This is a long article, but really interesting. It walks you through the process they are going through now to find a solution to COVID. Their mission was part of a program under the Pentagon’s secretive technology research agency. The goal: to find a way to produce antibodies for any virus in the world within…
Month: July 2020
Indian teenagers discover asteroid near Mars moving toward Earth
So many questions in one headline! The asteroid, which is named HLV2514, is slowly shifting in its orbit near the red planet and is moving toward Earth, CNN said. It won’t be near Earth for 1 million years, however, and even then will still be 10 times as far away as the moon. For more,…
Chevy to Produce Full Size Electric Pickup
Chevy’s new pickup will get an estimated 400 miles on a single charge. Not much info is available. But Chevy isn’t just betting big on giant gasoline-powered engines. GM has also recently announced that it has a full-size Chevy electric pickup truck in the works. The vehicle will reportedly run 400 miles on a single…
Intel to delay 7nm processors
Intel has revised their guidance for their 7nm processors. Turning to our 7nm technology: We are seeing an approximate six-month shift in our 7nm-based CPU product timing relative to prior expectations. The primary driver is the yield of our 7nm process, which based on recent data, is now trending approximately twelve months behind our internal…
Multiple exoplanets orbiting ‘sun-like star’ discovered in deep space for first time
The exoplanets are approximately 300 light-years from Earth. Scientists have discovered a multi-planetary system orbiting a “sun-like star” for the first time, according to a newly published study. The research, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, describes two giant exoplanets (TYC 8998-760-1b and TYC 8998-760-1c) orbiting the star TYC 8998-760-1, approximately 300 light-years from Earth….
Science Confirms Plato’s Theory?
Could science actually confirm Plato’s theory that the Earth is made of cubes? New research shows a Platonic ideal may be true after all: The world may primarily break into cubes, and not just in Minecraft. In a new paper, researchers from the U.S. and Hungary go through a simulation of the world’s “natural 3D…
AMD announces 7nm x86 desktop processors
AMD announced their first and most advanced 7nm x86 desktop processors with built-in graphics for consumer and commercial PC markets. The AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics and the AMD Athlon 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics feature the most advanced processor core technology on the market combined with the best…
Two more promising COVID vaccines
With this announcement, there are now four vaccines in development that are showing early positive results. There are 17 vaccines in development. A coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is safe and shows signs of inducing an immune response, according to early clinical trial results published Monday in the medical…
Lightning Strikes Could Make F-35 Explode
Yikes! Lightning strikes could make F-35 aircraft explode! Lockheed Martin recently paused deliveries of the challenged, but highly-touted F-35 Joint Strike fighter jet due to an internal gas tube malfunction. Nothing too major, but Lockheed’s primary concern is that if the aircraft were to be struck by lightning, it could explode. For more, check out…
The rise of the robots
While this sounds like the title of a bad sci-fi movie, this movement is starting to gain some traction as businesses contemplate a work force that is immune to disease. The food industry is one such business. The pandemic is feeding demand for robots that can flip burgers, make salads and blend smoothies as businesses…