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China may put hundreds of billions into building infrastructure for India so...
Deloitte and PWC have papers that detail the infrastucture needs and opportunity in developing countries like India.China's infrastructure builders need to expand beyond China as China rebalances its...
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Boeing with Blue Origin helping will get $4.2 billion and Spacex gets $2.6...
NASA will pay longtime space company Boeing $4.2 billion and SpaceX $2.6 billion to certify, test and fly their crew capsules on as many as six missions.The deal will end NASA’s expensive reliance on...
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Child Mortality rates have dropped in half since 1990 but still more to be done
New data released today by the United Nations show that under-five mortality rates have dropped by 49 per cent between 1990 and 2013. The average annual reduction has accelerated – in some countries it...
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Digital metamaterials will greatly simplify metamaterials while still...
A proposed method for digital metamaterials is a simplified way of building metamaterials, yet still allows for complex and diverse properties to be achieved.Arxiv - Digital Metamaterials (31...
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$1 million Palo Alto Longevity Prize and Google Founders promised to back up...
The Palo Alto Longevity Prize (the “Prize”) is a $1 million life science competition dedicated to ending aging. Theirs is one of a growing number of initiatives around the world pursuing this goal—the...
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US Total all liquids oil production is over 14 million barrels per day and...
US crude oil production took a big surge of nearly 250,000 barrels per day up to 8.838 million barrels per day. Over half of that was Alaska's oil production recovering to more normal levels from the...
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Rediscovered ceramic Hafnium Carbide can withstand temperatures three times...
[Imperial College London] A structural ceramic that can withstand temperatures three times hotter than lava shows promise in hypersonic air travel, say researchers.Researchers in the UK and around the...
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US Air Force Research Lab targets first hypersonic aircraft test by 2019 and...
The head of the Air Force Research Laboratory on Sept. 16 said the first test of a hypersonic aircraft could come within five years, and the technology could be applied to cruise missiles by the...
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Why Air Power is not enough to force surrender in simple terms
It is important to understand history and military history to understand some of the issues of today and the future. Currently in Iraq and Syria the USA is using an air campaign against ISIS. This is...
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Why it might have been reasonable for the Iraqis soldiers to desert rather...
Before I made the case that a US foreign legion was a pragmatic economic solution for the USA.Consider now the position of a soldier in Iraqi army.The final straw was the death of a friend, killed two...
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Iraq War 3
There will be about 1700 "coalition forces" in Iraq shortly. 1000 American special forces are already there. 600 Australians and 69 Canadians. The Kurds are being armed and Turkey is allowing the use...
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Ocean Acidification $2 million XPrize
The Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE is a $2 million global competition that challenges teams of engineers, scientists and innovators from all over the world to create pH sensor technology that will...
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No Independence for Scotland
BBC News has called the Scotland independence vote for the NO. The vote was 55% No and 45% Yes with 85% of the vote counted.Read more »
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Google Y lab could partner with countries for new more efficient cities
The Information reports in 2013, Google CEO Larry Page convened his direct reports, the company’s dozen or so senior vice presidents, for a project that would take up two days a week for a couple of...
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Ocean Acification Mitigation Details and lower cost mitigation in the $1 to 4...
Ocean Acidification: Cause, Impact and mitigation from IIT KanpurRead more »
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Optimizing performance and working around limitation of Dwave Quantum...
Discrete optimization using quantum annealing on sparse Ising modelsThis paper discusses techniques for solving discrete optimization problems using quantum annealing. Practical issues likely to affect...
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First Water-Based Nuclear Battery Can Be Used to Generate Electrical Energy...
From cell phones to cars and flashlights, batteries play an important role in everyday life. Scientists and technology. companies constantly are seeking ways to improve battery life and efficiency....
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John Bongaarts at the Population Council thinks Climate Change has a good...
According to the new analysis by researchers at the United Nations and several academic institutions, there is an 80 percent chance that the world’s population, now 7.2 billion, won’t stop at nine...
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Alibaba makes Jack Ma Richest man China and Masayoshi Son richest in Japan
Alibaba was up 38% on its first day and now has a market value of $231 billion.At its closing share price on Friday, Alibaba has a market value of $231 billion, exceeding the combined market...
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Google plans quantum computer with longer coherence times
IEEE Spectrum has more information about Google's quantum computer hardware plans.The Martinis group had previously built quantum computing systems of up to nine qubits based on superconducting quantum...
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