UK's first Superconducting Quantum Bit Foundry
Researchers have designed, built and operated the first working superconducting qubit device in the UK.Quantum bits, or qubits, are the building blocks for a future computer hardware that calculates...
View ArticleAnalyst makes the case for Google to Acquire CenturyLink to boost Google Fiber
Brian Nichols has an article at Seeking Alpha that describes how Google could profitably and quickly accelerate Google Fiber nationwide with the acquisition of the cable company CenturyLinkRead more »
View ArticleBoeing 777X will build on 787 Dreamliner technology as the largest and most...
The Boeing777X is twin-engine, twin-aisle will build on the success of the 777 and 787 Dreamliner. The 777X is the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in the world. Its folding raked wingtip and...
View ArticleGE9X engine for the 777X will be 10% more efficient than any twin aisle engine
The GE9X was selected to power the new Boeing 777X. The GE9X will be the most fuel-efficient engine GE has ever produced on a per-pounds-of-thrust basis, designed to achieve a 10% improved aircraft...
View ArticleAirplane market til 2033
Boeing has an airplane market outlook to 2033 The Current Market Outlook is Boeing's long-term forecast of air traffic volumes and airplane demand. The forecast helps shape their product strategy and...
View ArticleFirst fully warm blooded fish revealed in analysis
The Opah is a fish that has been known and eaten for many years but recent analysis shows that it is fully warm blooded. Opah specimens are rarely caught by recreational anglers. They are prized...
View ArticlePhotonic Laser Thruster has moved a one pound object on a frictionless track...
Y.K. Bae Corporation announced their proprietary Photonic Laser Thruster (PLT) has successfully accelerated a 450 gram (~1 lb.) spacecraft simulator with pure laser light for the first time in history....
View ArticleChina to invest US$50 billion in Brazilian infrastructure projects
China will invest US$50 billion to help overhaul Brazil’s ageing infrastructure, Brasilia said, ahead of an official visit by Premier Li Keqiang.“There are US$50 billion in new projects,” said Jose...
View ArticleChina will complete Moscow-Kazan High Speed Rail by 2018 and will increase...
In a boost to Beijing’s bid to improve connectivity with Russia and Europe, China Railway Group Limited announced on Wednesday that one of its subsidiaries has won the $390 million Moscow-Kazan...
View ArticleRussia trying to sell 100,000 ton heavy aircraft carriers
Russia's Krylovsky State Research Center (KRSC) has developed a new multipurpose heavy aircraft carrier design called Project 23000E or Shtorm (Storm).A scale model of the ship is going to be...
View ArticleSubstituting regular fat with Modified, stronger fats could enable stronger...
Bolstering cells with a dose of heavy fat may be the key to curing degenerative diseases. Mikhail Shchepinov, director of Retrotope, a biotech company based in Los Altos, California, wants eventually...
View ArticlePfizer partnering with Ido Bachelet on DNA nanorobots
Pfizer is cooperating with the DNA robot laboratory managed by Prof. Ido Bachelet at Bar-Ilan University. Bachelet has developed a method of producing innovative DNA molecules with characteristics that...
View ArticleGiving poor rural people income producing cows or chickens provides a lasting...
An Anti-poverty “Graduation” program gave over 20,000 participants a one-time asset transfer, often providing people with animals, such as cows or chickens, from which they could earn income. It...
View ArticleThe Universe is full of rogue stars, rogue planets and galaxies that were...
Millions of overlooked galaxiesWhen researchers took a closer look at surveys of galaxies in the local universe, they found many had been mischaracterised. More careful analysis of images revealed that...
View ArticleDwave Systems might enable breakthroughs in optimization, machine learning...
Nextbigfuture has had nearly 100 articles following Dwave Systems and another fifty on other quantum computers or quantum computer science. Dwave has a 512 qubit commercial adiabatic computer system....
View ArticleVideos on the Potential of Quantum Computing from Dwave's Chief Scientist
Eric Ladizinsky describes how quantum computing will be the next big revolution.Eric Ladizinsky visited the Quantum AI Lab at Google LA to give a talk "Evolving Scalable Quantum Computers." Read more »
View ArticleORNL can make bigger graphene composite fabrication instead of graphene...
One of the barriers to using graphene at a commercial scale could be overcome using a method demonstrated by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Graphene, a material...
View ArticleElon Musk says the Model 3 is set to be unveiled March 2016 and available in...
Tesla is still targeting $35K for its upcoming electric 3 Series fighter, the Model 3. Telsa CEO Elon Musk set March 2016 for its official unveiling, 10 months from now, in a conference call with...
View ArticleComplex oil battle with increased oil from Brazil, Russia, and China. US...
In the supposed standoff between OPEC and US light tight oil (LTO), LTO appears to have blinked. Following months of cost cutting and a 60% plunge in the US rig count, the relentless rise in US supply...
View ArticleChina developing fast reactors that will be cheaper than coal
China has a long range plan to develop nuclear power that is cheaper than coal. China will develop its own commercial scale fast reactor in 2023 with a more advanced version in 2030. They will then...
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