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Stellarium is aimed at meeting rising electricity demand, which uses liquid chloride salt fuel in a closed fuel cycle. It could become the world’s first reactor to destroy more long-lived nuclear ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

Sustainable high-strength concrete from industrial by-products shows improved mechanical properties and radiation shielding, ideal for critical infrastructure.