NASA’s announcement that it will accelerate the Fission Surface Power program, targeting deployment of a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, represents an ambitious acceleration of extraterrestrial energy strategy.
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Simple Algorithm Paired with Standard Imaging Tool Could Predict Failure in Lithium Metal Batteries
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a simple yet powerful method to characterize lithium metal battery performance with the help of a widely used imaging tool: scanning electron microscopy.
USDA Freezes UW Project That Turns Washington Shellfish Farmers’ Seaweed Problem Into Soil Solution for Land Farmers
oth Davis adjusted his waders and stepped into the cool waters of Thorndyke Bay, his Crocs disappearing under a layer of thick, forest-green seaweed.
Human-Caused Climate Change is Expanding California’s Destructive Fire Seasons
The typical start of fire season in California has shifted earlier by an average of more than one day every year in most of the state since the early 1990s, and up to a total change of month and half earlier in some areas, a trend driven by human-caused climate change, according to a UCLA study published in the journal Science Advances.
New Research Reveals Ancient Alliance Between Woody Plants and Microbes Has Potential to Protect Precious Peatlands
As the climate warms and regional drying becomes more frequent, peatlands – some of the planet’s most important carbon sinks – are increasingly under threat.
‘We Can’t Wait to Know Everything Before We Start Trying to Help’
Research is about finding ways to do things that nobody has ever done.