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Feb 3, 2022

MIT scientists filed two patents on a new, 2D material that’s stronger than steel

Posted by in category: materials

Scientists at MIT have created a new 2D material that’s stronger than metal! And it could enhance the robustness of bridge-building materials.

Feb 3, 2022

People struck

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

At least 48 people in Canada have come down with symptoms indicative of a brain disease, describing debilitating symptoms.

Feb 3, 2022

Flying robots with flapping wings outperforms insect muscles

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The flying robot with wings is controlled by a magnetic field instead of heavy motors and gears.

Feb 3, 2022

China inks $8 bln nuclear power plant deal in Argentina

Posted by in categories: engineering, nuclear energy

Feb 2 (Reuters) — State-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has signed a contract in Argentina to build the $8 billion Atucha III nuclear power plant using China’s Hualong One technology, reviving a deal that had been stalled for years.

CNNC said on its WeChat account late on Tuesday that ithad signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, which comes ahead of Argentine President Alberto Fernandez’s trip to China later this week.

Progress on the nuclear deal between the two nations had stalled since it was first negotiated by the administration of former President Cristina Fernandez, a left-wing populist who left office in 2015. She is now Argentina’s vice president.

Feb 3, 2022

New atomic clock is the most precise ever created

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

If scientists could measure the oscillations of just one energized cesium atom, they’d be able to keep perfect time, but they can’t due to a weird phenomenon called the standard quantum limit.

Instead, they have to measure thousands of atoms at once and then average out the results for atomic clocks, which leads to a just slightly imprecise second.

Now, MIT researchers have found a way to create a more precise atomic clock by exploiting another weird quantum phenomenon: entanglement.

Feb 3, 2022

This company says it’s developing a system that can recognize your face from just your DNA

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Though it almost certainly won’t work, it is a telling sign of where the field is heading.

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Feb 3, 2022

India says it will launch digital rupee as soon as this year

Posted by in category: economics

It is the latest major economy to announce its own virtual currency, as China trials the digital yuan.

Feb 2, 2022

First ever Warp Bubble has finally been Created

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MtXOLkVrdmE

Everywhere you want to go in deep space is far! For example, Elon Musk wants to put humans on Mars permanently while NASA wants to send astronauts there.

However, any traveler going to Mars has to endure a grueling trip through harsh space that lasts not less than five months, even with the most powerful rocket in history! If only we could find a faster way to travel through space! Also, the next star to us is about 4.5 light-years away, making it impossible to visit with the current space technologies!

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Feb 2, 2022

Report: Microsoft HoloLens 3 is dead as its mixed-reality vision implodes

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, virtual reality

A report by Business Insider says Microsoft has scrapped plans for its own HoloLens 3 and has instead partnered with Samsung—but that no one really knows what’s going on.


Microsoft has reportedly scrapped its third-generation HoloLens, leaving the company’s “metaverse” plans in disarray.

According to a report from Business Insider, Microsoft killed off the HoloLens 3 in 2021, shifting to a planned device with Samsung instead. The problem? According to the publication, the company’s mixed-reality/augmented reality/virtual-reality division isn’t sure what it plans to do. That’s resulted in employees leaving for Meta and other companies instead.

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Feb 2, 2022

Scientists got yet another step closer to self-sustaining nuclear fusion!

Posted by in category: futurism

Scientists took a critical step towards viable, self-sustaining nuclear fusion by creating so-called ‘burning plasma.’