A small nuclear reactor with a difference
"Modular" reactors could be the future of clean energy. But as General Atomics knows, it will take more than just shrinking conventional designs.
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Warning: Info tech could wipe out all humans
Artificial intelligence, nano tech, biotech. It might all run horribly amok. You'd be surprised at who says so.
Screens wreck our sleep
Blue light before bed. Morning brings slow head.
Hilly cities eye bike escalators
It works a bit like one of those ski lifts that pushes you up the slope while you're standing. Norway has one. San Francisco and Pittsburgh are looking into it.
Colorado town bans shooting down drones
Only in America would this idea even come up for a vote.
Iceland's clean energy lures metal companies from abroad
The country's long running effort to entice industry to come and use its 100 percent "renewable" electricity is picking up steam.
This drone steals your data
The dreaded inevitable has happened.
Could Ukraine crisis spur new forms of nuclear energy?
Want independence from Russian gas? Then ramp up development of novel reactors that are safer, cheaper and more useful than today's.
Iconoclasm of the day: Is lean manufacturing long in the tooth?
It's a religion. But why such reverence when demigod Toyota keeps making faulty cars?
Electric cars: Range plunges in heat and cold
Just as you were getting over your anxiety about getting stranded, the American Automobile Association has some extreme news.