Nuclear fusion is considered by many to be the holy grail of power generators, but until that process is ready, the planet is still forced to use the dangerous alternative, nuclear fission.

Chernobyl and Fukishima are but two examples of what can go wrong in today’s water cooled, solid fuel nuclear power plants fed rods of uranium.

What if there were a safer alternative that used a fuel source more stable, more common, produced less waste, more efficient, and didn’t contain the inherent threat of nuclear weapons?

Such a technology has existed for over 60 years but has been collecting mothballs. Let me introduce you to LFTR.

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What is the most dangerous place on Earth?

It depends on your definition… 

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A two-seat super–sports car left for dead in the wake of Chrysler’s stay in Chapter 11 purgatory, exhumed by Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne.

Styling is expected to echo elements of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and Zagato’s Alfa Romeo TZ3 concept car.

Dealers got to see a design study in September, but it remains shrouded in secrecy.

Our apologies for the delay in the monthly sales report for December. There were clearly way too many sweet sales to corral in a timely manner.

Overall, December was an incredible month for domain name sales. We saw one of the biggest sales of all time in Investing.com, along with countless five and six figure deals. So without further adieu, here’s the best of the best and the jest.

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Researchers at at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have been successfully using spongy gold nanoparticles to starve cancer cells to death.

Scientists are making progress on a nicotine vaccine that could provide a lifetime shield from the drug’s addicting properties. The addictiveness of nicotine has been the subject of much discussion on sites like www.ProjectKnow.com, which also emphasize how hard it is to kick the habit. This vaccine, however, gives smokers around the world hope; it is believed that this method could help not only those currently addicted, but potentially prevent future addiction altogether.

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News from the brainy folks over at MIT’s materials research department: a film that can generate energy from water vapor in the air!

One of the most amazing fruits you’ve probably dismissed as ordinary is actually not a fruit, or ordinary.

Wizards… (cough cough) scientists at the University of Michigan have developed an incredible new coating that literally causes nearly any liquid that touches it to bounce right off. It’s being dubbed: “superomniphobic.”

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Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. The strange world of Nanoscience — it can take you into atoms and beyond the stars.