Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough: A year's work now takes a day

[New Atlas logo]( Energy [Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough: A year's work now takes a day]( [The reactor vessel welded by the new method]( Small Modular Reactor (SMR) construction shifts into high gear, as UK company Sheffield Forgemasters welds a full-size nuclear reactor vessel in under 24 hours instead of the usual 12 months. The rollout of this game-changing tech could be massive. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2022 is just $45 now]( Coding is hard enough, why make it harder by jumping between development environments, languages, and platforms? With Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows, you can streamline your workflow, and right now it's on sale for just $44.99. [Read more]( Marine [Former SpaceX engineers launch high-torque electric wakeboat]( [The Arc Sport is the second electric boat in the company's fleet, with a development prototype already making waves and delivery of production models earmarked for later in the year]( Electric boat-maker Arc recently made the final delivery of its limited-edition One model, and is aiming its second build at the mass market. The Arc Sport is designed to make waves, allowing boarders to get tricky in its wake. [Read more]( Science [The invention of the decimal dot that changed mathematics forever]( [Dawn of an idea: The decimal point has stuck where other ways of splitting integers have not]( Historians have discovered what may be the world's first decimal point, in an ancient manuscript written 150 years before its next known appearance. There have been many ways to split integers, but this little dot has proven uniquely powerful. [Read more]( Science [ADHD linked to evolutionary success in ancient humans]( [It's hypothesized that certain genetic ADHD traits may have benefited nomadic tribes by increasing exploratory behaviours]( Could ADHD have evolved in human populations to enhance a tribe's chances of successful foraging? A new study put this novel hypothesis to the test, recruiting several hundred people to play a specially made game measuring their foraging skills. [Read more]( Music [Apple Vision Pro is about to enable fully immersive 3D music production]( [The upcoming version of RipX is being designed to work with Apple's Vision Pro headset, and is pitched as the world's first spatial/3D AI DAW]( Producing music these days can be something of a flat experience, undertaken using powerful software running on a computer. With the sales launch of the Apple Vision Pro, DAW maker Hit'n'Mix is planning to immerse musicians in their creations. [Read more]( Science [Striking "lost" bird species found and featured in first-known photo]( [The Yellow-crested Helmetshrike was ready for what might be its first-ever closeup]( No-one has seen the Yellow-crested Helmetshrike for about 20 years. That changed when researchers embarked on a six-week expedition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and captured the dramatic-looking yellow-topped bird in its first-known photo. [Read more]( 3D Printing [New 3D-printing ink changes color for different parts of one print job]( [A multicolored chameleon printed as a demonstration of the technology]( Scientists have created a 3D-printing media that can take on different colors in different parts of a single print job. The secret lies in utilizing ultraviolet light to selectively alter the surface structure of the material as it's being dispensed. [Read more]( Health & Wellbeing [What happens when you go off weight-loss drugs?]( [Anti-obesity drugs alone may not be effective at maintaining weight loss]( Next-gen anti-obesity drugs like injectable liraglutide, sold as Saxenda, deliver impressive results in the first 12 months. New research looks into what happens to those results once treatment stops. [Read more]( Science [Bespoke brain cell replacements, grown to order]( [Researchers created specific brain cells from stem cells using differently charged hydrogels]( Damaged brain tissue can possibly be re-grown using a new method that lets researchers guide stem cells into exactly the type of brain cells they need for a particular spot. They're targeting new treatments for stroke, traumatic brain injury and MS. [Read more]( Architecture [World's tallest 3D-printed building rises high in the Swiss Alps]( [The White Tower will reach a height of 30 m (almost 100 ft)]( What's being hailed as the world's tallest 3D-printed building is being readied for assembly in a remote Swiss village. The White Tower from researchers at ETH Zurich will be formed from over a hundred columns, with a performance space sat on top. [Read more]( Marine [Vision complements e-outboards with "unsinkable" fully recyclable boat]( [Vision Marine launches a new beast of a boat called the Phantom]( Vision Marine, the company behind the world's most powerful electric outboard, has launched the Phantom, a rotomolded plastic boat that's tough enough to last a generation and ready to be recycled at lifecycle's end. [Read more]( Space [Brightest object in the universe swallows a Sun every day]( [An artist's impression of the brightest object ever discovered – a quasar that shines with the light of 500 trillion Suns – which is also the fastest growing black hole, eating the equivalent of a Sun a day]( The brightest object in the known universe has just been found. It's a supermassive black hole with the mass of 17 billion Suns, and it swallows another Suns’ worth of material every day, making it also the fastest-growing black hole ever found. [Read more]( Mobile Technology [Instant backup device may be perfect for the phone-loser in your life]( [The PhotoCube PD+ offers data transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps]( If you lose your smartphone, you definitely don't want to lose all the photos and other files stored on it. That's why it's so important to perform backups, and the PhotoCube PD+ offers a particularly simple means of doing so. 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