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Global sand use for building a larger Singapore, construction and fracking
A conservative estimate for the world consumption of aggregates (sand and gravel) exceeds 40 billion tonnes a year. This is twice the yearly amount of sediment carried by all of the rivers of the world...
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Sakti could mass produce next generation solid state battery for around $100...
Sakti3, a startup with $15 million of investment by billionaire James Dyson and $50 million from other sources, claims to have already generated twice the energy density of the most advanced lithium...
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Russian plans building a dozen new guide missile destoyer and then a...
Deputy Commander of the Russian Navy Admiral Igor Kasatonov recently announced that Russia would build its first aircraft carrier – although construction will begin only after 2025.The National...
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The New Aircraft carriers for UK, Japan, USA, China and India by 2020
The estimated cost for the UK of building the two large aircraft carriers has almost doubled to more than £6bn. The F-35 programme, meanwhile, has faced serious technical problems and the cost of the...
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Boeing patents temporary plasma forcefields that will reduce shockwaves from...
Boeing has a patent for temporary "forcefields" against shockwaves. The blast shockwave would be attenuated by creating a plasma. An arc generator may be configured to generate a focused microwave beam...
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Quantum compuer resistant version of public key encryption from modified...
- Washington State University mathematicians have designed an encryption code capable of fending off the phenomenal hacking power of a quantum computer.Using high-level number theory and cryptography,...
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Saudi Arabia invades Yemen with 150,000 soldiers, 100 fighter jets and 76...
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Shiite rebel forces in Yemen, responding to distress calls from the U.S.-backed Yemeni president who was fleeing the country...
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Will Saudi Arabia get a nuclear bomb ?
There are reports that Pakistan would sell nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia, if the United States succeeded in negotiating an Iranian nuclear deal. The US and Iran may be preparing to sign an agreement...
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China News Roundup - x-ghost cities, over 13 million unregistered ghost...
Nextbigfuture will be bundling news that relates to China or India to make articles on these topic less frequent and easier to skip for those not interested in this topic. We will still have standalone...
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US Air Force and Navy designing FA-XX sixth generation fighter jets to...
The Navy and the Air Force could team up for their early look into their next crop of fighters (FA-XX program) due out in 2030, the Navy’s director of air warfare told USNI News.In 2016, the US Navy...
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Carnival of Space 399
1. Chandra Xray Space Telescope - In Hollywood blockbusters, explosions are often among the stars of the show. In space, explosions of actual stars are a focus for scientists who hope to better...
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Russian and US space agencies talk about a joint space station successor to...
Moscow's space officials are talking with their NASA counterparts about building a new space station after the current one has run its course, in 2024 or later. But there's no indication of a formal...
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Russia's New Armata Tank has been revealed in a short Video
A video allegedly shows Russia’s brand new T-14 Armata tank. The Armata tank will be officially revealed to the public during the Victory Day parade on May 9.It has the T-14's seven wheel design and...
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Innovations from Three Russian Prototype Tanks and T95 were merged into the...
Object 477, Object 775, and Object-640 (Black Eagle) were three experimental Russian-built tanks that never went into mass production. Nevertheless, the unique innovations used in them form the basis...
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DARPA vision of Breakthroughs like new X-planes
DARPA today released Breakthrough Technologies for National Security, a biennial report summarizing the Agency’s historical mission, current and evolving focus areas and recent transitions of...
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DARPA plans to harness biology and master neurotechnologies
DARPA today released Breakthrough Technologies for National Security, a biennial report summarizing the Agency’s historical mission, current and evolving focus areas and recent transitions of...
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DARPA is expanding the technological frontier by harnessing quantum physics...
DARPA today released Breakthrough Technologies for National Security DARPA described how they are expanding the technological frontier.DARPA’s core work has involved overcoming seemingly insurmountable...
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Genetics breakthrough is a game changer for type 1 diabetes research
The genes that increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes have lost their hiding place.A research group that includes a University of Florida genetics expert has located and narrowed down the number of genes...
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Fighter jet satellite launching, robot sub hunters and more from DARPA
DARPA released biennial report of Breakthrough Technologies for National Security. Here are some featured DARPA projects.The Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALASA) program seeks to propel...
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DARPA in search of breakthrough Analog systems for Petaflops on Desktops
DARPA is interested in pursuing the somewhat counterintuitive premise that “old fashioned” analog approaches may be part of the solution. Analog computers, which solve equations by manipulating...
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