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US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space
US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space
Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering,
Avalanche Energy, a fusion energy startup, has won a $5.2 million contract to build radioactive batteries that can power a laptop-class system for months. The contract is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rads to Watts Program, which aims to build next-generation, compact, resilient nuclear batteries with higher densities.
An early prototype of Avalanche Energy’s radiovoltaic converter for the DARPA Rads to Watts program is exposed to high-energy ion-beam irradiation.Avalanche Fusion
Radioactive...
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The Texas Trotsky? Talarico Declares Capitalism An "Oppressive System" That Must Be "Dismantled"
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Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley,
Senate Democrat nominee James Talarico appears ready to bring a touch of Trotsky to Texas.
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Tehran Claims US Faces Escalating Economic Fallout From 'War Of Choice' As Hardship Mounts Inside Iran
Tehran Claims US Faces Escalating Economic Fallout From 'War Of Choice' As Hardship Mounts Inside Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday that the United States would face mounting economic fallout from its "war of choice" against Iran, as both sides appear settled into a long game of waiting to inflict the most severe economic and political damage on the other.
In a post on X, Araghchi said Americans would bear the escalating financial costs of the conflict with Tehran. "Put aside gas price hike and stock market bubble. Real...
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