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The AI boom’s insatiable appetite for electricity is pushing power utilities into uncharted territory: striking deals with fusion energy startups that haven’t yet produced a single watt of commercial power….

When we picture glaciers, it’s easy to imagine vast expanses of white ice gleaming under the sky. But not all glaciers take that form. The world is covered in a…

A new study suggests that brain imaging could reveal changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease more than seven years earlier than researchers previously believed. The work was led by scientists in…

Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is extremely difficult to study up close. In fact, just one spacecraft, NASA’s MESSENGER, has ever orbited the planet. But soon a second…

Vacuum-vessel thermal shields at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Bengaluru: When a critical component of the world’s largest fusion research project developed microscopic cracks, the solution…

The world runs on metals, and not (just) the kind produced by long-haired musicians with monochromatic wardrobes. Our modern technologies, industries, and infrastructure would not be possible without 17 invaluable…

The universe is producing fewer stellar “babies.” Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate at which new stars form has fallen to less than half its previous level. Yet…

High blood pressure means a significantly higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases, motivating researchers to look for new ways to bring blood pressure numbers down –…

Chemotherapy is brutal. The cancer treatment is often lifesaving, but it comes with serious side effects. Some are shorter-lived, such as hair loss, nausea and fatigue, but others can last…

Aging happens at different speeds from one person to another, but it eventually affects everyone. New research from Stanford Medicine, conducted in mice and human cells, points to a particular…

It’s the most common cause of childhood physical disability, affecting as many as three children out of every 1,000 babies born around the world each year. But despite the prevalence…

Engineers have successfully run five live tests using an automated system to stabilize a fusion reactor in real time. The trials took place at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in…

It started when the pygmy raccoon dove into the wrong trash bin—not the bin known by her family for its tasty food scraps but the one with paper and plastic…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a striking new feature in Saturn’s atmosphere: a huge, evolving 10-sided wave circling the planet’s south pole. It is the first time scientists have…

GSLV-F17/EOS-05 MISSION – YouTube Watch On India plans to notch a spaceflight milestone today (Sept. 3), and you can watch the action live. A GSLV Mark II rocket is scheduled…

One of the most special treasure collections in the world has been stolen. At 5.16 am on the morning of August 27, an alarm rang out at a sports center…

Scientists are baffled after discovering a weird decagon-shaped wave in the atmosphere of the planet Saturn. The 10-sided phenomenon appears to have formed over the planet’s south pole recently, but…

ADHD affects millions of people and can make everyday tasks involving focus, impulse control, and sustained attention more difficult. At the same time, traits associated with ADHD are also found…

Realta Fusion and Madison Gas & Electric are exploring a 200-megawatt fusion power plant. The proposed plant could serve MGE‘s 170,000 customers in southern Wisconsin. Realta plans to build a…

Aging is inevitable, but it’s certainly not consistent. We might think aging proceeds in a steady, linear fashion, with each day, week, and month marching us sedately into our Golden…

Rescue operations and clean-up crews are still working in the wake of last week’s devastating debris avalanche and floods in Nepal and Tibet. Researchers believe the catastrophe, which has so…

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the planned launch of Crew-13 to the International Space Station after engineers discovered an oxidizer leak in the propulsion system of the mission’s Dragon spacecraft….

The impulse in a sequel is always to go bigger. In terms of sheer altitude, Fall 2: Deadpoint doubles its predecessor: Instead of being trapped atop a 2,000-foot abandoned radio…

Persistent financial hardship may speed up age-related cognitive decline, according to new research led by University College London (UCL). Published in Innovation in Aging, the study analyzed information from 2,759…

The world is on track to exceed the Paris Agreement target of no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming above preindustrial temperatures within the next few…

Another reusable Chinese rocket has taken to the skies. Pallas-1, a launcher developed by the Beijing-based company Galactic Energy, flew for the first time ever on Monday (Aug. 31), lifting…

Reaching another star within a practical amount of time will require something far more capable than chemical rockets. One of the leading ideas is a solar sail, a large reflective…

MADISON (WKOW) — Realta Fusion and Madison Gas and Electric announced a partnership to explore building a 200-megawatt fusion energy power plant in Wisconsin that would produce energy for U.S. consumers….

In the liminal darkness of the water column deep under the sea, an entire ecosystem thrives. Under pressure, temperature, and light conditions deeply inhospitable to humans, life has found many…