The first floating nuclear power station in the world in operation. In Russia
I Heard about a nuclear power plant? It sounds cool and they give us very much, but now there is a new type of these energy sources. Imagine this: an insane amount of energy that can be delivered anywhere and with minimal cost. No...
How buried nuclear fuel, and how long is it dangerous
Until then, until we learn to get energy out of fusion reaction, the most effective and economical method of its production will be nuclear power plant. Only they can provide a huge amount of energy with minimum fuel consumption. ...
Why Chernobyl is a threat to the world, even 34 years later
Even those who were born after the Chernobyl accident, probably have heard about it. Not surprising, because this is one of the greatest manmade disasters in human history. At least, it is one of the most famous and widely publici...
10 the worst disasters in the history of mankind
Man lives in a world that constantly can give him some nasty surprises. The most common of them is bad weather. But there are more serious problems. They «breaking» our town and take lives. Someone thinks that it will no...
At the bottom of the Pacific ocean found thousands of mysterious recesses
the Coast big sur To reduce the amount of harmful emissions into the atmosphere, many countries are now trying to produce electricity by using wind and other renewable energy sources. For example, many companies today are building...
Is it possible to turn Fukushima into a new source of renewable energy?
Solar and wind power will be built on farmland and mountainous areas, which were previously used by the population. prior To the disaster in 2011, Fukushima has put a third of the electricity in the Metropolitan region of Japan, b...
#videos | Inside the new sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant worth 1.5 billion euros
Over the building of the 4th unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant affected by the largest disaster in the history of nuclear energy, has built and commissioned a new protective structure. It was called the "New safe confineme...
The first power station with the flying wind turbines will create Shell and Alphabet
Norway's plan to establish the first power station with the flying wind turbines. The development of the project will be engaged in oil and gas company Shell and one of the companies which is a holding company Alphabet — Mak...
China began developing the first space solar power station
China wants to go to a whole new level of production of renewable energy. Chinese scientists plan to build in earth orbit the first ever space solar power. Its going to be placed at a height of 36 000 kilometers above the Earth, w...
KuCoin delisted 10 tokens because of lower market liquidity. Unlucky?
a Singapore crypto currency exchange has announced the delisting of 10 tokens. It is caused by the General decline of the market and the liquidity of coins, which these crypto-currencies are no longer able to conform to a strict s...
#news high technology 258 | electric Kalashnikov and smart submarines
Every Monday in the new issue of «News high-tech» we summarize the previous week, talking about some of the most important events, the key discoveries and inventions. This time we will talk about the electric car "Kalash...
#news high technology 242 | Russian air defense system and floating nuclear power station
Every Monday in the new issue of «News high-tech» we summarize the previous week, talking about some of the most important events, the key discoveries and inventions. This time we will talk about the Russian defense syst...
Google is the largest company-the buyer of renewable energy
Google is known not only for its mobile operating system Android, search engine, services and applications, but also for its concern that the energy that it uses comes from renewable sources. As noted, in 2017, Google became the b...
Proposed construction of a giant wind farm in the North sea
Most of the world's offshore wind power plants, usually located near the coast of the countries which they feed. However, the ambitious plan for a Dutch energy company offers to create the world's largest wind farm, and an adapted...
Is it possible to turn the Sahara desert into a giant solar panel?
In 1986, the voltage spike during security checks at the Chernobyl reactor caused a catastrophic explosion. Thirty-one people died on the spot, many more died due to the effects of the release. Along with the accident at Fukushima...
The neural network allows to make nuclear reactors safer
Engineers from Purdue University (Indiana, USA) are developing a new system that will be able to greatly increase the efficiency of inspections of the integrity of nuclear reactors through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). ...
Roskosmos wants to build orbital nuclear power plant
the Problem is fuel delivery to the orbit of the Earth is quite serious. Now to power satellites and other spacecraft, requiring a long stay in space, solar panels are used. But the specialists of Roskosmos went the other way and ...
Mining cryptocurrencies requires more electricity than all of Syria
the miner, which right now under the table, buzzing, mining cryptocurrency, or computer , probably not too often think about how much all these graphics cards, mining «.», «guzzle»? A lot, Yes — that's un...
Every Monday in the new issue of «News high-tech» we summarize the previous week, talking about some of the most important events, the key discoveries and inventions. This time we will focus on the electro-GAZelle, trans...
Why pay for a Tesla Powerwall, if you can do it yourself?
the Problem is presented a few years ago drive Tesla Powerwall is providing house owners the best way to store electricity for later use, in case obschedomovoe network for any reason fails. But at a price of $ 5,500 per unit, such...