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November 19, 2018 |
brian wang |
The population of the World’s developed countries is currently a little over 1.3 billion people. This is about 17% of the world population today and will be about 50% of the world population by 2050. China, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey …
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November 19, 2018 |
brian wang |
Michael Griffin, the undersecretary for research and engineering, expects future budgets to provide funds for lasers that the missile defense agency can more rapidly develop and field. Space-control needs to have megawatt-class lasers. Hypersonic weapons’ low signature in flight and …
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November 18, 2018 |
brian wang |
1. Universe Today – Not all the Earth’s Water Came From Comets A new model suggests that the inevitable formation of water would likely occur on any sufficiently large rocky exoplanets in extrasolar systems. Previously, we thought that the only …
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November 18, 2018 |
brian wang |
< href="https://www.urban-astronomer.com/news-and-updates/carnival-of-space-586/">The Carnival of Space 586 is up at Urban Astronomer. Universe Today – Exoplanets Will Need Both Continents and Oceans to Form Complex Life Universe Today – Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 …
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November 18, 2018 |
brian wang |
A team of scientists designed a device that can induce partial hindlimb regeneration in adult aquatic African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) by “kick-starting” tissue repair at the amputation site. They introduce a new model for testing “electroceuticals,” or cell-stimulating therapies. …
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November 17, 2018 |
brian wang |
Thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries. Over time, these tentacle-like dendrites can pierce the battery’s electrolyte core and reach the cathode, causing the battery to fail. That problem has mostly …
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November 17, 2018 |
brian wang |
Elon Musk announced that the Boring Company completed the LA/Hawthorne tunnel. The tunneling machine broke through to the other side. pic.twitter.com/TQhb9hQRxQ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2018 Congratulations @BoringCompany on completing the LA/Hawthorne tunnel! Cutting edge technology! pic.twitter.com/80WbSQekCQ — …
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November 17, 2018 |
brian wang |
Stephen Jurczyk, NASA’s associate administrator, told Business Insider at The Economist Space Summit that NASA will think about retiring Space Launch System (SLS) if SpaceX BFR or Blue Origin New Glenn are online. This will mean another $16 billion will …