# Running list of relevant science news? - [[2024-06-30]] - [MIT researchers discover “neutronic molecules”](https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-researchers-discover-neutronic-molecules-0403) - [[2024-06-15]] - [An Indestructible New Alloy Is Defying the Limits of Metal](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60964033/new-alloy-defying-the-limits-of-metal/#) - [[cookKinkBandsPromote2024]] - [[2024-04-07]] - Bacteria that turn plastic into silk 2024-04-07 - [[10 Jan 2024]] - [Laser pulse compression by a density gradient plasma for exawatt to zettawatt lasers](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-023-01321-x) - [[5 Aug 2023]] - [MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials](https://news.mit.edu/2023/mit-engineers-create-supercapacitor-ancient-materials-0731) * [[21 Jun 2023]] * [‘Nuclear Diesel’ Could Become A Gamechanger In Energy Markets | OilPrice.com](https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Nuclear-Diesel-Could-Become-A-Gamechanger-In-Energy-Markets.html) * [[11 Jun 2023]] * [Spider-like robotic AI arms can be attached to and controlled by humans](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ai-arms-controlled-by-humans) * [[Jizai Arms]] * [[1 Jun 2023]] * [Nearly any material can harvest energy out of thin air, scientists find - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/05/26/harvest-energy-thin-air/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjI3ODczOTgiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg1NTkyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg2ODg3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODU1OTIwMDAsImp0aSI6Ijg3OWQ1ODY4LTNlZjUtNDQ1Ni1iNThkLTQwMjVkNzBmZDI4YyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zY2llbmNlLzIwMjMvMDUvMjYvaGFydmVzdC1lbmVyZ3ktdGhpbi1haXIvIn0.uxrHdW-W3JmMODNto9Hqk1G6knkiJrScjgUn-aC-ynM) * [[26 Mar 2023]] * [[Agility Robotics]] did some launch things at a conference * [[OpenAI]] led $23M into [[1x formerly Halodi Robotics]] * [[26 Mar 2023]] * https://twitter.com/teardowntitan/status/1638927994390495233 * [[Ampirus]] announces 500 Wh/kg batteries * [[15 Mar 2023]] * [NASA, US Air Force Use Robot Blacksmiths for Automation - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/nasa-us-air-force-use-robot-blacksmiths-for-automation?leadSource=uverify%20wall) * [[Machina Labs]] * [[13 Mar 2023]] * https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/science/room-temperature-superconductor-ranga-dias.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesscience * DOES IT REPLICATE? * [[4 Mar 2023]] * [Alphabet closes Everyday Robots among layoffs - The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/alphabet-closes-everyday-robots-among-layoffs/) * [[5 Feb 2023]] * [3D Printer by Ex-SpaceX Engineer Aims to Refresh Technology - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/3d-printer-by-ex-spacex-engineer-aims-to-refresh-technology?sref=nPlhheXZ&leadSource=uverify%20wall) * [Scientists create light-emitting plants for sustainable urban lighting](https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/1312023-scientists-create-light-emitting-plants-for-sustainable-urban-lighting) * [[25 Jan 2023]] * [NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions | NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-darpa-will-test-nuclear-engine-for-future-mars-missions) * [[29 Dec 2022]] * [How robots learn to hike | ETH Zurich](https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2022/01/how-robots-learn-to-hike.html) — reenforcement learning quadruped robot * [[28 Nov 2022]] * [Copper’s biggest mystery is finally cracking - MINING.COM](https://www.mining.com/web/coppers-biggest-mystery-is-finally-cracking/) * [[25 Sep 2022]] * Regent ground effect vehicle https://twitter.com/billythalheimer/status/1572556301762449410?s=12&t=43jHCUqa6G3mGOZ-wqmhUw * [[23 Sep 2022]] * [Undefined claims 4.5-min flight for its “silent” ion-propulsion drone](https://newatlas.com/drones/undefined-ion-propulsion-drone/) * [[21 Aug 2022]] * [Using artificial intelligence to control digital manufacturing | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2022/artificial-intelligence-3-d-printing-0802) * [[24 Jul 2022]] * [All-in-one solar tower produces jet fuel from CO2, water and sunlight](https://newatlas.com/energy/solar-jet-fuel-tower/) * [A New Antibiotic Can Kill Even Drug-Resistant Bacteria](https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-antibiotic-can-kill-even-drug-resistant-bacteria/) * [BionicSwift | Festo USA](https://www.festo.com/us/en/e/about-festo/research-and-development/bionic-learning-network/highlights-from-2015-to-2017/bionicswift-id_326830/?siteName=Festo+USA&siteName=Festo+USA) * But can it land? * [Robot Designed to Tunnel Through the Earth Incredibly Fast Using Plasma](https://futurism.com/the-byte/robot-plasma-tunnel-earthgrid) * What are the constraints on this? * [[18 Jul 2022]] * [Brain Computer Interface Company Implants New Type of Device - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-18/brain-computer-interface-company-implants-new-type-of-device?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg) * [[13 Jul 2022]] * [Physicists discover a ‘family’ of robust, superconducting graphene structures](https://phys.org/news/2022-07-physicists-family-robust-superconducting-graphene.html) * [[30 May 2022]] * [Low-Cost Gel Film Can Pluck Drinking Water From Desert Air - UT News](https://news.utexas.edu/2022/05/23/low-cost-gel-film-can-pluck-drinking-water-from-desert-air/) * [Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate - Big Think](https://bigthink.com/the-present/laser-nuclear-waste/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0yt0xGGhVCscolobyM2THgV35xTCZPRHTYUmTsdSOHok1GoT1kDwcrIVo#Echobox=1653024433-1) * [[30 Apr 2022]] * [[Marvel Fusion]] * [Nuclear Start-up Spotlight: Marvel Fusion – Enlit World](https://www.enlit.world/nuclear/nuclear-start-up-spotlight-marvel-fusion/) * [[27 Jan 2022]] * Burning Plasma Achiefec in Inertial fusion https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04281-w.pdf * [[18 Jan 2022]] * [New Filter Doubles Nuclear Fuel Extractable from Seawater - IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/uranium-from-seawater) * [[8 Dec 2021]] * Extremely strong hydrogels * [‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a | EurekAlert!](https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/935677) * nature.com/articles/s41563-021-01124-x * Warp drive needs nanoscale manufacturing * https://thedebrief.org/darpa-funded-researchers-accidentally-create-the-worlds-first-warp-bubble/ * Sound waves can be transverse * [Physicists discover special transverse sound wave](https://phys.org/news/2021-12-physicists-special-transverse.html) * [[1 Dec 2021]] * - [Roswell Biotech announces chip](https://assets.website-files.com/60998352c4b69769915208e8/619626d4743dcc89b12580c5_unveil%20press%20release%20.pdf) * [[Commonwealth Fusion Systems]] raises $1.2B * [“Titanium avocado” could provide GPS-grade navigation sans satellites](https://newatlas.com/technology/quantum-sensor-vaccum-gps-grade-navigation-no-satellites?fbclid=IwAR1o2ElO5MnB_b8ZA8BVSDLqNoW5FmVCGC93cHBg0m_eCmazgrosriiKhFw) * Tiny vacuum to keep IMU calibrated for five years * [Plasma to the rescue: Scientists develop a path-setting method to enable vast applications for a promising nanomaterial | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory](https://www.pppl.gov/news/2021/plasma-rescue-scientists-develop-path-setting-method-enable-vast-applications-promising-0) * 19 Oct 2021 * Creating a band gap in graphene with low temperature hydrogen from plasmas * [[Radiant Technology]] on radar — portable nuclear * [Radiant Nuclear](https://radiantnuclear.com/) * 16 Oct 2021 * [Why China is developing a game-changing thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor](https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210912-why-china-is-developing-a-game-changing-thorium-fuelled-nuclear-reactor?fbclid=IwAR37m7IyIK35jAZm8csLv82x6W5STcdVIgK7oftmoPG0rpGQ-N7CKiR4tAk) * 18 Sep 2021 * [Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches space company following Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos - CNET](https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-launches-space-company-following-elon-musk-jeff-bezos/) * 14 Sep 2021 * [MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2021/MIT-CFS-major-advance-toward-fusion-energy-0908) * 8 Sep 2021 * [Hardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond | Research | Chemistry World](https://web.archive.org/web/20210902090645/https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/hardest-amorphous-material-can-scratch-even-diamond/4014257.article) * 3 Sep 2021 * [Intel uses neuromorphic chip to teach AI how to smell | The Burn-In](https://www.theburnin.com/science/intel-loihi-chip-smell-identification-neuromorphic-processor-2020-3/) * Demo in 2020 after six years of development * `The manufacturer stated that its neuromorphic system wouldn’t be ready for commercial deployment without years of additional research.` * [Sierra Space: New Nuclear Propulsion System as Part of DARPA’s DRACO Program](https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=54173.0) * [[Nuclear Rockets]] * Test flight in 2025 * DARPA DRACO program * [ABENICS: Active Ball Joint Mechanism With Three-DoF Based on Spherical Gear Meshings | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9415699/media#media) * 23 Jun 2021 * * [Is space-based solar ready for liftoff?](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/space-based-solar-power-could-inch-closer-to-reality-this-year/) * 17 Jun 2021 * Space based solar mission * [[Caltech]] * [[Sergio Pellegrino]] * `Most of the cost of space-based solar comes down to what it takes to get the panels into orbit.` * [[Startup by spreadsheet]] * [Sergey Brin’s Revolutionary $19 Airship](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/aviation/sergey-brins-revolutionary-20-airship?fbclid=IwAR1Z7wM_PM6guf6uF6D7DDKt5j5PVVR4ILZets0NEHmFhihXuYB50PgD7j8) * Jul 2020 * Carbon fiber, fueled by hydrogen, helium filled * [Pain Researcher Quits Academia, Takes Lab Home with Him | The Scientist Magazine®](https://www.the-scientist.com/notebook/pain-researcher-quits-academia-takes-lab-home-with-him-68644) * 9 May 2021 * [[§Academia and Research]] * Via [[Alexey Guzey]] * [(PDF) Fungi on Mars? Evidence of Growth and Behavior From Sequential Images](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351252619_Fungi_on_Mars_Evidence_of_Growth_and_Behavior_From_Sequential_Images) * 6 May 2021 * [[Robin Hanson]] and [[Trevor Blackwell]] seem to buy it? * [New approach suggests path to emissions-free cement | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-dioxide-emissions-free-cement-0916) * September 2019 * What does it take to scale this? * [General Atomics wins DARPA contract to develop nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon - SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/general-atomics-wins-darpa-contract-to-design-nuclear-reactor-to-power-missions-to-the-moon/) * Supposed to be demoed by 2025 * [[General Atomics]] * * [Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities - American Chemical Society](https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2020/acs-presspac-june-3-2020/synthetic-red-blood-cells-mimic-natural-ones-and-have-new-abilities.html) * 17 Apr 2021 * [Unilever’s new nano-factories fit in a shipping container, so they can](https://www.fastcompany.com/90597168/unilevers-new-nano-factories-fit-in-a-shipping-container-so-they-can-go-anywhere-in-the-world) * Making Boulion in a shipping crate * 17 Apr 2021 * :: How hard would it be to extend this and make it generalizable?:: * Sacked shipping container factories? * [An aggressive market-driven model for US fusion power development | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2021/aggressive-market-driven-model-us-fusion-power-development-0224) * 25 Feb 2021 * More noise about [[Commonwealth Fusion Systems]] * [UK to launch new research agency to support high risk, high reward science - GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-to-launch-new-research-agency-to-support-high-risk-high-reward-science?utm_campaign=Matt%27s%20Thoughts%20In%20Between&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter) * 23 Feb 2021 * [Report recommends NASA accelerate space nuclear propulsion development - SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/report-recommends-nasa-accelerate-space-nuclear-propulsion-development/) * 12 Feb 2021 * Timeline on Nuclear Thermal Propulsion is … 2039 * [Bionic muscles that are stronger, faster, and more efficient](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/nanotube-bionic-muscles-are-10-times-stronger?fbclid=IwAR0XiTmRbUBjY3bLyYEUb6fbIcedM2T3WCGDvOuH1rmfg1sFcovD3NC5uCc) * 9 Feb 2021 * `Before real-world applications become possible, the challenge is to produce cost-effective, high-quality carbon nanotube yarn at scale. Baughman and his team also hope to adapt the unipolar CNT muscles to make more powerful mechanical energy harvesters.` * [[Unipolar stroke, electroosmotic pump carbon nanotube yarn muscles]] * [Rock, drill bit, microwave: Paul Woskov explores a new path through the Earth’s crust | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2016/paul-woskov-explores-new-path-through-earth-crust-0412) * Gyrotron to melt rock to get to geothermal * 12 April 2016 * What’s the status? Did ARPA-E fund this? * Possibly this? [AltaRock Energy | arpa-e.energy.gov](https://arpa-e.energy.gov/technologies/projects/millimeter-wave-technology-demonstration-geothermal-direct-energy-drilling) * [Crystal close up | The University of Tokyo](https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00161.html) * 22 Jan 2021 * Imaging early sage of nucleation events * [Executive Order on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration | The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-promoting-small-modular-reactors-national-defense-space-exploration/) * 13 Jan 2021 * Funding small modular space reactors * [Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse](https://www.quantamagazine.org/astronomers-get-their-wish-and-the-hubble-crisis-gets-worse-20201217/) * 27 Dec 2020 * Apparently universe is expanding faster than we expected * [(PDF) Hydrogen oxidising bacteria for production of single cell protein and other food and feed ingredients](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341400191_Hydrogen_oxidising_bacteria_for_production_of_single_cell_protein_and_other_food_and_feed_ingredients) * 18 Dec 2020 * [[Direct protein synthesis]] * [Simple, solar-powered water desalination | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/2020/passive-solar-powered-water-desalination-0207) * 14 Dec 2020 (actually published feb 2020) * Solar powered water desalination * [High-throughput, low-cost and rapid DNA sequencing using 2 surface-coating techniques](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.10.418962v1.full.pdf) * 14 Dec 2020 * Supposedly able to decrease DNA sequencing cost and increase speed by order of magnitude * [How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality](https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37775/how-the-once-elusive-dream-of-laser-weapons-suddenly-became-a-reality) * 25 Nov 2020 * High powered lasers! Pew pew! * [AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world | MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/30/1011435/ai-fourier-neural-network-cracks-navier-stokes-and-partial-differential-equations/?fbclid=IwAR0aLYnCOQusoU8jGvLYR0PTLmEWyNBZpWPf6ITucgsN1vP1KT-Bu3bUKHc) * 14 Nov 2020 * [2010.08895 Fourier Neural Operator for Parametric Partial Differential Equations](https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.08895) * [[Simulations could be the first step towards atomically precise manufacturing roadmaping]] * Are the moves you want to make with APM expressible as PDEs? * [H3X claims it’s tripled the power density of electric aircraft motors](https://newatlas.com/aircraft/h3x-electric-aircraft-motor-power-density/) * 12 Nov 2020 * 3D printed coils and integrated cooling jacket * 15 kg * 200 kW sustained power * * [A measurement of positronium’s energy levels confounds scientists | Science News](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/positronium-energy-levels-exotic-atom-physics?fbclid=IwAR2fqo8t03cNfbfPc0llM7fEr0axycj0HE1XR4UpMsWqhC6ikB8lN1JRSVE) * 6 Nov 2020 * [[mysteries]] * Facebook and Carnegie Mellon launch the Open Catalyst Project to find new ways to store renewable energy * 16 Oct 2020 * [Facebook and Carnegie Mellon launch the Open Catalyst Project to find new ways to store renewable energy](https://ai.facebook.com/blog/facebook-and-carnegie-mellon-launch-the-open-catalyst-project-to-find-new-ways-to-store-renewable-energy) * What other problems are in this class? * Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride * 14 Oct 2020 * [Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride | Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2801-z) * Room temperature superconductor - it just requires a ton more pressure * [Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene](https://phys.org/news/2020-10-physicists-circuit-limitless-power-graphene.html) * 9 Oct 2020 * Is it actually useful? * Momentus: The latest space stock MNTS through SPAC deal * [Momentus: The latest space stock MNTS through SPAC deal](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/07/momentus-the-latest-space-stock-mnts-through-spac-deal.html) * **Toyota Research Demonstrates Ceiling-Mounted Home Robot** * 7 Oct 2020 * [Full Page Reload](https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/toyota-research-ceiling-mounted-home-robot?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2_bwA0CPlQlO5ISsRpa3pHbKGzTvgnzbFNHvnqC3MPFJIuyKRSzL6PlY0) * Uses a soft gripper * Very cool but can it do anything besides pick and place * **Alchemy Arrives in a Burst of Light** * Shaped pulse of laser light can modify the optical properties of atoms * 5 Oct 2020 * [Quanta Magazine](https://www.quantamagazine.org/alchemy-arrives-in-a-burst-of-laser-light-20200930/) * NASA Makes Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: State of Nuclear Fusion * Demonstration of lattice nuclear fusion. Deuterons in Er lattice get hit by game ray and start fusing * 22 Sep 2020 * [NASA Makes Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: State of Nuclear Fusion](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a34096117/nasa-nuclear-lattice-confiment-fusion/?fbclid=IwAR37KMPwxKAiJJnPrl00ZHVo45BtcfStew8ZF5mvOSX5VLvhptP2_H3_Iuw) * Temperature and Power Specific Mass Scaling for Commercial Closed-Cycle Brayton Systems in Space Surface Power and Nuclear Electric Propulsion Applications * [[Nuclear Rockets]] * 15 Sep 2020 * [Full article: Temperature and Power Specific Mass Scaling for Commercial Closed-Cycle Brayton Systems in Space Surface Power and Nuclear Electric Propulsion Applications](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2020.1738173?scroll=top&needAccess=true) * A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal * 13 Sep 2020 * [A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal](https://phys.org/news/2020-08-lens-world-metalens-liquid-crystal.html) - * CRISPR-engineered human brown-like adipocytes prevent diet-induced obesity and ameliorate metabolic syndrome in mice * 3 Sep 2020 * [CRISPR-engineered human brown-like adipocytes prevent diet-induced obesity and ameliorate metabolic syndrome in mice | Science Translational Medicine](https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/558/eaaz8664) * The EmDrive Just Won’t Die | EmDrive Testing Results * 12 Sep 2020 * DARPA is going to have results May 2021 * [The EmDrive Just Won’t Die | EmDrive Testing Results](https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a33917439/emdrive-wont-die/) * From defense to healthcare training: building VR on a common framework * 11 Sep 2020 * [From defense to healthcare training: building VR on a common framework - Unreal Engine](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/spotlights/from-defense-to-healthcare-training-building-vr-on-a-common-framework) * The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion * 11 Sep 2020 * [The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/the-us-military-is-getting-serious-about-nuclear-thermal-propulsion/) * [[DARPA and corporate R&D filled overlapping but different niches]] * [[Nuclear Rockets]] * [[Draco Program]] * Nuclear power on the moon? It could happen by 2028 – Cosmic Log * 11 Sep 2020 * [Nuclear power on the moon? It could happen by 2028 – Cosmic Log](https://cosmiclog.com/2020/09/10/nuclear-power-on-the-moon-it-could-happen-by-2028/) * [[Nuclear Rockets]] * New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission * 11 Sep 2020 * [New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission](https://singularityhub.com/2020/08/30/new-zealand-is-about-to-test-long-range-wireless-power-transmission/) * Sound waves replace human hands in petri dish experiments * 10 Sep 2020 * [Sound waves replace human hands in petri dish experiments](https://phys.org/news/2020-09-human-petri-dish.html) * CRISPR-engineered human brown-like adipocytes prevent diet-induced obesity and ameliorate metabolic syndrome in mice * 5 Sep 2020 * https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/558/eaaz8664 * Generic engineering can unlock fat loss… in mice * [Are Radioactive Diamond Batteries a Cure for Nuclear Waste? | WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/are-radioactive-diamond-batteries-a-cure-for-nuclear-waste/) * 31 Aug 2020 * [[Morgan Boardman]]/[[Arkenlight]] * [NRC Issues Final Safety Evaluation Report for NuScale Small Modular Reactor](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2020/20-043.pdf) * 29 Aug 2020 * [[Nuscale]] * [Japanese convenience store chain begins testing remote controlled robot staff in Tokyo | SoraNews24 -Japan News-](https://soranews24.com/2020/08/29/japanese-convenience-store-chain-begins-testing-remote-controlled-robot-staff-in-tokyo/) * 28 Aug 2020 * [[New paradigms in telerobotics could bridge the gap to fully autonomous robots and empower humans]] * Nano Diamond Batteries * 26 Aug 2020 * [Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it](https://newatlas.com/energy/nano-diamond-self-charging-batteries-ndb/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true) * [NDB | Nano Diamond Battery - A Lifelong Self-charging green battery](https://ndb.technology/) * Pushback * Discharges very slowly * But couldn’t that be coupled with a super capacitor * Creating diamonds is expensive * The company NBD is probably bullshit * Regrowing Cartilage (in mice) * [Researchers find method to regrow cartilage in the joints | News Center | Stanford Medicine](http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/08/Researchers-find-method-to-regrow-cartilage-in-the-joints.html) * 19 Aug 2020 * Hydrogen Car predicted in 2022 * 14 Aug 2020 * [Hyperion XP-1: A Hydrogen Hypercar On A Mission](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianblanco/2020/08/12/hyperion-xp-1-a-hydrogen-hypercar-on-a-mission/#1504ab8c48c8) * CRISPR Squid * 11 Aug 2020 * [The First Gene-Edited Squid in History Is a Biological Breakthrough | by Emily Mullin | Aug, 2020 | OneZero](https://onezero.medium.com/the-first-gene-edited-squid-in-history-is-a-biological-breakthrough-c81cb0449e5a) * Casimir force used to control and manipulate objects * 10 Aug 2020 * https://phys.org/news/2020-08-casimir.html * Michael Tobar - UWA * Jacob Pate - UC Merced * [[Atomically Precise Manufacturing is more a matter of systems engineering than discovering new physics]] * [[New manufacturing paradigms can remove bottlenecks for other paradigms]] * Sergey Brin’s Revolutionary $19 Airship * 31 Jul 2020 * https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/aviation/sergey-brins-revolutionary-20-airship * Chernobyl-resistant mold could block radiation on the ISS * 31 Jul 2020 * https://www.engadget.com/international-space-station-radiation-mold-chernobyl-121856835.html * [[Robin Hanson]] points out that there is no reason to believe a different arrangement of atoms could block rays better * [[19 Jul 2019]] * [[NASA's idea for making food from thin air just became a reality — it could feed billions]] * Heat -> mechanical movement answer to Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou paradox * 14 Jul 2020 * https://phys.org/news/2020-07-scientists-physical-paradox.html * Propellerless blimp * 3 Jul 2020 * https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/no-propeller-no-problem-this-blimp-flies-on-buoyancy-alone * Definitely a [[Leonardo Ideas]] - based on a patent from 1864 * The question is - does it actually remove the constraint that’s keeping * SpaceX aiming to test first earth-to-earth starship in 3 years * [SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk confirms intra-Earth spaceport and test flight](https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-elon-musk-confirms-inter-earth-test-flight-job-listing?utm_campaign=inverse&utm_content=1592423722&utm_medium=owned&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR14aliafkoB-E5k6vAe2cR9p83R3Dryf9hC0W70Gi4iS5iIOcBkp3s5rOo) * 22 Jun 2020 * [[2015-06-26]] * [Femtosecond Lasers Create 3-D Midair Plasma Displays You Can Touch](https://spectrum.ieee.org/femtosecond-lasers-create-3d-midair-plasma-displays-you-can-touch) * [[2023-08-01]]: https://thebridge.jp/en/2023/08/pixie-dust-technologies-to-be-listed-on-nasdaq ### Researcher receives $3.3M grant for vertical-axis offshore turbine [Researcher receives $3.3M grant for vertical-axis offshore turbine](http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/mcwKCmzCbjDjnYdgCidyfXBWcNEaTD?format=multipart) University of Texas at Dallas researcher Todd Griffith has won a $3.3 million grant from the Department of Energy to design and build a prototype for a floating offshore wind turbine that can convert deep-ocean wind into electricity. Griffith’s design features vertical blades and a vertical axis of rotation instead of horizontal. [University of Texas at Dallas](http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/mcwKCmzCbjDjnYdgCidyfXBWcNEaTD?format=multipart) (12/16) ### Bioengineering could boost wheat crop production, study finds [Bioengineering could boost wheat crop production, study finds](http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/mcmpCmzCbjDjmXbZCidyfXBWcNuCga?format=multipart) Use of biotechnology on the genomes of wheat varieties could boost crop yields, based on findings from a study conducted by investigators from Rothamsted Research in the UK. Details of the research were reported in the journal Global Food Security. [Cornell Alliance for Science (Cornell University)](http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/mcmpCmzCbjDjmXbZCidyfXBWcNuCga?format=multipart) (12/13) j ### Bears muscles don’t atrophy Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack of movement. Researchers report on how they manage to do this. The grizzly bears’ strategy could help prevent muscle atrophy in humans as well. [Learning from the bears — ScienceDaily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191230104801.htm) [[Hibernation Chambers]] ### Several reasons why drones with start going [[U.S. Commercial Drone Deliveries Will Finally Be a Thing in 2020]] ### Ultrasound can make stronger 3-D-printed alloys https://phys.org/news/2020-01-ultrasound-stronger-d-printed-alloys.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter ### Chemists report a new use for the waste product of nuclear power generation https://phys.org/news/2020-01-chemists-product-nuclear-power.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter * Westinghouse supposedly has an awesome micro reactor * [Westinghouse Nuclear > New Plants > eVinci™ Micro Reactor](https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/new-plants/evinci-micro-reactor) * [[Westinghouse Micro Reactor]] * Biologists identify pathways that extend lifespan by 500% * https://phys.org/news/2020-01-biological-scientists-pathways-lifespan.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter * Twistronics fast light transmission * Date:19 Jun 2020 * [Scientists hail breakthrough in manipulation of light | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/light-manipulation-graphene-photons-twistronics-a9560871.html) * What does it actually take to become a real system? * [[Physics]] * Turn off mouse brains for a week and turn them back * Date: 19 Jun 2020 * [Hibernation in mice: Are humans next? - Neuroscience News](https://neurosciencenews.com/mouse-hibernation-16533/amp/) * [[Biology]] * [[Suspended Animation]] * Bose-Einstein Condensates in space for first time * Date: 18 Jun 2020 * [Quantum ‘fifth state of matter’ observed in space for first time](https://phys.org/news/2020-06-quantum-state-space.amp) * [[Are Bose-Einstein Condensates useful for anything?]] * [[Physics]] * [[2019]] * [Uranium Ditelluride Could be Spin Triplet Superconductor and Is a New Wonder Material | NextBigFuture.com](https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/11/uranium-ditelluride-could-be-spin-triplet-superconductor-and-is-a-new-wonder-material.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&__twitter_impression=true)