Sci-Tech

UK firm says fusion on the grid by 2030; Skeptics disagree

OXFORD, United Kingdom (Reuters) -- A British fusion reactor, the ST40, has been turned on and officially achieved first plasma,…

SpaceX makes first US military launch, then lands rocket again

by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive United States government…

Humanoid robot aims to be affordable home help

GENOA, Italy (Reuters) -- Roboticists from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) are developing a new type of automaton to…

Scientists storing solar energy for future use

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) -- A research team in Sweden is developing a new concept which will allow people to capture,…

Twitter gets lift from uptick in user numbers

by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Twitter shares surged Wednesday after its quarterly update showed…

How technology helps freezing city grow tomatoes all year round

YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) -- One of the coldest cities in the world could grow its own vegetables in Japanese-designed greenhouses…

NASA’s Super Pressure Balloon lifts off in New Zealand

WANAKA, New Zeland (Reuters) -- A stadium-sized super pressure balloon launched by NASA in New Zealand began collecting data in…

Samsung to update software over ‘red screen’ smartphone

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Electronics giant Samsung will this week offer an unusually early software update for its newly released…

“Better you than me,” Trump tells record-breaking astronaut

by Jean-Louis Santini / with Kerry Sheridan in Miami Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- United States President Donald…

Virtual training for dentists

(Reuters) -- A Japanese dental equipment manufacturer has developed a prototype mixed reality (MR) dental treatment simulation system. J. Morita…

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