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Watch: SpaceX to Build It’s Biggest Rocket in Los Angeles
The BFR is expected to transport humans to Mars.
Watch: NASA to Deploy New Space Telescope to Help Find New Planets
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS for short, will launch on April 16. Once in orbit, TESS will undergo tests and adjustments for sixty days before beginning its two-year mission. TESS is opening a door for a whole new kind of study. We’re going to be able study individual planets and start talking about the…
Composites in Aerospace
Composites are becoming increasingly significant in the aerospace industry, and nowhere is that more important than in aircraft design. Read more at mvpind.com
Fiberguide Industries Presents: Does It Bend? Series – Episode 1 – Tefzel Fiber
Join our resident fiber expert, Wyeth, on a journey of discovery. At Fiberguide’s NJ Fiber Draw Facility we explore just how much Fiberguide’s fibers can withstand being bent to the extreme all the while capturing the action on camera! Check out Episode 1 of Fiberguide’s Does It Bend? series here! Read more at fiberguide.com
Falling Space Station Will Hit Earth
China’s 8.5-ton space station will come crashing down to Earth from Saturday onwards, the country’s space authorities said, although they can not confirm where it is likely to hit. The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace” lab, will hit the earth between March 31 and April 4 and “should” burn up in the atmosphere, Chinese space officials…
Texas Oil Patch Has Unusual Movement
Two giant sinkholes near Wink, Texas, may just be the tip of the iceberg, according to a new study that found alarming rates of new ground movement extending far beyond the infamous sinkholes. That’s the finding of a geophysical team from Southern Methodist University, Dallas that previously reported the rapid rate at which the sinkholes…
Chemists Advance Sustainable Battery Technology
Utah State University (USU) chemists are successfully advancing battery technology with a new molecular design for aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFB) that could create a new large-scale renewable energy source. The race to develop new, reliable battery technology, along with wind and solar power, is occurring world-wide on many fronts. USU’s battery study is…
Mirroring the Blue Eel: Non-living Systems Manifest Living Neural Behaviors
Exciting new U.S. Army-funded research inspired by the naturally elegant motion of the swimming blue eel has the potential to answer questions regarding the discrepancy between the movement in living versus non-living systems. These answers can lead to the creation of synthetic materials that simulate natural ones. Examining the possibilities, a research team lead by…
Next Big European IPO Is In Medical Diagnostics
Siemens AG’s big IPO is in the pipeline and due to begin trading March 16, 2018. They are making a big bet on selling equipment that analyzes blood and other medical samples. Ironically it’s a segment of their business that hasn’t enjoyed much success, and comes at the same time they launched a new diagnostics…
Watch: Big Discovery in Graphene Conduction
When twisted, a double-layer of graphene will superconduct, allowing electrons to flow through it without resistance. The discovery was announced in two papers published this month. It could be a major step toward finding a viable superconductor. Current superconductors require cold conditions. The graphene-twist discovery could eliminate that requirement. A viable superconducting material could have…
Escalier Biosciences Scores $19 Million in Funding Supporting Therapies for Psoriasis and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Escalier Biosciences and its dermatologic and autoimmune targets received a $19 million series B round funding from European Venture Capital firms Forbion, New Science Ventures and BioGeneration. “Escalier’s team has an impressive track record of developing novel compounds targeting diseases with significant unmet medical need,” stated Marco Boorsma, general partner at Forbion who will join…
A New Startup Promises to Preserve Your Brain Intact
If your end-of-life goals include preserving your brain completely intact at the synaptic level so it can potentially be reproduced in microdetail in the distant future and your consciousness reborn, then you’re in luck! A company called Nectome, with financial support from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and the startup accelerator Y Combinator,…
Chaperones Aren’t Just for the Prom: Key Step In Viral Replication Identified
Viruses are cellular parasites that reproduce themselves by hijacking the machinery of the cells they infect. We have significant knowledge regarding cell infection and virus reproduction of themselves within cells, but scarce is our understanding of the final stages of protein folding and virus construction. However, according to SciTechDaily, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh…
How a Robot Arm in Space Inspired Tech for Surgery on Earth
The technology used to help create the international space station in 1981 and its predecessor, which now captures visiting cargo spacecraft, has found another very different and very earth-bound use. The Canadarm2, launched in 2001, is serving as the inspiration for a highly precise neurosurgery tool. Its enhanced tracking ability reportedly makes it a safer…
Could Black Holes And Superconductors Share Properties?
Black holes may share properties of superconductors, according to a presentation at the American Physical Society by Physicist Sreenath Kizhakkumpurath Manikandan. Building on a 1974 observation by Stephen Hawking that black holes slowly evaporate over time, scientists have tried to answer the question left behind. When the black hole evaporates, where does the information go?…
Designed For Density
Konnis was recently asked to fit sixteen (16) 5ml or 15ml tubes into a single grid strip rack for the Tecan EVO deck. The challenge was to maximize space, accommodate multiple tube sizes, and still adhere to dimensional limitations. In response, Konnis created a new design that does all three. Read more at Konnis
Watch: Google Hopes to Achieve Quantum Computing with new Chip
Researchers at Google are preparing to test a 72 quantum bit (qubit) computer chip. The new chip is a significant leap from their previous 9-qubit chip, but quantum supremacy remains out of reach. Quantum supremacy, computing what traditional computers can’t, requires at least 50 qubits, and the challenges are big. Google, IBM, and Intel have…
Researchers Announce Gas Sensor That’s Just as Sensitive as Fido’s Nose
No human would dare go nose-to-nose with a canine, a difference that has pushed researchers to create a sensor that is just as sensitive as a dog’s snout. A group has recently announced that, using graphene-based nanoscrolls, they were able to achieve that same level of sensitivity. The reason for a dog’s super-sense of smell…
Scientists Create Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis, and the Promise of Clean Energy
Photosynthesis is one of the most efficient ways known to harvest solar energy to convert into chemical energy. As such, it’s a demonstration of how nature has succeeded through the process of natural selection where we have failed through rational construction and experimentation in trying to create artificial photosynthesis. That is, until now. The Proceedings…
New Imaging Can Produce Visual Quantum World
A new imaging technique that can improve clock precision and add new atomic-level detail to studies like magnetism and superconductivity has been developed by JILA scientists. Rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock creates visual art and combines spectroscopy with high-resolution microscopy. “This technique allows us to write a piece of beautiful…
Watch: SpaceX to expand Texas launch facility for future Mars missions
SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions. After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed. With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “super facility” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger…
Oxford BioTheraputics Names Abderrahim Fandi as CMO
Abderrahim Fandi, formerly of Celgene, has joined Oxford BioTherapeutics as the company’s CMO. His position will be responsible for developing OBT’s immuno-oncology candidates. “Rahim brings a wealth of drug development expertise to OBT, which will significantly benefit the company as we move our clinical development program forward in the United States for MEN1309, our novel…
Watch: European Report Finds Neonic Pesticides Threaten Bees and May See Ban
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently released a report concluding neonicotinoids endanger wild bees. Neonicotinoids are applied to seeds and spread through the plant as it grows, putting pollinators at risk. The EFSA banned three other pesticides from use on field crops, and analysts say this new report may widen that ban. Though Canadian…
How Optical Sensors Will Change the World
Optical sensors are changing the way that we interact with the world. They are emerging to play a vital role in manufacturing automation, consumer electronics, energy production, and more. Industry professionals continue to push boundaries and find new ways to make optical sensors work better than ever. Soon, optical sensor manufacturers will use this technology…
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