotting fruit pesticides in just a few minutes. The method, referred as a proof-of-concept in a paper...
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSAT-9 on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09), launches in Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh on May 5, 2017. Credit: c4isrnet.This month, the U.S. government announced that it will not perform destructive anti-satellite weapons experiments, which dispersed hazardous "space junk" in low-Earth orbit.The prohibition...
Logistic supplies organized and sorted by a robot. Credit: logitech.This is a huge question for the logistics sector, is it possible to boost performance with robotics in the logistics industry?The solution to this inquiry is not straightforward because logistics is different from other industries and distinct from other industries. It is unclear how robotics...
Comes in Moon Black or Mars Red. Credit: Yanko Design.Volcanoes are among the most unstoppable forces on the Earth. Yet, they can also originate something that shows the calming power of nature.The less intimidating term for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response," ASMR has become such a trend that people have taken it to excessive levels...
The brand-new equipment could provide remote and dry regions both electricity and some water for drinking or cropsThis artist’s drawing shows what a new water- and energy-production system might look like. Its solar panels generate power as a water harvesting unit pulls moisture from the air. A roof shades irrigated crops from the hot...
Burger King and Seymourpowell lately worked together to bring the fire grill to the facility of the dining experience for their consumers. Distinct from the Burger King brand name, not all consumers realize that the hamburgers are flame-grilled.Postured with this obstacle, Seymourpowell has developed a theatrical piece of equipment, the latest fire grill, a...
