Nuclear fusion: WEST machine beats the world record for plasma duration
WEST, a tokamak run from the CEA Cadarache site in southern France and one of the EUROfusion consortium medium size Tokamak ...
Los Angeles Magazine6d
Toxic Aftermath: L.A.'s Wildfire Cleanup Sparks Community Outcry
Current cleanup efforts prioritize removing toxic materials from the affected areas. Toxic waste will be relocated to four temporary sites: Irwindale's Lario Park and the Altadena Golf Course for ...
The New York Times6d
The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie
It was a bewildering process, one that began with the export of toxic industrial waste. By the late 1980s, thousands of tons of hazardous chemicals had left the United States and Europe for the ...
The Washington Post5d
Scorched debris and toxic waste: Inside one of the nation’s largest wildfire recovery responses
In the first, Environmental Protection Agency workers pick through the debris mostly by hand to remove toxic waste including electric car batteries, paint and asbestos. In phase two, the U.S. Army ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN3d
Researchers turn discarded malva nut waste into lifesaving biomedical hydrogel
Malva nuts have an exceptional ability to absorb water, expanding up to 20 times their weight — way more than rice or chia ...
The New York Times6d
High Above Chernobyl, Workers Grapple With Ice, Fire and Nuclear Fears
After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident. The breach at the Chernobyl ...
Stars and Stripes6d
Italy ordered to tackle toxic waste dumping in Naples area with US Navy presence
In the Jan. 30 ruling, the European Court of Human Rights faulted Italy for not dealing with the dumping, burying and burning of toxic waste and other garbage in an area of Naples known as ...
USA Today6d
It’s the ‘most toxic,’ controversial Oscar season in years. Will that matter?
In short, the discourse has reached nuclear-grade levels of exhausting ... but I think this is probably the most toxic season,” says Megan McLachlan, co-founder of awards site The Contending.
CNN6d
US intelligence agencies believe Israel is likely to strike Iranian nuclear facilities this year
US intelligence agencies recently warned both the Biden and Trump administrations that Israel will likely attempt to strike facilities key to Iran’s nuclear program this year, according to ...
CNN5d
Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal
A Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The strike hit the concrete shelter that ...