Month: March 2015

DARPA wants modular, specialized, cheaper and drop in upgradable swarm cloud of drones, missiles and mothership airplanes

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DARPA’s System of Systems (SoS) Integration Technology and Experimentation (SoSITE) program aims to develop and demonstrate concepts for maintaining air superiority through novel SoS architectures–combinations of aircraft, weapons, sensors and mission systems–that distribute air warfare capabilities across a large number of interoperable manned and unmanned platforms. The vision is to integrate new technologies and airborne …

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General expectation that Tesla Motors non-car product will be home battery charging system

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CEO Elon Musk’s mysterious tweet a teaser about a new non-car product offering from Tesla Motors that will be announced with great fanfare April 30. Major new Tesla product line — not a car — will be unveiled at our Hawthorne Design Studio on Thurs 8pm, April 30 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2015 …

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New estimate of 300 to 900 billion planets in habitable zone in the milky way galaxy is triple the old prediction

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With about 300 billion stars in our galaxy, researchers analyzing Kepler data and modified theory calculate there are 600 ± 300 billion planets in circumstellar habitable zones in our galaxy. In the observable universe there are about 100 billion galaxies. Thus there are approximately 10^22 stars in the observable universe and twice that many planets …

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Antibiotic resistant MRSA 90% killed by 1000 year old medieval remedy

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Medieval medics might have been on to something. A modern-day recreation of an ancient remedy seems to alleviate infections caused by the bacteria that are usually responsible for styes. The work might ultimately help create drugs for hard-to-treat skin infections. Take cropleek and garlic, of both equal quantities, pound them well together… take wine and …

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DARPA and Navy developing advanced fab facilities for less supply line dependence

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High-tech fabrication facilities are being developed to enhance ship maintenance and repair by enabling more cost-effective training and rapid onsite production of parts and components. DARPA and the Navy recently agreed to locate a fabrication laboratory, or Fab Lab, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC, pronounced “mar-mack”) in Norfolk, Virginia, under DARPA’s Manufacturing Experimentation …

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Iran could enrich 25 nuclear bombs each year according to the nuclear framework

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned on Sunday the framework Iranian nuclear agreement being sought by international negotiators, saying it was even worse than his country had feared. Israel has mounted what it terms an “uphill battle” against an agreement that might ease sanctions on the Iranians while leaving them with a nuclear infrastructure with …

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Russian Air Force to buy fewer PAK FA fighters

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The military is likely to buy fewer fifth generation T-50 fighters, scaling back requirements to 12 after initially planning for 52, due to economic considerations, Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov has said. Russia will buy only 12 fighters initially and, after their operational testing and commissioning, will decide on how many more aircraft of this …

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Myostatin insufficiency produces stronger mice who live 15% longer

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Fighting aging reports that loss of myostatin mutations in mice produce extended life spans, but too much suppression of myostatin may remove that benefit due to the cardiac issues that can accompany an overly large heart. Aging Cell Journal -Haploinsufficiency of myostatin protects against aging-related declines in muscle function and enhances the longevity of mice …

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Call for Superpills with Single-Dose Cures for Malaria, Other Diseases

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One of the world’s preëminent biomedical researchers is calling for a concerted effort by scientists to develop pills that would stay in the stomach or gut for weeks or months once swallowed, delivering one or more drugs continuously or over set intervals.+ Such “super pills” would greatly simplify the treatment of diseases such as malaria. …

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Eighteen wheeler with over 32 tons of weight achieved 12.2 mpg which is over double regular efficiency

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Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115 percent freight efficiency improvement – surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50 percent improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2 percent engine …

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