IBM Scientists Imitate the Functionality of Neurons with a Phase-Change Device that is All-memristive

April 7, 2017August 3, 2016 by Brian Wang

IBM scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This demonstration marks a significant step forward in the development of energy-efficient, ultra-dense integrated neuromorphic technologies for applications in cognitive computing. The technology could lead to the development of neuromorphic computers with highly co-located memory and processing units to speed …

China’s straddle bus has been built and is starting road testing, the cost is claimed by 10 times cheaper than a subway

July 6, 2017August 3, 2016 by Brian Wang

World’s first transit elevated bus, TEB-1 on its launching test Tuesday in Qinhuangdao, N China’s Hebei. On May 21, a model of a Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), also known as land airbus, debuted at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo has attracted worldwide attention. Today, the bus comes into being and starts its road …

Carnival of Nuclear Energy 319

April 7, 2017August 3, 2016 by Brian Wang

1. Forbes James Conca – New York Chooses A Clean Energy Standard As The Best Way To Lower Carbon It’s about time we instituted a true Clean Energy Standard that promotes all low-carbon energy rather than continuing with a Renewable Energy Standard. If you care about climate change, and don’t just have an ideological stand …

Immune cell therapy inducing complete remission in some cancer patients and improved t-cell therapy could work for most patients

April 7, 2017August 3, 2016 by Brian Wang

After a long, intense pursuit, researchers are close to bringing to market a daring new treatment: cell therapy that turbocharges the immune system to fight cancer. It was 1968. Dr. Rosenberg witnessed an extraordinary case in which a patient’s immune system had vanquished cancer. Hoping there was an elixir in the man’s blood, Dr. Rosenberg …

US Air Force Declares F35A ready for basic combat missions so want to ramp construction up to at least 60 F-35s per year

April 7, 2017August 3, 2016 by Brian Wang

The U.S. Air Force has declared its F-35A Joint Strike Fighter ready for war, the latest positive step for the expensive project in recent months. Now the Air Force wants more of them. In June, Pentagon officials reaffirmed the need to buy a total of 2,443 of the warplanes for the Air Force, Marine Corps, …

Next five years could see significant successes or failures for first major SENS antiaging treatments

April 7, 2017August 3, 2016 by Brian Wang

Fightaging notes the importance of the next five years for antiaging therapy. Donate to SENS research antiaging here The next five years are critical precisely because the first few startup companies to work on the first rejuvenation therapies following the SENS model of damage repair will succeed or fail in this short span of time. …