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DARPA N-ZERO “Asleep-Yet-Aware” Electronics Could lower power usage of Remote...
DARPA wants to make sensors phenomenally more efficient in how they draw power when not actually sensing something of interest. The goal is to use less than 10 nanowatts (nW) during the sensor’s...
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Intel's 10nm Secrets likely Quantum well FETs, germanium, InGaAs
David Kanter predicts Intel will use High-mobility QWFETs (Quantum Well FETs) at 10 nanometers on his Real World Technologies Web siteIntel plans to ramp production of 10nm in the next 12-18 months...
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TSMC discusses 10 nanometer roadmap
TSMC’s 16nm technology is due this summer, the company announced a road map for its much-discussed 10nm process. The 10nm process will have 2.1 times the logic density of the 16nm node along with a 20%...
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Autism risk genes also linked to higher intelligence
Researchers have found new evidence linking genetic factors associated with autism to better cognitive ability in people who do not have the condition.Autism is a developmental disability that can...
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IQ Prediction from Structural MRI using Machine Learning
Stephen Hsu at Information Processing reports on a paper where the authors use machine learning techniques to build sparse predictors based on grey/white matter volumes of specific regions....
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Journal Nature reports Chinese scientists have genetically modified human...
In a world first, Chinese scientists have reported editing the genomes of human embryos. The results are published in the online journal Protein and Cell and confirm widespread rumours that such...
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Supercavitating Very High Speed Stealth Anti-Piracy and Special Ops ship
Juliet Marine Systems is a maritime technology think tank that is developing innovative solutions for naval and commercial applications. They seek to assure fleet force protection in response to small...
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Increasing the accuracy of genome editing
The Chinese gene editing of human embyros does not appear to have been using the latest techniques for maximum accuracy.CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful new tool for editing the genome. For researchers around...
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Engineered Cas9 Genome-editing protein with 10- to 100-fold increase in...
David Liu, and a team of scientists has developed an engineered form of Cas9 that can be turned on with a small drug-like molecule. By using this activatable form of Cas9, the team could modify targets...
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Gas Giant planets are being spotted up to 27000 light years away with...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant planets known.The discovery...
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Complete Woolly Mammoth Genome Sequenced
An international team of scientists has sequenced the complete genome of the woolly mammoth.A US team is already attempting to study the animals' characteristics by inserting mammoth genes into...
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New Armata Tanks and Variants Seen at Parade Rehearsal, First Redesigned...
The Russian Ground Forces' new suite of armoured vehicles have been officially revealed for the first time by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), ahead of their formal debut at the 9 May Moscow...
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Wing in Ground Effect Plane from South Korea
The Wing Ship Technology Corporation, a South Korean company, is trying to revive the wing in ground effect idea. South Korea's armed forces have already agreed to buy some and the firm says it hopes...
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Uranium deal was only national security adjacent but deal is like the Gerhard...
Are there strategic implications for increasing Russian control of uranium production based on the Hillary Clinton Uranium One deal ? I would say no. It is national security adjacent and mainly...
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OECD calculates that China about 65% urbanized and has 17 megacities based on...
Instead of just looking at cities' administrative borders or "statutory city population," OECD’s study takes into account surrounding“functional urban areas” (FUA), which may lie outside the...
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Will Avengers 2 or Star Wars 7 be the bigger box office movie ?
Avengers 1 was the third highest grossing movie after Titanic and Avatar. Avengers 2 Age of Ultron will open next week.Star Wars 7 will open at Xmas 2015. The Star Wars prequels did not perform as well...
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Americans worry about the Terminator Robot Apocalypse but what about a...
There are interesting cultural differences between Americans and Japanese. Americans fear the Terminator movie scenario of a robot or Artificial intelligence apacolypse. However, Japan is facing sharp...
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Star Wars 7 expected to beat Avengers 2 in Box office per Nextbigfuture survey
Nextbigfuture ran a survey asking if Star Wars 7 or Avengers 2 would have the larger global box office. Star Wars 7 is expected to have more box office by 73% of those surveyed.47% think Avengers 2...
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Russian Navy wants eight supercarriers
While Russia's aircraft carrier plans are still on the drawing board, the Russian Navy has expressed a desire for two carriers in each fleet: one at sea and one in reserve. That would mean a total of...
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US plans at sea railgun tests in summer of 2016 and will explore installation...
In 2016, Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct the first at sea test of its electromagnetic railgun, hurling a guided 44 pound projectile and hypersonic speeds off the coast of Florida, NAVSEA...
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