Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid | TechCrunch
Fusionality is developing control systems and simulation environments to help fusion power startups move faster.
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Arqueólogos españoles descubren en Egipto una tumba de 4.400 años de antigüedad con sus colores originales intactos
Josep Cervelló, de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), ha sido uno de los responsables de la expedición
In 2026, researchers turned water-treatment waste into a filter for microplastics; real-water tests removed 86.9% to 97.1% of the particles
Experiments & Discoveries News: Microplastics are now found across aquatic environments, creating a difficult challenge for water-treatment systems that must remove tiny plastic part.
A 240-million-year-old fossil disappeared for 20 years, then its rediscovery revealed a new reptile related to dinosaurs and crocodiles
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: A fossil found in southern Brazil is giving researchers a closer look at the reptiles that lived near the beginning of the archosaur lineage, the grou.
Investigadores transforman residuos de cáscaras de cangrejos y camarones en líquido para baterías de zinc: duraron más de 1000 ciclos con una eficiencia del 99,7%
El experimentó demostró una eficiencia coulómbica próxima al 100%
En 1997, investigadores de Texas vertieron un tinte fluorescente por el sumidero para rastrear el agua subterránea que iba por debajo de la ciudad
Emplearon una técnica que permitía observar un trayecto invisible
Archaeologists were excavating a Roman cemetery in Poland when they found a much older man buried with two decapitated human heads, 42 animal teeth and a battle axe
Archaeology & Ancient World News: Archaeologists investigating a Roman-period cemetery in Poland made an unexpected discovery when they came across a burial that was thousands of years.
Australia brought digging mammals back to an 8,000-hectare sanctuary; 8 years later, scientists found they had reshaped underground insect communities
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: Australia’s effort to bring digging mammals back to an 8,000-hectare wildlife sanctuary has produced changes below the surface. Researchers studying S.
Costa Rica mapped nearly 500 dominant tree species to understand which forests can protect biodiversity
Nature & Environment News: The trees that dominate one forest can be very different from those found just a few kilometres away. A study has mapped this variation across the cou.
In 2024, four Klamath River dams came down, reopening habitat blocked for over a century; in two salmon runs, 21,052 Chinook moved upstream and reclaimed 88% of their historic range
Science News: Four concrete barriers blocked the way for salmon that once swam freely between the Pacific Ocean and the high desert reaches of Oregon and California.
The Exploration Company nabs $450 million to challenge SpaceX | TechCrunch
The Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $450 million to build reusable spacecraft, in what it describes as “the largest-ever Series C by a European space company.”
After losing about 140.5 billion tons of ice a year for two decades, Antarctica temporarily reversed course, gaining a record 695 billion tons in 2021-23 as tropical warmth drove heavy snowfall
Earth & Climate News: Antarctica has been losing mass for years as glaciers shed ice into the ocean, contributing to rising sea levels. But between 2021 and 2023, the conti.
Princeton put AI in charge of a fusion-plasma control loop running every 20 milliseconds; in one test it predicted a damaging instability 200 ms early and stopped it before it began
Experiments & Discoveries News: Inside a steel vault at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a superheated whirl of charged particles spins in near vacuum, held in place by invis.
Scientist Says Human DNA Contains Clues of an Intelligent Creator
DNA and a Creator claim explained: a chemist argues the molecule proves design, but RNA World research offers testable natural steps that challenge that conc...
In 2018, scientists seeded clouds over China's Muz Taw Glacier to make snow; the brighter surface was followed by 14% to 17% less ice loss in a preliminary experiment
Earth & Climate News: Researchers in China have tried to make artificial snow over China’s Muz Taw Glacier to slow its melting. The experiment conducted in 2018 involved se.
Google’s revived nuclear power plant gets $1.9B loan from US government | TechCrunch
Google said it would bring an Iowa nuclear power plant back from the dead. Now, the plant's owner is getting a $1.9B loan from the U.S. Energy Department.
Around 1,800 years ago, a Roman household decorated its floor with a cat named 'Emerald' and a dog named 'Ocean'; archaeologists have now uncovered the mosaic
Archaeology & Ancient World News: Around 1,800 years ago, a Roman household in what is now Turkey decorated the floor of its home with a detailed mosaic showing animals and mythologica.
Unblinking stare into the void: Why Nasa's Roman telescope is our best bet to find life in the stars
Science News: Imagine pointing a telescope at the crowded heart of the Milky Way and asking it to keep watching, not for hours or days, but for years. Every tiny fl.