A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.

Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 microreactor completed a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration, becoming the second advanced ...

Conventional wisdom holds that innovation is the domain of bold entrepreneurs and private enterprise, with government at best ...

Gold has long stood apart from other metals. It does not rust like iron or tarnish like silver. Its shine endures across centuries, even in open air. For years, scientists believed this stability came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are pushing materials design closer to the atomic scale ...

Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use ...

Balin Moher stood on Cocoa Beach at age eight, watching the sky darken as a three-hour shuttle launch delay stretched into evening. His siblings wanted to leave, but he insisted on staying. Then the ...

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab. The term “clathrates” denotes materials characterized ...

The closest-ever detailed look at a key enzyme inside the virus that causes COVID-19 could lead to more effective treatment of the disease. Nucleotide analogs are a common type of antiviral medication ...

The latest addition to Anthropic PBC’s product portfolio is Claude Design, a tool that enables users to generate visual assets with prompts. The company launched the offering into public preview today ...

LOCKHART, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (“Oklo”), an advanced nuclear technology company, today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the Nuclear Safety Design ...

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