Explosion

• SorbiForce, a leading innovator in sustainable battery technology based in Arizona, has announced the successful closure of its crowdfunding campaign on Republic, raising an impressive $340,000 from 537 investors across 38 countries.
• "We are thrilled by the overwhelming support and enthusiasm we've received from a global community of investors throughout our Republic crowdfunding campaign," said Serhii Kaminskyi, Founder and CEO of SorbiForce.
• "This successful fundraising round not only validates the potential of our innovative technology but also underscores the urgent need for sustainable energy solutions.
• SorbiForce extends its heartfelt gratitude to all the investors, supporters, and contributors who participated in the Republic crowdfunding campaign and shared its vision for a cleaner, greener energy landscape.

• DaVinci Resolve 19 public beta is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design web site.
• (Photo: Business Wire)
  The DaVinci Resolve 19 will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2024 booth #SL5005.
• DaVinci Resolve 19 public beta is available now for download from the Blackmagic Design web site.
• Product photos of DaVinci Resolve 19, as well as all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/images .

• SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the roughly 1.5 million Americans per year who survive a traumatic brain injury, health outcomes vary widely.
• "We knew that a specific blood protein, fibrin, was present in the brain after traumatic brain injury, but we didn't know until now that it plays a causative role in brain damage after injury," says Ryu, who led the study that appears in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.
• But in this case, the traumatic brain injury itself causes the blood to leak into the brain.
• They also produced three-dimensional imaging of a whole intact mouse brain, showing blood-brain barrier leaks and abundant fibrin in traumatic brain injury.

• Recent reports of a series of drone strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have demonstrated the serious safety and security concerns at Europe’s largest nuclear power station.
• It has not been confirmed who is responsible for the strikes.
• Both Russia, which occupied ZNPP in March 2022, and Ukraine have pointed the finger at each other.

Drones strike targets

• Attacks have included a drone strike on the oxygen and nitrogen production facility, two on the training centre and a drone shot down above a turbine hall.
• It is clearly part of the power plant, yet is isolated and likely contains little to no nuclear material, meaning the risk of resulting nuclear accident is relatively low.

• The IAEA has repeatedly stated that there can be no benefit to any party from a nuclear disaster at the plant.
• Ukrainian personnel still working at ZNPP have claimed that Russia has turned the plant into a military base.
• The IAEA continues to call for restraint and for all military activity to be halted in the vicinity of the plant.

A risky restart

• This means the cooling water in the reactor is below 100°C and at atmospheric pressure.
• This is safer than the previous state of “hot shutdown”, but a restart would be far worse than either of these.
• Putting ZNPP, a plant still on the front line of an armed conflict, into operation would therefore be highly risky.
• Chernobyl Remembrance Day commemorates the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which occurred in 1986 in what is today Ukraine.

Ross Peel is affiliated with the Centre for Science & Security Studies at King's College London.