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  Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 France on Saturday connected its most powerful nuclear power reactor to the national electricity grid in what leaders hailed as a landmark moment despite years of delays, budget overruns and technical setbacks. The Flamanville 3 European Pressurized Reactor in Normandy started providing electricity to French homes at 11:48 am (1048 GMT) Saturday, the EDF power company's CEO Luc Remont said in a statement. "Great moment for the country," President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement on social net ... read more |
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Milei vows to promote nuclear energy in ArgentinaBuenos Aires (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Argentina's President Javier Milei vowed on Friday to install nuclear reactors to power artificial intelligence servers, which consume vast amounts of electricity. ... more 
Swiss govt wants to lift ban on more nuclear power plantsGeneva (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Switzerland's government said Friday it wanted to change the law to get around a 2018 ban on building more nuclear power stations to help guarantee the country's energy needs. ... more  
US confirms billions in chips funds to Samsung, Texas InstrumentsWashington (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 President Joe Biden's administration said Friday that it has cemented deals for billions in funding to South Korean semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments to boost their chipmaking facilities in the United States. ... more  
Markets struggle as traders digest Fed's hawkish pivotHong Kong (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Equities fell Friday while the dollar maintained gains against its peers as investors assessed the fallout from the Federal Reserve's revised outlook for interest rate cuts and prepared for a second Donald Trump presidency. ... more |
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Lockheed Martin unveils Astris AI to deliver secure AI solutions across sectorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 Lockheed Martin has introduced Astris AI, a newly formed subsidiary designed to provide secure, scalable, and resilient artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for U.S. defense industries and commerc ... more |
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New type of quasiparticle discovered in magnetic materialsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 A groundbreaking discovery by researchers from the University of Missouri has unveiled a new type of quasiparticle present in all magnetic materials, regardless of their strength or temperature. Thi ... more  
Significant progress in engineering biology for clean energyLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 The University of Liverpool has unveiled an innovative approach to sustainable hydrogen production through a new light-driven hybrid nanoreactor. The development combines biological efficiency with ... more  
Training solar panels to adapt to wind conditionsParis, France (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 Solar energy continues to lead the renewable energy revolution, with solar photovoltaic power plants serving as a key technology in achieving global NetZero Emissions by 2050. These plants convert s ... more  
Macron sees new role for French military base in DjiboutiDjibouti (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday its military base in Djibouti could assume a greater role, speaking after Paris was forced to pull troops out of several other African countries. ... more |
 
Building safer and more accessible nuclear clocksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Scientists are making significant strides in creating nuclear clocks, a new frontier in ultra-precise timekeeping. Unlike optical atomic clocks that depend on electronic transitions, nuclear clocks ... more  |
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Quantum walks offer a promising path forward in quantum computingSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Quantum walks, a concept leveraging quantum effects like superposition, interference, and entanglement, are redefining the possibilities of computation by exceeding the limitations of classical mode ... more 
First demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet cablesEvanston IL (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic. The discovery, published in the jo ... more  
Physicists magnetize a material with lightBoston MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. In a study appearing in Nature, the researchers report using a terahertz laser - a light sour ... more 
Sustainable, cost-effective electric motors cut rare earth materialsCollege Station TX (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Ships, airplanes, wind turbines and electric vehicles rely on electric motors to operate. Since these motors are typically made with rare earth materials, they come with a multitude of environmental ... more |
Startup's autonomous drones precisely track warehouse inventoriesBoston MA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Whether you're a fulfillment center, a manufacturer, or a distributor, speed is king. But getting products out the door quickly requires workers to know where those products are located in their war ... more 
Italy fines OpenAI 15 million euros after ChatGPT probeRome (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Italy's data protection authority on Friday said it had fined OpenAI 15 million euros over the use of personal data by ChatGPT, but the US tech firm said it would appeal. ... more 
Transforming education with virtual reality and artificial intelligenceCollege Station TX (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Dr. Donggil Song, an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, is creating artificial intelligence (AI) applications and AI-based virtual reality ( ... more 
Secretive game developer codes hit 'Balatro' in Canadian prairie provinceMontreal (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 There are no photos or videos of LocalThunk, an anonymous computer programmer who lives in the vast and desolate prairies of Canada's Saskatchewan province, far from Silicon Valley. ... more |
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Passed the Turing Test living in Turing FuturesSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 A recent perspective published in the Nov. 13 issue of Intelligent Computing has highlighted how modern artificial intelligence systems have fulfilled Alan Turing's vision of machines capable of lea ... more 
UT researchers secure $17.8M grant for cutting-edge hypersonic wind tunnelLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been awarded a $17.8 million grant by the U.S. Air Force to construct a hypersonic wind tunnel at the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma, T ... more 
HKUST unveils high-speed thermal-electric aerosol printer for piezoelectric biofilm productionSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have introduced an advanced thermal-electric aerosol (TEA) printer that dramatically accelerates the production of piezoelec ... more  
Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communicationBoston MA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Monitoring electrical signals in biological systems helps scientists understand how cells communicate, which can aid in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions like arrhythmia and Alzheimer's. ... more |
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Airbus US Space and Defense partners with Aerostar to advance stratospheric ISR technologiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Airbus U.S. Space and Defense and Aerostar successfully completed a joint Internal Research and Development (IRAD) stratospheric test flight as part of their Cooperative Research and Development Agr ... more |
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ICEYE secures $65M funding extension reaching $158M total for 2024 investmentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 ICEYE, a global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-resolution Earth observation, announced the closure of a $65 million funding extension to its $93 million growt ... more  
Construction materials and household items form long-term carbon sinkBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 A significant portion of fossil-derived carbon is stored in human-made products, according to a study published on December 20 in Cell Reports Sustainability. Researchers estimate that approximately ... more  
Human civilization at a tipping point between authoritarian collapse and technological superabundanceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 A new study published in the journal Foresight asserts that humanity stands at a critical juncture, poised for a transformative leap in evolution. Yet, this shift risks being derailed by centralized ... more  
Breakthrough new material brings affordable, sustainable future within graspHouston TX (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, there are growing concerns about the future because lithium is relatively sca ... more |
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