A set of experiments conducted on the Nike krypton fluoride (KrF) laser at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) nearly five years ago has, at long last, earned the coveted Guinness World Records title for achieving “Highest Projectile Velocity” of greater than 1,000 kilometers per second (km/s), a speed equivalent to two-and-a-quarter million miles per …
Tri Alpha is testing a linear reactor that it claims will be smaller, simpler and cheaper — and will lead to commercial fusion power in little more than a decade, far ahead of the 30 to 50 years often quoted for tokamaks. The ITER tokamak is mired in delays and cost overruns. The facility, being …
Cameco Corp. is just months away from opening its Cigar Lake uranium project, the world’s second-largest high-grade uranium deposit, more than thirty years after it was discovered and just as global prices for the nuclear fuel show promise of a rebound. “We’re on track with Cigar Lake. We said we’d be starting the mining in …
The Carnival of Space 214 is up at astroblogger Centauri Dreams looks at asteroid deflection Atra Materia looks at Dark energy Nextbigfuture looks at Russia efforts to get their rockets flying again so that the Space Station will not have to evacuate The Blue Origin rocket crashed but the project released photos of the secretive …
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Here is more information on the US Air force plans for 2010-2030 (42 megabyte presentation on Technology Horizons: Key Air Force Research Priorities During 2010-2030) . The general themes are the air force is looking for more autonomous/robotic systems, modular systems that can be rapidly and flexibly …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Anita Goel: Information Processing & Physical Intelligence in Nanomachines that Read/Write DNA Nanobiosym is her company precision control of DNA read/write machines at the single molecular level will enalbe many things including gene radar. Gene Radar is a technology, a mobile phone-like device in which you …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Ellen Heber-Katz on The MRL mouse – how it regenerates and how we might do the same We will present an overview of the current state of mammalian regeneration in the context of recent and ongoing discoveries in the MRL mouse system. The MRL mouse is …
There was the Robin Hanson – Mencius Moldbug debate in the evening of the first day of the 2010 Foresight conference. This was initiated by an article that Moldbug had where he indicated that Futarchy is considered retarded Futarchy at wikipedia Futarchy is a form of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson, in which elected …
The Tata Magic Iris has a five-seater miniature load-runner van for less than $2000. * powered by a 611cc engine (0.6-litre)* the diesel engine is capable of just 8.2kW or power (11 horsepower); in comparison, most ride-on mowers pump out at least 10.5kW. * Max speed of 55 km/h * 10-litre fuel tank* due on …
Technology Review has technical coverage of the buildup of high speed rail in China China has begun operating what is, by several measures, the world’s fastest rail line: a dedicated 968-kilometer line linking Wuhan, in the heart of central China, to Guangzhou, on the southeastern coast. In trials, the “WuGuang” line trains (locally built variants …