Graphene sponge can absorb light and emit energetic electrons for breakthrough solar sail propulsion

The direct light propulsion of matter was observed on a macroscopic scale for the first time using a bulk graphene [graphene sponge] based material. The unique structure and properties of graphene and the morphology of the bulk graphene material make it capable of not only absorbing light at various wavelengths but also emitting energetic electrons …

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China Jilin Province offers to build 330 mile high speed line to Russian pacific port city Vladivostok

Jilin Province in China has offered to build a railway to Vladivostok for Russia’s Far East Region of Primorsky Krai. It would be the first cross-border high-speed rail link between the two countries and Russia’s major Pacific port. “We have an idea to construct a high-speed railway to Vladivostok. In August we will open a …

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Trillions in military research and procurement means the Military is leading the way to the Science Fiction Future

Most of the world is not changing very fast. Your home gets bigger and thinner flat screen televisions, You personally get better tablets, smartphones and wearable gadgets. At work you get minor changes with another business laptop refresh and software upgrades and often people work with offshore contractors in India or eastern europe and order …

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3D Printed and Synthetic Biology to make Rhino Horn and elephant Ivory

Pembient is leveraging advances in biotechnology to fabricate wildlife products, such as rhino horn and elephant ivory, at prices below the levels that induce poaching. Our goal is to replace the illegal wildlife trade, a $20 billion black market, the fourth largest after drug, arms, and human trafficking, with sustainable commerce. Rhino horn is thought …

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China’s air pollution is still very bad but could get close to levels in the US and Europe by 2020

China’s government has cracked down on burning coal for home heating and the closure of small, dirty coal-fired plants close to major cities. They has also been widespread deployment of scrubbers and other antipollution technology that has long been standard in the West. According to some estimates, close to 90 percent of the coal plants …

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Radial shape 250 nanometer or better hyperlens function across a wider range of wavelengths with lower losses

Instead of concentric rings, UB researchers formed tiny slivers of gold and PMMA (a transparent thermoplastic) into a radial shape for hyperlens function across a wider range of wavelengths with lower losses. The design of this metamaterial hyperlens, which looks like a Slinky suspended in motion, overcomes the diffraction limit in visible frequency range. Moreover, …

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Intel, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor moving to 10 nanometer process in 2016

Samsung announced its next-generation process technology, a 10nm FinFET node, at a company event. The process node will be in full production by the end of 2016, about the same time as its rival TSMC. The Samsung 10nm process offers “significant power, area, and performance advantages” and targets a broad range of markets, said foundry …

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China’s military paper discusses goal of offense and defense and Taiwan pitches sharing South China Sea Resources

China’s state council has released a white paper on China’s military. In general the paper indicates that China is shifting a military just for defense to one focused on offense and defense. Taiwan pitches sharing South China Sea Resources Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou laid out a plan on Tuesday to ease tensions in the vast, …

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New class of magnets that swell in volume in magnetic field could be game changer for many applications

A new class of magnets that swell in volume when placed in a magnetic field and generate negligible amounts of wasteful heat during energy harvesting, has been discovered by researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Temple University. “Our findings fundamentally change the way we think about a certain type of magnetism that has …

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Cambridge Professor of Neuroscience Communication says Brain Uploading is possible into a 100 trillion circuit system

Dr Hannah Critchlow strips down the brain. Using Radio, TV and Festival platforms she designs, produces and presents brainy interactive experiences for the public. She has featured on BBC, Sky and ITV channels and presented live events to over 30, 000 people across the globe. She is Neuroscience public engagement professor at Cambridge University. In …

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Propeller based hoverboard flies three football field lengths while other still trying for maglev hoverboards

Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru’s propeller-based hoverboard managed to travel a total distance of 275.9 m (905 ft 2 in) to achieve a new Guinness World Records title for Farthest flight by a hoverboard. In the incredible footage below Catalin reaches a height of 5 meters on his prototype hoverboard covering a distance of over …

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