Warm Water Melts 'Doomsday Glacier' Half a Mile Each Year, Finds Study - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/05/21/0418222/warm-water-melts-doomsday-glacier-half-a-mile-each-year-finds-study
> Recent research led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered warm, high-pressure seawater causing significant melting under the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. "There are places where the water is almost at the pressure of the overlying ice, so just a little more pressure is needed to ...
Europe says goodbye to natural gas for good: the superturbine that will produce the energy substitute
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/europe-natural-gas-energy/2130/
> Europe is prepared to say goodbye to natural gas, and it´s for good: it has created the most powerful superturbine with this new energy
Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding #Computer #Brain #DishBrain
https://newatlas.com/computers/human-brain-chip-ai/
> Last year, Monash University scientists created the "DishBrain" – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five minutes.
New sodium battery that can be charged in seconds developed
New sodium battery that can be charged in seconds developed
https://interestingengineering.com/science/sodium-battery-charged-in-seconds
> Researchers have developed a high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery that can be charged in seconds, potentially replacing lithium-ion batteries.
#Russia tests new nuclear-capable ballistic missile that can “avoid #NATO detection” as tensions rise in Middle East – NaturalNews.com
https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-19-russia-tests-missile-tensions-middle-east.html
> Russia tested a missile last week that some claim could be a new variety of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with nuclear capabilities that can evade detection by NATO. The test, which was carried out last Friday, saw the successful launch of the missile in southern Russia at the Kapustin Yar complex. A statement indicated the […]
Rainwater unsafe to drink due to chemicals: study
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-rainwater-unsafe-due-chemicals.html
> #Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS that exceed the latest guidelines, according to a new study by Stockholm University scientists.
Chemistry can help make plastics sustainable — but it isn’t the whole solution
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00391-7
> How to make plastics less harmful is an urgent question in chemistry — and must be for policy, too.
Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough: A year's work now takes a day
https://newatlas.com/energy/nuclear-reactor-weld-one-day/
> Small Modular Reactor (SMR) construction shifts into high gear, as UK company Sheffield Forgemasters welds a full-size nuclear reactor vessel in under 24 hours instead of the usual 12 months. The rollout of this game-changing tech could be massive.
Chat Control May Finally Be Dead: European Court Rules That Weakening Encryption Is Illegal!
https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control
> First the EU Parliament, now the court: client-side scanning may not be rolled our after all. A huge win for privacy advocates!
28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid
https://newatlas.com/energy/minesto-tidal-kite/
> Minesto's fully operational Dragon 12 looks like some sort of futuristic military drone – but it behaves remarkably like a kite underwater. It uses lift generated by tidal flows to fly patterns faster than the currents, harvesting renewable energy.
Nitrogen pollution may threaten 1/3 of the world's drinking water supplies by 2050 - Scimex
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/nitrogen-pollution-may-threaten-13-of-the-worlds-drinking-water-supplies-by-2050
> Nitrogen pollution may threaten 1/3 of the world's drinking water supplies by 2050 Nitrogen pollution may threaten a third of the world's natural water reservoirs by 2050, potentially causing severe drinking water scarcity for 3 billion people, according to a computer simulation stu
Spain Extends Probe into Russian Involvement in Catalonian Independence Plans
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18412-spain-extends-probe-into-russian-involvement-in-catalonian-independence-plans
> The Spanish judge investigating Russian interference in the Catalonian independence process has extended the probe for another six months after receiving an anonymous letter containing an article that identifies the Russian who offered Catalonian separatists US$500 billion and a small army if they b
New AI tool accurately detects COVID-19 from chest X-rays - Scimex
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-ai-tool-accurately-detects-covid-19-from-chest-x-rays
> New AI tool accurately detects COVID-19 from chest X-rays Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can rapidly detect COVID-19 from chest X-rays with more than 98% accuracy. Researchers have developed a groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) syste
We Can Already Stop #Climate Change If We Want To
https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/we-can-already-stop-climate-change
> The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (“ #COP28”) finished last month with many promises that obscure a key fact: We could easily stop climate change right now if we wanted. If we don't do it, it's just because we don't really want to. Here's how we could do it, in 3 steps:
3,800-km Cable Offers Glimpse of a Global Power Grid - IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/underwater-power-cable
> Xlinks hopes to send solar and wind power from Morocco to Britain by 2029
A Watchdog Group Calls for an Investigation of X’s Sneaky New Ads | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-x-ads-investigation/
> Industry watchdog Check My Ads is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to investigate X for unlabeled—and potentially misleading—advertisements.
Winter isn't coming: climate change hits Greek olive crop
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-winter-isnt-climate-greek-olive.html
> Greek organic farmer Zaharoula Vassilaki looks with admiration at a huge olive tree on her property believed to be over two centuries old, still yielding despite a direct lightning hit years ago.
all #religion is silly and a childish remnant of primitive belief systems, in which people fantasized about 'sky daddies', to help them cope with things they didn't understand, in a time where science was not yet known
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn't been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century?
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-solar-entrepreneur-hadnt-kidnapped-fossil.html
> One argument put forward in defense of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because there was no other viable substitute for much of the 20th century. We owe fossil fuels a debt of gratitude, the argument goes, because they supercharged our development. But what if I told you there was a viable alternative, and that it may have been sabotaged by fossil fuel interests from its very inception?
Ultra-efficient machine learning transistor cuts #AI energy use by 99%
https://newatlas.com/technology/ai-machine-learning-transistor/
> AI machine learning uses so much computing power and energy that it's typically done in the cloud. But a new microtransistor, 100X more efficient than the current tech, promises to bring new levels of intelligence to mobile and wearable devices.
New Breakthrough in Energy Storage – MIT Engineers Create Supercapacitor out of Ancient Materials
https://scitechdaily.com/new-breakthrough-in-energy-storage-mit-engineers-create-supercapacitor-out-of-ancient-materials/
> Constructed from cement, carbon black, and water, the device holds the potential to offer affordable and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources. Two of humanity's most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and carbon black (which resembles very fine charcoal), ...
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