Category: Engineering

A Russian energy firm has started the operation of fifth-generation nuclear fuel assemblies, which have been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor core of Novovoronezh.

The process performed at Rosatom facility is an important stage on the way…

In a significant technological leap toward countering small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), the US Army has begun fielding the SMASH 2000L, an artificial intelligence-enabled smart fire control system designed to give soldiers a precision edge…

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed the world’s truest random number generator based on quantum mechanics.

Dubbed Colorado University Randomness…

Silicon is the kingpin when it comes to semiconductor technology that’s used in smartphones, computers, electric vehicles, and more. However, the material could soon lose its claim as the most important material for this technology in the…

Bioengineering scientists in the US have developed a soft, thin, and stretchable bioelectronic implant, which they integrated into a tadpole embryo’s nervous system to help them track neural activity and monitor the earliest stages of brain…

Physicists at the University of Oxford have recorded the most accurate control of a quantum bit to date, clocking just one mistake in 6.7 million single-qubit operations—an error rate of 0.000015 percent. The advance, nearly ten times better…

Rolls-Royce SMR has been chosen to build the United Kingdom’s first fleet of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). The project is intended to generate 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, as per the government.

“Rolls-Royce SMR is progressing…

An energy lab based in Utah has collaborated with a California firm to get the latter’s critical microreactor. NuCube Energy’s revolutionary nuclear fission technology delivers heat over 1,832°F (1,000°C) — unlocking transformative…