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Next-generation supercomputing capability promises major discoveries, scientific advancements, and new applications in research By Rob Johnson “Exascale systems are the fastest computers humans have...

People are very worried about rising income inequality in many countries and across the world. There is a growing perception that social mobility across generations has declined and that only the...

Reaction Engines is working towards air-breathing space planes and hypersonic airplanes. They have successfully tested their critical pre-cooler technology at the temperature conditions it would...

Billboards seem to have been around forever. Putting forward their offering for anyone passing to see. When they were invented they almost reigned supreme. They were big, they were noticeable and...

Europe’s 2nd biggest gold mine could be about to make early investors rich. This story begins over 2,000 years ago when the Romans dug up $16.8 billion in gold in Romania… Using hammers and...

Fiat Chrysler and Tesla have a deal where Tesla will sell carbon emission credits to Fiat Chrysler. The deal could be worth over $500 million to Tesla over 2 to 3 years. This will enable Fiat...

SpaceX has announced a launch target of May 2019 for the first group of operational Starlink satellites. SpaceX needs to launch about 2200 Starlink satellites by April 2024 to be in compliance with...

Big Pharma is trying to justify charging multiple millions for each patient cured of certain diseases. This is not about having the money to pay for more medical research so that more cures can be...

New Gene Therapies can start truly curing diseases but Big Pharma is addicted to decades of revenue for not curing diseases. It has been decades since the true age of medical cures with vaccines and...

Google Earth Satellite images show that Saudi Arabia is within months of completing an experimental nuclear reactor. Saudi Arabia is working with Argentina on the experimental reactors. In March...

Electrek reports that Tesla is working on engine upgrade to the Model S and Model X. The engine work is codenamed Raven. They will use permanent magnet reluctance motors like the Tesla Model 3. The...

The SpaceX Starhopper lifted off to the limits of the tether. The SpaceX hop tests seem to be progressing quite well but the main question is when there will be two more raptor engines placed into...

The President has issued an executive order for the executive branches assess, prioritize, and manage the risks of EMPs. Electromagnetic pulses (EMP) have the potential to disrupt, degrade, and...

The new SpaceX Falcon Heavy using Block 5 has almost 10% more maximum thrust at 2550 tons versus the first Falcon Heavy used in February of 2018. Booster mate inside SpaceX's hangar at LC-39A...

SpaceX has successfully test fired the Falcon Heavy Block 5 rocket for the first time ever. SpaceX will aim for a four-day turnaround from static fire to launch, targeting liftoff as early as 6:36 pm...

Russia has an economy that is about 2.5 times larger than Poland. Poland’s economy is growing a bit faster than Russia and Poland plans to increase military spending in 2030 to 2.5% of GDP...

World’s military arsenals are expected to double in size by 2030, compared to 2016. By 2030, the countries with top defense spending are expected to be: USA with over 1 trillion (had $611...

European NATO allies increased military spending in 2018, with big increases in the Baltics, Poland and the Netherlands. Overall European spending is up an hit a five-year high of 1.51 percent of...

U.S. arms sales offers to the Middle East totaled $78.8 billion in 2018 which is down from $102 billion in offers during the Obama administration peak in 2010. There was a sharp shift in the regional...

McGill Researchers have made rocket fuel that is much cleaner and safer than the hypergolic fuels that are commonly used today. And still just as effective. The new fuels use simple chemical...

<a href=”https://today.ucf.edu/ucf-researchers-develop-way-control-speed-light-send-backward/”>University of Central Florida researchers Abouraddy and study co-author Esat Kondakci...

What is aging? We can define aging as a process of accumulation of the damage which is just a side- effect of normal metabolism. While researchers still poorly understand how metabolic processes...

The SpaceX Starhopper has performed a tethered hop with a Raptor engine firing. Starhopper completed tethered hop. All systems green. https://t.co/0m5Bm5slD2 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 4,...

Heatmaps show website owners what users want on their website, what areas they visit, their mouse movements and actions, as well as their overall engagement on every page. This is done through...

Tesla deliveries were approximately 63,000 vehicles, which was 110% more than the same quarter last year, but 31% less than last quarter. This included approximately 50,900 Model 3 and 12,100 Model S...

Intel Capital announced new investments totaling $117 million in 14 disruptive technology startups. The startups are creating powerful artificial intelligence (AI) platforms; new ways to see and...

Laoyaoba reports that Tesla production equipment will be installed in the Shanghai Gigafactory in May 2019. Some Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory production lines will be start mass-production by the end...

There was a highly optimistic article at Global Asia about China installing an added 238 GW of new nuclear power by 2030. However, the author seems to finding that China has 43 nuclear reactors under...

Various satellite images show that half of the coal plants with “suspended construction” have actually been completed. China has restarted construction on more than 50 gigawatts (GW) of...

NASA concluded that a mission profile in which Falcon Heavy places Orion, a service module, and an ICPS upper stage in orbit in a single launch may be the only option for a near-term commercial...

On April 3 and 4, blockchain and cryptocurrency professionals will converge in LA for the premier ELEV8 conference. It will take place at Hudson Loft, 1200 S Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA. The event...

Russian defense manufacturer JSC Almaz Antey has patented a drone armed with a shotgun. Over 6 years ago, there is a video of a drone armed with a recoiless AA-12 automatic shotgun. SOURCES- Foxtrot...

The Carnival of Space 605 is up at Cosmoquest. Universe Today – LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st. About a year ago, LIGO’s two...

Cybersecurity threats have moved from high in the software stack to towards the underlying hardware. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) has driven the creation of a rapidly growing number of...

DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program wants swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical capabilities to ground units in urban areas where challenges...

Elon Musk has tweeted about sending dozens of modified Starlink satellites sent throughout the solar system. They would have ion drives with 1600 ISP. The mission would be sent from an expendable...

Tesla Autopilot recognizes lanes and assists control by identifying road traffic markings. Tencent Keen Labs proved that by placing interference stickers on the road, the Autopilot system will...

Bloomberg’s Tesla Tracker is showing nearly 80,000 Tesla’s delivered for the first quarter. If this is accurate that would be a huge quarter for Tesla and Elon Musk. In January, Musk...

The US Air Force requires $1.2 billion in FY2019 and $3.7 billion in FY2020/FY2021 of supplemental funding to rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base and recover Offutt Tyndall Air Force Base. Without...

The new Gerald Ford Aircraft carrier has been delayed to repair Ford’s nuclear propulsion system, Advanced Weapons Elevators and software. The carrier will be capable of carrying up to 90 aircraft,...

The US Congress has authorized a new bill that supports the development of advanced nuclear power. Billionaire Bill Gates says “I cannot overstate how important this is”. The bill...

Dominion Energy could spend $4 billion over the next decade on the Surry-North Anna relicensing program and plant maintenance. The two nuclear units at Surry Power Station are both three-loop...

World Energy consumption increased 2.3% in 2018 with 70% of the increase coming from China, the USA and India. The growth was double the average increase from 2010-2017. Global Electricity demand...

Elon Musk tweeted pictures of a Tesla Semi delivering Tesla passenger electric cars. The Tesla Semi was not expected to be in full production until 2020. However, it appears that Tesla will be using...

I was at the MIT EmTech Digital 2019 conference. There was a lunch discussion which involved nuclear energy. A supercomputer and Artificial intelligence expert said that Nuclear Power was great...

The late 2020’s could see the start of a new age of factory mass produced nuclear power. The DOE is putting most of its first of its kind funding ($13 million out of $19 million) for advanced...

The 2022 Foundation is a think tank which has released a report about the plan for Hong Kong integrate with Shenzhen and the other cities in the Great Bay Area. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region...

Senior Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Yi Fuxian makes the case that China’s nominal GDP will peak at 84% of the US GDP in 2033. He is the author of Big Country with an Empty...

Bitmain will launch its next-generation 7nm ASIC chip, BM1397, which achieves will improve performance, chip area and energy efficiency for mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin...

Vice President Mike Pence announced a goal for a human landing on the Moon by 2024 during a National Space Council meeting. SpaceX will be the only real option for manned missions to the moon by...