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Sep 16, 2015
‘Super-antenna’ could let Mars rover talk directly with Earth
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: space
An amazing new antenna prototype from UCLA has the potential to make Mars missions a whole lot easier to run.
Sep 15, 2015
NASA confirms there’s a global subsurface ocean on Enceladus
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
We’ve known there is water on Enceladus for a while now, but NASA has just confirmed a more recent theory about the icy moon of Saturn: it has a subsurface ocean that spans the entire globe. The news comes just a handful of months after the agency discovered evidence of hydrothermal vents, which are believed to be integral to the formation of life here on Earth.
The confirmation was made using research from Cassini — a spacecraft that arrived at Saturn in 2004 and has spent the last decade studying the planet and its many moons. (It was launched in 1997.) The researchers used Cassini to measure the wobble in Enceladus’ orbit of Saturn, something that “can only be accounted for if its outer ice shell is not frozen solid to its interior.”
Sep 15, 2015
Is Quantum Space-Time a Scale-Free Network Like Facebook?
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: neuroscience, quantum physics, space
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a model that applies ideas from the theory of complex networks, such as the brain or the Internet, to the fundamental quantum geometry of space-time.
The research is published in Scientific Reports with the title “Complex Quantum Network Manifolds in Dimension d > 2 are Scale-Free.” The research paper is freely available online.
“We hope that by applying our understanding of complex networks to one of the fundamental questions in physics we might be able to help explain how discrete quantum spaces emerge,” said author Ginestra Bianconi.
Sep 15, 2015
Curing Alzheimer’s
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health, life extension, mobile phones, neuroscience, space
Dr Michael Fossel is a PhD and MD heading up telomerase research and therapy and has kindly written a blog article for Bioviva detailing the work both they and his company Telocyte are doing to fight back against Alzheimer’s.
How Alzheimer’s Can Be Prevented and Cured…
Michael Fossel, MD, PhD
As I said in my medical textbook on aging, “If age is a thief, then the greatest treasure we lose is ourselves.” We fear Alzheimer’s not simply because it takes away our health, but because it steals our souls.
Sep 14, 2015
Elon Musk has asked if he can launch 4000 wifi satellites into space
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, internet, space
Elon Musk has officially requested permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a 4000 strong flotilla of satellites into orbit.
Elon Musk’s space company ‘SpaceX’ announced their primary plans in January with the official request coming early last week. If all goes to plan the satellites could be in orbit and the Internet operational within five years.
While satellite internet is not new technology, SpaceX plans to reduce the enormous latency over a space connection by launching the satellites into a low Earth orbit at around 650km. The low orbit and slower speeds mean 4000 satellites are needed to cover the earth, far more than necessary for higher orbit networking.
Sep 14, 2015
1st Space Development Network Conference 2016
Posted by Lily Graca in categories: robotics/AI, space
The 1st Space Development Network Conference will be held in Bangalore in January, 2016. The motivation of the conference is to invite researchers, eminent scientists, faculty from reputed colleges and students working in the area of Space development and technology to present their research and get valuable feedback from the people attending the conference. The topics of space development network conference are given below:
•Asteroid Mining.
•Space Colonization.
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Sep 13, 2015
Breakthrough: Artificial Leaf Capable Of Producing Oxygen Could Make Living In Space A Reality!
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: innovation, space
The man-made “plant” can create endless oxygen using light and water!
Pioneers have been dreaming about living in outer space for eons, but there’s always been one major roadblock: securing a long-term oxygen supply. Toting around an indefinite supply of O2 isn’t feasible, and obtaining oxygen from plants in space is difficult, as green vegetation does not thrive in zero gravity environments.
But thanks to graduate student Julian Melchiorri, long-term space travel could soon be a reality. Melchiorri worked with Dezeen and MINI Frontiers to produce the Silk Leaf, an invention capable of sustaining life.
Sep 13, 2015
The House just passed a bill about space mining. The future is here.
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: space
Sep 12, 2015
Listen To The Solar System Sing With This Fantastic Simulation
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: media & arts, space
This is a seriously cool visualization of the solar system. What if you turned the planets into a sort of music box? That’s the point of Solarbeat, which turns the movement of the planets into music.
Solarbeat actually launched five years ago in 2010, but the designer Luke Twyman decided to revamp the website recently in light of the New Horizons and Dawn missions.
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