Fusion Company Tokamak Energy’s Reactor Design, which Resembles an Egg, has Drawn $125 Million

Investors have been pouring money into nuclear fusion, the futuristic technology that seems to be making slow progress toward commercial viability, while the globe scrambles to build more power plants to satisfy AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity. The most recent example is Tokamak Energy, a startup company based in the United Kingdom that is trying […]

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Startup for Industrial AI: $7.5 Million in Seed Funding is raised by Juna.ai

With $7.5 million in seed funding, the German business Juna.ai GmbH, which uses artificial intelligence to increase factory efficiency, started today. The investment was spearheaded by Kleiner Perkins. Prominent venture capitalist John Doerr, the Stockholm-based fund Norrsken VC, and other sponsors joined it. Matthias Auf der Mauer is the CEO of Juna.ai. Sensirion Holding AG, […]

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Scientists Examine a 35,000-Year-Old Siberian Saber-Toothed kitten that has been frozen

For the first time, researchers have examined the frozen bones of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cat and discovered “significant differences” between it and a contemporary lion cub. According to a report released Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, the cub’s mummified remains was discovered in the Siberian permafrost in 2020. Along with the cub’s frontal remains, […]

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Tozero, a battery recycling company, raises €11 million to increase the supply of lithium in Europe

The first rechargeable lithium-ion battery was introduced to the market by Sony in 1991. In terms of energy storage, the novel chemical changed everything. These days, demand is soaring for everything from smartphones to EVs. However, lithium is uncommon, the majority of it is sourced from unreliable markets outside of Europe, and its production can […]

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New connections between women’s cardiovascular disease risk and intimate partner violence

The worldwide gendered epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV) disproportionately affects women. Two out of three victims of intimate partner violence are women, and 25–50% of women worldwide report experiencing abuse in a personal relationship. Intimate relationship violence affects both men and women, but it disproportionately affects women, and women and girls are more likely […]

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base

From Santa Barbara County’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, SpaceX launched a new set of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit. 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, were launched by the corporation using a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX has previously launched rockets that were seen soaring over the skies of Southern California. […]

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A Chinese AI firm launches an image-to-video tool in an attempt to compete with OpenAI’s Sora

On Wednesday, Beijing-based Shengshu Technology said that Vidu, an AI-powered text-to-video tool, will soon be able to create videos by fusing images. Vidu already enables individuals all over the world to make 8-second videos by following written instructions. In February, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, disclosed that their AI model Sora could create one-minute films […]

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Sky fireworks are caused by the Starlink satellite breaking apart over the Southwest US

Observers in the southwestern United States saw what appeared to be a fireball fragmenting in the night sky, however it was discovered that the shooting star was man-made and not a result of three meteor showers that were already occurring. The American Meteor Society has received dozens of reports on a fireball occurrence that happened […]

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