Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...

Artificial intelligence companies in the US have spent hundreds of billions of dollars to develop more advanced chatbots, ...

Food waste is being transformed into clean-burning jet fuel that meets aviation standards, offering a new way to cut methane ...

Pyroprocessing is a way to change a solid material physically or chemically using high temperature. It is a dry process and very energy-intensive. The three sectors that use it most are cement-making, ...

On December 20, 1951, the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) in Idaho became the first nuclear reactor in the world to generate usable electricity. As a matter of fact, it produced enough power to ...

Nuclear reactors generate power through a process called nuclear fission, using uranium for fuel to release an immense amount of energy as heat. Ceramic pellets with low-enriched uranium are stacked ...

The awards task five companies—Alpha Nur, Curio, Flibe, Oklo, and Shine—with developing tech that shrinks the nation’s waste stockpile while cutting reliance on foreign uranium. The projects range ...

Google TV is one of the best streaming platforms out there, running on everything from smart TVs to the best streaming devices, and Google TV Streamer. This web-connected OS is built to make streaming ...

Outdone only by nuclear fusion, the process of nuclear fission releases enormous amounts of energy. The ‘spicy rocks’ that are at the core of both natural and artificial fission reactors are generally ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. What is a communist? – Artie, age 10, Astoria, ...