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Researchers have been able to confine light down to a space one atom, the smallest possible. This will pave the way to ultra-small optical switches, detectors and sensors. Light can function as an...

The union of graphene with semiconductors and dielectric insulators allows the development of electronic circuits. European scientists, taking part in the 2Dfun project, have found innovative ways to...

The ability of graphene to add functionality to common objects has been exploited in a new product on the market: footwear with better thermal properties. Developed by Graphene Flagship partners...

Northwestern University’s Jiaxing Huang is ready to reignite carbon nanotube research. And he’s doing so with a common chemical that was once used in household cleaners. By using an inexpensive,...

Astronomers at ANU (Australia National University) have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to our sun every two...

Scientists at the research consortium CaloriCool® are closer than ever to the materials needed for a new type of refrigeration technology that is markedly more energy efficient than current gas...

The Eighth Japanese nuclear reactor is resuming power generation. Unit 4 of the Ohi nuclear power plant in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture began supplying electricity to the grid again on 11 May,...

Rotten Tomatoes is still has 73% on Rotten Tomatoes. A review that I trust from Jeremy Jahns says that the pacing is bad, the Solo movie is flawed, predictable and boring. Jahns is usually a hardcore...

The Carnival of Space 561 is up at nextbigcoins.io. Universe Today – How Many of Earth’s Moons Crashed Back Into the Planet? US Blasting News – NASA’s Kilopower experiment paves the way...

Elon Musk indicates that SpaceX will probably build 30 to 40 rocket cores for ~300 missions over 5 years. Then SpaceX BFR takes over and Falcon retires. The goal of SpaceX BFR is to enable anyone to...

The clock is ticking down. On or around August, 2018 Prime Minister Trudeau will sign the Cannabis Act – fully legalizing recreational marijuana in Canada. With mere months until this $22.6...

Libra Credit is a decentralized lending ecosystem that facilitates open access to credit anywhere and anytime based on the Ethereum blockchain. Libra was founded by former PayPal technical and...

In 2017, Austin Russell, CEO of Silicon Valley LIDAR startup Luminar, said the first generation of self-driving cars will cost $300,000-$400,000. * Current systems have a “critical failure...

Arizona State University Professor Hao Yan and his colleagues describe an innovative DNA walker, capable of rapidly traversing a prepared track. Rather than slow, tentative steps across a surface,...

Researchers have the molecular structure of telomerase. This should speed up the discovery of the best activators and inhibitors of telomerase. Good activators of telomerase has been shown to boost...

Russia’s floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov has left Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in Saint Petersburg. It has two 35 Megawatt KLT-40S nuclear reactors, similar to those used in...

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to...

The US Marines want an armored robotic scout vehicle that can launch a UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), scout deep, and then use precision fires and electronic warfare. Wishlist but not all of this...

Researchers combining a pair of frequency combs, several miniature lasers, and other compact optoelectronic components, the researchers were able to replicate the capabilities of a tabletop-sized...

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they are currently limited to executing only those tasks they are specifically...

Dynetics, Inc. has been selected as the top performer for Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program. Managed out of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office...

Special Ops are getting thousands of lightweight glide missiles that are smaller and more powerful than a Hellfire and fired from a C-130 gunship tens of thousands of feet above the battlefield....

Google announced the TPU 3.0 AI coprocessor and said it is 8 times faster than the TPUv2. Above – Pods: TPUv2 (top) and TPUv3 (bottom) Photos of the full TPUv3 pod show Google scaled its...

Avengers: Infinity War has a domestic gross of $547.8 million and international of $1.06 billion for 5th most box office ever. Avengers Infinity War made over $200 million in its opening weekend in...

Pierre Trudeau was the 3rd longest service Prime Minister and Justin Trudeau is likely to win a second term. A full second term would make Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada for 8 to 9 years....

Aluminum has been mass produced the same way since 1886, when it was pioneered by Alcoa’s founder, Charles Hall. The process involves applying a strong electrical current to alumina, which removes...

Chinese technology company, ZTE, earlier this month suspended its main operations after the US Commerce Department banned American supplies to its business. “President Xi of China, and I, are working...

China aims to recover the first stage of the Long March-8 carrier rocket, which is still under development and is expected to make its maiden flight around 2021, according to a Chinese rocket expert....

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Today, there are ten Russian Mig 31 aircraft that are on experimental combat duty and are ready to use the hypersonic mach 10 Kinzhal depending on the situation. (Source : Russian deputy defense...

The Army is joining forces with Uber to build out technology that could help get the next generation of military helicopters and a proposed fleet of flying taxis off the ground. The rideshare company...

Two small satellites, scheduled for launch in 2018, will provide the Coast Guard with the opportunity to test the effectiveness of satellite communications in supporting Arctic search and rescue...

The US Air Force is the first paying customer for a Falcon Heavy mission. The STP-2 mission has a number of objectives, including demonstrating the new rocket’s capabilities and launching several...

Tesla and SpaceX have been building material engineering teams to develop new advanced materials for their respective products. The teams are so interlinked that Tesla recruiters referred to them as...

Elon Musk has stated the following goals with the SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 there will be up to 300 more flights of Falcon 9 Block 5 before retirement of the rocket. – Block 5 is really...

South Korea’s SK Broadband announced the launch of its new 2.5Gbps (gigabit per second) high-speed internet service. the Giga Premium service is three times faster than the already fast South...

A bit more good news or upwards movement in stocks overall and Apple will be the first publicly traded trillion dollar company. It is at $957 billion today. Apple at $190 per share but at 198.5 it is...

OSA decentralized is the world’s first decentralized, AI-driven marketplace providing real-time solutions to retailers, manufacturers and consumers. The Optimal Shelf Availability Decentralized...

California has voted to require solar panels on new homes and low-rise apartment buildings built after 2020. The California Energy Commission estimates they would add an average $10,500 in...

Penn State University researchers have made progress on shielding large objects from sound. Chinese researchers have also published substantial progress on cloaking from sound. Both might lead to...

Amanda D. Hanford, at Pennsylvania State University, is taking the introductory steps to make acoustic ground cloaks. These materials redirect approaching waves around an object without scattering...

Scientists at Penn State are at the forefront of microbiome research. Growing understanding of these microscopic organisms is changing the way we treat diseases, grow crops, and create everyday...

The Iranian rocket attack and Israel response could be the first skirmishes in a potential war between Israel and Iran that could be big. It could involve Saudi Arabia and Egypt. It could spread...

Israel attacked dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in what the military said was the most extensive strike in the neighboring country in decades. The strike was carried out in response to a barrage...

Candidate for Governor of Michigan proposes $1.5 billion statewide internet connection plan. El-Sayed’s proposal would involve devoting “$1.5 billion to developing broadband networks through...

US Soldiers, Marines, Department of Defense civilians, and troops from the United Kingdom observed and tested a series of unmanned, remote-controlled ground vehicles during a combined training event...

Rejuvenate Bio is a stealth startup that is working on reversing aging in dogs and then will try to reverse aging in humans. George Church is a cofounder. George Church is a Harvard Professor -serial...