Modelling HIV fusion
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has used robust computer simulations to understand how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, fuses with the host cell membrane. Published in the Journal of Chemical Informa.....»»
New infosec products of the week: July 1, 2022
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Fusion Risk Management, G-Core Labs, Rafay Systems, and RangeForce. Fusion Risk Management announces new capabilities to improve incident response for organi.....»»
Fusion Risk Management announces new capabilities to improve incident response for organizations
Fusion Risk Management announced expanded functionality of its Dynamic Response capability as well as the launch of Fusion Intelligent Incident Manager to deliver resilience that is both agile and interactive. The new Intelligent Incident Manager is.....»»
Dream of unlimited, clean nuclear fusion energy within reach
The old joke is that nuclear fusion is always 30 years away. Yet the dream of abundant clean energy is no laughing matter as we meet an ITER researcher to catch up on progress at the reactor facility......»»
Gene fusion as an important mechanism to generate new genes in Oryza genomes
Events of gene fusion have been reported in several organisms. However, the role of gene fusion as part of new gene origination remains unknown. Evolutionary new genes, fused from more than two parental genes, can duck out of the detrimental step of.....»»
A Garage-Sized Reactor Could Provide Limitless Energy With Magnet-Free Technology
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: Seattle-based Zap Energy is using a lesser-known approach to nuclear fusion to build modular, garage-sized reactors. They are cheaper and don't require the large, incredibly powerful m.....»»
Can a Seattle Startup Launch a Fusion Reactor Into Space?
"Practical nuclear fusion is, famously, always 10 years in the future," reports IEEE Spectrum. "Except that the Pentagon recently gave an award to a tiny startup to launch a fusion power system into space in just five..." Avalanche Energy Designs,.....»»
Ford recalls 2.9M vehicles over gear shifting defect linked to 4 alleged injuries
The 2.9 million-unit recall covers certain 2013-19 Escape, 2013-18 C-Max, 2013-16 Fusion, 2013-21 Transit Connect and 2015-18 Edge vehicles. Ford is aware of six reports alleging property damage and 1,630 warranty reports......»»
Magnetizing laser-driven inertial fusion implosions
Nuclear fusion is a widely studied process through which atomic nuclei of a low atomic number fuse together to form a heavier nucleus, while releasing a large amount of energy. Nuclear fusion reactions can be produced using a method known as inertial.....»»
New feedback system can improve efficiency of fusion reactions
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have refined the use of magnetic fields to improve the performance of doughnut-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks. The improved technique protects.....»»
Uncovering a novel way to bring the energy that powers the sun and stars to Earth
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have uncovered critical new details about fusion facilities that use lasers to compress the fuel that produces fusion energy. The new data could help lead.....»»
Fusion Energy: the 35-Country Clean-Energy Effort to "Bottle the Sun"
This week CNN published an article chronicling how 35 countries "have come together to try and master nuclear fusion, a process that occurs naturally in the sun — and all stars — but is painfully difficult to replicate on Earth. "Fusion.....»»
How To Use AI To Build Optimized Models In Fusion 360: Generative Design
Autodesk recently added a futuristic function to its Fusion 360 design software. The new Generative Design workspace uses cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) software that designs mesh and T-spline models with parameters that you provide. It’.....»»
Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis
It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors......»»
Discovery of high-speed moving plasma turbulence that outpaces the movement of heat
In order to achieve a fusion power plant, it is necessary to stably confine a plasma of more than 100 million degrees Celsius in a magnetic field and maintain it for a long time. A research group led by Assistant Professor Naoki Kenmochi, Professor K.....»»
Fusion Risk Management strengthens its offerings for technology and data service providers
Fusion Risk Management announced that it is further strengthening its offerings to help technology and data service providers bolster the resiliency of digital elements of critical value chains. As a trusted risk and resiliency technology and service.....»»
A new law unchains fusion energy
Physicists at EPFL, within a large European collaboration, have revised one of the fundamental laws that has been foundational to plasma and fusion research for over three decades, even governing the design of megaprojects like ITER. The update shows.....»»
French scientist leading nuclear fusion project dies at 72
Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy, has died. He was 72......»»
Researchers develop 3D-printed shape memory alloy with superior superelasticity
Laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, offers potential in the manufacturing industry, particularly when fabricating nickel-titanium shape memory alloys with complex geometries. Although this manufacturing technique is attractive for appli.....»»
Google teases a true video editor for its Chromebooks
In a Google I/O breakout session, Google teased the Luma Fusion video editing app running on Chrome OS......»»
Scientists Discover Unexplained Abundance of Rare Nuclear Fusion Fuel on Earth
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Scientists have discovered evidence that a key rare resource, called helium-3, is potentially ten times more common on Earth than previously known -- though the source of all this extra supply rem.....»»