LeidenForceApr 20

Tiny droplets, big potential.

Yale scientists studied 5,000 breakups to understand how droplets split under different conditions.

A step forward for microfluidics applications.

🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-03-precise-droplet.html

#Microfluidics #dropletphysics #softmatter #MicroReactors #drugdelivery

Building a better, more precise droplet

A humble droplet can be an immensely useful tool for a number of fields, from medicine to manufacturing. Controlling the size of the droplet, though, is an important—and very tricky—task. With unprecedented precision, a team of researchers determined how droplets break up into smaller ones, at what size, and under what conditions. The results of this study are published in Soft Matter.

Phys.org
Loki the CatJul 5, 2025

Nuclear Microreactors Advance as US Picks Two Companies for Fueled Testing 🔬

Westinghouse and Radiant will test their compact reactors in Idaho's DOME facility starting 2026. From powering remote communities to data centers - nuclear energy is going portable! ⚛️

Who knew atoms could be so... travel-sized? 📦

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/05/042203/nuclear-microreactors-advance-as-us-picks-two-companies-for-fueled-testing

#NuclearEnergy #Microreactors #Westinghouse

Nuclear Microreactors Advance as US Picks Two Companies for Fueled Testing - Slashdot

This week America's Energy Department selected two companies to perform the first nuclear microreactor tests in a new facility in Idaho, saying the tests "will fast-track the deployment of American microreactor technologies... The first fueled reactor experiment will start as early as spring 2026." ...

Fabrizio BenedettiMar 11, 2025
Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh
https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2025-03-10/westinghouse-miniture-transportable-nuclear-reactor-evinci-pittsburgh
#nuclearenergy #microreactors
Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh

Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in Etna, where Westinghouse scientists are at work developing a nuclear microreactor called eVinci.

WESA
katch wreckSep 25, 2023

"#Microsoft is searching for a key figure to spearhead its #nuclear technology strategy, focusing on implementing small modular reactors (SMRs) and #microreactors for its data centers, reports #Datacenter Dynamics. This move follows the company's recent procurement of #Clean Energy Credits from Ontario #Power Generation"

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-seeks-to-power-datacenters-with-small-modular-reactors

#cleanEnergy #nuclearPower

Microsoft Seeks to Power Datacenters with Small Modular Reactors

Microsoft has nuclear ambitions for datacenters.

Tom's Hardware
hewiakApr 3, 2023
https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2023/03/31/news/dunleavy-tours-evinci-microreactor-lab/7871.html
"#Microreactors and modular nuclear reactors are fast approaching market readiness, and with the planned project at Eielson AFB in 2027 Alaska is poised to be an early adopter of this emerging technology," so Uni #Alaska's @UAF Fairbanks Vice Chancellor Gwen Holdmann, @ACEPUAF, #eVinci unit at Eielson will be licensed by @NRCgov and will help establish the federal permitting of similar units in the U.S.
Show threadInverclydeSwimmerDec 19, 2022

@coffeemayonnaise

Are you able to give any hints about which #MicroReactors you are involved with? The one that come to mind for me is Oklo.

Also, what is the 'official' definition of a Micro Reactor?

Thanks.

BryceNov 21, 2022

#introduction now that I've moved to Mastodon.Energy.

I'm and Electrical Engineer in the #LosAngeles #california area and have been in the commercial rocket industry designing avionics for over a decade. Lots of hardware in #space!

Recently I moved over to join a #startup building #nuclear #microreactors. I'm having a blast learning about #Energy #infrastructure and love helping combat #ClimateChange.

My hobbies include being a #pilot, #filmphotography, #running, #cycling, #amateurradio