Knowledge and Technology

Nuclear power is considered a clean energy source because it has zero carbon dioxide emissions; yet, at the same time, it produces massive amounts of hazardous, radioactive waste that pile up as more and more reactors are built around the world. Experts have proposed different solutions for this issue in …

Iran announced the production of several radio medicine, including Lutetium-177, to treat a number of difficult-to-treat diseases like cancer. Several new radio medicine were unveiled on the National Day of Nuclear Technology in the presence of President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi. With a half-life of 7 days, Iranian-made LU-177 will have …

China has unveiled a five-year plan, from 2021 to 2025, on developing energy technologies to propel green growth and digital transformation of the energy sector, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said Saturday. The country will focus on developing new technologies to render a more efficient, cost-effective and reliable supply of …

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday it will collaborate with Saudi Aramco and a Saudi Arabian university to jointly develop an environment-friendly fuel and engine for vehicles. Hyundai, Aramco, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) plan to develop an advanced fuel for ultra-lean burn, spark-ignition engines to …

In a potential big breakthrough on shipping’s path to decarbonisation, the Japanese look like they have minimised the issue of methane slip for ships using LNG as a fuel. Hitachi Zosen, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Yanmar Power Technologies have received approval in principle from ClassNK for a methane oxidation …

National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has awarded the project for building a 113,000-ton oil tanker to a high-level domestic company, the company’s managing director announced. According to Hossein Shiva, NITC has awarded the construction of the mentioned vessel to Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex (ISOICO) and the official deal …

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has unveiled a new sustainable, EV charging concept structure designed for electrifying fleets and high demand charging applications at scale. The new VersiCharge XL concept (UL standard) was created to electrify new or existing parking lots and building structures quickly and efficiently by using a modular, scalable …

European aerospace and defence group Airbus (EPA:AIR) will partner with a joint venture of General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) and Safran Aircraft Engines to develop a hydrogen-fuelled aircraft engine that should be put into operation in zero-emission aircraft by 2035. As part of a demonstration programme, the partners will ground and …

Iranian scientists succeeded in breaking the US monopoly in producing electron accelerators, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said. “A while ago I wrote about the important role of electron accelerators in this Instagram page and pointed to inspiring research and activities of nuclear scientists …

A team of scientists in China and Britain have made what they say is a breakthrough in the quest to use sunlight to produce hydrogen, which can be used as a power source or in industry. In a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications last week, the scientists …