The phrase "nuclear energy" conjures images of large steaming towers or Tony Stark's arc reactor from the iconic "Iron Man" movies. But two Seattle-based startups are designing nuclear technologies small enough to pick up ...
Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2022
1
59
A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office was launched into space from California on Sunday.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2022
0
4
The introduction of gender-neutral restrooms into public and private spaces is a departure from more than a century of policies put in place to ostensibly "protect" women in business, schools and the military. New University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2021
1
3
Staring down a $3 billion—and growing—tab to clean up water sources at military installations across the country that are contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals linked to firefighting foam, the Defense Department ...
Environment
Jun 2, 2020
0
4
Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first "war cloud" computing system. But Amazon's early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be slipping away.
Business
Jul 9, 2019
2
1
A nonprofit organization that searches for the remains of U.S. servicemen lost in past conflicts has found what officials believe are the graves of more than 30 Marines and sailors killed in one of the bloodiest battles of ...
Archaeology
Jun 26, 2019
0
0
While Buzz Lightyear goes to infinity and beyond, Elon Musk will have to settle for Mars for now.
Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2019
2
0
Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, is now a reality.
Materials Science
Jun 18, 2019
1
191
NASA's twin E-TBEx CubeSats—short for Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment—are scheduled to launch in June 2019 aboard the Department of Defense's Space Test Program-2 launch. The launch includes a total of 24 satellites ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2019
0
7
A recent study from North Carolina State University finds that U.S. government spending on military personnel has a positive impact on the nation's human capital—essentially improving the American workforce. Using a new ...
Social Sciences
May 17, 2019
1
12
