Nuclear fusion combines light hydrogen atoms to release energy, similar to the sun's processes. Fusion reactors are inherently safe as they cannot melt down, unlike fission reactors. Achieving ...

It’s been a big month for people who spend wild amounts of time online, in their self-dug bunkers, sporting tinfoil hats and ...

Also, the MPSC has already ruled that the application for Ranger Power's Headland Solar Project was incomplete. The pr oject is proposed as a 220-megawatt solar farm on roughly 2,400 acres — 1,240 of ...

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp question: if alien signals have already reached Earth without us noticing, what ...

Solar energy is a possible alternative, but while we have become reasonably good at storing solar electricity in lithium-ion ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Read Ken Paxton's Republican primary candidate questionnaire for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Note: The ...

A DEMOCRAT-leaning astronaut returning to Earth from a rendezvous with Mars after a successful lift-off sometime before the November 2020 election votes were counted (after reading all the pundits’ ...

Researchers developed aluminum structures that trap air bubbles, making them able to float perpetually in even the harshest environments.

The NRC has approved TRISO-X to produce advanced HALEU fuel, marking the first new US nuclear fuel license in decades. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a new license that allows TRISO ...

Helion Energy achieved temperatures of about 270 million degrees Fahrenheit as it works towards developing fusion power.

The Science: Europa has been considered as a top contender for alien life for even longer than Enceladus, thanks to its ...

X-Energy Reactor Co., an advanced nuclear company backed by Amazon.com Inc., received federal approval to make uranium fuel for advanced reactors, the first such new license in more than 50 years.