AVIATR—Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance, A Titan airplane mission concept (H/T Universe Today) Jason Barnes (University of Idaho) and a team of 30 scientists and engineers created an unmanned mission concept to explore Titan called AVIATR (Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance). The plan, which primarily consists of a 120 …
ColdFusionnow – Rossi claims that distribution to the public of household energy catalyzer units is expected to begin “in autumn of 2012” adding that “We are in talks with Home Depot for the diffusion distribution”. “We have already started the sales of the industrial plants of 1MW, but now focusing on the household, we have …
During the past several years an increasing number of AI researchers, including Ben Goertzel and Itamar Arel, as well as Josh Hall and Peter Voss have all predicted that human-level AIs could emerge within the next decade. While not quite so sanguine, Sandia National labs researcher Brandon Rohrer believes that creating an AI with a …
Arxiv – Probing Loop Quantum Gravity with Evaporating Black Holes (5 pages) Researchers have used algorithms to show that primordial black holes are expected to reveal two distinct loop quantum gravity signatures, while larger black holes are expected to reveal one distinct signature. One of the biggest challenges will be simply detecting evaporating black holes. …
researchers at the University of Georgia Cancer Center have synthesized a carbohydrate-based vaccine that – in mice – has successfully triggered a strong immune response to cancer cells. It activates all three components of the immune system to reduce tumor size by an average of 80 percent. The finding, published in the October issue of …
Researchers at Chalmers have for the first time demonstrated a novel subharmonic graphene FET mixer at microwave frequencies. The mixer provides new opportunities in future electronics, as it enables compact circuit technology, potential to reach high frequencies and integration with silicon technology. A mixer is a key building block in all electronic systems – a …
Worldwide new vehicle sales in 2012 are expected to rise 6.7 percent over 2011 volumes to 77.7 million vehicles, according to Polk, a leading global automotive market intelligence firm. China is expected to have a 16 percent increase in new car sales over 2011. If the Polk forecasts are correct the world is on track …
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has a 6 page report on their Dense Plasma Focus fusion project. They were able to use an axial field coil (AFC) to a ten-fold increase in x-rays emitted from a billion-degree plasma at the center of a magnetic vortex The AFC’s electric current of four amperes generated a magnetic field that, …
Digitimes Research – Market watchers have mostly expected Apple to follow its traditional pricing strategy for its next-generation tablet device, which is likely to start from US$499 with the present iPad 2 to drop to US$399. Sources from Apple’s supply chain have claimed that there will be two versions of the new iPad, one targeting …
Cook Political Report – Early tracking US 2012 senate races indicate that the Republicans have a good chance to get a majority. Currently there are 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans and 2 Independents. 33 Senate seats will up for election, 23 Democrat and 10 Republican. 9 are solidly Republican and 9 are toss up seats. If …
Atomic City Underground blog written by Frank Munger at Knox News wrote about Oak Ridge national Labs computer chief discussing China’s supercomputers. Jeff Nichols, associate lab director in charge of scientific computing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, visited China for the first time earlier this month and spoke at an Nvidia-sponsored conference in Beijing. The …