Interesting Engineering

STEP tokamak gets modular fusion reactor core design to reduce downtime, boost maintenance

UK engineers are rethinking the tokamak structure, replacing massive welded hulls with independent, modular rings.
C&EN

AI-designed proteins stabilize unruly membrane proteins

David Baker’s research team at the Institute for Protein Design has unveiled a new technique for sequestering membrane ...
C&EN

Modular syntheses: Putting function first

And Schafmeister isn’t the only chemist turning to modular methods of synthesis to explore vast regions of chemical space. It ...

Crystal-design principle reveals how competing molecular forces control structure, color and phase transitions

Organic molecular crystals can respond to external stimuli such as heat, light, and mechanical force, making them attractive candidates for next-generation functional materials. However, predicting ...
POWER Magazine

Energizing AI: How Modular Substations Alleviate Data Center Power Bottlenecks

Data center developers have mastered server density and cooling, but power interconnection remains stubbornly slow. Modular substations built in factories rather than fields are emerging as the most ...
IEEE

TCR-pMHC Binding Specificity Prediction From Structure Using Graph Neural Networks

Abstract: The mapping of T-cell-receptors (TCRs) to their cognate peptides is crucial to improving cancer immunotherapy. Numerous computational methods and machine learning tools have been proposed to ...
The Durango Herald

Proposed $8B transformation of NYC’s Penn Station features Roman-style columns, ornamental design

NEW YORK (AP) — When Manhattan's original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963, it marked the undignified end to one of America’s great public works, a monolithic Beaux Arts train terminal with ...