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Apr 15, 2022

U.S. Navy Conducts Historic Test of New Laser Weapon System

Posted by in category: military

During an Office of Naval Research (ONR) test, an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon was used to defeat a target representing a subsonic cruise missile in flight. The Layered Laser Defense (LLD) weapon was designed and built by Lockheed Martin to serve as a multi-domain, multi-platform demonstration system.

Apr 15, 2022

Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds

Posted by in category: futurism

Lutetium-149 undergoes a rare type of radioactive decay.


A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.

Apr 15, 2022

Giving zebrafish psychotropic drugs to train AI algorithms

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, information science, robotics/AI

Neuroscientists from St. Petersburg University, led by Professor Allan V. Kalueff, in collaboration with an international team of IT specialists, have become the first in the world to apply the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to phenotype zebrafish psychoactive drug responses. They managed to train AI to determine—by fish response—which psychotropic agents were used in the experiment.

The research findings are published in the journal Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry.

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a freshwater bony fish that is presently the second-most (after mice) used model organism in biomedical research. The advantages for utilizing zebrafish as a model biological system are numerous, including low maintenance costs and high genetic and physiological similarity to humans. Zebrafish share 70% of genes with us. Furthermore, the simplicity of the zebrafish nervous system enables researchers to achieve more explicit and accurate results, as compared to studies with more complex organisms.

Apr 15, 2022

New study reveals how to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, identifies a reason for why older adults are significantly more susceptible.


Small clinical trial suggests new, simple twist on cell therapies for cancer.

Apr 15, 2022

Heat-driven photovoltaic device hits 40 percent efficiency

Posted by in category: futurism

Efficient device is meant to extract electricity from extremely high temperatures.

Apr 15, 2022

‘Secret code’ behind key type of memory revealed in new brain scans

Posted by in category: neuroscience

“Working memory” is a critical cognitive process.


The “secret code” the brain uses to create a key type of memory has finally been cracked.

This type of memory, called working memory, is what allows people to temporarily hold on to and manipulate information for short periods of time. You use working memory, for example, when you look up a phone number and then briefly remember the sequence of digits in order to dial, or when you ask a friend for directions to a restaurant and then keep track of the turns as you drive there.

Apr 14, 2022

Major solar breakthrough means energy can be stored for up to 18 years

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

The future of solar has just got brighter with this ‘ultra-thin’ device for converting stored energy into electricity.

Apr 14, 2022

NASA Virtually Teleports Doctor Hundred of Miles In Space To Show Off ‘Holoportation’

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical, holograms, virtual reality

In a remarkable development, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ‘holoported’ the first human being into space late last year. Holoportation is the process through which a three dimensional holographic representation of an individual is created, in a combination of a ‘hologram’ and ‘teleportation’. NASA revealed the development late last week, as it announced that it had transported flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid, mixed and virtual reality firm AEXA Aerospance’s chief executive officer Dr. Fernando De La Pena Llaca and others to the International Space Station (ISS) during October 2021 while the ISS was orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 250 miles above the Earth’s surface.

NASA Uses Microsoft’s Hololens Konnect Camera To Create Live Hologram of Flight Surgeon In Space

The event place last year when NASA’s Crew 2 astronauts were present on the ISS. The astronauts took to the skies in April last year and returned in November, soon after Dr. Schmid and others were holoportated to the orbiting space laboratory.

Apr 14, 2022

Top 10 Programming Languages Used in Autonomous Vehicles

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

The programming and developer communities are emerging faster than ever before. Watch out for the top 10 programming languages that are used in autonomous vehicles.

Apr 14, 2022

World Quantum Day: Meet our researchers and play The Qubit Game

Posted by in categories: entertainment, quantum physics, robotics/AI

For World Quantum Day, the Google Quantum AI team is introducing people to the world of quantum computing by teaming up with Doublespeak Games to make The Qubit Game, a journey into quantum computing.