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Nov 10, 2021

Nuclear radiation used to transmit digital data wirelessly

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, nuclear energy

Engineers have successfully transferred digitally encoded information wirelessly using nuclear radiation instead of conventional technology.

Radio waves and mobile phone signals relies on for communication but in a new development, engineers from Lancaster University in the UK, working with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, transferred digitally encoded information using “fast neutrons” instead.

The researchers measured the spontaneous emission of fast neutrons from californium-252, a radioactive isotope produced in nuclear reactors.

Nov 10, 2021

Researchers have unlocked the secret to pearls’ incredible symmetry

Posted by in categories: solar power, space travel, sustainability

Understanding the structural secrets of how mollusks form symmetrical pearls could inspire more optimal materials for solar panels and space travel.

Nov 10, 2021

South Korean capital Seoul will become world’s first ‘metaverse’ city

Posted by in category: virtual reality

‘Metaverse Seoul’ will let residents visit famous tourist attractions, attend festivals, and even file paperwork with the local council in a virtual reality city hall dailystar.

Nov 10, 2021

Scientists build tiny robot that could deliver drugs with amazing accuracy

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

The microrobot moves around using little hairs inspired by those on baby starfish.

Nov 10, 2021

NASA update: What Blue Origin’s lawsuit means for crewed Artemis Moon missions

Posted by in categories: law, space travel

NASA might be going to the Moon a bit later.


NASA wants to send humans back to the Moon as part of the Artemis program, but Blue Origin’s legal action has pushed the launch back further.

Nov 10, 2021

Researchers develop program to read any genome sequence and decipher its genetic code

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, genetics

Yekaterina “Kate” Shulgina was a first year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, looking for a short computational biology project so she could check the requirement off her program in systems biology. She wondered how genetic code, once thought to be universal, could evolve and change.

That was 2016 and today Shulgina has come out the other end of that short-term project with a way to decipher this genetic mystery. She describes it in a new paper in the journal eLife with Harvard biologist Sean Eddy.

The report details a new computer program that can read the of any organism and then determine its genetic code. The program, called Codetta, has the potential to help scientists expand their understanding of how the genetic code evolves and correctly interpret the genetic code of newly sequenced .

Nov 10, 2021

Roboat III Autonomus Boat Transportation System

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Roboat is a research program on autonomous boats in Amsterdam. The program was scheduled to last from 2016–2021, is developing the world’s first fleet of autonomous vessels. It focuses on moving people and goods, portable infrastructure and data gathering.

source/image(PrtSc): MITCSAIL.

Nov 10, 2021

Elon Musk Sells $1.1 Billion in Tesla Stock

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Share disposal comes as the billionaire chief executive exercises a large number of stock options.

Nov 10, 2021

Tech inventors from around the world compete in Qatar

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Inventors from more than 40 countries are in Qatar for the week-long Challenge and Innovation Forum on technology.
Super computers, cloud technology and robots are among the innovations on display.
Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports from Doha.

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Nov 10, 2021

Rolls-Royce secures £450m for mini nuclear reactors venture

Posted by in categories: engineering, government, nuclear energy

Rolls-Royce will move ahead with a multibillion pound plan to roll out a new breed of mini nuclear reactors after securing more than £450m from the government and investors.

The engineering firm will set up a venture focused on developing small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs, in partnership with investors BNF Resources and the US generator Exelon Generation with a joint investment of £195m to fund the plans over the next three years.