Physicist models new use for nuclear waste: Turning it into super-rare fusion fuel Summary Tritium, a scarce radioactive hydrogen isotope crucial for most deuterium–tritium (D–T) fusion concepts, is currently very…
Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacenters in 2030 Summary Google has confirmed it will be among the first customers to take power from Kairos Power’s Hermes 2…
5% of Americans are Cancer Survivors – and They’re Living Longer Summary The Slashdot post summarises a Wall Street Journal feature reporting that the U.S. now has more than 18…
The One Feature That Keeps Me From Recommending Flip Phones Summary The Verge reviewer argues that dust ingress — particularly into the hinge and fold area — is the key…
Daily briefing: These rappelling robots autonomously explore underground tunnels Summary This Nature Briefing (14 August 2025) by Jacob Smith collects short items on recent science news. The lead item describes…
Controversial quantum-computing paper gets hefty correction — but concerns linger Summary Science has removed an editorial expression of concern and the authors of a high-profile 2020 paper on evidence for…
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders Summary By Heidi Ledford. Recent advances in precision genome editors (notably prime editing and base editing) have produced…
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force Summary Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia captured time-lapse footage of human embryos attaching to and burrowing into…
Raw ingredients: turning algal protein into mock meat Summary Stefan Guldin, a materials scientist and scientific co-director of Proteins4Singapore at the Technical University of Munich, is applying his expertise in…
Why chocolate tastes so good: microbes that fine-tune its flavour Summary Researchers report that the microbial communities, plus pH and temperature during cocoa fermentation, shape chocolate’s complex flavour profile. A…
