The Radiation Safety Authority functions mainly well. But the availability of qualified personnel is a concern. This is what the UN’s atomic energy agency, the IAEA, states after an examination. A group from the IAEA has carried out the review during a twelve-day visit to Sweden. The work was completed last week. The review was […]
New research explains why lightning moves in steps and takes on its special shape. The answer may lie in the oxygen molecules in the atmosphere. Every second beats approx 100 flashes down the world around. Lightning can contain up to a billion volts and moves in segments of about 50 meters each from the clouds […]
This is a discussion article. The opinions expressed are the writer’s own. REPLY. The industry organization Swedish Wind Energy claims that nine out of ten are not disturbed by offshore wind power. But their example is a park with 150 meter high wind turbines – far from the up to 350 meter high wind turbines […]
A ship arrives loaded. But what? Magnetic flywheels. The Danish Molslinjen puts a spin on “mechanical batteries” to get environmentally friendly electric operation. Many shipping companies install electric batteries to be able to replace fossil fuels with electricity. So does the Molslinjen. But the Danish shipping company is also investing in magnetic flywheels, where a […]
After Russia’s “energy terror”, Ukraine has now been able to connect several nuclear power plants to the grid again. They will be a major contribution in the restoration of the electricity supply, Ukrainian authorities announce. Wednesday’s bombings were the heaviest against the energy system since the war began, according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko. Ukraine […]
A Japanese lunar probe that hitched a ride on the launch of Artemis 1 will not land on the moon. There are hopes for a new mission for the probe in March 2023. The Artemis program got its start with the successful launch on 16 November. In addition to the Orion spacecraft, the giant Space […]
On Wednesday morning, Suborbital Express 3 is launched from Esrange in Kiruna. On board there are twelve different experiments that get to experience six minutes of microgravity. Wednesday morning at 08:00 the rocket Suborbital Express 3 is launched from Esrange outside Kiruna. It is the fifteenth in a series of launches from Kiruna that started […]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has appeared at the nuclear fair “Atomvår” in Russia. Despite the Ukraine war, Hungary’s government still hopes for new Russian-built nuclear power. “The global energy crisis means that it is more important than ever that a country can produce its energy,” Szijjarto writes on Facebook, where he also posts pictures […]
The generative ai models can create both text and image. And since text and image are broad concepts, a new infrastructure is waiting around the corner to solve old and new problems. The Elicit search engine has changed the way I look for scientific articles in my research. The large language model GPT-3 made Ny […]
Now a new theory is being launched about the cause of the mass death more than 300 million years ago. During the Devonian geological period, a tree developed its first roots – which had major consequences for the ecosystem. What is the background? Dominant species have always had to give way to new flora and […]
