Menu

Blog

Page 7602

May 21, 2020

Arms control experts concerned by Saudi nuclear reactor push

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead to complete its first nuclear reactor, according to satellite images that have raised concern among arms-control experts because the kingdom has yet to implement international monitoring rules.

May 21, 2020

Giant tectonic plate under Indian Ocean is breaking in two

Posted by in category: futurism

The giant tectonic plate under the Indian Ocean is going through a rocky breakup … with itself.

In a short time (geologically speaking) this plate will split in two, a new study finds.

To humans, however, this breakup will take an eternity. The plate, known as the India-Australia-Capricorn tectonic plate, is splitting at a snail’s pace — about 0.06 inches (1.7 millimeters) a year. Put another way, in 1 million years, the plate’s two pieces will be about 1 mile (1.7 kilometers) farther apart than they are now.

May 21, 2020

Scientists Disguise Cancer-Hunting Nanorobots as Blood Cells

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

In order to find and treat cancerous tumors, a team of scientists is working on an aggressive new approach that involves a swarm of tiny, cancer-killing robots.

The idea is to inject the nanobots, which are engineered to look and travel like white blood cells, into a patient’s veins and move them around inside the body with powerful magnets.

“Our vision was to create the next-generation vehicle for minimally invasive targeted drug delivery that can reach even deeper tissues inside the body with even more difficult access routes than what was previously possible,” Metin Sitti, Director of Physical Intelligence at the Max Planck Society, said in a press release.

May 21, 2020

Newly developed artificial eye can mimic and may outperform human eyes

Posted by in category: futurism

Read more

May 21, 2020

See Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot herd sheep like a pro in new video

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The robot could end up being an ideal ranch hand that acts like a sheep dog but doesn’t need to be fed.

May 21, 2020

US Navy deploys ODIN counter-UAS laser

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

The US Navy has installed its first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon designed to counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

The first ODIN laser system was installed on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey during a recent dry-docking.

Unlike hard-kill laser systems already deployed by the US Navy on vessels, ODIN uses a dazzling laser to confuse systems sensors and cameras or, in manned systems, potentially cause glare in a pilot’s vision.

May 21, 2020

The U.S. Army Is Creating Artillery Rounds Guided By AI

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

The U.S. Army is working on a new artillery shell capable of locating enemy targets, including moving tanks and armored vehicles. The shell, called Cannon-Delivered Area Effects Munition (C-DAEM), is designed to replace older weapons that leave behind unexploded cluster bomblets on the battlefield that might pose a threat to civilians. The shell is designed to hit targets even in situations where GPS is jammed and friendly forces are not entirely sure where the enemy is.

May 21, 2020

Michigan dam failures force 10,000 to evacuate and could leave one city under 9 feet of water

Posted by in category: chemistry

The National Weather Service on Tuesday evening urged anyone near the river to seek higher ground following “castastrophic dam failures” at the Edenville Dam, about 140 miles north of Detroit and the Sanford Dam, about seven miles downriver.

The Tittabawassee River rose another four feet by Wednesday morning, to 34.4 feet in Midland. According to the National Weather Service, the height has set a new record for the river, beating the previous record of 33.9 feet set during flooding in 1986.

Whitmer said downtown Midland, a city of 42,000 about 8 miles downstream from the Sanford Dam, faced an especially serious flooding threat. Dow Chemical Co.’s main plant sits on the city’s riverbank.

May 21, 2020

Transparent Solar Panels: Reforming Future Energy Supply

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Transparent solar panels are regarded as the “wave of the future” for new solar technologies. Ubiquitous Energy and Physee are 2 pioneers.

May 21, 2020

U.S. secures 300 million doses of potential AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, economics

BENGALURU/LONDON (Reuters) — The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1 billion doses planned for AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine by pledging up to $1.2 billion, as world powers scramble for medicines to get their economies back to work.

While not yet proven to be effective against the coronavirus, vaccines are seen by world leaders as the only real way to restart their stalled economies, and even to get an edge over global competitors.