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Nov 15, 2018
Fusion breakthrough as China’s “artificial sun” reaches 100 million degrees
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: innovation, nuclear energy
The day of clean, limitless energy from nuclear fusion has taken another step closer thanks to China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). During a four-month experiment, the “Chinese artificial sun” reached a core plasma temperature of over 100 million degrees Celsius – that’s more than six times hotter than the interior of the Sun – and a heating power of 10 MW, enabling the study of various aspects of practical nuclear fusion in the process.
Nov 15, 2018
There’s a new way to hunt down exoplanets – and it’s just made its first big discovery
Posted by Steve Nichols in category: space
A new planet, more than three times the mass of Earth, has been discovered orbiting our closest single star. The discovery, which took more than 20 years to make, marks a change in the way we look for new planets.
This is the first time a planet of its size, known as a super-Earth, with an orbital period of 200 days, has been found using a well-established method; by measuring the fractional changes in the speed of the star caused by the planet orbiting around it.
Nov 15, 2018
Steve Jobs — iPhone Introduction in 2007 (Complete Video)
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: mobile phones
Nov 15, 2018
The Two Fastest Supercomputers on Earth Belong to the US
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: supercomputing
The U.S. is now home to the two fastest supercomputers in the world, according to a newly released ranking of the top 500 systems.
Nov 15, 2018
Be open about drug failures to speed up research
Posted by Derick Lee in category: biotech/medical
Practices to enable more-thorough, earlier analyses of failed developments should be adapted to treatments for other challenging diseases, and should be part of regulators’ responsibilities. This will ensure that clinical research evaluates treatments faster and with more certainty.
Access to evidence from disappointing drug-development programmes advances the whole scientific process, explain Enrica Alteri and Lorenzo Guizzaro.
Nov 14, 2018
Twenty-First Century Warfare: Secret and Silent Frequency Wars
Posted by Victoria Generao in categories: biotech/medical, internet, military, mobile phones
It’s imperative that Humanity understands the reality of warfare in these times when advanced and secret technologies are used against us on a daily basis.
From WiFi and cell phone frequencies to televisions and microwave ovens on up to the most exotic sonic weapons—it’s all disruptive and even lethal to the Human body and mind.
Because these weapons are silent and invisible, the war-loving aspects of society have been able to experiment with these methods for decades but the time for secrecy and these covert attacks on the life on our planet has come to an end.
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Nov 14, 2018
Bio-tech firm develops 3D printed replacement cornea for human eyes
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, bioprinting, biotech/medical, business, life extension
After successfully transplanting the first 3D-printed cornea in an animal, North Carolina company Precise Bio has recently announced the launch of a dedicated business for creating marketable, 3D-printed products for human eyes. Founded by scientists from the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, this company is developing bio-fabrication printers that can restore cells, tissues, and organs. Their proprietary technology, a 4D bio-printing platform, is said to resolve existing limitations presented by other bioprinters to enable more complex tissues to be engineered for transplants and treatments. By focusing on developing marketable products for the eye, the company aims to achieve rapid advancement in its field and move to overhaul the whole organ transplant system.
When a cornea is damaged by disease or injury, a replacement is often needed to restore vision. Transplant surgery using donated corneas is an available solution, however, it relies on a deceased donor. While the waiting list in the United States is nearly non-existent, other countries require longer wait times, some over a year, before one is available. The Eye Bank Association of America estimates that around 10 million people suffer from corneal blindness that could potentially be restored via transplant surgery. An artificially manufactured cornea would overcome supply limitations while also contributing to the knowledge base to develop more complex organs such as hearts and livers.
Nov 14, 2018
‘Unlike us, Elon Musk is using old tech’: Russia shows off reusable NUKE ENGINE for Mars mission
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: Elon Musk, nuclear energy, space travel
A leading Russian space research center has posted a video of its nuclear-powered rocket, that will be able to land on Mars after seven months, and can be re-launched into space just 48 hours after landing.
“A mission to Mars is possible in the very near future, but that’s not an aim in itself. Our engines can be the foundation for a whole range of space missions that currently seem like science fiction,” Vladimir Koshlakov, who heads Moscow’s Keldysh Research Center told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
The institute, which is famous for developing the Katyusha rocket launched during World War II, has been working on what it says is a “unique” propulsion system since 2009. From past descriptions, it comprises a gas-cooled fission reactor that powers a generator, which in turn feeds a plasma thruster.
Nov 14, 2018
Immunity connects gut bacteria and aging
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
EPFL scientists have discovered how a dysfunction in the immune system can cause an overload of a gut bacterium. The bacterium produces excess lactic acid, which in turn triggers the production of reactive oxygen species that cause damage to cells and many age-related pathologies.