Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water, then launch into the air to perform a variety of missions. The Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System — or CRACUNS — is a submersible UAV …
According to the 2016 edition of the BP Energy Outlook, launched last month, BP says world energy consumption will grow by 34% between 2014 and 2035, from 12,928 million tonnes oil equivalent (toe) to 17,307 million toe. Some 95% of this growth will come from non-OECD countries. The global use of nuclear energy is forecast …
During March, the U.S. Air Force deployed three of its twenty B-2 stealth bombers to the Asia-Pacific region for training. But should the United States consider permanently basing stealth bombers in the region? In the case of the B-2, logistically it would probably not make any sense to permanently base the aircraft overseas with only …
The Canadian government in March, 2016 announced $206 million in support of clean technology initiatives, including a $18.5 million in grants for next-generation nuclear power companies Terrestrial Energy and General Fusion. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) provided a $12.75 million package for General Fusion and $5.7 million for molten salt nuclear fission company Terrestrial Energy. …
1. Unit 4 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China’s Liaoning province began supplying electricity to the grid on April 1, 2016. The reactor is expected to enter commercial operation later this year. It is a 1087 MWe CPR-1000 pressurized water reactor. Work on the nuclear island at Hongyanhe 4 officially began in August …
Biologists led by Kohji Nishida at Osaka University in Japan have discovered a new way to nurture and grow the many separate tissues that make up the human eyeball, and the scientists need only a small sample adult skin to build them all. Using their new method, Nishida’s team can grow retinas, corneas, the eye’s …
Researchers have demonstrated a novel approach for designing fully reconfigurable magnetic nanopatterns whose properties and functionality can be programmed and reprogrammed on-demand. The method—published in Nature Nanotechnology and led by Elisa Riedo, Professor of Physics with the ASRC’s Nanoscience Initiative, and Riccardo Bertacco, a professor with the Politenico of Milan—is based on thermal scanning probe …
Beneath northern India’s irrigated fields of wheat, rice, and barley … beneath its densely populated cities of Jaiphur and New Delhi, the groundwater has been disappearing. Halfway around the world, hydrologists, including Matt Rodell of NASA, have been hunting for it. Where is northern India’s underground water supply going? According to Rodell and colleagues, it …
Tesla Motors has finally revealed the Model 3. Elon Musk unveiled it at an event in Hawthorne, California, and as expected, the base model will sell for US$35,000. It beats the mileage estimates previously mentioned by Musk, with a minimum of 215 miles promised per battery charge. The base Model 3 will go from 0-60MPH …
Startup Boom aerospace is making commercial supersonic jets that travel at Mach 2.2 is 1,451 MPH. This is 2.6X faster than other airliners. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is teaming up with Boom to help build a new fleet of supersonic commercial jets. The vehicles will be able to travel from from New York to …
The Russian Armata is a platform on which a wide range of heavy military vehicles will be created, able to operate in difficult counter-fire conditions T-14 Armata main battle tank T-15 armored personnel carrier Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery platform T-16 armored recovery vehicle (ARV). Until 2020, only individual units will be equipped with the T-14 Armata. …