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Materials scientists at Stony Brook University in New York are developing increasingly resilient nuclear reactors designed to conduct fission and fusion reactions even under severe radiation and high temperatures. According to the journal Nature, high-performance structural materials are essential to the integrity and efficiency of any reactor, and most nuclear technologies must survive temperatures over 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees …

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Venezuela announced on Monday it would close its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement, the Venezuelan government did not comment on Machado’s prize, saying that the closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service. Norway’s foreign ministry confirmed that Caracas had closed its embassy in …

President Donald Trump has insisted nothing was standing in the way of the Nobel Committee awarding him this year’s peace prize, including the prize’s own rules. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to give a speech marking the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, Trump complained that the committee should have taken the extraordinary—and logistically unrealistic—step of providing this …

A potential leak that preceded the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was “highly likely” the result of espionage, the Nobel Institute told Norwegian media on Saturday. The odds of Machado winning the prize jumped from 3.75% to nearly 73% overnight, Thursday to Friday on the predictive betting platform Polymarket. However, no expert …

President Donald Trump is still stewing about being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize Trump has long chased to Venezuelan democracy advocate and opposition leader María Corina Machado on Friday. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung quickly lashed out at the announcement, accusing the committee of choosing “politics over peace.” Trump, for …

Congressman Derrick Van Orden vented his deep disappointment at Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize snub with a passionate rant against the institution itself. This year’s laureate was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday, with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado granted the honor despite Trump’s increasingly bold and public lobbying for the prize. Speaking on Newsmax’s Conversations with …

It was, as my people would say, a shanda—an absolute disgrace. On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee did what everyone expected them to do: They refused to award President Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the prize instead. A true hero of democracy, Machado is no doubt deserving of this honor, and it …

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during an Anti-government protest on Jan. 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is in chaos and called for …

“There’ve been cases when the Nobel committee awarded the prize to people who’ve done nothing for peace,” Putin said, without naming names. “That’s damaged the prize’s prestige.”  While he demurred when asked whether he felt Trump deserved the prize, the Russian president — who is currently waging a bloody, years-long war in Ukraine and is wanted by the International Criminal …