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Sep 19, 2019

Application filed by US Secretary of Navy

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

The electromagnetic field generator includes a shell, an electrostatic generator, a power plant, a thermoelectric generator, and an electric motor. The shell has embedded polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramic material which is polarized such that the ceramic material exhibits strong Piezoelectric Effect properties thus inducing high frequency vibrations. The shell may be further doped with radioactive elements which under high frequency vibrations induce gamma ray emission. The electrostatic generator is for charging up the shell and is disposed within the shell. The power plant is to generate thermal power, and is disposed within the sphere. The thermoelectric generator is to convert the thermal power generated by the power plant to electrical energy. The electric motor powered by the electrical energy generated by the thermoelectric generator, and supplies input voltage such that the shell spins at high angular speeds, vibrates at high frequencies, and generates an electromagnetic field.

Sep 19, 2019

Transplanted Brain Stem Cells Survive without Anti-Rejection Drugs in Mice

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain.

Sep 19, 2019

What came before the Big Bang? A trip through cosmology, multiverses, fifth dimensions and a big bounce

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics

Where were you before you were conceived?

The question itself has no meaning: there was no “you” to be anywhere at all.

Asking questions like “what happened before the Big Bang?” is similarly meaningless.

Continue reading “What came before the Big Bang? A trip through cosmology, multiverses, fifth dimensions and a big bounce” »

Sep 19, 2019

Identification of maize seeds

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Varietal purity is the most important quality parameter of maize seeds, which has direct and prominent influence on the output and quality of maize. For the first time, to our knowledge, we present a new kind of terahertz (THz) scanning imaging technology for identification of maize seeds. Terahertz images of DNA samples are obtained by point-by-point scanning imaging technology. Inspection and identification of specific kinds of seeds are realized successfully by using the method of component pattern analysis. In this method, what we need are only data of image and absorption spectral information of samples; no specific features of samples are required. This technology provides a new approach for the detection and identification in biology and it can also be extended to poison inspection.

Sep 19, 2019

Daimler Ends Gas Engine Development: Full Focus On Electric Cars

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Daimler has just announced that it is halting all future development of gasoline engines. The automaker will solely focus on electric cars from here on out. This implies that Mercedes-Benz is taking the same approach.

The future is electric. We all know that and so too does Daimler now with this move to electric-drive only for future vehicles.

Sep 19, 2019

Cryosurgery: Purpose, Procedure & Risks

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Cryosurgery is usually used for skin tumors. However, some internal tumors can be treated this way as well. The surgery involves the use of liquid nitrogen.

Sep 19, 2019

Scientists may have found the cure for the common cold

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Here’s some good news as we head into cold and flu season: Scientists may have found the cure for the common cold.

“Our grandmas have always been asking us, ‘If you’re so smart, why haven’t you come up with a cure for the common cold?” one of the study’s co-authors, Jan Carette, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, said in a statement.

No offense to Grandma, but there’s a reason finding a cure for the common cold, which affects millions of Americans each year, has been so elusive. There isn’t just one virus that’s behind the infection. Many different respiratory viruses can bring on the common cold, but most are caused by rhinovirus infections. There are approximately 160 known types of rhinovirus, which, as Stanford noted in a news release, explains why getting a cold doesn’t make you immune to picking up another one a month later.

Sep 19, 2019

Two-drug combo more effective at lowering blood sugar in diabetes patients

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Sept. 18 (UPI) — When it comes to controlling early symptoms of type 2 diabetes, two drugs are better than one, a new study says.

Prescribing metformin and vildagliptin to people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes reduced their long-term blood sugar levels more than single-drug therapy, according to findings published Wednesday in The Lancet. The patients also had lower rates of treatment failure than those who only used Metformin, the current first-line drug used by new type 2 diabetics.

“The findings of VERIFY support and emphasize the importance of achieving and maintaining early glycaemic control,” the authors wrote.

Sep 19, 2019

Rise of the new age billionaires; rise of the investments in longevity!

Posted by in category: life extension

If there’s anything that’s captivated mankind’s imagination more than new ways to kill one another, it’s how to beat the grim reaper. Just kidding, how to kill people still generates the most funding of all, but this article isn’t about that, it’s about immortality and the new age billionaires who are funding it.

Sep 19, 2019

The Future Looks Like Salt Reactors

Posted by in categories: futurism, nuclear energy

They just might change how you see nuclear energy.