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Engineering the Future: How AI and Robotics Are Shaping Our Everyday Lives
The article explores the journey of developing AI-powered robots at Google X, focusing on the challenges of creating autonomous machines capable of performing everyday tasks in unpredictable real-world environments. It highlights the distinction between traditional...
Mayonnaise: A Key Ingredient in Nuclear Fusion Research
Mayonnaise is being used by researchers to model the complex physics of nuclear fusion, specifically by mimicking the behavior of fusion capsules under extreme conditions. The team at Lehigh University, led by Arindam Banerjee, studies the flow properties of...
The Interconnection Bottleneck and the Future of Nuclear Energy
Build electricity-generating machines, connect to the grid, and generate revenue. The steps sound easy, if not cheap. Yet as time-consuming and expensive as it can be to acquire the funding, parts, land, and labor to construct a fleet of wind turbines or solar panels,...
The Untold Story of Grid Stability: Why Nuclear Power Is the Unsung Hero
.Tourists who visit the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan find history all around them. At the eponymous museum floats the Wavertree, an iron sailing ship from 1885. Turning north they see a 60 foot lighthouse, a memorial to those who perished with the Titanic -...
Nuclear Power Play: France’s Ambitions in China Revealed
When French president Emanuel Macron visited Beijing in April to meet with China’s president, Xi Jinping, he came to discuss geopolitics and business. He rankled officials in the European Union and United States with certain comments, turning attention away from the...
As EU Considers Sanctioning Russian Nuclear Fuel, Europe and The Unites States Starts to Produce Their Own
As Nuclear Insider has covered, Russia's dominance in nuclear fuel shows wests dependence on Russia uranium enrichment, the United States and the European Union, among others, remain dependent upon Russian uranium and uranium conversion and enrichment services. As...
Russia’s Dominance in Nuclear Fuel Shows West’s Dependence on Russian Uranium Enrichment
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in winter 2022, the United States and European Union have applied numerous layers of sanctions and restrictions upon Russian hydrocarbons, especially oil. Yet even as the US and EU have reduced their dependence on Russian fossil...
After 65 Years of American Nuclear Industry, Politics Splits States and the Public
When President Eisenhower opened America’s first commercial nuclear power plant in May 1958, nuclear’s future looked bright and popular. After a slow start, by the late 1960s many nuclear plants were under construction in the US, with most of the 100+ reactors coming...
Comparing the Development of Large and Small Nuclear Reactors in the US and Europe: Capacity, Cost, and Time
Nuclear energy has been a part of the energy mix for several decades, and there is a renewed interest in nuclear energy due to the need for reliable, clean, and affordable energy sources. The United States and Europe are currently pursuing the development of several...
Exploring the Role of Nuclear Energy in Combating Climate Change and Pollution
Climate change and pollution are major challenges facing humanity today. These issues have been caused by human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, which has led to a rise in greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. Climate change is already...
It’s Time for a New Generation of Innovative Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear power has been a significant source of energy for decades. However, the traditional nuclear reactors, which generate power through a process called fission, have been the subject of safety concerns, and their high cost of production and radioactive waste...
