The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 279 is up at Hiroshima Syndrome Neutron Bytes – The Chicken and Egg Conundrum of Forging a Future for Advanced Nuclear Reactors The bad news is that anyone who is paying attention to the barriers to market entry for advanced nuclear reactors knows what they are. The good news is …
Apple has unveiled the new iPad Pro. The 12.9-inch screen is big enough to support a full-sized keyboard. * The display measure 2732 x 2048 resolution, or 5.6 million pixels * iPad Pro will boast an A9X chip, 1.8 times faster than the previous chip * iPad Pro will have a four-speaker audio system. * …
The conversion of sunlight into electricity at low cost becomes increasingly important to meet the world’s fast growing energy consumption. This task requires the development of new device concepts, in which particularly the transport of light-generated energy with minimal losses is a key aspect. An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the Universities of Bayreuth and …
The European Union SR2S project not only investigates the principles and the scientific problems (of magnetic shielding), but it also faces the complex issues in engineering. Superconducting magnets, commonly found in MRI scanners, produce stronger, more efficient magnetic fields using smaller and lighter magnets than magnets made using conventional materials such as copper or aluminium. …
Researchers have created unusually intelligent mice by altering a single gene and as a result the mice were also less likely to feel anxiety or recall fear. The study, led by the University of Leeds and Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, is published today in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. It sheds light on the molecular underpinnings …
he Chengdu J-20, China’s first fifth-generation stealth fighter, may be developed into the nation’s first stealth bomber in the future, overseas Chinese outlet Duowei News reported on Aug. 14. After the completion of the test flight of the sixth J-20 prototype known as 2015, it is expected to take a further two to three years …
Pluto is being revealed as an intriguing new world with distinct surface features, including an immense dark band known as the “whale.” As the newest black and white image from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) appeared on the morning of July 10, members of the science team reacted with joy and delight, seeing …
Wearable electronic devices for health and fitness monitoring are a rapidly growing area of consumer electronics; one of their biggest limitations is the capacity of their tiny batteries to deliver enough power to transmit data. Now, researchers at MIT and in Canada have found a promising new approach to delivering the short but intense bursts …
Joe Studwell’s book How Asia Works is a great look at the factors that drove the rapid economic growth in several Asian countries. The Wealhiest man in the world, Bill Gates, recommends it for anyone who’s doing business in Asia. Studwell’s answers to the multi-trillion-dollar question of why some Asian countries developed rapidly and others …
Venture Capitalist Mary Meeker published her 2015 Internet Trends (196 pages) China Loves WeChat China’s Shopping Innovation Smartphone share in China India’s big internet companies next Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It …
A non-mechanical approach could open the door to a new class of miniaturized, extremely low-cost, robust laser-scanning technologies for military and commercial use Many essential military capabilities—including autonomous navigation, chemical-biological sensing, precision targeting and communications—increasingly rely upon laser-scanning technologies such as LIDAR (think radar that uses light instead of radio waves). These technologies provide amazing …