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Plan to deploy 40-50 small modular nuclear reactors: Tata Consulting Engineers CEO Amit Sharma
A top industry official said that the 220-MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) was being rede…
PTI
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Goodbye, EV range anxiety? Indian-origin researcher unveils technique to fully charge electric vehicles within minutes!
The research, which leverages the movement of tiny charged particles called ions, holds immense pro…
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Warren Buffett warned AI is like the atomic bomb, but this expert thinks he's being way too gloomy
Warren Buffett warned humanity has let the genie out of the bottle again with AI. Nuclear power may…
Theron Mohamed
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Radioactive material leaks detected at Japan's nuke fuel research facility
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has confirmed the detection of radioactive material leaks in …
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G7 warns "severe costs" against countries aiding Russian war in Ukraine
The statement said, "There can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities such as Russia's …
ANI
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An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy
WEST, a fusion reactor in France, broke a record for tungsten tokamaks with a 6-minute plasma. It's…
Jenny McGrath
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Atomic oxygen found sandwiched between layers of sulphurous clouds On Venus
Researchers found that the temperature of atomic oxygen on Venus ranged from –120°C on the day side…
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The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.
Astronomers have made the largest 3-D map of our universe and it could change the way we understand…
Jessica Orwig,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How Christopher Nolan recreated the Trinity Test atomic bomb explosion in 'Oppenheimer' without any CGI
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" movie used vintage Hollywood tricks to create an atomic bomb expl…
Maiya Focht
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The remarkable story of the world's first atomic bomb and how Oppenheimer reacted to the historic moment
J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the men who oversaw the detonation of the world's first atomic bom…
Amanda Macias,Joshua Zitser
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Hydrogen bombs vs. atomic bombs: Breaking down the differences in how they work, how much they cost, and which is most powerful
Hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs both operate via nuclear physics, but one is 1,000 times more power…
Adam Barnes
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How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII
Atomic bombs work via nuclear fission. When enough radioactive material undergoes fission, it trigg…
Adam Barnes
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How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic bombs
Hydrogen bombs, considered nuclear weapons, work using a combination of nuclear fission and fusion.…
Adam Barnes
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Oppenheimer went into a deep depression after reading about the effects of the atomic bomb on Japan and even publicly spoke out against using the bomb
At a meeting with President Harry Truman in 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer told the commander-in-chief…
Rebecca Cohen
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Christopher Nolan says the ending of 'Oppenheimer' drives home the idea that we now live in a world created by the father of the atomic bomb and 'we always will'
The epic three-hour movie on J. Robert Oppenheimer concludes with an eerie foretelling of a world c…
Jason Guerrasio
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Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market
Trying to create a fusion reaction on Earth is tricky. Trying to control it and harness it in a pow…
Jenny McGrath
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Tickets for this nuclear-powered superyacht will cost $3 million for VIPs and be free to scientists and students selected to help study climate change
The emission-free Earth 300 vessel is scheduled to set sail in 2025 with 160 scientists and 40 VIP …
Natasha Dailey
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India opens nuclear energy space to private players but for cancer research and other consumer applications only
Using the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity, India is opening up the atomic energy sector for priva…
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US scientists trying to harness the power of the sun have made a 2nd major breakthrough for the future of sustainable, green energy
For the second time, scientists have taken one significant step forward toward a future that runs o…
Jenny McGrath
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How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
In the 50s and 60s, the US dreamed up ways to bring nuclear tech into everyday life — like bu…