Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies — Ellen Nakashima —Washington Post — May 27, 2013
Designs for many of the nation’s most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry. [More]
In the next five years or so, scientists are poised to discover proof that space and time can wrinkle in the form of gravitational waves. These waves were predicted almost 100 years ago by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, but have yet to be seen. [More]
Japan's Nuclear Plan Unsettles U.S. — Jay Solomon and Miho Inada —Wall Street Journal — May 01, 2013
Japan is preparing to start up a massive nuclear-fuel reprocessing plant over the objections of the Obama administration, which fears the move may stoke a broader race for nuclear technologies and even weapons in North Asia and the Middle East. [More]
Disruptions: Brain Computer Interfaces Inch Closer to Mainstream — Nick Bilton —New York Times — Apr 28, 2013
Researchers in Samsung’s Emerging Technology Lab are testing tablets that can be controlled by your brain, using a cap that resembles a ski hat studded with monitoring electrodes, the MIT Technology Review, the science and technology journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reported this month. [More]
University of Auckland researchers have proposed a new method for finding Earth-like planets in our galaxy and they anticipate that the number will be on the order of 100 billion. The research supports an earlier estimate based on extrapolations of Kepler data and uses a technique called gravitational microlensing. [More]
Electromagnetic Pulse Caucus Battles Skeptics in Push to Protect the Planet — Billy House —National Journal — Mar 12, 2013
A small but growing cadre of House members is set to relaunch efforts to protect the nation against what they say is a very real threat: the unleashing of an electromagnetic pulse either by a solar storm or a nuclear-armed foe that could cripple much of the nation’s electrical infrastructure. [More]
Creating microscopic black holes using particle accelerators requires less energy than previously thought, researchers say.
If physicists do succeed in creating black holes with such energies on Earth, the achievement could prove the existence of extra dimensions in the universe, physicists noted.
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Novel Nanotechnology Sensors May Improve U.S. Nuclear Detection — Rachel Oswald —Global Security Newswire — Mar 04, 2013
Scientists with the Nevada National Security Site are excited about the prospects for a novel technology that could improve U.S. efforts to detect nuclear or radiological materials that could be used in terrorist attacks within the United States. [More]
Indian Rocket Launches Asteroid-Hunting Satellite, Tiny Space Telescopes — Miriam Kramer —Space.com — Feb 25, 2013
An India Space Research Organisation PSLV rocket (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) launches seven satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Feb. 25, 2013. The rocket carried an ocean-monitoring satellite for India, two tiny space telescopes and an asteroid-hunting spacecraft built by the Canadian Space Agency among its payloads. [More]
NASA Sees Monster Sunspot Growing Fast, Solar Storms Possible — Tariq Malik —Space.com — Feb 20, 2013
A colossal sunspot on the surface of the sun is large enough to swallow six Earths whole, and could trigger solar flares this week, NASA scientists say.
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