http://www.gyre.org/ Gyre.org is a database of links, resources, and citations that track and explain the next technological and military revolutions. en-us contact@gyre.org (Greg Schnippel) http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5126 At least 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin America have recently approached U.N. officials here to signal interest in starting nuclear power programs, a trend that concerned proliferation experts say could provide the building blocks of nuclear arsenals in some of those nations. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5126 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5126 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5125 The author looks at recent nuclear 'near-misses' and urges more attention to be paid by the public and presidential candidates to the risk of accidental or inadvertent nuclear war. As a solution, he looks at the proposals for "dealerting" put forward by Dr. Bruce Blair of the World Security Institute. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5125 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5125 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5124 Japanese lawmakers voted Friday to allow the military use of space, breaking a decades-old taboo in the officially pacifist country which has an increasingly ambitious space programme. The move will remove any legal obstacles to building more advanced spy satellites. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5124 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5124 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5122 Players of a new online game called Foldit will help design three-dimensional protein structures for HIV vaccines, and enzymes for repairing DNA in diseased tissues. David Baker, a leading protein scientist at the University of Washington, teamed up with computer scientists to create the game. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5122 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5122 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5123 The world's climate modellers are drawing up plans for a global supercomputing center with computing power of 100 petaflops that would provide detailed local forecasts of future climate change, with the intent of generating useful forecasts of water supply, droughts, health, and future food supply. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5123 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5123 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5120 DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has released a request for proposals to develop a National Cyber Range, part of a $30 billion, government-wide effort to prepare for online battle. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5120 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5120 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5121 US academics and researchers have worked out how to make energy savings of around 50%, by delaying data flowing into a network by just a few milliseconds. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5121 Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5121 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5119 Chinese satellite navigation officials say they intend to field an operational system covering all of Asia by 2010, but they are giving few details on the deployment plans for their global system. In addition China has yet to complete frequency coordination with the United States, Europe, Russia and others. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5119 Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5119 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5116 "Flammable ice" or methane hydrates, could be the world's last great source of carbon-based fuel - assuming the methane can be mined from the crystal lattices of ice that trap it beneath ocean beds and permafrost. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5116 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5116 http://www.gyre.org/r.php?id=5118 Earthquake researchers in California hope to take advantage of the motion sensors in laptops to create an earthquake-sensing network. By putting computers in homes and businesses to work as seismic monitors, the researchers hope to pull together a wealth of information on major quakes, and perhaps even offer early warnings, giving a few seconds' notice of a potentially devastating quake. http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5118 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.gyre.org/news/article/5118