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Jan 23, 2022

NASA Solar Sail Spacecraft to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I Launch

Posted by in categories: education, government, space

NEA Scout will visit an asteroid estimated to be smaller than a school bus – the smallest asteroid ever to be studied by a spacecraft.

Launching with the Artemis I uncrewed test flight, NASA

Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It is responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. It’s vision is “To discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity.”

Jan 23, 2022

China sends the largest number of fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone since October

Posted by in category: military

Thirty-four fighter jets, four electronic warfare aircraft and a single bomber fly into an area to the north-east of the Pratas Islands, according Taiwan’s defence ministry.

Jan 23, 2022

Less wattage, more brain power

Posted by in category: neuroscience

𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣-𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 (𝘽𝘾𝙄𝙨) 𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣-𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 (𝘽𝙈𝙄𝙨) 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝘼𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣, 𝘽𝘾𝙄𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮’𝙨 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 (𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎) 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝… See more.

The Neuro-Network.

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Jan 23, 2022

Early evidence suggests Omicron infection could give people ‘superimmunity’ against future coronavirus variants, but experts warn COVID-19 is still unpredictable

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

A combination of vaccination and natural infection seems to offer enhanced immunity across variants.

Jan 23, 2022

How Intel squandered the chip shortage to lose its semiconductor crown

Posted by in category: computing

Revenue across all chipmakers soared 25% amid the chip shortage, but revenue at Intel, a former pioneer, barely budged.

Jan 23, 2022

India’s richest man is pouring more than $80 billion into green energy

Posted by in categories: employment, energy

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is going big on green energy.

His conglomerate, Reliance Industries, announced Thursday that it would allocate a whopping 6 trillion rupees (approximately $80.6 billion) to renewable power projects in the western Indian state of Gujarat, where it hopes to help generate a million new jobs.

The bulk of that money — about $67.7 billion — will go toward a new power plant and hydrogen system, the company said in a stock exchange filing. Reliance plans to make the massive investment over a 10-to-15-year period, and has already begun scouting for land for the 100-gigawatt capacity site.

Jan 23, 2022

SkyDrive Is Designing a New Quadcopter That Fails Only Once Every One Billion Rides

Posted by in category: transportation

Japanese aerospace company SkyDrive unveiled the latest version of its flying car at CES 2022! The company hopes to unveil a commercial version in 2025.

Jan 23, 2022

Webb space telescope nears its destination almost a million miles from Earth, ready for critical mirror alignment

Posted by in category: space travel

If all goes well, the telescope will remain in that six-month orbit for the rest of its operational life, firing its thruster periodically to remain on station.

Getting ready to capture “‘wow’ images”

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Jan 23, 2022

Webb Space Telescope: Uncovering Hidden Parts of Our Solar System

Posted by in category: space

The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is designed to answer fundamental questions about the Universe.

One of Webb’s key science goals is to study the nearby cosmos: uncovering hidden parts of our Solar System, peering inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming, and revealing the composition of exoplanets in more detail.

Jan 23, 2022

Linking brains to computers: how new implants are helping us achieve this goal

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

Researchers have developed implants small enough to fit inside brain cells.