Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt ...

Aalo Atomics, a Texas-based nuclear energy company, has unveiled the industry’s first fully modular reactor designed to meet the power demands of data centers. Dubbed the Aalo Pod, the company ...

A startup in Israel is developing a nuclear reactor no bigger than a desktop computer. Having proved that the breakthrough technology works, Metatron N.R.G. now aims to build a fully functioning ...

The company plans to mass manufacture its reactor and pods to serve data centers. The design allows for the 50 megawatt pods to house five reactors and collocate with the data center. Along with ...

He and his team at the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Center have developed a new photothermal material that converts sunlight into heat with unmatched efficiency. The results ...