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3D printed 120 micron long microfish with microject engines could be efficient bloodstream robots

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California, San Diego used an innovative 3D printing technology they developed to manufacture multipurpose fish-shaped microrobots — called microfish — that swim around efficiently in liquids, are chemically powered by hydrogen peroxide and magnetically controlled. These proof-of-concept synthetic microfish will inspire a new generation of “smart” microrobots that have diverse capabilities such as detoxification, sensing …

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China’s LENR is getting excess 600 watts of heat from 780 watts of input power

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Songsheng Jiang, Ni-H Research Group of the China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China has low energy nuclear reaction results. The experiment set-up with powder fuels (Ni + 10%(in weight)LiAlH4) is 20 grams filled in a nickel cell，located in the stainless-steel reaction chamber. The existing heater is made of nichrome wire, which is wound on …

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Sixth Generation Super Hornet Could Give up on Being Stealthy

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State-of-the-art stealth technology may be less effective against increasingly modern, next-generation air defenses. Newer technologies for air defenses allow them to detect on multiple frequency bands, network to one another through faster processing speeds and track approaching aircraft at further and further distances. Russia and China are already working on new networked air defenses coupled …

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Beijing getting new airport with largest terminal building

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Beijing plans to spend around US$14 billion to build a new airport. It will be completed in 2018. The new airport will have four runways in its first phase and would handle nearly as many passengers as the existing Beijing Capital Airport. The plans have provisions for three additional runways as needed. As many as …

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Metrology tools to 1.5 nanometers and nanopatterning to 7 nanometers

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As continued progress of Moore’s Law approaches the next two semiconductor technology nodes, 11 nanometers and 7 nanometers, new metrology instruments — a kind of fine-scaled ruler — is needed to succeed. Since these rulers need to be as much as 10 times more fine than the semiconductors they are measuring the current rulers could …

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Ceres from 90,000 miles away

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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, on approach to dwarf planet Ceres, has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of this mysterious world. At a resolution of 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) per pixel, the pictures represent the sharpest images to date of Ceres. After the spacecraft arrives and enters into orbit around the dwarf planet, it will study …

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