The Peer reviewed EMdrive paper will be published December 2016 EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer explains what he believes is the science behind his propulsion-less thrust microwave engine theory. Roger Shawyer is working onsuperconducting EmDrive thruster technology in co-operation with a UK aerospace company. No details of this work can be divulged at present. The related …
The head of the Chinese air force, Ma Xiaotian, stated that China is developing a new long-range bomber. “We are now developing a new generation of long-range bomber, and you’ll see it in the future,” Ma told the Global Times without elaborating. China has been ramping up research into advanced new military equipment, including submarines, …
Zen Expectations AMD showed off some of its new Zen-based silicon in San Francisco last month and talked up the new high-performance cores. The next-gen microarchitecture design, led by renowned chip architect Jim Keller, is said to enable a 40 percent improvement in instructions per clock over Zen’s predecessor, Excavator. The “Zen”-based “Summit Ridge” desktops …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing certain active ingredients can no longer be marketed. Companies will no longer be able to market antibacterial washes with these ingredients because manufacturers did not demonstrate that the ingredients are both safe for long-term daily …
China announced on Saturday that it has ratified the emissions-cutting agreement reached last year in Paris, giving a big boost to efforts to bring the accord into effect by the end of this year. The United States was also expected to announce that it was formally joining the Paris Agreement in advance of the Group …
Cannae is licensing Cannae thruster technology to our new sister company Theseus Space Inc. Cannae is similar to the controversial EMDrive propulsion technology. Theseus is going to be launching a demo cubesat which will use Cannae thruster technology to maintain an orbit below a 150 mile altitude. This cubesat will maintain its extreme LEO altitude …
For decades, scientists have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create high-performance electronics that are faster or consume less power — resulting in longer battery life, faster wireless communication and faster processing speeds for devices like smartphones and laptops. But a number of challenges have impeded the development of high-performance transistors …
Plans to construct six Westinghouse AP1000s in India have been bolstered by a joint statement issued after a bilateral strategic dialogue yesterday between the USA and India. The two sides also pledged to work towards India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The AP1000 is a pressurized water reactor with two cooling loops, planned …
Russian fuel manufacturer TVEL expects one of its subsidiaries to be able to create superconductors with enhanced performance for new “high energy physics megaprojects” by 2019. The A A Bochvar High-Technology Scientific Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM) said yesterday its scientists had completed the “next stage of an ambitious project of international importance”. This …
Ukrainian aviation company Antonov announced in a press release that they will work with China for joint series production of the An-225 in China under licence. Series production is low levels of mass production. The plane is the heaviest in the world. It has maximum weight of 700 tons, 200 tons more than a 747, …
SES and SpaceX announced today they have reached an agreement to launch SES-10 on a flight-proven Falcon 9 orbital rocket booster. This information is from an SES press release and Universe Today coverage The satellite, which will be in a geostationary orbit and expand SES’s capabilities across Latin America, is scheduled for launch in Q4 …