Lunar miners: a harvester for collecting helium-3 was shown in the USA
The American startup Interlune has presented a full-fledged prototype of a lunar harvester for collecting helium-3 (3He), which is in short supply on Earth, but in sufficient quantities on our satellite.
Wind turbine without rotating parts generates energy using piezoelectricity
Researchers from India have created a simple wind turbine made of a flexible polymer sheet with piezoelectric elements.
World’s smallest semiconductor structure used to produce «pure» hydrogen
For the first time in history, scientists from South Korea have received an environmentally friendly pure hydrogen, using an ultra-small quantum semiconductor material as a photoelectrode.
The most powerful in the world: China’s BEST thermonuclear reactor will start operating in 2027
China completes construction fusion reactor Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) in Hefei, which is expected to become the world’s most powerful.
Zeldovich effect in action: scientists create a black hole bomb in the laboratory for the first time
Physicists were able to reproduce the so-called «black hole bomb» in the laboratory for the first time, proving the Zeldovich effect proposed 50 years ago.
Solar generators on a cocrystal showed a record efficiency of 67% and 375% higher performance
Chinese scientists have developed a new class of photothermal cocrystal, which significantly increase efficiency solar thermoelectric generators.
Just a hype: Solid-state lithium-metal batteries disappoint researchers
Scientists dispelled expectations about the prospects use of solid-state lithium-metal batteries lithium-lanthanum-zirconium oxide (LLZO) batteries, which were expected to become a promising replacement for traditional lithium-ion batteries.
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