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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:20 pm

26331
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3-D printed objects connect to WiFi without electronics
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-d-wifi-electronics.html

Lyft puts driverless cars to work in Boston
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-lyft-self ... oston.html

Solar power advances possible with new 'double-glazing' device
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-solar-pow ... evice.html

Tech titans ramp up tools to win over children [as in exploit them?]
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-tech-tita ... ldren.html


SCIENCE:

Lightning sparks mid-air nuclear reaction, first time recorded phenomenon
https://www.sott.net/article/370290-Lig ... phenomenon

Gold, water and platinum: Australians lead the way towards asteroid mining boom
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/gold- ... zxmol.html

Bronze Age Elite Forged All Their Best Weapons and Jewelry From Meteorites
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bronze-age-el ... 36034.html

Bizarre, Enormous 16th-Century Map Assembled for First Time
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... ano-monte/

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Zips Off To Collect Asteroid Sample
https://www.dogonews.com/2017/12/9/nasa ... oid-sample

Engine of climate change: Thousands, and possibly millions, of underwater volcanoes remain undiscovered
https://www.sott.net/article/370147-Eng ... discovered

Just how will humanity react to evidence of alien life? Psychologists predict answers
https://www.sott.net/article/370164-Jus ... ct-answers

Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Yukon and Alaskan 'muck' deposits indicate recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement
https://www.sott.net/article/370165-Imp ... mplacement

Light reveals secrets of supercooled water
https://www.sott.net/article/370264-Lig ... oled-water

Astronomers discover new stellar stream in Milky Way galaxy halo
https://www.sott.net/article/370352-Ast ... Way-galaxy

Planetary collisions are responsible for large amounts of Earth's minerals
https://www.sott.net/article/370385-Pla ... s-minerals

Galaxy pair contain dark matter halo at least 1 trillion times the sun's mass
https://www.sott.net/article/370465-Stu ... -suns-mass

Scientists capture Earth's vibrational 'hum' on ocean floor
https://www.sott.net/article/370566-Sci ... cean-floor

'Magnetic Monopole' phenomenon found in old chemistry experiments
https://www.sott.net/article/370704-Mag ... xperiments

NASA can't save us; it missed asteroid as it skimmed by Earth
https://www.sott.net/article/370747-NAS ... s-by-Earth

Physicists confirmed new form of matter 'Excitonium'
https://www.sott.net/article/370767-Phy ... Excitonium

University of Arizona must disclose 'hockey stick' climate change emails
https://www.sott.net/article/370776-Sco ... nge-emails

Newly discovered duck-like dinosaur
https://www.sott.net/article/370855-New ... cold-sweat

Warm and Wet Ancient Mars? Maybe Not
https://www.space.com/38999-ancient-mar ... erals.html

That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet
https://www.newscientist.com/article/21 ... ed-planet/

Protoplanetary disc around HD 169142
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-reveals-i ... -disc.html

A microlensing event seen from three positions in space
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-microlens ... space.html

Astronomer's map reveals location of mysterious fast-moving gas
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-astronome ... g-gas.html

Researchers measure the spin rates of bodies thought to be either planets or tiny 'failed' stars
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-bodies-th ... stars.html

Meteorite analysis shows reduced salt is key in Earth's new recipe
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-meteorite ... earth.html

Clay minerals on Mars may have formed in primordial steam bath
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-clay-mine ... steam.html

New research bridges scaling gap between astrophysics and cosmology
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-bridges-s ... ology.html

Herschel data links mysterious quasar winds to furious starbursts
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-herschel- ... rious.html

Black holes' magnetism surprisingly wimpy [like black hole theory]
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-black-hol ... wimpy.html

Galaxy orbits map in the local supercluster
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-galaxy-or ... uster.html

Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases ... 120417.php

The common ancestor for everyone on the planet today lived approximately 3,600 years ago
http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/why ... -confucius

Scientists map ancient rock art in Venezuela
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/1 ... 512663060/

Adornments tell about culture of Paleolithic people
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/005900.html

A Network of Ancient Caves [Tunnels] Was Just Discovered Under Montreal
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/a-netw ... r-montreal

ANCIENT CITY WITH TEMPLE AND BURIAL GROUND FOUND IN TURKEY
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-city-te ... key-740747

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:00 am

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Thruster Failure Shows Error in Physics re Lorentz force
The Nassikas Lorentz force thruster fails the helium test
[The original simple design worked, but not the newer designs -- this explains why]
http://etheric.com/nassikas-lorentz-for ... lium-test/

(The following is a followup to a previous message from April 2016 at https://forum.freestateproject.org/inde ... #msg298776 )

Posted by: Paul LaViolette
October 6, 2017
In August we carried out a helium test on version II and III of the Nassikas thruster at SuperPower Corp. in Schenectady, NY.  We fixed the coil in a liquid helium dewar with its axis pointed in a horizontal direction.  The dewar in turn was suspended from a ceiling beam so that it could move from side to side.  Any side deflection of the dewar, due to any internally developed force, would have been measured on an electronic scale which was in mechanical contact with the wall of the dewar.  The scale would have been able to register a force as small as 20 grams (0.7 ounce). However, the coil showed no evidence of axial thrust even when the current to it was increased to 175 amps.  So we have concluded that this invention is impractical.  This does not apply to version I, which instead uses a conical YBCO casting with an attached permanent magnet.  That version still has potential application.
In my opinion, the reason why the test failed has to do with a flaw in physical theory.  Conventional thinking is that due to the self interaction of its magnetic field and current a coil develops Lorentz forces which try to expand the coil diameter.  But physicists have ignored that there is another force which can strain coils and cause them to expand which is called the Ampere force.  Both forces increase according to the square of coil current.  The difference is that the Ampere force causes a longitudinal tension, along the length of the wire, whereas the Lorentz force would cause a transverse force, perpendicular to the coil windings.  If the Lorentz force were the predominant force causing tension in a coil, we should have seen an axial propulsion in our experiment.  Since our experiment showed no force, we must conclude that the Lorentz force is essentially absent as a self acting force in coils and that instead the coil expanding force is due to the Ampere force.  Since the Ampere force acts along the length of the coil windings, an axial force component would be unable to develop in a conically shaped coil.  So I believe that all we have accomplished with this experiment is to point out a flaw in physical theory.  The reason why our Finite Element Analysis simulations showed that an axial force should have been developed is because that program assumed that coils develop Lorentz forces when energized.  If physical theory was correct, we should have seen a propulsion, just as the simulations showed.  But Nature does not always behave as we might think or like.
4 Responses to The Nassikas Lorentz force thruster fails the helium test
CL
November 10, 2017 at 12:17 pm
thanks for the update, please let your public know whether a theoretical explanation for the failure of the latest trials should emerge.
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Paul LaViolette
November 14, 2017 at 5:22 pm
I gave a theoretical explanation in the posting. Namely, that the force is due to the Ampere force and not to the Lorentz force. Our experiment seems to prove this.
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CL
November 7, 2017 at 9:36 am
Dr LaViolette, thanks for sharing this valuable information as well for the efforts in this type of research. May I ask whether there are plans for further development of Version I ? I believe the use of tape multilayer superconductors introduced in Version II and III may have introduced further effects or phenomena which eventually led to a suppression of the effect.
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Paul LaViolette
November 8, 2017 at 5:52 pm
The matter is now in the hands of Dr. Nassikas to decide how he wants to proceed. The version I thruster needs repair before testing can continue. There is more to do on his first version to improve the amount of the thrust. I will help him if he needs further help, but there are no plans in the works right now.

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Dec 17, 2017 5:00 pm

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Thruster Failure means need to change a law of physics
https://forum.freestateproject.org/inde ... #msg300511

Discovery clears way for human body to work as robust communication network for electronic devices
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-discovery ... twork.html

In first, SpaceX launches recycled rocket and spaceship (Update)
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-spacex-po ... eship.html

Or is SpaceX a scam?
http://mileswmathis.com/musk.pdf

Volumetric 3-D printing builds on need for speed
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-volumetric-d.html

Artificial intelligence and supercomputers to help alleviate urban traffic problems
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-artificia ... urban.html

Climate conditions affect solar cell performance more than expected
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-climate-c ... -cell.html

Microbes help turn Greek yogurt waste into fuel
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-microbes- ... -fuel.html

Micro-grippers may be able to navigate unstructured environments
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-micro-gri ... ments.html

Anode battery material with superfast charging and stable operation
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-road-fast ... eries.html

Daimler delivers its first all-electric trucks in Europe
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-daimler-a ... urope.html


SCIENCE:

GALACTIC SUPERWAVES
Will a Superwave Arrive in 2017?
http://etheric.com/will-superwave-arrive-2017/
http://etheric.com/ogy/
_kathie December 30, 2016 at 4:39 am, Dear Dr. Laviolette; Please note that He3 is causing magnetosphere compression like the waves on the ocean. This is coming in ahead of He4. There are two brown dwarfs which recently entered our outer SS from the S.S/E and originated in Sag.
_Paul LaViolette January 1, 2017 at 7:33 pm, For a body that far away, it is almost impossible to predict that it will pass close enough to affect the Earth. The chance is very small. The chance that such a body will enter the solar system is small to begin with. On the other hand, with superwaves we know from the ice core record that they occur quite frequently. Small events occur about every 500 years. Larger events about every 11,000 years. This is millions of times more probable than the collision or near passage of a planet.

Study finds solar amplification mechanism by which climate is controlled by the level of solar activity & cosmic rays
https://www.sott.net/article/371049-Stu ... osmic-rays

Study claims chemical tipping point of magma determines explosive potential of volcanoes
https://www.sott.net/article/371221-Stu ... -volcanoes

Scotland: Geologists discover 60-million-year-old meteorite strike and new mineral forms
https://www.sott.net/article/371287-Sco ... eral-forms

Researchers identify new mechanism that helps explain why meteors explode in the atmosphere (Charles Chandler explained better several years ago)
https://www.sott.net/article/371356-Res ... atmosphere

New 'blob' of hot, rising rock detected below part of the U.S. Northeast
https://www.sott.net/article/371365-New ... -Northeast

The sun is blank, NASA data shows dimming continues
https://www.sott.net/article/371473-The ... -continues

Watching this newborn island erode could tell us a lot about Mars
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wat ... about-mars

Chemists Find New Evidence That Life Might Have Started in Space
https://www.inverse.com/article/39300-o ... ecules-dna

Interstellar ice may hold the secret to life
https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/inte ... et-to-life

Unravelling the mysteries of extragalactic jets
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-unravelli ... -jets.html

Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's great red spot, finds hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur ions moving at almost light speed
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-juno-prob ... great.html

Chandra reveals the elementary nature of Cassiopeia A
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-chandra-r ... opeia.html

Stellar nursery blooms into view
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-stellar-n ... -view.html

Bright areas on Ceres suggest geologic activity
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-bright-ar ... logic.html

Energetic electrons in Earth's inner radiation belt are created by cosmic rays from supernovas
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-major-spa ... llite.html

New discovery finds starving white dwarfs are binge eaters
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-discovery ... binge.html

Dark energy survey offers new view of dark matter halos
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-dark-ener ... halos.html

Dawn of a galactic collision
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-dawn-gala ... ision.html

A better way to weigh millions of solitary stars
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-millions- ... stars.html

‘Ram Setu’ exists, is man-made, between India and Sri Lanka
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ind ... 043679.cms

Archaeologists unearth record of ancient Assyria’s demise
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/wi ... ias-demise

Evidence of early humans found in the jungles of Borneo
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-evidence- ... orneo.html

Indonesian island found to be unusually rich in cave paintings
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/wi ... -paintings

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Dec 24, 2017 5:59 pm

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TECH:

Gilding technique inspired by ancient Egyptians may spark better fuel cells for tomorrow’s electric cars
https://hub.jhu.edu/2017/12/19/gilding- ... ent-cheap/

Computational method improves the resolution of time-of-flight depth sensors 1,000-fold
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-method-re ... nsors.html

Memristors power quick-learning neural network
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-memristor ... twork.html

Boeing to unveil secret plane that will 'change future air power'
https://www.sott.net/article/371770-Boe ... -air-power

New type of self-healing glass
https://www.sott.net/article/371861-Tok ... ling-glass

Russia's hi-speed rail boom: Manufactured locally and set to traverse the world (VIDEO)
https://www.sott.net/article/372002-Rus ... orld-VIDEO

Russia's new luxury car
https://www.sott.net/article/372013-Int ... rand-Aurus


SCIENCE:

Arecibo radar returns with asteroid phaethon images
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-arecibo-r ... mages.html

Conflict of Interest in Scientific Research And Our Own Personal Bias
https://www.sott.net/article/371537-Con ... sonal-Bias

Scientists can now create air transmissible Ebola and other lethal viruses
https://www.sott.net/article/372028-Pat ... al-viruses

Quantum droplets are the most dilute liquids
https://www.sott.net/article/371615-Qua ... te-liquids

A new approach for detecting planets in Alpha Centauri
https://www.sott.net/article/371761-A-n ... a-Centauri

A new kind of spiral wave that embraces disorder is discovered (VIDEO)
https://www.sott.net/article/371802-A-n ... ered-VIDEO

Brain imaging bias: Whose brain represents the average?
https://www.sott.net/article/371806-Bra ... he-average

Cosmic rays trigger [trivial] climate change on Earth by increasing cloud cover
https://www.sott.net/article/371897-Stu ... loud-cover

Scientists now think Mars' water is locked in its rocks
https://www.sott.net/article/371924-Wha ... -its-rocks

Saturn's Rings
https://www.sott.net/article/372064-Saturns-Rings

Space Skull returns: 'Halloween asteroid' to pass by Earth in 2018
https://www.sott.net/article/372178-Spa ... th-in-2018

Heidelberg uni physicists find evidence of an exotic state of matter
https://www.sott.net/article/372203-Hei ... -of-matter

MARS AND EARTH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EARLY NEIGHBORS
https://www.astrobio.net/mars/mars-eart ... neighbors/

Mysterious alien cigar ‘asteroid’ is actually an interstellar lump of ice (not a space ship)
https://theconversation.com/mysterious- ... ship-89322

Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ancie ... -is-common

The 25 [very doubtful] Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2017
https://www.inverse.com/article/39619-2 ... hs-of-2017

Alien object 'Oumuama was a natural body visiting from another solar system
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-alien-oum ... solar.html

Orbital mayhem around a red dwarf
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-orbital-m ... dwarf.html

NASA solves how a Jupiter jet stream shifts into reverse
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nasa-jupi ... hifts.html

A new twist in the dark matter [fairy] tale
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-dark-tale.html

Radio observations point to likely explanation for neutron-star merger phenomena
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-neutron-s ... eries.html

Giant bubbles on red giant star's surface
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-giant-red ... rface.html

Astronomers shed [dark] light on formation of black holes and galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-astronome ... axies.html

Cosmic filament probes our galaxy's giant [non-] black hole
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-cosmic-fi ... giant.html

New study finds 'winking' star may be devouring wrecked planets
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-star-devo ... anets.html

Scientists describe how solar system could have formed in bubble around giant star
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-scientist ... -star.html

Megamarsupials: the migration of Australia’s extinct megafauna
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... -megafauna

What Do You Do When You Find a Mammoth on Your Farm?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/w ... -your-farm

Who built the Indus Valley civilisation?
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/w ... 261315.ece

The discovery of an ancient mastodon ignited debate over humans’ arrival in North America
http://www.latimes.com/local/california ... story.html

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:57 pm

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(Science reporters were lazy this week.)

TECH:

Twitter + Citizen Science + AI = improved flood data collection
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-twitter-c ... ce-ai.html

Alaskan microgrids offer energy resilience and independence
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-alaskan-m ... dence.html

At-a-distance device charging
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-californi ... evice.html

Driverless taxis became a reality in 2017 and hardly anyone noticed
https://www.sott.net/article/372309-Dri ... ne-noticed

New dating app based on link between DNA and pheromones to play matchmaker
https://www.sott.net/article/372403-Lov ... matchmaker

Sizing up new car-safety technology
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-sizing-ca ... ology.html

Self-driving vehicle proving ground tests cars before they hit open road
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-self-driv ... -road.html


SCIENCE:

Bizarre whirlpool phenomenon observed in southern seas
https://www.sott.net/article/372478-Biz ... thern-seas

Jupiter's UV Aurora
https://www.sott.net/article/372734-Jupiters-UV-Aurora

The Sun is cooling faster than anyone suspected - and lowering Earth's temperature along with it
https://www.sott.net/article/372746-Rea ... ng-with-it

Potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid, larger than thought
http://www.timesnownews.com/technology- ... ght/181781

Multiwavelength image of the 'Toothbrush' galaxy cluster
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-multiwave ... uster.html

Hubble captures planetary nebula NGC 6326
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-image-hub ... ebula.html

Researchers discover a chemically primitive dwarf star in the galactic halo
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-chemicall ... actic.html

These are the greatest unsolved mysteries of 2017
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-l ... 5e62eb2257

Ancient Axes, Spear Points May Reveal When Early Humans Left Africa
https://www.livescience.com/61285-stone ... rabia.html

Experts bowled over by ancient urn found on bed of Lake Biwako
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712270033.html

Did Prehistoric Middle Eastern Culture Visit Europe, Spawn Artistic Culture, and Leave?
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evo ... nopaging=1

130 million-year-old nest of perfectly preserved dinosaur eggs discovered in China
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/130-million-ye ... na-1653174

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:19 pm

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TECH:

Standardizing Perovskite solar cells aging measurements
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-standardi ... aging.html

Race for 'smart' hits fever pitch at electronics show
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-smart-fev ... onics.html

What's on center stage at the CES tech show? Your voice
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-center-st ... voice.html

Russian scientists develop experimental underwater breathing technique - aimed at rescuing submarine crews
https://www.sott.net/article/373158-Rus ... rine-crews

First batch of Russian 5th generation Su-57 fighter jets to be put in service 'very soon'
https://www.sott.net/article/373253-Fir ... -very-soon

Low-effort, high-tech ways to clean your house
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/lo ... se-n819046

PrePeat rewritable printer
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innov ... about3.htm

Fast Car Window De-icing
https://www.nbcnews.com/better/video/ho ... 4306115643

Ancient Mauryan technology brings water, hope to dry Magadh in Bihar
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-new ... B1DrL.html


SCIENCE:

Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42357259

Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
http://www.sciencecodex.com/speed-breed ... ion-618078

NASA asteroid hunter spies Earth from far, far away
https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-spacecra ... oon-image/

RECORD-BREAKING 2,000 NEW ASTEROIDS APPROACHED EARTH IN 2017 AND ASTRONOMERS EXPECT TO SPOT EVEN MORE IN 2018
http://www.newsweek.com/record-breaking ... ers-769236

500,000yo hunter-gatherer 'paradise' discovered near busy Israeli roadway
https://www.sott.net/article/373337-500 ... li-roadway

Unknown Native American population revealed by DNA study
https://www.sott.net/article/372961-Unk ... -DNA-study

Did comet impacts kill lots of animals in Alaska?
https://www.sott.net/article/372860-Did ... -in-Alaska

Study predicts next phase of solar cycle will bring on 'Mini Ice Age' as early as 2020
https://www.sott.net/article/372868-Stu ... ly-as-2020

Earth's thermostat discovered in rocks: Regulates planet and helps recover from ice ages
https://www.sott.net/article/372908-Ear ... m-ice-ages

New study traces electric currents that flow along Earth's magnetic field
https://www.sott.net/article/372977-New ... etic-field

Large ancient impact event discovered in Southeast Asia
https://www.sott.net/article/373055-Lar ... heast-Asia

Four-dimensional physics now studied in two dimensions
https://www.sott.net/article/373162-Fou ... dimensions

Researchers cool object beyond limits of known physics
https://www.sott.net/article/373177-Res ... wn-physics

New largest prime number discovered
https://www.sott.net/article/373178-New ... discovered

How quantised inertia gets rid of dark matter
https://www.sott.net/article/373347-How ... ark-matter

New method of examining teeth reveals ancient people lived much longer than currently believed
https://www.sott.net/article/373351-New ... y-believed

How randomness is a key in the spread of disease, other 'evil'
https://www.sott.net/article/373361-How ... other-evil

Mysterious Meteorite in Australia Points to Huge Undiscovered Asteroid
http://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-mete ... oid-771830

The geometry of nuclear black hole accretion disks [or something]
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-geometry- ... etion.html

Researchers measure the inner structure of distant suns from their pulsations
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-distant-s ... tions.html

Library of galaxy histories reconstructed from motions of stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-library-g ... tions.html

Weighing massive stars in nearby galaxy reveals excess of heavyweights
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-massive-s ... veals.html

Tools near Mumbai beach trace human settlements to Middle Stone Age
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-ne ... PH0GO.html

Study may shed new light on dispersal of early modern humans
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/wi ... ern-humans

ANCIENT CAVE IN CHINA FILLED WITH 45,000-YEAR-OLD STONE TOOLS AND ANIMAL BONES
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-cave-ch ... ion-768608

Everything We Learned in One Year About Thousands of Years of Human Evolution
https://www.inverse.com/article/39908-a ... on-science

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:58 pm

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TECH:

Wind output in Denmark last year was a record-setter
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-out ... etter.html

New technique eases production, customization of soft robotics
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-technique ... -soft.html

'Holostream' allows high-quality wireless 3-D video communications
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-hol ... video.html

Ten year runtime from coin cell battery is CES talking point in smart home chip
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-ten ... -cell.html

Organic solar cells as an alternative to conventional solar cells
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-sol ... ional.html

Harnessing the power of algae—new, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-harnessin ... -fuel.html

GM seeks US approval for car with no steering wheel
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-gm-mass-p ... heels.html

Surprising discovery could lead to better batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-dis ... eries.html

Top takeaways from Consumers Electronics Show
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-takeaways ... onics.html

Fossil fuels blown away by wind in cost terms
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-fos ... terms.html


SCIENCE:

Peru’s Alpine Herders Revive Ancient Technologies to Face the Future
https://www.voanews.com/a/peru-alpine-h ... 00229.html

Hypatia stone a meteorite of unique unEarthly composition
- https://www.sott.net/article/373590-Hyp ... status-quo
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... via%3Dihub

Proof of fourth dimension?
https://www.sott.net/article/373593-Pro ... -dimension

Astronomers are honing in on the source of puzzling fast radio bursts
https://www.sott.net/article/373826-Ast ... dio-bursts

Massive subsurface ice sheets offer potential water source for future explorers of Mars
https://www.sott.net/article/373869-Mas ... rs-of-Mars

Astronomers catch supermassive black hole myth emitting gas
https://www.sott.net/article/373876-Ast ... on-hot-gas

Little-known 2012 volcanic eruption was actually the largest in over a century
https://www.sott.net/article/373881-Lit ... scientists

Milky Way's stellar 'rainbow' captured in stunning Hubble image
https://www.sott.net/article/373898-Mil ... bble-image

Comet 41P record-breaking slowdown could cause it to break up or change direction
https://www.sott.net/article/374017-Com ... -direction

Exoplanets discovered rotating at "perfect fifth" intervals
https://www.sott.net/article/374089-Exo ... -intervals

Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ingredien ... -fell.html

Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-special-s ... e-sun.html

Researchers study complex morphology of the protoplanetary disc around star MWC 758
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-complex-m ... -star.html

Gravitational waves [?] measure the universe
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-gravitati ... verse.html

Saturn's moon Titan sports Earth-like features
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-saturn-mo ... -like.html

Meteorites reveal story of Martian climate
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-meteorite ... imate.html

Astronomers detect 'whirlpool' movement in earliest galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-astronome ... axies.html

New stellar streams confirm 'melting pot' history of the galaxy
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-stellar-s ... alaxy.html

Swarm of hydrogen clouds flying away from center of our galaxy
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-swarm-hyd ... alaxy.html

New SOFIA observations help unravel mysteries of the birth of colossal suns
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-sofia-unr ... ossal.html

Hubble finds substellar objects in the Orion Nebula
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-hubble-su ... ebula.html

NASA study shows disk patterns in space can self-generate
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-planets-n ... erate.html

'Aromatic' interstellar chemistry
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-gbt-explo ... istry.html

Possible lava tube skylights discovered near the North Pole of the Moon
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-lava-tube ... -pole.html

Citizen scientists discover five-planet system
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-citizen-s ... lanet.html

Magnetic coil springs accelerate particles on the Sun [not electric double layers?]
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-magnetic- ... s-sun.html

Hubble and Spitzer team up to find magnified and stretched out image of distant galaxy
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-hubble-sp ... image.html

Nature article turns theory of stellar evolution upside-down
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nature-ar ... ution.html

Ancient rock drawing could be oldest image of a supernova
https://www.cnet.com/news/india-supernova-rock-drawing/

Rajahmundry: Excavations reveal tools, crystal beads
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/ ... beads.html

Ancient DNA sheds light on the mysterious origins of the first Scandinavians
https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna ... ians-89703

DNA FROM MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION SHOWS THEY WERE EXPLORERS, NOT CONQUERORS
http://www.newsweek.com/dna-mysterious- ... ans-774524

Lucky find gives archeologists glimpse into early hunting technology in Yukon
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arc ... -1.4485895

Swiss archaeologist discovers the earliest tomb of a Scythian prince
http://www.snf.ch/en/researchinFocus/ne ... vered.aspx

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:34 pm

30579

TECH:

Researchers in Japan are showing way to decode thoughts
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-jap ... ughts.html

Novel 3-D printing technique yields high-performance composites
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-d-t ... sites.html

Researchers develop more efficient conversion method for solar energy
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-efficient ... nergy.html

3-D printing equipment in the field
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-d-e ... field.html

Biodegradable sensor monitors pressure in the body then disappears
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-bio ... -body.html

Miniaturized origami-inspired robot combines micrometer precision with high speed
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-min ... meter.html

Using crumpled graphene balls to make better batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-cru ... eries.html

Could AI compromise better than humans?
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-ai- ... umans.html

Foldable wheels save space
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-whe ... cient.html

Aquatic robots deployed to monitor water pollution without disturbing surroundings
https://www.sott.net/article/374164-Res ... rroundings

Spectacles that prevent faces being captured on camera
https://www.sott.net/article/374354-Cre ... f-autonomy


SCIENCE:

New research must be better reported—the future of society depends on it
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-reportedt ... ciety.html

Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek ‘pyramid’ (4500 BP)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ek-pyramid

Turkish Professor Claims Koran Flood Story Tells of Muslim Noah Calling Son on Cell-Phone
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/1008 ... ell-phone/

The asteroids most likely to hit Earth
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/14/the-as ... hit-earth/

Life Is Common in the Universe, New Analysis of Meteorites Suggests
http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/life-i ... s-suggests

Spitzer and Hubble Telescopes Provide 3D Journey through Magnificent Orion Nebula
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/3d-jo ... 05626.html

CASSINI FINDS SATURN MOON HAS ‘SEA LEVEL’ LIKE EARTH
https://www.astrobio.net/also-in-news/c ... ike-earth/

New research challenges existing models of black holes
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-black-holes.html

Meteorites recovered from Michigan meteor explosion
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/ ... rium/94014

Where can you find chunks of the meteor that blew up over Michigan?
https://www.sott.net/article/374576-Whe ... r-Michigan

Russia, Canada, Northern European countries identified as prime targets for Earth-bound meteorites
https://www.sott.net/article/374816-Rus ... meteorites

Infrared photometric observations reveal insights into the nature of the dwarf nova V2051 Ophiuchi
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-infrared- ... ature.html

How massive can neutron stars be? [Not massive enough to exist]
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-massive-n ... stars.html

Astronomers conduct detailed chemical analysis of eleven globular clusters
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-astronome ... bular.html

Hubble weighs in on mass of three million billion suns
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-hubble-ma ... -suns.html

Lonely black hole [or black dragon] hiding in giant star cluster
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-odd-behav ... onely.html

Meteorites brought water to Earth
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-meteorite ... years.html

Meteoritic stardust unlocks timing of supernova dust formation
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-meteoriti ... ation.html

NASA team studies middle-aged Sun by tracking motion of Mercury
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nasa-team ... cking.html

Possible nova in southern Constellation Musca
https://www.sott.net/article/374182-Pos ... tion-Musca

NASA warns another giant asteroid will hurtle past earth in early February
https://www.sott.net/article/374389-Inc ... y-February

UN climate change predictions challenged by mainstream study
https://www.sott.net/article/374577-UN- ... ream-study

Trees etc that need and miss the mammoths etc
https://www.sott.net/article/374648-Tre ... e-mammoths

Rocket launch over Japan appears similar to California UFO reports
https://www.sott.net/article/374768-Roc ... FO-reports

The stories behind Aboriginal star names now recognised by the world’s astronomical body
https://theconversation.com/the-stories ... body-87617

DNA solves the mystery of how these mummies were related
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dna ... re-related

Divers Found The World’s Largest Underwater Cave, And It’s Full of Maya Secrets
http://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-lar ... -sac-actun

Georgetown in northern Queensland once part of North America
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... geologists

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:10 pm

31339

TECH:

Baking soda dries superglue fast and strengthens it - good for mechanics etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU2qph2vG9Y

The world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-world-pow ... -pave.html

E-skin for manipulating virtual objects without touching them
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-e-skin-virtual.html

New metal-mesh membrane could solve longstanding battery problems and lead to inexpensive power storage
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-met ... nsive.html

3-D printing improves cell adhesion and strength of PDMS polymer
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-d-cell-ad ... -pdms.html

Inverse-design approach leads to metadevices
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-inverse-d ... vices.html

Depth sensing capabilities via Intel cameras
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-mak ... meras.html

Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicycles
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-drones-au ... ycles.html

Adding graphene girders to silicon electrodes could double the life of lithium batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-add ... rodes.html

New sensor for measuring electric field strength
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-sensor-el ... ength.html

Nature-inspired soft millirobot for tight spaces
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nature-in ... paces.html

3-D printing with titanium
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-bug ... anium.html

Saildrone to provide valuable ocean data
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-sai ... ocean.html

Driverless police vehicles
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-for ... omous.html

New 3D image technique could make 'holograms' commonplace
https://www.sott.net/article/375202-New ... ommonplace

New laser system renders full-color 3-D images in thin air
https://www.sott.net/article/375277-Sci ... n-thin-air

'Conductive concrete' found to shield electronics from EMP attack
https://www.sott.net/article/375308-Con ... EMP-attack

Drones to lengthen life of satellites in orbit
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-effective ... rones.html


SCIENCE:

Norwegian houses reused for over 1000 years during Stone Age
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/005944.html

Triple whammy of lunar treats on January 31
https://www.sott.net/article/374963-Sup ... January-31

Neuroscientists Track Thought's Trip through Brain
https://www.sott.net/article/375126-Neu ... ough-Brain

Seven new remote clusters of galaxies discovered
https://www.sott.net/article/375139-Sev ... physicists

Fake News: Scientists find oxidized iron deep within Earth's mantle [The deepest bore hole is 12 km, way short of 550 km]
https://www.sott.net/article/375173-Sci ... ths-mantle

A virus-like protein is important for cognition and memory
https://www.sott.net/article/375231-A-v ... and-memory

Scientists viewing neutron star collision don't understand why X-ray glow keeps getting brighter
https://www.sott.net/article/375298-Sci ... g-brighter

Ships on the Ocean shape clouds above
https://www.sott.net/article/375492-Nas ... ave-clouds

Synthetic incompatibility process prevents GMO species from breeding with natural species
https://www.sott.net/article/375498-Syn ... nt-survive

Mars basin 'favorable' to life
https://www.sott.net/article/375506-NAS ... le-to-life

[Useless] Axion particle theory
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-bound-axions.html

Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to fly safely past Earth February 4
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-asteroid- ... ruary.html

Researchers discover a blazar-like narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy [Blazars are ionized ring stars]
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-blazar-li ... alaxy.html

Puzzling finding about atmospheric physics of giant planets
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-puzzling- ... anets.html

Winds outside black holes [or something]
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-evidence- ... times.html

Dust storms linked to gas escape from Martian atmosphere
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-storms-li ... phere.html

Chasing dark matter [& wild geese]
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-dark-olde ... milky.html

The structure of an active galactic nucleus
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-galactic-nucleus.html

Europa and other planetary bodies may have extremely low-density surfaces
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-europa-pl ... nsity.html

Research shows first jet from massive young star detected outside our galaxy
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-jet-massi ... alaxy.html

Scientists say humans could have left Africa up to 70,000 years earlier than had been thought
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/scient ... r-thought/

‘First Face of America’ explores how humans reached the New World
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fir ... -new-world

Glacial archaeology on the roof of Norway
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-frozen-gl ... orway.html

Ethiopia could be sitting on one of world’s great untapped gold deposits
https://theconversation.com/ethiopia-co ... sits-90408

The Evolution of Round Brains Ushered in the ‘Human Revolution’
https://www.inverse.com/article/40511-b ... mo-sapiens

Ancient Human Genomes Reveal Complicated Split into Europeans and Asians
https://www.inverse.com/article/40532-a ... a-analysis

Archaeologists Find Oldest Human Remains Out of Africa, From Nearly 200,000 Years Ago
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAG ... -1.5764061

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:25 am

Weekly update coming in a couple hours.

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:30 pm

32039

TECH

Tiny hygrobots need no batteries—they are powered by water
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-tin ... wered.html

Americans are spending more time at home, and it's saving a lot of energy
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-americans ... nergy.html

Mazda has fine ambitions for future gasoline engine
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-maz ... oline.html

Scientists demonstrate remarkable stability in perovskite solar cells
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-sci ... solar.html

Smart furniture transforms spaces in tiny apartments
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-smart-fur ... ments.html

Engineers develop flexible lithium battery for wearable electronics
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-01-fle ... onics.html

3-D printing of living cells
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-d-cells.html

Extra dimension creates stronger, safer concrete
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-ext ... crete.html

Robot makes coffee at new cafe in Japan's capital
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-rob ... pital.html

Tesla, Australia to turn 50,000 homes into power generators
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-tesla-aus ... power.html
- I Don't Believe in Elon Musk
http://mileswmathis.com/musk.pdf

Novel metal-oxide magnesium battery for high-density energy storage
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-met ... nergy.html

Automating materials design
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-aut ... rials.html

Majority of Americans 'not comfortable' with self-driving cars
https://www.sott.net/article/375681-Maj ... -cars-poll


SCIENCE

Mysterious 'pyramids' are spotted on the ocean floor [few months old news]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... ocean.html

An unbiased approach for sifting through big data
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-unb ... g-big.html

Rare find of bus-size dinosaur in Egypt
https://www.sott.net/article/375752-Pal ... r-in-Egypt

Unexpected find of missing detritus by robots exploring undersea volcanic eruption means need to rewrite rock record
https://www.sott.net/article/375763-Une ... c-eruption

A major earthquake in California is long overdue
https://www.sott.net/article/375928-A-m ... ng-overdue

The strange properties of metallic hydrogen
https://www.sott.net/article/376156-The ... c-hydrogen

Researchers discover new phenomena when splitting a crystal in two [like ionization]
https://www.sott.net/article/376160-Res ... tal-in-two

Early humans witnessed global cooling, warming, and massive fires from comet debris impacts says major study
https://www.sott.net/article/376194-Ear ... ajor-study

Mars Rover Curiosity snaps selfie and takes stunning panorama of Red Planet
https://www.sott.net/article/376197-Mar ... Red-Planet
- Mars rovers really on Earth?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/73 ... von-Island

Local networks run the world
https://www.sott.net/article/376363-Loc ... -the-world

Planets discovered in another galaxy for the first time
https://www.sott.net/article/376384-Pla ... first-time

Researchers study interstellar medium in the galaxy NGC 3665
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-interstel ... y-ngc.html

Astrochemists reveal the magnetic secrets of methanol
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-astrochem ... hanol.html

The unexpected matter found in hostile black hole winds
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-newborns- ... black.html

Stellar embryos in nearby dwarf galaxy contain surprisingly complex organic molecules
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-stellar-e ... alaxy.html

First 883-gigahertz global ice-cloud map
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nasa-smal ... lobal.html

IllustrisTNG, the most advanced universe model of its kind
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-astrophys ... -kind.html

Distant galaxy group contradicts common cosmological models, simulations
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-distant-g ... ommon.html

Natural telescope sets new magnification record
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-natural-t ... ation.html

Stellar winds behaving unexpectedly
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-stellar-unexpectedly.html

A Recent Ice Age Was Triggered by a Firestorm Bigger Than The One That Killed The Dinosaurs
https://sciencealert.com/images/2018-02 ... e_1024.jpg

10,000-year-old Middle Stone Age ‘crayon’ used to paint animal skin discovered in England
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/10000-year-old ... and-758544

Northern European population history revealed by ancient human genomes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 090844.htm

Did Ancient Greeks Sail to Canada?
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/did- ... to-canada/

Genome Study Uncovers Origin of Farming in Europe
https://www.technologynetworks.com/geno ... ope-297012

Ancient tools found in India undermine the “out of Africa” hypothesis
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01 ... ypothesis/

4,300-Year-Old Tomb of Royal Female Official Found in Egypt
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... chaeology/

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:14 pm

32613

TECH:

Cockroach-inspired Ambulatory MicroRobot is speedy, resilient and versatile
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-coc ... lient.html

Cities of the future may be built with locally available volcanic ash
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-cit ... canic.html

New process could make wood as strong as titanium alloys but lighter and cheaper
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-woo ... ghter.html

Engineers develop a new method of keeping the lights on if the world turns to 100% clean, renewable energy
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-met ... nergy.html

New '4-D goggles' allow wearers to be 'touched' by approaching objects
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-d-g ... ching.html

Robots can go all the way to Mars, but they can't pick up the groceries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-rob ... eries.html

Your gadget's next power supply? Your body
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-gad ... -body.html

100k times narrower than paper: Indian scientists say they created 'world's thinnest nanosheets'
https://www.sott.net/article/376481-100 ... nanosheets


SCIENCE:

Neanderthals used fire to fashion tools
https://www.sott.net/article/376472-Nea ... hion-tools

Ground-breaking DNA results on 10,000-year-old fossil reveals Brits
https://www.sott.net/article/376616-Gro ... rly-haired

'Superionic ice' found on Uranus and Neptune
https://www.sott.net/article/376673-Sup ... nd-Neptune

Jupiter & Saturn - Gas Giants?
https://www.sott.net/article/376677-Jup ... Gas-Giants

Princeton physicist William Happer states the obvious: Climate models 'don't work'
https://www.sott.net/article/376721-Pri ... -dont-work

Ancient virus could be the reason humans developed the ability to think
https://www.sott.net/article/376730-Anc ... y-to-think

Astronomers have discovered swarms of tiny comets orbiting an alien sun
https://www.sott.net/article/376770-Ast ... -alien-sun

Plants have consciousness, new study suggests [just like robots or rocks?]
https://www.sott.net/article/376863-Pla ... y-suggests

Sci-Hub, The pirate queen of science [U.S. government is the real pirate]
https://www.sott.net/article/376945-The ... of-science

Sunspots are not from Solar Interior
https://www.sott.net/article/376973-Sun ... r-Interior

Neurons are even more complex than we thought
https://www.sott.net/article/377027-Neu ... we-thought

Stellar winds behaving unexpectedly
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-stellar-unexpectedly.html

New studies of clay formation provide clues about early Martian climate
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-clay-form ... rtian.html

Three new millisecond pulsars discovered in Terzan 5 globular cluster
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-milliseco ... uster.html

Widespread galactic cannibalism in Stephan's Quintet revealed by CFHT
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-widesprea ... intet.html

Reduced energy from the sun might occur by mid-century—now, scientists know by how much
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-energy-su ... tists.html

Toward a better prediction of solar eruptions
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-solar-eruptions.html

Astrophysicists settle cosmic debate on magnetism of planets and stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-astrophys ... anets.html

New Horizons captures record-breaking images in the Kuiper Belt
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-horizons- ... uiper.html

Scientists find massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-scientist ... idden.html

Newly discovered buildings reveal clues to ancient Egyptian dynasties
https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2018/ ... -dynasties

Chinese Archeologists Find 9,000-Year-Old Wells in Central China
http://www.doonwire.com/category/news/c ... a-18020701

Dinosaur-killing asteroid caused molten rock to burst from ocean floor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... cean-floor

Mysterious sand mounds in Australia are Aboriginal burial sites dating back millennia
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mysterious-san ... ia-1659918

Discovery of Windsor Neolithic monument
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... aeologists

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:15 pm

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TECH:

New method for waking up small electronic devices
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-met ... vices.html

Researchers discover new lead-free perovskite material for solar cells
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-lea ... cells.html

Boston Dynamics robot has claw-arm to turn handle and hold door open
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-bos ... -door.html

All-terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topography
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-all ... raphy.html

New chip reduces neural networks' power consumption by up to 95 percent
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-chi ... ption.html

Teaching robots to climb walls by mimicking the cockroach headbutt
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-rob ... roach.html

Cross an airplane with a submarine
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-airplane-submarine.html

Neural network used to detect earthquakes
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-dee ... uakes.html

System draws power from daily temperature swings
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-pow ... ature.html

Accelerates snow melt with 'Melt Mat'
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-stu ... m-mat.html

Lithium-ion batteries can be charged five times faster
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-sen ... eries.html

Penn drones navigate on their own, could save people from harm
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-pen ... peril.html


SCIENCE:

Massive lava dome lurks underneath Japan's Ōsumi Islands
https://www.sott.net/article/377261-Mas ... mi-Islands

Enriched uranium found floating above Alaska
https://www.sott.net/article/377303-Enr ... ove-Alaska

Yellowstone super volcano under strain from pressure in magma chamber [it exploded during the Great Flood cataclysm & is not a threat now IMO]
https://www.sott.net/article/377323-Yel ... ma-chamber

The paradox of Earth's core - it shouldn't exist
https://www.sott.net/article/377421-The ... ldnt-exist

Sunspot explodes for more than 6 hours, hurls giant solar flare at earth
https://www.sott.net/article/377491-Sun ... e-at-earth

Storm on Neptune is mysteriously fading away
https://www.sott.net/article/377499-Sto ... ading-away

More about the mystery of the origin of gold
https://www.sott.net/article/377505-Sci ... in-of-gold

Solar minimum is upon us and 20 years of data shows other stars are exhibiting similar signs
https://www.sott.net/article/377521-Sol ... ilar-signs

*New form of light created in the lab
https://www.sott.net/article/377550-New ... in-the-lab

Did ancient ozone holes sterilize forests 252 million years ago?
https://www.sott.net/article/377570-Did ... -years-ago

Retrocausality may explain how the future can change what happens now - as in a quantum time machine [or it may not exist]
https://www.sott.net/article/377599-Ret ... me-machine

*Layer of "slime" could leave areas more vulnerable to submarine landslides
https://www.sott.net/article/377610-Lay ... landslides

Kikai volcano set to erupt and could kill 100 million people (1% chance in 100 years around Japan) [risk may be lower since prior eruption likely occurred during last global cataclysm]
https://www.rt.com/news/419097-volcano- ... pan-kikai/

Oumuamua asteroid had a violent past and has been tumbling around for billions of years
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-oumuamua- ... years.html

New models give insight into the heart of the Rosette Nebula
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-insight-h ... ebula.html

Researchers conduct chemical analysis of three chemically peculiar stars
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-chemical- ... stars.html

Rotating gaseous donut around an active supermassive [superelectric] black hole
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-rotating- ... black.html

Scientists directly observe electron dynamics of the Northern Lights
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-scientist ... thern.html

Andromeda galaxy was formed in 'recent' star crash
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-andromeda ... -star.html

Milky Way ties with Andromeda in size
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-milky-tie ... -arms.html

Kepler scientists discover almost 100 new exoplanets
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-kepler-sc ... anets.html

Supermassive [no, superelectric] black holes are outgrowing their galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-supermass ... axies.html

Long-lived Mars rover Opportunity keeps finding surprises
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-long-live ... unity.html

Discovery of Windsor Neolithic monument excites archaeologists
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... aeologists

Cheddar Man changes the way we think about our ancestors
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... -ancestors

Is the mummy with the agonising death face Ramses III’s murderous son Prince Pentewere?
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/screaming-mumm ... re-1660384

What ancient footprints can tell us
https://theconversation.com/what-ancien ... imes-91584

Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
http://sciencenordic.com/clay-tablets-c ... y-medicine

Ancient 34,000-year-old lavish burial
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news ... ren-04322/

Homo sapiens beat out Neanderthals because of art
https://qz.com/1205270/art-made-homo-sa ... o-survive/

More light shines on Pleistocene extinction event
https://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/128864_en.html

Evidence of Ancient Global Cataclysm
http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/forum/phpB ... 29#p123729

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Re: Major Sci News Blog

Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:02 pm

33887

TECH:

Stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-str ... onics.html

Robotic system could lend a hand with warehouse sorting etc
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-robotic-w ... tasks.html

Augmented reality takes 3-D printing to next level
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-augmented-reality-d.html

Polymer solar cells
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-pol ... s-sun.html

Aspark's EV does 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-asp ... conds.html

Snake-inspired robot uses kirigami to move
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-sna ... igami.html

Toyota's magnet lowers reliance on expensive neodymium
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-toy ... idely.html

Our future air taxi?
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-fut ... lying.html

Phone makers will seek to entice new buyers with better cameras and bigger screens
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-ai-5g-foc ... -fair.html

Home monitor is one smart sentry
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-lig ... entry.html

Ultra-thin elastic LED display that can comfortably be worn over the skin
https://www.sott.net/article/377805-Par ... in-display

Prospects for deep sea mining
https://www.sott.net/article/377870-CIA ... sea-mining


SCIENCE:

Puzzling change in Southern Ocean revealed by CSIRO
https://www.sott.net/article/377857-Puz ... d-by-CSIRO

A single volcano can change Earth's atmosphere
https://www.sott.net/article/377930-A-s ... ere-expert

Infrasound microphones could predict volcano eruptions
https://www.sott.net/article/377941-Inf ... e-they-hit

Most distant supernova observed
https://www.sott.net/article/378008-Mos ... stronomers

Modern tech unravels mysteries of Egyptian mummy portraits
https://www.sott.net/article/378024-Mod ... -portraits

Fossilized reptile footprints suggest lizards were running on two feet 110 million [make that 5,000] years ago
https://www.sott.net/article/378059-Fos ... -years-ago

What's wrong with alternative facts? Absolutely nothing!
https://www.sott.net/article/378127-Wha ... ly-nothing

Did humans learn to speak through cave art?
https://www.sott.net/article/378132-Did ... h-cave-art

Some types of black holes erase your past [so you forget black holes exist]
https://www.sott.net/article/378229-Som ... -your-past

Evidence from lunar missions finds water is widely distributed across the moon's surface
https://www.sott.net/article/378352-Wat ... ns-surface

Charged oxygen in ionosphere may offer biomarker for exoplanets
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-oxygen-io ... anets.html

Lyman-alpha emission detected around quasar J1605-0112
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-lyman-alp ... 1605-.html

Nearly a decade after Mars Phoenix landed dust has covered some marks
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-decade-mars-phoenix.html

Magnetic field traces gas and dust swirling around supermassive black hole [misnomer]
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-magnetic- ... ssive.html

Improved Hubble yardstick gives fresh evidence for new physics in the universe
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-hubble-ya ... ysics.html

Increased the Number of Asteroids We Can Mine
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/02/falcon ... -can-mine/

Five surprising things DNA has revealed about our ancestors
https://theconversation.com/five-surpri ... tors-91934

Mystery behind the origin of 3,000-year-old ‘alien’ Paracas elongated skulls revealed by DNA testing
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mystery-behind ... ing-760997

Homo erectus may have been a sailor – and able to speak
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... e-to-speak

Secret to Great Pyramid’s Near-Perfect Alignment Possibly Found
https://www.livescience.com/61799-great ... nment.html

Ancient DNA tells tales of humans’ migrant history
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 131851.htm

Arrival of Beaker folk changed Britain for ever, ancient DNA study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... tudy-shows

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Unread post by Lloyd » Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:31 pm

34448

TECH:

Groupe Renault will show how second-life batteries can support a local "smart island" ecosystem
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-ren ... ystem.html

Researchers have developed a new way to improve lithium ion battery efficiency
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-hig ... eries.html

Alternative to traditional batteries: supercapacitor
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-alternati ... ality.html

Flexible, stretchable silver nanowire circuits
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-tec ... owire.html

Design for new electrode could boost supercapacitors' performance
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-nature-el ... itors.html

Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-d-method- ... botic.html

Custom carpentry with help from robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-cus ... obots.html

Layered oxides for rechargeable zinc batteries
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-lay ... eries.html

Chemistry of a high-performance battery
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-scientist ... mance.html

A lithium battery that operates at -70 degrees Celsius
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-lit ... lsius.html

Human-in-the-loop optimization improves the function of soft, wearable robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-02-hum ... rable.html

4G mobile phone network on the moon
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-vod ... rs-4g.html

Aqueous storage [charging] device needs only 20 seconds to go
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-aqueous-s ... conds.html

Fooling the human via changes to images
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-03-human-images.html

Video of Russian Su-57s
https://www.sott.net/article/378904-Vid ... ing-stunts


SCIENCE:

An old Irish legend about an ancient Egyptian princess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DS-ngVWge4

Y-DNA Haplogroups links Nordic and Germanic people to Arabs and Jews
http://www.nordiskisrael.dk/artikler/yd ... s_and_jews

The Lost Ten Tribes and DNA
http://www.britam.org/DNAtentribes.html#West

Restoring Coral Reefs Is Possible and Surprisingly Fast
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/arti ... 02/27.aspx

Cool Moonlight
http://milesmathis.com/mooncool.pdf

World's first recorded opalised pearls discovered in Australia
https://www.sott.net/article/378537-Wor ... -Australia

Powerful flare detected from Proxima Centauri
https://www.sott.net/article/378568-Pow ... a-Centauri

Neutron star [pulsar] that defies all the rules
https://www.sott.net/article/378570-Neu ... discovered

Cyclic Catastrophism vs Big Bang: the CMB explains the creation of our solar system
https://www.sott.net/article/378617-Cyc ... s-Big-Bang

Study examines brain mechanisms that endow Iceman Wim Hof with exceptional resistance to cold
https://www.sott.net/article/378765-Stu ... ce-to-cold

Humans can use echolocation just like bats
https://www.sott.net/article/378799-Hum ... says-study

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped marrying (due to becoming socially less acceptable)
https://www.sott.net/article/378825-Big ... d-marrying

Redefining the second
https://www.sott.net/article/378838-Red ... the-second

Fast growing black hole defies the laws of physics [just like modern physics does]
https://www.sott.net/article/378949-Fas ... of-physics

'Reverse speciation'
https://www.sott.net/article/379039-Rev ... rwins-tree

Do larger pupils mean higher intelligence?
https://www.sott.net/article/379071-Do- ... telligence

Image: Galaxy: aftermath of a long-ago galactic collision
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-image-hub ... storm.html

This was exactly where cassini crashed into Saturn
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-cassini-saturn.html

Stars around the Milky Way: Cosmic space invaders or victims of galactic eviction?
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-stars-mil ... aders.html

Astronomers identify a mega metal-poor dwarf star
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-astronome ... -star.html

How does water change the Moon's origin story?
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-moon-story.html

When do aging brown dwarfs sweep the clouds away?
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-aging-bro ... louds.html

[Pseudonymed] Black hole blasts may transform 'mini-Neptunes' into rocky worlds
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-black-hol ... rocky.html

Core of the Milky Way reveals surprisingly low star formation
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-high-reso ... veals.html

Research details mineralogy of potential lunar exploration site
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-mineralog ... -site.html

Curiosity tests a new way to drill on Mars
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-curiosity-drill-mars.html

Strongly lensed type Ia supernovae
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-strongly- ... ology.html

Hubble observes exoplanet atmosphere in more detail
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-hubble-ex ... phere.html

Unprecedentedly wide and sharp [unicorn] dark matter map
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-unprecede ... -dark.html

Giant handaxes suggest that different groups of early humans coexisted in ancient Europe
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-giant-han ... umans.html

Rare Mammoth Tracks Reveal an Intimate Portrait of Herd Life
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... 180968256/

Scientists Find Bugs That Could Indicate There Is Hidden Life On Mars
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 29701.html

The Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact Also Created A Stunningly Beautiful Geological Masterpiece
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandre ... asterpiece

See Inside This Newly Discovered Ancient Egyptian Cemetery
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... rines-spd/

THE MOON USED TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-moon-u ... y-hardcore

Ancient DNA reveals genetic replacement despite language continuity in the South Pacific
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-ancient-d ... guage.html

Rock art and mystery: Ancient camel sculptures in Saudi desert
https://technology.inquirer.net/73027/r ... udi-desert

Divers Find ‘Unprecedented’ Native American Burial Site Off The Coast of Florida
https://www.sciencealert.com/divers-loc ... nasota-key

The moon actually came from inside our planet
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/moon-actually ... 58321.html

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