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Jul 24, 2016
Russia Ready To Build Nuke-Powered Aircraft Carrier For India
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: government, military, nuclear energy
Russia has agreed to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier jointly with India.
According to sources close to the Indian Navy, Kremlin recently sent a letter to the Indian Defence Ministry in which the offer was made. A senior Navy officer told the press: “A Russian military delegation offered India the Project 23000E ‘Storm’ (E stands for export-oriented, Eksportny) heavy aircraft carrier several weeks ago.” The officer, who wished to remain anonymous, said that the Narendra Modi government was considering the offer and would make a final decision soon.
Speaking at a press conference in the Indian capital a couple of days ago, the officer said: “The surface combatant is known to have a full displacement of about 100,000 tonnes and a price of about USD 5.7 billion. The proposed carrier has been jointly developed by the Krylov State Research Centre (KGNC) and the Nevskoye Design Bureau (NPKB), a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. The building of the Project 23300 ‘Storm’ aircraft carrier is supposed to take about 10–11 years.”
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Jul 24, 2016
This unstoppable missile has Russia in its sights
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: military
Hmmm.
The technical details of air-to-air missiles are extremely complicated, but the concept is simple — destroy your target before the target destroys you.
One way to improve the odds is to add an air-breathing ramjet engine to give the weapon a boost. That’s the design philosophy behind the Meteor, a 419-pound rail-launched MiG killer which entered service for the first time with the Swedish air force on July 11.
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Jul 24, 2016
Artist’s vibrant murals are urban gateways to other dimensions (Video)
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4qqIjRkuxk
Amazing art.
Repetitive strokes of spray paint make up these eye-popping murals that transform boring urban landscapes.
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Jul 24, 2016
‘I think this is the reason I was born,’ SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son shares his dream
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Jul 24, 2016
DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge Aims To Beat Viruses for Good
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, robotics/AI, security
Jul 24, 2016
AI: NASA’s Curiosity rover can now choose its own laser targets on Mars
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: robotics/AI, space
Nice.
Who’s calling the shots now? After nearly four years on the job, NASA’s Curiosity rover is finally making certain scientific decisions on its own. The Martian explorer now picks some of the rock targets to blast with the laser on its ChemCam instrument.
A software upgrade known as AEGIS allows the rover to make key decisions when Mars is out of sync with Curiosity’s handlers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, delivering more data in less time. It’s the first time a robot has been able to choose such science targets autonomously on any planetary mission.
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Jul 24, 2016
Why are we still building space tech down here on Earth?
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: space
Want to build stuff for Space; well you may need to move from earth to a spacelab. I can see the job ads “want to see and experience other planetary worlds; live for adventure, see space; sleep near Mars, etc.”
Any robust future in space will almost certainly require a way to build there — and that future might not be as far out as you think!
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Jul 24, 2016
Engineered bacteria deliver an anti cancer tumor toxin in mice before self-destructing
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
I never get tired of hearing more information on this research.
A synthetic genetic circuit programmed into an attenuated Salmonella enterica subspecies can be used to systemically deliver an anti-tumor toxin into mice with cancer. The circuit allows the bacterial cells inside a tumor to synchronously self-destruct by lysis, releasing the toxin directly in the tumor.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a strategy for using synthetic biology in therapeutics. The approach enables continual production and release of drugs at disease sites in mice while simultaneously limiting the size, over time, of the populations of bacteria engineered to produce the drugs.
Jul 24, 2016
How Forgotten Baby Memories Rewire Learning in the Brain
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: neuroscience, sex
Interesting article on toddler memories. I was actually speaking with my mother on Sat. and shared with her 3 distinct memories that I had before age 3. One in the crib seeing my grandmother, second was my first rocking horse, and 3rd was 2 pet birds.
She (my mom) thought that I would have remember building a step staircase out of my grandmother’s drawers of her 6ft chest, and climbed up to sit on top of the chest so that I could throw down my grandmother’s powder on the floor. They saw a cloud of smoke from the powder coming out of the room; and found me.
Just sharing because I am always amazed at how brain sensory and memories work.
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