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The One Nuclear Threat That Most People Aren’t Aware Of
Post Date: 2016-06-23 09:06:36 by Ada
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These days we are all well aware that nuclear technology provides plenty of ways to disrupt our society. There are of course, an abundance of nuclear missiles in the world today, as well suitcase nukes and dirty bombs. There is also the ever looming possibility of a meltdown occurring in a nuclear power plant. However, there is one nuclear threat that very few people are aware of, and we have the Russians to thank for it. In short, they have a bona fide doomsday machine. No, this isn’t science fiction. At first glance it probably doesn’t sound very exotic, since this machine delivers ordinary nuclear weapons. What’s so unique about it, is the conditions that could cause it ...
Large-scale motion detected near San Andreas Fault System
Post Date: 2016-06-22 03:49:54 by Tatarewicz
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"We were able to break down the noisy signals to isolate a simple vertical motion pattern that curiously straddled the San Andreas fault," researcher Samuel Howell said. The top diagram shows the lobes of movement, uplift in red and subsidence in blue, found using GPS data, while the botom diagram shows the lobes predicted by an earthquake simulation model. Image by University of Hawaii, Manoa HONOLULU, June 20 (UPI) -- Analysis of GPS data has revealed new areas of motion around the San Andreas Fault System. Using data collected by the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory's GPS array, researchers identified 125-mile-wide "lobes" of uplift and subsidence. Over ...
Russian Moon Base to Hold Up to 12 People – Roscosmos
Post Date: 2016-06-22 03:20:27 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... Russian engineers are working on a project of a Moon base that will eventually hold up to 12 people, the spokeswoman of a research institute with the Russian space agency Roscosmos told local media. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Zharova reportedly said that the lunar outpost project was initiated in the late 1960s-early 1970s.The base will be set up on the Moon surface, while radiation protection shelters and energy units can be hidden underground. "At the initial stage, the Moon base will be manned by no more than 2-4 people, with their number later rising to 10-12 people," Olga Zharova, of the TsNIIMash machine-building institute, was quoted by the Izvestia newspaper on ...
New Chinese study helps explain dangerous ice buildup on planes
Post Date: 2016-06-22 00:50:19 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Ice building up on the wings and tail of an aircraft flying during freezing rain is a major concern that could lead to high-speed crashes, and a new Chinese study published Tuesday may help explain why such a dangerous phenomenon occurs. A well-known culprit involved is the so-called supercooled large droplets (SLD) whose maximum diameter is greater than 1,000 micrometers. So concerned about SLD are safety officials that on Nov. 4, 2014, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enacted a new rule regulating standards in ice buildup conditions created by the presence of SLD. Yet, despite the known dangers of SLD, significant knowledge gaps remained. ...
Too Cute for Their Own Good, Robots Get Self-Defense Instincts
Post Date: 2016-06-20 10:09:11 by Ada
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Droid designers, making friendlier creations that dispel the killer-cyborg image, find they now need to instill self-defense instincts, too; a lipstick stain Click for Full Text!
Could Bizarre Cricket Farm Solve World Hunger?
Post Date: 2016-06-18 09:06:15 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... A New York-based think tank of architects and ecologists have devised a unique way of solving food shortages in the form of a futuristic cricket farm. Dubbed the 'Cricket Shelter,' the plastic cave-like structure contains dozens of pods that are specially-designed to house the nutritious insects in a sanitary setting. The bizarre farm also features a number of 'wind quills' which would both provide ventilation for the creatures as well as amplify their chirps, which will be sure to thrill anyone living next door to one of them. Terreform ONE, the group behind the Cricket Shelter, suggests that the easily portable structure could be used in regions of the world ...
Mind-reading AI: Researchers decode faces from brainwave patterns (PHOTOS)
Post Date: 2016-06-17 03:48:38 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Artificial Intelligence can show who you are thinking about by analyzing brain scans and reconstructing an image of that person, a new study reveals. Trends Viral Researchers from the Kuhl Lab at the University of Oregon explored how faces could be decoded from neural activity in the study Reconstructing Perceived and Retrieved Faces from Activity Patterns in Lateral Parietal Cortex, published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Hongmi Lee and Brice A. Kuhl tested whether faces could be reconstructed from the ‘angular gyrus’ (ANG) located in the upper back area of the brain through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activity patterns. Read more © Marketing ...
This is the end of the fossil fuel age as we know it, says report
Post Date: 2016-06-16 08:36:35 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Fossil fuels are holding on, but end of their reign is nigh, says a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which predicts that wind and solar will be cheaper than coal and gas generators by 2027, and electric vehicles could make up 25 percent of the global car fleet by 2040. The peak year for coal, gas, and oil looks to be 2025, and then it’s all downhill from there. For big oil guys, at least. "You can't fight the future," says lead researcher, Seb Henbest. "The economics are increasingly locked in." Released on Monday, Bloomberg’s New Energy Outlook report has found that US$11.4 trillion will be invested in new energy sources ...
Apple CEO impressed by nine-year-old Australian app maker
Post Date: 2016-06-15 06:21:33 by Tatarewicz
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MELBOURNE, June 15 (Xinhua) -- A nine-year-old Melbourne schoolgirl, Anvitha Vijay, has caught the eye of Apple's CEO Tim Cook at the Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWCD) in San Francisco. Out of the 350 students invited to Apple's WWCD, Vijay was acknowledged by Cook in his keynote speech as one the most promising and young app developers in the world. Vijay impressed Apple executives so much that she got to meet Cook. And he gave her a special shout out in the first few minutes of the show, pointing her out in the audience saying, "I met Vijay and she is going to make one heck of a developer." The nine-year-old's budding app career began when she was only ...
Japan's Nissan develops bio-ethanol powered system for vehicles
Post Date: 2016-06-15 06:06:19 by Tatarewicz
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TOKYO, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan's major automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it is developing a fuel cell system for vehicles to run on bio-ethanol electric power, the first time for the fuel to be used in motor vehicles. The company's "e-Bio Fuel-Cell" generates electricity through the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power generator using bio-ethanol stored in the vehicle, said Nissan in a release. Hydrogen is produced from 100 percent ethanol or ethanol-blended water in the fuel tank of vehicle, then mixed with oxygen in atmosphere to produce electricity. "Bio-ethanol fuels, including those sourced from sugarcane and corn, are widely ...
Chiral molecule detected in space for first time
Post Date: 2016-06-15 04:35:56 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Scientists on Tuesday reported the first detection of a chiral molecule in space, a finding that may help understand one of the most puzzling mysteries of the early origins of life. Like a pair of human hands, chiral molecules have two forms that are identical in structure, but are mirror images of one another. Life on Earth uses one, and only one, handedness of many types of chiral molecules, a phenomenon known as homochirality. The amino acids that make up the proteins in our bodies, for example, are all left-handed. Chiral molecules are of particular significance in pharmaceutical development: one form, or enantiomer, may have a therapeutic effect ...
Bees battle parasitic varroa mites by grooming
Post Date: 2016-06-14 06:59:09 by Tatarewicz
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"This interesting study adds to our knowledge about resistance mechanisms, and may aid the search for bees resistant to varroa," said researcher Norman Carreck. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 13 (UPI) -- Primates aren't the only animals who groom one another. New research suggests some species of honeybees battle parasitic varroa mite infections by grooming. The new study, published in the Journal of Apicultural Research, shows honeybees work to dislodge the varroa mites via both autogrooming and allogrooming. Autogrooming is any solo-based action that dislodges invading mites, while allogrooming is any grooming behavior that involves interactions between two or more honeybees. ...
Below the Radar: Russia's S-400, S-500 Set to Become Invisible to Enemies
Post Date: 2016-06-14 06:38:09 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... In an age when stealth is the game-changing capability everyone aspires to achieve, Russia's top-of-the-line air defense systems, the S-400 and the S-500, will receive an upgrade that will allow them to hide from enemy satellites, spy planes and radars, Izvestiya newspaper reported, citing an anonymous source in the Russian Defense Ministry. This is Why Russia's S-500 Air Defense System Makes Pentagon Nervous The S-400 Triumf with the NATO designation SA-21 Growler and the S-500 Prometey, also known as the 55R6M Triumfator-M, will become undetectable thanks to a special container that will also be used to shield mobile command centers, air defense systems, radar stations ...
Russia's New Fifth-Generation Fighter Will Be a Dangerous Beast
Post Date: 2016-06-14 06:00:28 by Tatarewicz
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RI... The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive first units of the Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA – "Multifunctional Frontline Fighter") fifth-generation fighter aircraft in 2017, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, the Russian Aerospace Forces Commander-in-Chief, said on June 4. Russia’s new stealth fighter made an eyebrow-raising surprise appearance on June 5 – soaring over the Crimean Peninsula (Chauda practice range), taking part in the 2016 Aviadarts. "There are five T-50 fighters being tested at the Chkalov flight testing center to enter service in 2017", Bondarev told reporters. The aircraft is a stealthy, single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable, multirole ...
Elon Musk says we're going to need brain implants to compete with AI Elon Musk says we're going to need brain implants to compete with AI
Post Date: 2016-06-13 08:27:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Elon Musk claims that humans are at risk of becoming the dumb "house pets" of artificial intelligence, unless we implant technology into our brains to help us compete with machine learning of the future. In a public talk and on Twitter last week, Musk announced that a 'neural lace' - which is basically a brain implant that can augment natural intelligence by hooking us up to computers - will be the key to maintaining our authority as a species. "I don’t love the idea of being a house cat, but what’s the solution?" said Musk during a live interview at Recode's Code Conference in California on Wednesday. "I think one of the ...
Russian Top Secret Hypersonic Glider Can Penetrate Any Missile Defense
Post Date: 2016-06-12 06:19:23 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... Russia's new Yu-74 ultra-maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicles may become yet another response to the deployment of NATO's missile installations in Eastern Europe, according to military analysts. Russia's 'Revolutionary' Hypersonic Weapons Second to None Going head to head with the United States and China, Russia has been developing its own hypersonic weapons during the past few years. A hypersonic weapon usually has a speed between 3,840 miles per hour (Mach 5) and 7,680 miles per hour (Mach 10). Furthermore, these systems use sophisticated technologies for maneuvering and boast allow the rapid delivery of warheads, precise targeting and survivability ...
New study implies existence of fifth force of nature
Post Date: 2016-06-10 05:26:08 by Tatarewicz
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IRVINE, Calif., May 26 (UPI) -- A team of Hungarian physicists published a paper last year hinting at the possibility of a fifth force of nature. It escaped publicity, but a recent analysis of the data by researchers at the University of California, Irvine has brought the paper back into the limelight. The Standard Model of particle physics -- a model that helps scientists explain all the physics we can observe -- features four main forces: gravity, electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Scientists have long searched for -- and offered circumspect proof of -- a fifth force. The reason scientists continue to search for alternate forces is that the Standard Model fails to ...
Four new element names added to the periodic table
Post Date: 2016-06-10 05:16:48 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... ZURICH, Switzerland, June 9 (UPI) -- Four new elements can now be known by more than just their atomic numbers. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 are now nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson -- or if you prefer shorthand, Nh, Mc, Ts and Og. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry welcomed the four new elements to the periodic table this week, a few months after scientists IUPAC acknowledged their existence and the scientists responsible for their identification. The names aren't yet permanent; they now begin a public comment period -- a formality -- that will last until November 8, 2016. It's unlikely anyone will challenge the four names. Element ...
Physicists say they've figured out how spacecraft could make it through a wormhole
Post Date: 2016-06-10 02:42:40 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A physical object, such as a person or a spacecraft, could theoretically make it through a wormhole in the centre of a black hole, and maybe even access another universe on the other side, physicists have suggested. In what looks like the logical extension of the plot of Interstellar - where astronauts try to hunt down another universe after the catastrophic effects of climate change destroy Earth - physicists have modeled what would happen to a chair, a scientist, and a spacecraft, if each one ended up inside the spherical wormhole of a black hole. "What we did was to reconsider a fundamental question on the relation between the gravity and the underlying structure ...
Scientists have figured out how to turn CO2 into solid rock within months
Post Date: 2016-06-10 02:03:52 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... When it comes to dealing with human-caused carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, one of the more ambitious but still largely unproven fixes could be carbon capture, which sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere or from industrial plants. Two of the biggest problems with carbon capture have been its cost, and finding ways to efficiently store or repurpose the CO2 once it's been extracted. But now a new technique could drastically overhaul this method of mitigating climate change: turning carbon emissions into solid rock. An international team of scientists working in Iceland has successfully demonstrated that CO2 emissions can be pumped underground and altered chemically to form ...
Mining Belies, Lithium Lies
Post Date: 2016-06-08 19:55:11 by BTP Holdings
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Mining Belies, Lithium Lies By Nick Hodge Written Wednesday, June 8, 2016 When bull runs start people get greedy. They also get stupid. Don't be one of them. This is nothing new. The junior mining space is one of extreme highs and extreme lows, as it relates to both share prices and emotions. And right now both are running high, especially in the gold, silver, and lithium spaces. Bull runs also bring out the unscrupulous in the mining sector. And if you know anything about the mining sector in general — and Vancouver in particular — you know it has a higher per capita population of the unscrupulous than most others. They are coming out now to take your money. Here at ...
Elon Musk: “Odds are we’re living in a simulation”
Post Date: 2016-06-07 10:20:46 by Ada
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Do we live in a computer simulation? Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, thinks so; or at least, he thinks it’s more likely than not. Although the belief that we are all living in a computer simulation might seem bonkers, the reasoning behind the claim is difficult to refute, at least on the surface. The simulation argument, originally purported by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, can be summarized as follows: NT2 (1) Consciousness is the result of information processing at the level of the brain. (2) Future civilizations will create simulations of the past in the same way we create simulations of the Sims. (3) Simulated universes outnumber actual universes. (4) Therefore, we are far more likely ...
New photonic sensor paves way for high-speed biodetection
Post Date: 2016-06-07 05:28:03 by Tatarewicz
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 6 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a highly sensitive photonic sensor -- a device they hope will enable new high-speed diagnostic technologies. Researchers have previously identified links between various diseases, such as cancers and anemia, and mechanical properties of infected cells -- properties like compressibility and viscoelasticity. Currently, there aren't diagnostic tools sufficiently fast or sensitive to detect these properties. "Because of this, we have a substantial knowledge-gap, and have barely scratched the surface of understanding of how diseases modify the mechanical properties of cells in our body," ...
Renewable energy now supplies almost a quarter of the world's power needs
Post Date: 2016-06-07 03:58:13 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Last year was an absolutely huge 12 months for renewable energy, with a new global status report on clean energy highlighting how 2015 was a record year for the industry – including the revelation that renewable energy can now satisfy nearly a quarter of the world's power demands. According to energy policy network REN21, record clean energy investments in 2015 drove the largest annual increase ever in renewable power generating capacity, with an estimated 147 gigawatts (GW) added to the global grid – suggesting that by the end of 2015, renewable capacity could shoulder 23.7 percent of global electricity requirements. "What is truly remarkable about ...
China Exclusive: Chinese scientists change sheep color by gene editing
Post Date: 2016-06-07 01:16:03 by Tatarewicz
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URUMQI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Consumers may be about to get more options for the color natural wool products as Chinese scientists have used gene editing to alter the coat colors of sheep. The researchers in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, have bred five sheep with different colors with the technique, known as CRISPR-Cas9. At the Xinjiang Academy of Zootechnical Science, the sheep are eye-catching: Two of them carry black and white fur like cows, two of them are black with white spots like spotty dogs, while the other is brown and white like unstirred cappuccino. "The lambs, born in March, have become our lovely pets," said Liu Mingjun, head of the research team. ...
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