India has announced a breakthrough that could boost its efforts to grow as a space-faring nation. On May 9, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) performed a successful hot-fire test of a liquid-fueled rocket engine that was built using additive manufacturing (colloquially known as 3D printing) technology. The engine, which burns a hypergolic mix of […]
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Top NATO commander says Russian troop numbers insufficient for Kharkiv breakthrough
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s top commander said on Thursday he did not believe Russia’s military has deployed enough troops to make a strategic breakthrough in the region around Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. General Christopher Cavoli, NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe, said he was confident Ukrainian forces would hold their lines in the region. Russia last […]
Democrats Aim for a Breakthrough for Black Women in the Senate
Democrats Aim for a Breakthrough for Black Women in the Senate Carol Moseley Braun, one of only two Black women to have been elected to the Senate in U.S. history, was in Paris on Wednesday when she was informed that another Black woman, Angela Alsobrooks, had won the Democratic nomination for an open Senate seat […]
UK toddler regains hearing in gene therapy breakthrough
STORY: Banging on blocks and playing the flute, Opal Sandy looks like an average energetic toddler. :: May 1, 2024 It would be hard to tell she was born deaf – and unable to hear just months earlier. :: Oxfordshire, England She’s the first patient in England to regain her hearing through gene therapy. :: […]
2024 a ‘breakthrough session for Colorado’ lawmakers
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado lawmakers wrapped up this year’s legislative session Wednesday night. Both parties are weighing in on what they see as wins and losses. Democrats and Republicans said they are leaving the Capitol better than they found it this session, saying they worked together to set the state for the future. “We got […]
Nuclear clock breakthrough could revolutionize study of the universe’s fundamental forces
Scientists have made a major breakthrough that takes us a step closer to developing a nuclear clock — a device that keeps time based on the inner workings of atoms. For the first time, physicists have used laser light to bump the nucleus of a thorium atom up to a higher energy level. The discovery […]
The next big breakthrough in power generation could happen beneath our feet — how nuclear technology can be made safer
Molten salt reactors are part of a technology gaining traction that could solve several challenges facing the nuclear industry, as Power magazine covered in an April feature. MSRs use molten salts as both a coolant and fuel carrier, a concept that dates back to the 1950s. In 1965, Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully operated an […]
Real Madrid and England star Jude Bellingham wins Laureus breakthrough award
Jude Bellingham joined Novak Djokovic and Aitana Bonmati as the big winners at the Laureus World Sports Awards as the England midfielder won the World Breakthrough of the Year prize in Madrid. Bellingham became the first footballer to claim the honour the day after scoring Real Madrid’s late winner in their 3-2 El Clasico victory […]
Signs of multiple sclerosis can be detected in blood 5 years before symptoms appear, new study finds. Here’s why this breakthrough is important.
A new study found that in about 10% cases of multiple sclerosis, the body begins producing a distinctive set of antibodies against its own proteins years before symptoms emerge. “Multiple sclerosis is a complex autoimmune disease that is difficult to diagnose,” Colin Zamecnik, a researcher at UC San Francisco and lead author on the paper, […]