After a half-century hiatus,thorium has returned to the front lines of nuclear power research as a source of fuel. In 2025, China plans to start building a demonstration thorium-based molten-salt reactor in the Gobi Desert.
The 10-megawatt…
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The spread of breast cancer may be inherited
A gene involved in setting cholesterol levels may also determine whether breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body.
A variant of the PCSK9 gene drives the spread of breast cancer, but a lab-made antibody already approved to…
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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2024
I like to think I can learn something about our readers from the list of most read semiconductor articles. What I think I’ve learned from this year’s list is that you are as obsessed as I am with packing more and more computing power into…
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Why Is It Important To Categorize Discovered Planets? » ScienceABC
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To rule out planets outside our solar system that exhibit conditions unable to sustain life, astronomers categorize them in useful catalogues.
Imagine you’re an astronaut traveling…
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The Top 7 Robotics Stories of 2024
2024 was the best year ever for robotics, which I’m pretty sure is not something that I’ve ever said before. But that’s the great thing about robotics—it’s always new, and it’s always exciting. What may be different about this year is…
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TSMC’s Arizona Plant to Start Making Advanced Chips
After years of planning, building, geopolitical wrangling, and workforce challenges, the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is officially starting mass production at an advanced…
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MP Materials is Trying to Ease Dependence on China for Neodymium Magnets
Wielding a shiny chrome scoop, Michael Rosenthal leans over and digs into the powder in a half-filled 55-gallon drum. He holds up the scoop and takes a pinch in his fingers and smooshes it to show me the texture. It’s like talc, but it’s an…
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Spectrum’s Take on Transportation Tech—Year in Review
IEEE Spectrum‘s transportation coverage drew just under half a million visitors in 2024. Readers came to learn the latest news about advances in electric vehicles and battery technology, sustainable energy alternatives, transit infrastructure…
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New Research Sheds More Light on Genetic Makeup of Tea
Free amino acids (FAAs) positively determine the tea quality, notably theanine, endowing umami taste of tea infusion. However, their concentrations vary significantly across different tea varieties, affecting both the flavor and nutritional…
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Scientists Magnetize Antiferromagnetic Material with Terahertz Laser Light
Physicists at MIT have directly stimulated atoms in an antiferromagnetic material using a terahertz laser, a light source that oscillates more than a trillion times per second. Their results provide a new way to control and switch…
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