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Sep 15, 2022

A new high-speed electric motor could help solve range woes of EVs

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

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Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney have developed a new electric motor that can clock 100,000 revolutions per minute. The high power density achieved as a result of this new design could help reduce the weight of electric vehicles (EVs) and thereby increase their range, a university press release said.

EV makers around the world have been looking for ways to address the range anxiety of their battery-powered vehicles. One of the options is to increase the size of the battery pack, which also increases the weight of the vehicle, creating more problems to solve.

Sep 15, 2022

The most powerful laser in the U.S. will have a three-quadrillion-watt maximum output

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, quantum physics

To begin with, it will only run at a fraction of its eventual three-quadrillion-watt maximum output.

A laser at the University of Michigan, which is set to be the most powerful in the United States, is preparing to send its first laser pulses into an experimental target, a press statement explains.

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Sep 15, 2022

SpaceX hits a milestone as Starlink arrives in Antarctica, high-speed internet now available on all seven continents

Posted by in categories: internet, space

The Starlink dish can withstand extreme temperatures as low as-22 degrees Fahrenheit.

SpaceX’s Starlink internet service is now available in one of the most remote regions of the world: Antarctica, making the service available on all seven continents.

In a tweet on Wednesday, the National Science Foundation announced the milestone, stating that scientists with the U.S. Antarctic Program were “over the moon” and have been testing out a Starlink dish at the McMurdo Station, a U.S. research facility based on an island right off the coast of Antarctica to supply increased internet bandwidth.

Sep 15, 2022

China to produce clean energy with nuclear fusion by 2028, top weapons expert claims

Posted by in categories: engineering, nuclear energy, physics

So far, Chinese scientists have achieved a reaction running at a slightly cooler 70 million degrees celsius for more than 17 minutes.

China aspires to produce unlimited clean energy through nuclear fusion by 2028.

The “world’s largest” pulsed-power plant will be built in Chengdu, Sichuan province, according to Professor Peng Xianjue of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, The Independent reported on Wednesday.

Sep 15, 2022

Astronomers can now predict an oncoming supernova just a few years in advance

Posted by in category: cosmology

We’re looking at you, Betelgeuse.

A team of astronomers believes they have found an effective method for predicting a supernova, a report from Space.com reveals. While stars do expand to massive sizes and become red giants before their demise, we have had no way of knowing how long it will take for a red giant to go supernova. It could take hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years.

All of that has just changed though, thanks to a team of astronomers that has devised a method for spotting stars that are likely to supernova within only a few years — a tiny fraction of time in the context of astronomy.

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Sep 15, 2022

Tech billionaires lost $50 billion as stock prices tumbled on Tuesday

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk

Only two of the top 10 billionaires registered gains.

The world’s top richest people collectively lost $50 billion of their personal fortune as the New York Stock Exchange slumped on Tuesday amidst fears of rising inflation and looming inflation. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Google Guys, nobody was spared as prices of stock held by them tumbled, Market Insider.


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Sep 15, 2022

China tests maglev cars that travel at 230kph while floating 35mm above the road

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

China appears to be a leader in maglev technology and continues to find innovative ways to use it.

A car equipped with magnetic levitation (maglev) technology has been successfully tested on a highway in East China’s Jiangsu province, according to an article by China Daily.


Provincial transport authorities are testing a new highway lane for maglev cars. The experiment saw a 2.8-tonne car float 35 millimeters above the road and run smoothly on a highway without crashing or veering.

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Sep 15, 2022

Barriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization

Posted by in category: futurism

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Sep 15, 2022

Meta announces 10 metaverse campuses for virtual learning

Posted by in category: education

It seems that everyone is getting ready to embrace the metaverse, with more corporations and agencies supporting the online platform. Capitalizing on the world’s interest, Meta announced that they will be opening 10 metaverse campuses as part of a project.

With more universities accepting digital media and making courses about them, having schools focused on the online platform makes sense. Are people going to widely accept this as a form of education from here on out? Let’s wait and see.

Sep 15, 2022

Product: Turn’s proprietary ERA™ Platform enables us to develop tailored therapies for an array of age-associated diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

In many cases, medicine has found ways to treat the symptoms of these degenerative conditions – such as using analgesics to alleviate osteoarthritis pain or corrective lenses or surgery to improve vision. But medicine still has not found a way to cure the underlying diseases.