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New General Relativity Area law theory suggests time runs backward inside a...
Black holes are known to have many strange properties, such as that they allow nothing—not even light—to escape after falling in. A lesser known but equally bizarre property is that black holes appear...
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4K OLED TVs going into mass production and could become 20% of overall sales...
Skyworth announced on Aug. 25 that its first mass-produced 4K OLED TVs will soon hit the market and that it is targeting sales of 30,000 units this year. Liu Tangzhi, CEO of Skyworth's TV division,...
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Star Trek Axanar feature film on track to start filming October 2015 and for...
Axanar is the first fully-professional, independent Star Trek film. While some may call it a "fan film" as we are not licensed by CBS, Axanar has professionals working in front and behind the camera,...
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There is no genomic dark matter or missing heritability, it is merely a...
There is NO genomic "dark matter" or "missing heritability" -- it's merely a matter of sample size (statistical power) to identify the specific variants that account for the total expected...
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Smarter humans and smarter machines will work together
The potential for improved human intelligence is enormous. Cognitive ability is influenced by thousands of genetic loci, each of small effect. If all were simultaneously improved, it would be possible...
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US Military buying 55,000 Oshkosh L-ATV's for protection of light tank and...
Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $6.7 billion contract, Aug. 25, for production of the joint light tactical vehicle, or JLTV. Col. John Cavedo, the former JLTV program manager, said the average unit...
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Printable holograms will enable holographic lens telescopes and smart windows
Researchers have developed a method for printing optical holographic lenses that could greatly simplify their fabrication. Because the method can be performed quickly and easily, it could potentially...
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MIT and Stanford will work with Toyota to develop better self driving cars
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) announced a new $25 million research center funded by Toyota to further the development of autonomous vehicle technologies, with...
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3D printing of transparent glass
It’s already possible to use tiny granules of glass in a powder bed with conventional 3-D printing techniques like jetting and sintering, but the products turn out opaque. Now researchers at MIT have...
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NASA investigating magnetic manipulation of cubesats with magnetic hoverboard...
Arx Pax is moving beyond hoverboards to take its magnetic technology off the Earth entirely. The company announced a partnership deal to bring its magnetic field manipulation technology to NASA, with...
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Future jelly fish inspired multi-jet propelled submarines
Researchers are studying the unique swimming techniques of a simply designed yet highly maneuverable jellyfish-like creature in order to inspire designs for underwater vehicles of the future.Dubbed...
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Japan may only restart 7 more nuclear reactors in the next few years
Of Japan's 43 operable reactors, only seven are likely to be turned on in the next few years, down from 14 reactors the Reuters news agency predicted would return to operation in an analysis last year....
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8K ultra-high definition televisions could reach 1 million units by 2019 with...
8K ultra-high definition (UHD) resolution television unit shipments have yet to begin commercial volume roll out, shipments will steadily increase over the next five years reaching nearly 1 million...
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Taking synthetic biology to next level with engineered multicellular cooperation
Instead of engineering cells to work as tiny individuals, researchers are working on a new class of cellular machines that “talk” to each other– and behave in more sophisticated ways. Put simply,...
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China reducing army by 300,000 troops as part of modernization plans
- President Xi Jinping's announcement Thursday that China will cut its military by 300,000 troops was couched in the language of peace. Yet analysts say that it was intended as a move to modernize and...
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Using CRISPR-CAS9 gene editing six times more effective for creating mutations
Scientists have developed a method for generating large numbers of mutated genes with CRISPR/Cas9 and a pipeline for identifying interesting mutations that enables high-throughput, multiplexed gene...
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Russia building a military base with up to 1000 personnel and on verge of...
Russia is building a military base in Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s heartland, according to American intelligence officials, in the clearest indication yet of deepening Russian support for the...
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Israel gets fifth diesel electric submarine as backbone of nuclear deterrent...
Israel has inaugurated its fifth Dolphin-class submarine, allegedly capable of launching cruise missiles with nuclear warheads. There is a sixth submarine being built for Israel. The submarines are...
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Educated elite parents are successfully raising more capable children...
America’s elite is producing children who not only get ahead, but deserve to do so: they meet the standards of meritocracy better than their peers, and are thus worthy of the status they inherit.This...
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Layered graphene makes fibers 15% stronger and 31-36% better electrical and...
A team of researchers working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has found a way to create a graphene fiber that is stronger and maintains conductive properties better than prior efforts.Prior...
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