Entrepreneurs and scientists are pursuing the ability to sequence an entire human genome for around a $100 price tag. Sequencing is a way of “reading” DNA molecules — two strands twisted together to form that famous double helix. The entire human genome contains roughly 3 billion molecular base pairs, which researchers study to find variations …
Seth Lloyd is proposing the first quantum app, or q-app, which he calls ‘Quantum Machine Learning for Big Quantum Data Seth Lloyd’s q-app (pronounced “quapp”) encodes Google-like queries with q-bits that enable quantum computers to not only perform real-time searches through even the most gigantic databases, but which also insures their absolute privacy, since attempts …
Extremetech speculates on the Elon Musk Hyperloop transportation system Elon Musk comment was that the Hyperloop will be a “cross between a Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table. Acoustic Wave Hyperloop Theory A research group that levitated arbitrarily shaped objects in acoustic waves. This technique involves an acoustic phenomenon called standing waves …
Around 5,590 tons of uranium was produced in Kazakhstan in second quarter of 2013, which exceeds the same period of 2012 by 9 percent. Kazakhstan produced 10,569 tons of uranium in the first half of 2013. The World Nuclear Association reports 58,394 tons of uranium produced for 2012. Kazakhstan produced 21317 tons of uranium in …
The Binshui New City management committee said that construction of the 838-metre Sky City – which developers plan to build in a record-breaking seven months – would not proceed until “relevant legal procedures” were met, Xinhua reported. The panel said nine domestic construction experts had studied the project, including its structure and quake resistance, but …
Researchers believe they are closer to developing a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s. A technique published in the journal Genome Biology showed differences in the tiny fragments of genetic material floating in the blood could be used to identify patients. The test was accurate 93% of the time in trials on 202 people. One …
Quantum computers of the future will have the potential to give artificial intelligence a major boost, a series of studies suggests. Algorithms developed so far for quantum computers have typically focused on problems such as breaking encryption keys or searching a list — tasks that normally require speed but not a lot of intelligence. But …
The Carnival of Space 312 is up at Links Through Space Chandra’s 14th Anniversary: Looking Back And Looking Ahead Nextbigfuture – Spacex has successfully completed mission duration tests firings of its upgraded Merlin 1D rockets in a octogonal configuration. This will increase the launch capacity to LEO of a Spacex Falcon 9.1.1 to 14.5 tons …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 167 is up at Yes Vermont Yankee Canadian Energy Issues – NRDC feigns outrage over 1.2 billion tons of carbon from oil sands in Canada; supports 50 times as much carbon from gas-fired generation in America posted by Steve Aplin at Canadian Energy Issues Atomic Insights – Galen Winsor was …
The Slingatron is a mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator that has the potential to dramatically increase flight opportunities and reduce the cost of launching payloads into earth orbit, thus helping to make humanity a truly spacefaring species. The Slingatron technology can be incrementally grown in performance and size to ultimately launch payloads into orbit. Our Kickstarter …
The greatest damage to the Fukushima complex, and the greatest release of radiation, may have been caused by explosions of hydrogen gas that built up inside some of the reactors. That hydrogen buildup was the result of hot steam coming into contact with overheated nuclear fuel rods covered by a cladding of zirconium alloy, or …