Smart self-cooling buildings in urban China
To cope with the heat, some buildings are equipped with smart glass that changes according to temperature or air ducts that take advantage of natural wind.
The longest bridge in the world
The Lake Pontchartrain Bridge is the world's longest continuous bridge over water, measuring 24.5 miles (38.35 km) and containing approximately 9,500 concrete piers.
China develops humanoid robot with realistic expressions
In order to increase the emotional interaction between robots and users, experts seek to increase the number of motors and expressions on the robot's face.
World's first thorium reactor power plant
China plans to start construction of the world's first molten salt reactor power plant next year in the Gobi desert.
4th generation nuclear power plant with capacity of 35 billion kWh/year
China's Shidaowan High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Plant will integrate a pressurized water reactor to increase its capacity, helping to provide electricity to 17 million households.
World's fastest supercomputer helps create super diamonds
The Frontier supercomputer's lightning-fast computing power helped experts figure out the conditions needed to produce the superhard BC8 diamond.
The invention of the grounding lightning rod by a Czech priest
In 1974, Prokop Diviš, a Czech pastor, tried to control the weather but instead invented the lightning rod.
US builds first 4th generation nuclear reactor
Kairos Power begins construction of the Hermes low-power test reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which uses a TRISO gravel bed design and molten fluoride salt cooling for safer operation.
Norwegian mountain could break in half, creating 80m high tsunami
In the future, a mountainside in Norway will fall into the sea below and create a massive tsunami, but despite the danger, residents near the fjord remain calm.
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