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X-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite Weapons
Technology related to sending power via a microwave beam down to Earth could potentially be applied to taking out hostile targets in space.
Those ‘Volcanic Flows’ on Mars Might Not Be Lava After All, But Mud
The northern lowlands and sedimentary regions of Mars are dotted with curious formations. Tens of thousands of conical hills, many topped with small craters, and surrounded by deep channels scoured from the surface by flowing liquid.
Terraform Mars: Elon Musk responds to claim he needs 10,000 missiles
We need an artificial atmosphere not this it can cause radiation for much too long.
The SpaceX CEO is not too concerned about reports that the firm would need a huge amount of missiles.
The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year
Carlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make ‘all-plant’ drinks bottles.
Accion raises $11 million to refine its dime-size spacecraft thrusters
Ion propulsion company Accion Systems has raised $11 million in its latest funding round and has launches and contracts planned this year with NASA, the DoD and academic institutions.
These insects are annoying, but they might just save your life
Researchers designed a 3D virtual environment just for insects to determine how controlled stimuli, like air and scent, would change their flying behavior.
Secure smart-home entry via earprint
Fingerprints and DNA are widely known forms of biometrics, thanks to crime dramas on television. But as technology advances the Internet of Things, the interconnection of computer devices in common objects, other forms of biometrics are sought for security. For example, distinctive physical characteristics of users are increasingly used in computer science as forms of identification and access restriction. Smartphones use fingerprints, iris scans and face recognition in this way. Other biometrics that are likely to come into use include retinas, veins and palm prints.
The ear is another potential biometric. According to research published recently in the Journal of Electronic Imaging, ear recognition technology, or “earprints,” could one day be used as personal identification to secure smart homes via smartphones.
E.T. Is Likely To Be More Rare Than Common In Cosmos
Microbial life is likely fairly ubiquitous in the cosmos, new statistical models indicate. But extraterrestrial intelligence? Not so much.
A potentially major breakthrough in anti-aging medicine
A pre-print study reveals that young blood plasma given to older mice reduced aging by an average of 54% across multiple tissues; and had an impact on other signs of aging, such as cellular senescence, fat accumulation, and behavioural measures.