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In an unpleasant reminder of the state of the world, Northrop Grumman has delivered the first refitted E-6B Mercury ‘Doomsday Plane’ that acts as a flying command center to control the launch of America’s nuclear forces in the event of World War III.Co… Continue reading Northrop Grumman upgrades nuclear war ‘Doomsday Plane’ for US Navy
Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), part of Britain’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, is looking to reduce fuel costs and emissions of its fleet of ships used to transport spent nuclear fuel from around the world by retrofitting them with high-tech s… Continue reading Nuclear transport fleet testing AI-powered sails for green upgrade
Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), part of Britain’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, is looking to reduce fuel costs and emissions of its fleet of ships used to transport spent nuclear fuel from around the world by retrofitting them with high-tech s… Continue reading Nuclear transport fleet testing AI-powered sails for green upgrade
To mark its 130th anniversary, Oslo-based cruise and ferry company Hurtigruten Norway has released its concept of the eco-friendly cruise ship of tomorrow. Called Sea Zero, it would use a raft of new technologies, including battery-powered propulsion a… Continue reading All-electric Sea Zero concept ship promises zero-carbon cruising
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has come up with a small tweak that could have big consequences. By making a small change to how a type of solid-state battery is made, the scientists managed to eliminate defects in the electrolyte film, opening th… Continue reading Simple tweak creates safer, more efficient solid-state batteries
It may seem crazy dangerous, but just in case future astronauts might have a yen for fries on their sojourn into space, ESA and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are investigating whether potatoes will fry properly in zero gravity or end up an u… Continue reading How do you fry potatoes in space? Very carefully
It may seem crazy dangerous, but just in case future astronauts might have a yen for fries on their sojourn into space, ESA and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are investigating whether potatoes will fry properly in zero gravity or end up an u… Continue reading How do you fry potatoes in space? Very carefully
A team from the British Antarctic Survey has completed the first map of the ground beneath West Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier, which is the size of Great Britain and could raise global sea levels by 65 cm (25 in) in the coming centuries as it melts.Con… Continue reading Doomsday Glacier map to shed light on future sea levels
A team from the British Antarctic Survey has completed the first map of the ground beneath West Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier, which is the size of Great Britain and could raise global sea levels by 65 cm (25 in) in the coming centuries as it melts.Con… Continue reading Doomsday Glacier map to shed light on future sea levels
NASA has given the okay to its long-delayed US$985 million Psyche deep-space mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also called Psyche, that may be worth as much as $10 quadrillion, or 90 times the world’s entire $110-trillion economy.Continue Readi… Continue reading NASA gives go for launch of mission to $10-quadrillion asteroid