UK, Japan, and Italy team up to build 6th-Gen fighter plane

The Sixth-Generation fighter plane commonly known as the Tempest has taken a major step toward being reality after Britain, Japan, and Italy signed an international treaty in Tokyo to create a formal partnership to develop a new supersonic aircraft.Con… Continue reading UK, Japan, and Italy team up to build 6th-Gen fighter plane

Ancient extragalactic star discovered at the heart of the Milky Way

Looking at all the stars in the night sky, you’d never notice that one of them wasn’t from around here. Astronomers have now found that a star right near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way likely originated in a smaller galaxy t… Continue reading Ancient extragalactic star discovered at the heart of the Milky Way

World’s largest tokamak fusion reactor powers up

The world’s largest and most advanced tokamak fusion reactor has gone online as the EU/Japanese 370-tonne JT-60SA reactor was fired up for the first time during an inauguration ceremony in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, Sci… Continue reading World’s largest tokamak fusion reactor powers up

Heatherwick Studio heads to the hills for plant-filled Tokyo district

Heatherwick Studio has completed work on an ambitious new district in central Tokyo. Named Azabudai Hills, it showcases the firm’s penchant for inserting lots of lush greenery into its projects and is defined by a series of low-rise buildings with comp… Continue reading Heatherwick Studio heads to the hills for plant-filled Tokyo district

As Fukushima Releases Treated Radioactive Water, Inspections Started by Atomic Energy Agency

In August the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the sea — a process they plan to continue for decades.

Now the International Atomic Energy Agency has sent a team to sample the water near… Continue reading As Fukushima Releases Treated Radioactive Water, Inspections Started by Atomic Energy Agency