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Feb 21, 2022

The future looks bright for UK solar

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Last year’s figures marked the first time the market saw sustained, subsidy-free growth across residential, commercial and utility scale projects, according to trade body Solar Energy UK.

Feb 21, 2022

More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries

Posted by in category: futurism

The omicron BA…2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.

Feb 21, 2022

Scientists Are Data Mining Black Holes to See If They Are Holograms

Posted by in categories: cosmology, holograms, quantum physics, robotics/AI

There are few places in the universe that invite as much curiosity—and terror—as the interior of a black hole. These extreme objects exert such a powerful gravitational pull that not even light can escape them, a feature that has left many properties of black holes unexplained.

Now, a team led by Enrico Rinaldi, a research scientist at the University of Michigan, have used quantum computing and deep learning to probe the bizarre innards of black holes under the framework of a mind-boggling idea called holographic duality. This idea posits that black holes, or even the universe itself, might be holograms.

Feb 21, 2022

Tesla’s China Factory Cranking Out Exports Ahead Of Local Sales

Posted by in category: transportation

We’ve seen many reports of a massive assortment of Tesla cars ready to leave Shanghai for global delivery. This doesn’t mean Tesla won’t also deliver in China.

Feb 21, 2022

Microsoft goes public with details on its ‘Singularity’ AI infrastructure service

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, singularity

Microsoft’s Azure and Research teams are working together on the ‘Singularity’ AI infrastructure service.

Feb 21, 2022

A salty new discovery hints at potential for alien life in an unexpected Solar System location

Posted by in category: alien life

Ceres, the only inner solar system dwarf planet, has brines that could keep a liquid water ocean stable somewhere under its surface.

Feb 21, 2022

AI Machines Have Beaten Moore’s Law Over The Last Decade, Say Computer Scientists

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Computational performance has followed Moore’s Law since the dawn of the computer age. Not any more.

Feb 21, 2022

What the James Webb Telescope Will Help Us to See: The Meaning of Existence

Posted by in category: cosmology

It will look back in time to its beginning, study the Universe’s expansion, galaxies, black holes, stars, planets and seek bio-signatures.

Feb 21, 2022

Specialized printing, fabrication could carve out niche in e-clothing for athletics, healthcare

Posted by in category: innovation

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have developed an inexpensive way to transform an ordinary shirt into an electronic smart shirt—one able to monitor and adjust body temperature or even allow the wearer to apply heat to a sore shoulder or back.

All from a design printed on the fabric of the shirt or any other piece of clothing.

The key to their innovation: A highly and simple screen-printing process. The new method results in a waterproof, breathable and highly flexible design that can function as a heating element when powered by a coin-sized battery.

Feb 21, 2022

Iawn: IAWN Home

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks, habitats

This group appears to be doing its ‘bit’ for NEO identification and is always open to new members, check it out?


IAWN was established (2013) as a result of the UN-endorsed recommendations for an international response to a potential NEO impact threat, to create an international group of organizations involved in detecting, tracking, and characterizing NEOs. The IAWN is tasked with developing a strategy using well-defined communication plans and protocols to assist Governments in the analysis of asteroid impact consequences and in the planning of mitigation responses.