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Oct 21, 2020

Laser cleaning is satisfying to watch

Posted by in category: futurism

Cleaning laser.


P-Laser.

Oct 21, 2020

An integrated circuit of pure magnons

Posted by in categories: computing, mobile phones, nanotechnology, quantum physics

Researchers led by Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) and the University of Vienna successfully constructed a basic building block of computer circuits using magnons to convey information, in place of electrons. The ‘magnonic half-adder’ described in Nature Electronics, requires just three nanowires, and far less energy than the latest computer chips.

A team of physicists are marking a milestone in the quest for smaller and more energy-efficient computing: they developed an integrated circuit using magnetic material and magnons to transmit binary data, the 1s and 0s that form the foundation of today’s computers and smartphones.

The new circuit is extremely tiny, with a streamlined, 2-D design that requires about 10 times less energy than the most advanced computer chips available today, which use CMOS technology. While the current magnon configuration is not as fast as CMOS, the successful demonstration can now be explored further for other applications, such as quantum or neuromorphic computing.

Oct 21, 2020

Navy Hires Boeing To Develop A Very Fast And Long-Range Strike Missile Demonstrator

Posted by in categories: electronics, military

“The SPEAR flight demonstrator will provide the F/A-18 Super Hornet and carrier strike group with significant improvements in range and survivability against advanced threat defensive systems,” Mercer, the firm’s SPEAR program manager, added.

Very-long-range, high-speed strike weapons could be very valuable for the Navy’s carrier air wings, especially as potential near-peer adversaries, such as China and Russia, continue to develop and field increasingly longer-range and otherwise more capable surface-to-air missile systems and associated radars and other sensors. Aircraft carriers and their associated strike groups and air wings are also increasingly at risk from various anti-access and area-denial capabilities, further underscoring the need for weapons with greater range and that are able to prosecute targets faster to help ensure their survival.

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Oct 21, 2020

Elon Musk reveals Mars ‘acid test’ for future colonies to survive without Earth

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk wants a self sufficient city on Mars.


SpaceX boss says civilisation on Earth is ‘looking a little rickety right now’.

Oct 21, 2020

This Mutant Super-Enzyme Can Eat Plastic Waste Within Days

Posted by in category: sustainability

Plastic eating enzyme.


PLASTIC-EATING ENZYME: Researchers have re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme to degrade bottles within days — and it might be ready to start eating our trash as soon as next year 👀.

Oct 21, 2020

A virus called SADS-CoV infects pigs in China and could jump to humans

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Oct 21, 2020

Autonomous Delivery: Long Range Drone Delivery Emerges as Fast Growing Segment

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

Long range drone delivery – greater than 20 kilometers or about 12 miles – is emerging as a fast growing in the autonomous delivery market, according to a new research report. Short range autonomous delivery has gotten a lot of press recently as companies like Walmart, Amazon, Wing, and UPS…

Oct 21, 2020

Scientists discover new organ in the throat

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A secret set of salivary glands has been hiding behind the nose.

Oct 21, 2020

Microsoft partners with SpaceX to connect Azure cloud to Musk’s Starlink satellite internet

Posted by in categories: computing, Elon Musk, internet, satellites

Microsoft is partnering with SpaceX to connect the tech giant’s Azure cloud computing network to the growing Starlink satellite internet service offered by Elon Musk’s company, the companies announced Tuesday.

Starlink is SpaceX’s ambitious plan to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, designed to deliver high-speed internet to anywhere on the planet.

“The collaboration that we’re announcing today will allow us to work together to deliver new offerings for both the public and the private sector to deliver connectivity through Starlink for use on Azure,” SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell said in a video. “Where it makes sense, we will work with [Microsoft]: co-selling to our mutual customers, co-selling to new enterprise and future customers.”

Oct 20, 2020

Teen wins $25k for finding molecule that may disarm coronavirus

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A teen from Texas has won a national science competition for identifying a molecule that can bind and potentially disable SARS-CoV-2.