Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Though this design can’t translate into an invisibility cloak for the visible spectrum, it could have implications in diagnostics, security, and communication. Humans generally recognize objects through two features: their shape and color. To …
Dual-core chips power tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but quad-core tablets are likely to be next Image: Samsung Nvidia reportedly will ship the quadcore Tegra 3 in August. Motorola is rumored to be among the first to ship a Tegra 3 tablet. Some of the Samsung Galaxy tablets use the Tegra 2 …
ASU researchers have expanded on the capabilities of DNA origami to construct arbitrary two- and three-dimensional shapes, mimicking those often found in nature. The research is featured in the April 15 edition of the journal Science. Photo courtesy of Science. Figure 1 a and b display schematics for 2D nanoforms with accompanying AFM images of …
This is following up on the Rossi and Focardi energy production device, which was demonstrated in January 2011. There have been more claims of confirmation of the results in Sweden. 1. The industrial 1000 kW plant, a set of three hundred 4 kW reactors, now under construction in Athens, is expected to become operational in …
Arxiv – Is there life inside black holes? Inside a rotating or charged black holes there are bound periodic planetary orbits, which not coming out nor terminated at the central singularity. The stable periodic orbits inside black holes exist even for photons. We call these bound orbits by the orbits of the third kind, following …
Arxiv – Spontaneous electromagnetic superconductivity of vacuum in strong magnetic fi eld: an evidence from the Nambu{Jona-Lasinio model The required magnetic field dwarfs even the most magnetic things in the universe today – neutron stars called magnetars, which boast fields of up to 10^11 Tesla. Using an extended Nambu{Jona-Lasinio model as a low energy e …
How many cancers in atomic-bomb survivors are attributable to radiation? from the Radiation Effects Research Foundation FAQ The Radiation Effects Research Foundation has the primary list of the studies, a series of 13 studies tracking the health of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Technical Report No. 24-02 Studies of mortality of atomic bomb survivors. …
When Keanu Reeves mentioned last year that a third Bill and Ted film was in the works, the project was so unformed it was ruled a joke. The original film’s writers were ‘”going to try and see if they can write something,” according to Reeves, who ribbed that the project should be shot in 3D …
SpaceX founder Elon Musk today unveiled the Falcon Heavy, a modified version of the Falcon 9 (pictured) with three times the power. Elon Musk, the millionaire founder of private space company Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX for short) said the long planned Falcon Heavy vehicle would be ready for lift off at the end of …
George Monbiot is a reporter and environmentalist at the UK Guardian. He describes his support for nuclear power and for a clean environment. He lists the double standards against nuclear power Double standard one: deaths and injuries Chinese coal mining alone kills as many people every week as the worst nuclear power accident in history …
Between the Moon and Mars: NEO Redux Part 1 by Rob Landis, Ames Research As of March 30, 2011, 7922 Near-Earth objects have been discovered. Some 824 of these NEOs are asteroids with a diameter of approximately 1 kilometer or larger. Also, 1214 of these NEOs have been classified as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). The …