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War and Illness Could Kill 85,000 Gazans in 6 Months

  • February 21, 2024
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An escalation of the war in Gaza could lead to the deaths of 85,000 Palestinians from injuries and disease over the next six months, in the worst of three situations that prominent epidemiologists have modeled in an effort to understand the potential future death toll of the conflict. These fatalities would be in addition to […]

This company wants to turn a Tennessee coal plant into a fusion reactor

  • February 21, 2024
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Type One energy has announced its intention to use a retired TVA coal plant site, the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the site for a prototype fusion reactor with the hope to eventually commercialize fusion power – and maybe even find a neat way to use old EV batteries to help power […]

BLUETTI just launched a solar-powered portable fridge freezer that makes ice

  • February 21, 2024
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Photo: BLUETTI BLUETTI just launched the MultiCooler, its first portable fridge freezer powered by solar panels or hot-swappable batteries. If you’re going to go on a road trip and want to make cocktails while you stop to camp, then this is the thing you didn’t know you needed. The app-enabled portable MultiCooler, which weighs 53 […]

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Surgical robotics company Medical Microinstruments secures $110M and more digital health fundings

  • February 21, 2024
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Medical Microinstruments, a surgical robotics company, announced it secured $110 million in a Series C financing round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from existing investors. The company offers its Symani Surgical System, a robotic technology for microsurgery and supermicrosurgery. The system allows surgeons to replicate the movement of a human hand […]

Tesla ramps up Cybertruck production, large fleet spotted

  • February 21, 2024
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Tesla appears to be significantly ramping up Cybertruck production as more deliveries are happening and a large fleet is spotted at Gigafactory Texas. The Cybertruck ramp is a bit of a mystery. Tesla started production late last year, and it frustratingly refused to disclose deliveries in Q4. The automaker now bundles all Model S, Model […]

Chinese wind turbine orders hit a record 100 GW in 2023

  • February 21, 2024
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Photo: Goldwind via LinkedIn Chinese wind turbine orders set a new record in 2023 by reaching 100 gigawatts (GW), according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. The global research group’s “China Wind Turbine Order Ranking Analysis 2023” report noted that installations didn’t move as quickly despite the colossal pipeline. Only half of 2022 orders had […]