DARPA has been working on the MAgneto Hydrodynamic Explosive Munition (MAHEM) since about 2008. Explosively formed jets (EFJ) and fragments and self-forging penetrators (SFP) are used for precision strike against targets such as armored vehicles and reinforced structures. Current technology uses chemical explosive energy to form the jets and fragments [rocket propelled grenades]. This is …
1. Universe Today – Orion Gets Beefed Up, Silver-Metallic Thermal Protection Coating for Next Flight on EM-1 On future missions, a silver, metallic-based thermal control coating will be bonded to the Orion crew module’s back shell tiles. Credit: NASA 2. Universe Today – Earth May Be “Hairy” with Dark Matter This illustration shows Earth surrounded …
Russia plans manned mission to the Moon will require from four to six launches of the Angara-A5V heavy-lift carrier rocket from the Plesetsk and Vostochny spaceports. a manned flight to the moon is possible under a scheme envisaging two coupled launches. First, a lunar take-off and landing complex is placed on a low Earth orbit, …
Brillouin Energy Corp., developer of renewable energy technologies capable of producing commercially useful amounts of thermal energy (heat) based on controlled low energy nuclear reactions (“LENR”), announced today that its Hydrogen Hot Tube™ (HHT™) Boiler System reactor core modules, were the subject of a recently completed independent Technical Validation Report. The 35-page Report was prepared …
George Church has expressed confidence that in just five or six years he will be able to reverse the aging process in human beings. George Church is among those who can claim at least partial credit for the innovation of CRISPR gene editing George Church says that there are more important things in the balance …
University of Leicester researchers reveal how Earth’s oxygen could dramatically fall due to change in ocean temperature of just several degrees. A study led by Sergei Petrovskii, Professor in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leicester’s Department of Mathematics, has shown that an increase in the water temperature of the world’s oceans of around six …
The Chinese scientist who led the development of the world’s first cloning factory says his technology is ready to clone humans. Boylife cloning factory will clone 1 million cows a year by 2020. Other animals to be cloned include racehorses, pets and police dogs. The Boyalife group, which is behind the factory, is collaborating with …
China has catamaran hull missile boat called the Type 022 Houbei class. The first boat was launched in April 2004. The boats incorporate stealth features and are based on an Australian-designed wave-piercing catamaran hulls that are more stable than other fast missile craft in high sea conditions. Approximately 83 of these missile boats are currently …
Russia has expanded its military operations in Syria to include a second airbase as well as other posts, according to a U.S. official briefed on the latest intelligence from the region – even as President Obama expresses muted optimism that Russian President Vladimir Putin eventually will “shift” his strategy and work with the West. Moscow’s …
MIT researchers have shown that by exploiting the polarization of light — the physical phenomenon behind polarized sunglasses and most 3-D movie systems — they can increase the resolution of conventional 3-D imaging devices as much as 1,000 times. The technique could lead to high-quality 3-D cameras built into cellphones, and perhaps to the ability …
NASA’s Solar Probe Plus mission — which will fly closer to the Sun than any spacecraft has before — reached a major milestone last month when it successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR). An independent NASA review board met at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, from March 16 …