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May 23, 2019
“Quacks” blamed for HIV outbreak that infected hundreds of kids
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, health
May 23, 2019
A winged jet suit could be the next step in human flight
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
You won’t be commuting to the office in it, but by this time next year it could be an entertaining extreme sport.
May 23, 2019
No Need To Fear Universe Ending In ‘Collision With Bubble Of Nothingness’(False Vacuum Collapse Of Higgs Field)
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: existential risks
This is an article in New Scientist that’s being shared in social media which says it’s a new caclulation of the future of the Universe according to the theory of false vacuum. It’s scaring many people because when you read it as far as it goes, before you have to pay to read, it doesn’t give a timeline, so they think it could happen any moment. Also, because it says “there’s a chance” that it has already collapsed in a distant corner of the cosmos. I’m writing this as part of a series of posts to help people scared of false or exaggerated doomsdays, which often get to the top of Google, Apple News and Facebook trending and are read by many people who have no idea how to take them including children as young as 14 and sometimes much younger. They can get very scared about these stories, have panic attacks and are sometimes suicidal because they can’t bear the fear.
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May 23, 2019
Seattle makes history with electric garbage truck
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: energy, transportation
Despite this, electric garbage trucks are still few and far between. BYD’s main competitor is Motiv Power Systems, which has sold small fleets of class 8 side-loading garbage trucks to Los Angeles and Sacramento, California. Wrightspeed, which was also making hybrid-electric garbage trucks—featured in this article from 2015—appears to have gone dormant, despite a contract to supply the New Zealand cities of Auckland and Wellington. And recently, Volvo announced a battery electric garbage truck, the FE Electric, although it appears to be limited to the European market.
May 23, 2019
Atom smasher could be making new particles that are hiding in plain sight
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: particle physics
May 23, 2019
‘Einstein Was Right: You Can Turn Energy Into Matter’
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: information science, nuclear energy, particle physics
E=m c
Albert Einstein proposed the most famous formula in physics in a 1905 paper on Special Relativity titled Does the inertia of an object depend upon its energy content?
Essentially, the equation says that mass and energy are intimately related. Atom bombs and nuclear reactors are practical examples of the formula working in one direction, turning matter into energy.
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May 23, 2019
Black-hole jets begin to reveal their antimatter secrets
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cosmology, particle physics
The first simulations of matter and antimatter particles swirling around a rotating black hole hint at the origins of the enigmatic jets. The first simulations of matter and antimatter particles swirling around a rotating black hole hints at the origins of the enigmatic jets.
May 23, 2019
Physicists Created Quantum Structures That May Have Birthed Dark Matter
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cosmology, quantum physics
Some cosmologists have predicted the existence of “walls bounded by strings” in the aftermath of the Big Bang, and now a team of physicists have created these quantum structures on Earth for the first time.
May 23, 2019
Air Force Treating Wounds With Lasers and Nanotech
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, military, nanotechnology
Forget stitches and old-school sutures. The Air Force is funding scientists who are using nano-technology and lasers to seal up wounds at a molecular level. It might sound like Star Trek tech, but it’s actually the latest in a series of ambitious Pentagon efforts to create faster, more effective methods of treating war-zone injuries. Last \[…\].