1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (528+ words) The new company, Rh3ova, will provide specialist consultancy and operational services focused on one of the industry's biggest technical challenges: the fusion fuel cycle. Based in the UK, Rh3ova combines UKAEA's expertise in fusion research with Eni's industrial and engineering capabilities. The…...

38+ min ago  (1084+ words) When Dr Katerina Spranger was a child, she came very close to losing her sight. "I had an accident and had to undergo emergency surgery," she recalled. Precision is a key part of such procedures. Even a tiny error can…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (278+ words) The five projects selected for the Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion " Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities funding opportunity will support the development of pilot-scale facilities at their respective industrial sites. These facilities will produce market-ready…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (285+ words) The technology addresses one of the biggest challenges in treating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are notoriously resistant to conventional treatment methods. The study, published in the journal Biochar, was led by researchers from Jinan University and San Diego…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (564+ words) The milestone was achieved through the DOE's Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative. The zero-power-fuelled criticality demonstration makes Unity the third DOE-authorised advanced reactor to achieve nuclear criticality before the July 4 deadline established by President Donald Trump's May 2025 executive order. The…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago  (441+ words) GTech Plasma is leading the project to develop a graphene-based coating for stealth applications, using a customisable plasma-based system developed at the Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Institute at Instituto Superior T'cnico in Lisbon. "Right now, we are very focused on…...

23+ hour, 39+ min ago  (510+ words) The collaboration will focus on advancing tritium production, one of the biggest technical challenges facing commercial fusion power. Through the partnership, UKAEA and CFS will develop and test technologies designed to enable future fusion power plants to generate their own…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (573+ words) The report concludes that PFAS in medicine is not essential for many treatments currently available to patients. Researchers found that PFAS-free active pharmaceutical ingredients already exist for the majority of medicines examined, creating new opportunities to reduce the environmental impact…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (325+ words) Traditional laser beams used to interact with plasma are limited to a single point and pace of interaction, which in turn limits findings for new developments in fusion energy, particle acceleration and astrophysics. Using specialised beamsplitters- one containing shorter (blue)…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (331+ words) The initiative is centred on the close approach of asteroid Apophis on 13 April 2029, when the near-Earth object will pass closer to Earth than some orbiting satellites. Although the asteroid poses no danger of impact, the event presents a rare opportunity…...