Many are eyeing nuclear reactors as a form of "clean" energy. This digital reactor is conducting new experiments that could help a transition to nuclear power.
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More than 20 years ago, Microsoft released software that allowed Xbox controllers to work with PCs. Now, they're used for a lot more than gaming.
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An infrared (IR) flashlight may not seem all that useful since humans can't perceive IR light, but they do have a purpose in specific situations.
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As space missions venture farther from Earth, doctors need better ways to diagnose problems. A recent experiment may have unlocked a long-awaited solution.
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Is your Claude AI's voice assistant fumbling complex tasks? Discover the massive update that finally fix this issue.
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In the early Atomic Age, nuclear experiments were performed at the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. Some involved a deadly "Demon Core."
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Nuclear reactors and atomic bombs both rely on nuclear fission, but does that mean that a reactor could turn into an atomic bomb in the right circumstances?
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In what is part of a much bigger story, Landmark Solar Farm in the United Kingdom has been forced to shutdown. Here's why.
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Our moon is closer in size to Earth than any other moon in the solar system is to its associated planet, however it is far from the largest moon around.
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One of the easiest ways to tell if food is spoiled is to smell it. Based on that simple concept, researchers have developed an e-nose that may be able to help.
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There were more than 40,000 wildfires in the U.S. reported in the first half of 2026. These satellites are designed to reduce the harms these fires pose.
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Nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons serve wildly different purposes, but the there's a lot more that separates them than their intended uses.
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Wind turbines can reach up to 750 feet, yet they sometimes function for less than ten years. Luckily, the most interesting part is often what happens next.
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There's a lot of conflicting data on how long a nuclear power plant can last, with some erroneously stating nuclear plants have to be retired after a set time.
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There's a specific rule governing what happens to satellites once their job is done, and the figure behind it wasn't chosen by accident.
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Electric motors can feature all sorts of different designs depending on the use they seek to fill, but most seem to operate on the same fundamental principles.
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The FCC has granted permission to Reflect Orbital to launch the first of possibly 50,000 mirror satellites into orbit for lighting dark corners of the Earth.
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Over 70% of global nuclear power plants rely on one specific reactor design. Discover the dual-loop architecture dominating the energy grid.
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Wind turbines are engineered to harness the energy from wind and convert it into electricity. Some are smooth, whereas others are designed with a serrated edge.
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Flying either the rocket-powered X-15 or Space Shuttle would already be pretty impressive, but one man actually flew both. This is his story.
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Nuclear power continues to thrive in many parts of the world, with some countries even getting a majority of their power from nuclear plants.
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From Einstein's most famous equation to your power grid, discover the surprisingly simple science behind how these massive facilities actually work.
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Mankind has developed and built many different very fast objects, often faster than the speed of sound. What's the fastest recorded man-made object so far?
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Satellites and other objects falling from orbit into our atmosphere tend to burn up, but can that harm our atmospheres in ways we don't understand yet?
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Nuclear power plants use radioactive materials to create energy, but which materials specifically? Turns out, it's mostly just one particular type of element.
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You might have seen or even used a thermal camera before, but this satellite's thermal imaging system is on a whole different level and could spy on you.
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There are tens of thousands of satellites orbiting Earth, some of which are much older than you may expect. The oldest dates back to the dawn of the Space Age.
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