Just before 2016 began, the producers of a crowdfunded Star Trek fan film called Axanar received some bad news in the form of a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures. Thanks to new franchise producer J.J. Abrams and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin, and the Star Trak Axanar lawsuit will be dropped very soon. Abrams noted …
New composite materials based on selenium (Se) sulfides that act as the positive electrode in a rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery could boost the range of electric vehicles by up to five times, according to groundbreaking research carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The studies of the …
Craig Venter created the world’s first synthetic life. He is building a gadget that could teletransport medicine and vaccines into our homes or to colonists in space. “We call it a Digital Biological Converter. And we have the prototype,” says Venter from his office and labs at Synthetic Genomics Incorporated (SGI) in La Jolla, California. …