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SpaceX will try for its eighth launch of Starlink satellites today. Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A backup opportunity is available...

The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2020 is -52.8 percent on June 1, down from -51.2 percent on May 29. After this morning’s...

LPP fusion discovered the FF-2B’s prototype anode was cracked. They have used the shutdown time, necessitated by both the crack and the coronavirus, to complete the design of our new switches, and to...

Science Advances – Interfacing gene circuits with microelectronics through engineered population dynamics Researchers interfaced synthetic biology with microelectronics through engineered...

Power consumption of a home refrigerator can be cut by 29% while improving cooling capacity. Researchers replaced widely-used, but environmentally unfriendly, R134a refrigerant with the more...

There is a large gap between the current crop of task-specific narrow AI tools and Artificial General Intelligences (AGIs) envisioned by futurists and SF authors. Ben Goertzel has been working...

New simulations by a research team led by UC San Diego’s Alexey Arefiev point the way toward making matter from light. The process starts by aiming a high-power laser at a target to generate a...

Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of the virus in 10 minutes. It uses...

Breakthrough measurements of exoplanet Proxima B were made with radial velocity measurements of unprecedented precision using ESPRESSO, the Swiss-manufactured spectrograph – the most accurate...

Open source code scanners were once an effective tool, but there are now better options available. When first launched, open source code scanners were revolutionary, giving organizations a convenient...

A lot of resources will be needed to create an Artificial General Intelligence. There are many efforts to make various narrow super-intelligence. Narrow Superintelligence are AI-related software...

Astronauts Bob and Doug are successfully in orbit. There will be a series of adjustments to move them to the Space Station. Tomorrow they will dock with the space station. They will move through a...

Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966, 53) is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and current NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135...

It appears to be a successful launch. The main engine cutoff and there has been stage separation. This is SpaceX Falcon 9’s launch of Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch...

SpaceX and NASA have been given clearance on weather. There is about 30 minutes left on the countdown for NASA and USA to return to manned flight. The last manned flight was in 2011 when the Space...

SpaceX is streaming the launch countdown for the first US launched crews since the Space Shuttle was retired. Thrusters on the Dragon Enable Crew Escape if Needed There is a crew escape system and...

The Roswell Biotechnology and IMEC Molecular Electronics chips will seek to master the integration of molecular devices with nanometer precise CMOS. Molecular electronics will be the next era of...

Roswell Biotechnologies and IMEC are partnering to develop the first molecular electronics chips for disease surveillance, precision medicine and DNA storage. They are targeting 2021 for commercial...

DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) has four data centres have been recently upgraded and DUG’s global compute power now exceeds 50 PF (single-precision petaflops). Petaflop supercomputers generate a lot of...

SpaceX Starship prototype SN4 has exploded after a static fire. SpaceX is building these prototypes at a rate of two every month. Each destroyed prototype only causes a two week delay. SpaceX expects...

Felix Schlang at What About It? provided another great update on SpaceX. He noted the new alloy 304L that will be used for some parts and progress on the heat shield. There was a reminder that Elon...

Using the method of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, NUSTMISIS scientists created HfC0.5N0.35, (hafnium carbonitride) which is close to a desired theoretical composition. It has a high...

1. Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope – Can Black Hole Tidal Disruptions Leave Remnants? 2. Cosmoquest – A star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell the tale through...

The Carnival of Space 661 is up at Universe Today. Universe Today – Trump Signed an Executive Order Allowing Mining of the Moon and Asteroids. On April 6th, the Trump administration took things...

A team at Idaho National Laboratory in collaboration with groups at Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories, as well as industry consultants and international partners, has for the first time in...

The staffing levels at SpaceX and the production rate of Super Heavy boosters and Starship upper stages can be used to estimate the current and future costs for each Starship and Super Heavy booster....

Early and precise cancer diagnosis substantially improves patient survival. Recent work has revealed that the levels of multiple microRNAs in serum are informative as biomarkers for the diagnosis of...

The SpaceX Starship will have six Raptor engines but will still be larger and cheaper than the external fuel tanks of the Space Shuttle. Elon Musk has a goal of building Starships for $5 million....

SpaceX has an environmental application to the FAA. It shows plans for a Mobile Service Tower and increasing launches to 70 per year. SpaceX will need to amend these plans when the Super Heavy...

Pekka Janhunen, who designed the electric sail, has proposed a 200 person L5 space station that would have safe long term radiation shielding and rotate for one G of gravity. The proposed station...

SpaceX has started building its seventh Starship prototype. This is the second Starship construction start in May. They now have four Starship prototypes under active testing or construction. SN4 is...

Doug Liman previously directed Tom Cruise on “Edge of Tomorrow” and “American Made” and will now join him on the first feature film that will have some scenes shot in outer space. Variety reports...

A summary of activities around concept development, design, manufacturing, and early irradiation testing of a novel coated fuel particle, uranium nitride tristructural-isotropic fuel is provided....

Oak Ridge National Laboratory are refining their design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing methods to confirm...

SpaceX is targeting today (May 27) for Falcon 9’s launch of Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This test...

Acta Astronautica – Future interstellar rockets may use laser-induced annihilation reactions for relativistic drive Until now, no technology was known that would be able to give rocket exhaust...

Dr. Jonathan K. Witter is the Chief Engineer for BWXT Advanced Technology Programs. He reviewed the nuclear thermal rocket work from the 1970s to today. BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) is working with...

A team at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility led by a William & Mary physicist has made a significant advancement in physics understanding that represents a key step toward practical fusion...

Tesla has not created a Megacybertruck version for the US military. However, Nextbigfuture proposes an obvious ultra-long-range configuration that would totally outclass the JLTV and the combat laser...

Jay Leno rode with Elon Musk in a Cybertruck. Jay Leno has collected over 250 cars worth over $52 million. Designer Jan Peisert helped Youtube channel Electric Future imagine a military version of...

Philip Lubin has led a team at UCSB to create laser arrays for propulsion and asteroid deflection. He has received NASA and Starshot funding. There have 100 students in his programs. They have...

Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) FD is a conceptual fusion-powered spacecraft engine. It should produce between 5-10 Newtons thrust per each MW of generated fusion power, with a specific impulse (Isp) of...

Tesla is showing Hutto Texas as a possible location for a new Terafactory in Google Maps. Tesla Terafactory Texas – option-appearing on maps – NICE! pic.twitter.com/kvPTNzclat —...

Momentus Space has agreed to launch a SatRevolution cubesat. SatRevolution designs and supplies cubesat platforms and services, and is currently working on the first phase of its Earth-observation...

SpaceX and NASA are targeting May 27 for Falcon 9’s launch of Crew Dragon’s second demonstration mission (Demo-2) from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of...

Harvard researchers identified several small molecules that appear to reverse cellular aging in premature aging disease. Small-Molecule PAPD5 Inhibitors Restore Telomerase Activity in Patient Stem...

Young blood plasma is known to confer beneficial effects on various organs in mice. However, it was not known whether young plasma rejuvenates cells and tissues at the epigenetic level; whether it...

Microsoft has a new Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer that has 38 petaflops. This makes it the fifth most powerful computer in the world. * This is about being able to do a hundred exciting...

The Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) within the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has been allocated $230 million to start a new demonstration program for advanced reactors. Through...

Over 100 countries are counting their population in 2020. There will be results coming in over the next few months. Many African countries have not had a census for 10-20 years. Various high...