Federal Agents Targeting Illegal Truck Drivers At Weigh Stations Nationwide

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...

Houthis Issue Video Of Saudi F-15 Shootdown, As Ground Clashes Intensify In Yemen Update(1135ET): The Houthis have released new footage which appears to confirm the earlier Saudi F-15 jet shootdown, with aircraft falling in the Marib area. The footage shows militants celebrating near the wreckage. Below is the clip as released by Ansar Allah officials, which has since been given confirmation by some foreign and international outlets. It suggests that the Houthis have locally-made ability to down advanced aircraft, which should seriously worry Riyadh and Washington. مشاهد نوعية لإسقاط طائرة مقاتلة سعودية...

Commodity Markets Are Living On Borrowed Time Authored by Helen Thomas via City AM, Governments and industry have softened the impact of energy and commodity supply disruptions by releasing reserves, reducing inventories, and increasing operational flexibility. These measures are temporary, and continued inventory drawdowns are pushing oil and metal markets toward historically tight conditions. Once inventories become critically low, higher prices may become the primary mechanism for balancing supply and demand, leading to weaker economic growth and lower consumption. Commodity markets have spent the past three months performing an extraordinary balancing act. Despite one of...