China building 40000 ton super large amphibious assault ship similar to USA Wasp Class helicopter carriers

To compete against the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, China is planning to build a new class of amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 40,000 tons, according to Kanwa Defense Review, a Canada-based Chinese-language military magazine. China displayed the model of its 40,000-ton super large amphibious assault ship, known as M1, during …

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New Heavy oil recovery process can get over 80% of oil in place and is 11% better than previous method

A new enhanced heavy oil recovery (EHOR) process called Cyclic Production with Continuous Solvent Injection (CPCSI) has been developed at the University of Regina in Canada. In this process, a vapourized solvent near its dew point is continuously injected into the reservoir to maintain reservoir pressure and also supply extra gas drive to flush the …

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Mach Effect Propulsion Research Update

If the Mach Effect is real [mass fluctations) and behaves as theorized (with some experimental confirmation) by James Woodward and the effect scales up as expected then we can create propellentless space drive. It appears that the latest research work by James Woodward is validating the existence of the effect. STAIf 2007- Mach-Lorentz Thruster (MLT)Applications …

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J Storrs Hall Foresight on AI and Drexler on Quantum computing and DNA Nanotechnology

1. Drexler comments on the Caltech work “Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into two-dimensional geometries using DNA origami templates” This achievement is a milestone in framework-directed self assembly of composite nanosystems, a line of development that I’ve argued is a strategic direction in atomically precise fabrication — useful in itself, and as part of a technology …

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