Bill Gates's next-gen nuclear plant packs in grid-scale energy storage

[Energy]( [Bill Gates's next-gen nuclear plant packs in grid-scale energy storage]( [Natrium's advanced nuclear reactor design, which will be up and running as a full scale trial plant in the late 2020s, also stores several times more energy than most grid scale batteries for rapid load response]( Bill Gates's next-level nuclear power station is small, cheap, efficient and fast to build. It also has a built-in, on-demand energy storage system 10 times bigger than the biggest grid-scale batteries. Thanks to a DoE grant, it will open before 2030. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Make it easier than ever to discover the world's best wines]( Wine Access brings wines from all over the world directly to your doorstep, delivered with everything you need to know about the vineyards, winemakers, and tasting notes. Right now you can take $50 off your first delivery of $150. Shop now. [Read more]( [Around The Home]( [Slide Socket relocates hidden electrical outlets]( [The Slide Socket, pictured here plugged into an outlet blocked by a bed]( Chances are that somewhere in your home, you've got at least one electrical outlet that's hidden behind a couch, desk or other piece of furniture. The Slide Socket is designed to make those outlets accessible again, by telescoping out from them. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [USA's first 3D-printed homes hit the market for $450k]( [The 3D-printed homes are nearing completion and are expected to be ready for the first buyers to start moving in this summer (Northern Hemisphere)]( 3D-printed architecture moves forward with a groundbreaking new project in Austin, Texas. Hailed by 3D printing firm Icon as the USA's first 3D-printed homes, they are now available to purchase for a starting price of around $450,000 each. [Read more]( [Biology]( [Self-decapitating sea slugs drop their heads and regrow whole bodies]( [The head and body of a sacoglossan sea slug, one day after they separated. We hear it was an amicable split]( It’s normally a leg here or a tail there, but scientists have now discovered one of the most extreme examples of limb regeneration ever seen in an animal – sea slugs that voluntarily detach their own heads and then regrow an entire body from it. [Read more]( [Outdoors]( [Sea to Summit reverses its pole on roomy ultralight backpacking tents]( [Sea to Summit already offers a large variety of light, collapsible backpacking gear, and now it tries its hand at tents]( Sea to Summit sells virtually every outdoor sleeping product — hammocks, tarps, sleeping pads — but up until now, no freestanding tent. Its first took 3 years to develop and comes complete with an inverted "Tension Ridge" to maximize living space. [Read more]( [Mobile Technology]( [OnePlus partners with Hasselblad to boost mobile photography]( [Smartphone manufacturer OnePlus and iconic camera maker Hasselblad have partnered to work on improving mobile photography]( As we saw last month with the winners of the Mobile Photography Awards, phone cameras can be used to capture truly incredible images. But OnePlus is looking to take things to the next level, announcing a three-year partnership with Hasselblad. [Read more]( [Energy]( [New polymer prevents cracks appearing in long-lasting lithium batteries]( [Rechargeable batteries could be made to last a lot longer than they currently do, thanks to a new binder material uncovered by scientists in Japan]( By swapping out conventional materials for experimental ones scientists continue to make exciting advances in the performance of lithium batteries, and a team in Japan has just published research around a particularly promising one. [Read more]( [Marine]( [Seatrec tech uses changes in temperature to power underwater gliders]( [An illustration depicting the Seatrec system (green) retrofitted onto a third-party underwater glider]( If you want to gather oceanographic data over long distances, an "underwater glider" is often the best way to go. A novel system from California-based company Seatrec should soon power such vehicles, utilizing the temperature gradient of ocean water. [Read more]( [Drones]( [Drones deliver COVID-19 vaccines to remote African regions]( [When the drone reaches its destination, its payload is released over a predetermined area and is parachuted down to the ground]( Early in March the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine drone deliveries began in the African nation of Ghana. The drone dropped 250 vaccine doses by parachute to a rural health center, one of 36 deliveries completed on the first day. [Read more]( [Biology]( [Yale study suggests worms can "see" color even without eyes]( [Researchers experiment with how different-colored light affects the foraging behavior of worms]( Yale researchers have found evidence that worms can detect the color blue – even though it doesn’t have eyes or any kind of visual system. In tests, the team found that the color of harmful bacteria influenced whether or not the worms avoided them. [Read more]( [Wearables]( [Review: Skullcandy Hesh makes ANC and Tile tracking affordable]( [Skullcandy's Hesh ANC headphones bring some premium features to a very affordable price point]( Utah's Skullcandy has come up with a set of affordable Bluetooth wireless headphones with active noise cancellation, a monster of a battery, and a built-in "where's my headphones" feature that makes them very hard to lose. Here's our review. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [New insights into how night shift work heightens cancer risk]( [Research has found night shift circadian disruptions can alter the expression of cancer-related genes and reduce the body's DNA repair processes]( Research has found night shift work can alter the expression of tumor-related genes making one more vulnerable to the DNA damage the leads to cancer, building on a growing understanding of the role circadian rhythms play in our DNA repair processes. [Read more]( [Materials]( [Bacterial biofilm wrings oil out of water]( [A microscope image of the bacterial biofilm, made of cellulose, that the researchers used to filter water and oil]( It can be difficult to separate water from oil, which makes water pollution tricky to clean up. Now, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a bacterial biofilm membrane can effectively let water through while keeping oil out. [Read more]( [Space]( [Tectonic activity shown to be possible on tidally locked alien planet]( [Artist's impression of exoplanet LHS 3844b]( Computer simulations have revealed that a hostile, tidally locked exoplanet roughly 45 light-years from Earth is capable of hosting tectonic activity — which is one of the key processes that contributes to making a world habitable — on a huge scale. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2021