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A Swarm of tiny drones can search for life from distant worlds.

Tiny swimming drones can search for life in the oceans of the distant worlds like oceans on the icy moons of Jupiter. The system that delivers those drones into the ocean might look like a virus. The system can make a hole in the ice by using lasers.  Or some other electromagnetic radiation. Then the system delivers those drones to the ocean. The drone swarm can use cloud-based network architecture for handling information. And they must operate very independently.  And those drones can send information to the surface module. The surface module will transmit that data to Earth.   But there must be an alternative system. That ensures that data can send to Earth. In the cases that the surface unit fails. There is the possibility that when the surface unit makes a hole in the ice. That system will fall through the ice core.  "In the Sensing With Independent Micro-Swimmers (SWIM) concept, illustrated here, dozens of small robots would descend through the icy shell o...

Sky Cruise is one of the wildest aviation innovations ever seen.

Sky Cruise is an enormous, nuclear-powered drone. That concept allows flying luxury hotel service for 5000 passengers. In that concept, there are swimming pools and hotel rooms with restaurants inside that massive hyper jumbo-jet. The Sky Cruise can stay airborne even for years. And that thing is opening interesting scenarios also for things like interplanetary missions.  The Sky Cruise concept can operate in atmospheres there is no oxygen. The plasma-jet engines make it possible that the giant flying laboratory can send to the Venus or even to the atmospheres of gas giants. This kind of nuclear-powered aircraft can also operate as a flying aircraft carrier. And it can also transport division with all its equipment across the ocean.  The idea for Sky Cruise could be from the "Avengers" movie. In "Extreme tech" mentioned that DARPA wants to build the similar flying aircraft carrier that is in that movie. (ExtremeTech/DARPA wants to build an Avengers-like flying aircr...

Flying cars are back in the spotlight.

The flying cars or rather-saying cheap and flexible VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft that can travel on highways and by air are probably the next-generation systems for many purposes. Those flying cars are suitable tools for avoiding rushes. Flying cars can move people to remote areas.  They can replace traditional ambulance helicopters or small-size police helicopters. The term flying car means a low-cost helicopter that can operate also as a car. One version is the quadcopter-based solution where those wheels are turned into propellers.  If we think of the solution where propellers are in the tubes that makes the system less vulnerable. If VTOL-system uses traditional rotors where one contact with a wall can break the blade.  Or they can fly to the roofs of the buildings. That low-noise vertically operating systems can carry servicemen and tools to roofs. But the fact is that those systems can also be equipped with machine guns and anti-tank missiles. And t...

How to colonize the galaxy by using very slow crafts?

  How to colonize the galaxy by using very slow crafts?  There is the possibility that we ever can make things like FTL (Faster-Than-Light) technology. But there is another way to travel between stars. And that technology is called "generation ships". Those crafts would reach about 1-20% of the speed of light.  And that thing means that travel to the nearest solar systems takes even thousands of years. In that version, generations will change inside the craft. And when the journey ends to Alpha Centauri or Bernard Star the people inside that craft are forgetting the Earth. And they might think of their craft as home.  Those generation ships require lots of genetic material. For denying the genetic matter degeneration. The degeneration predisposes the organism to hereditary diseases. So the crew must modify the genomes of the next generations. So that the variation of the DNA is high enough.  That craft could be a giant O'Neill cylinder. And when that cylinder tr...

SETI and research. Can JWST find planets that are orbiting sun-like stars in the habitable zone?

NASA launches the rocket from Australia to search for star conditions that support life. That thing means that the "Proxima message" caused some kind of critical thoughts. The BLC 1 (Breakthrough Listen Candidate 1) could be a manmade radio impulse. But the question is again the same with the Wow! signal why it happened only once? If some kind of weather or some other effect causes those signals. That thing should happen more times than once.  The thing why many researchers do not believe. That the origin of the BLC-1 or "Proxima signal" is in Proxima Centauri. Is that Proxima Centauri or Alpha Centauri C is a red dwarf. Those stars are very small. And their planets are locked which means another side of those planets in the habitable zone will be extremely hot. But there is also a Sun-like star in the same direction but 3000 light-years away from us.  Image 2) Venus  Venus is the "sister planet" of Earth. But greenhouse gases are making the surface the he...

The discoveries in genetics are making it possible to create cancer vaccines and artificial lifeforms and explore the origins of life.

Image 1) "Origin of Life” artist’s concept. (ScitechDaily/Incredible Virus Discovery Offers Clues About the Origins of Complex Life) The new virus renews our understanding of the origin of life.  This virus can be the key to solving questions when eukaryotic bacteria are born. The first bacteria that were born on Earth were prokaryotes. They had no nucleus. Then some kind of mutation made the nucleus in those cells. The nucleus protects the DNA against electromagnetic radiation. And that thing was a fundamental advantage.  The order of born of life: 1) First-born organisms were prokaryotic cells. The very first cells got their energy from the volcanic heat. For being real cells. Those primitive cells required mitochondria and cell organelles that made the membrane for those cells. In history, mitochondria have been independent organisms.  Today mitochondria live in symbiosis with all cells with an internal power source. The cell is delivering sugars to mitochondria that a...

Researchers found genomes that control the advance of our senses.

Researchers found the genomes that are controlling our senses. Or they found the genetic origin of our senses. That thing gives information on how our sensory cells and neurons that control our senses are forming. And that thing can use to make organisms like bacteria that are following images even from the computer screens.  That kind of research can help to find why some people turn blind. And why do some people have things like sensory hypersensitivity? There is suspicion that people who have sensory hypersensitivity. Have too many neurons for handling the senses that hypersensitive sensor sends. That means one sense turns too dominating.  The things like genome tests are opening the road to a new type of diagnosis. Things like sensory hypersensitivity along with ADHD are the reason for genomes. That means those things can detect in genetic tests. And things like therapy can begin at an early age. And of course, if the sensory hypersensitivity is in an audition that kind of...

The single-atom tractor beam is powering electromagnetic catalysis.

The tractor beams are here. They are effective only in atom-sized devices. In those systems, the photons are used to turn the atoms in the right position. So that they can form bonds more easily than without that position. And those kinds of things can be extreme tools.  The system can turn things like enzyme molecules in the right position. It allows the system can adjust the enzyme's surface layer and their effect with very high accuracy.  Those optical systems can use to make nanomachines and other kinds of systems like ultra-small microchips. The optical tractor beams are the next-generation tools in many areas. They can use to make complicated molecules or move single atoms on the layers.  Optical tweezers are one of the solutions that can revolutionize technology. The idea of the tractor beams is not the new one. There are made pressure-wave-based tweezers that can use to move the miniature microchips and put them in the right position. The problem with microchips i...

Teaching physics allows AI to make autonomous discoveries.

The AI is a suitable tool to make astronomical discoveries. All objects in the universe are following the laws of physics. And things like dangerous asteroids can search by using AI-boosted telescopes. The AI is an excellent tool for searching for changes from the images taken during certain periods. The AI can see if some point is moved. And that is the mark of the new asteroid or even planet. The AI can search thousands of objects.  And that makes it an ultimate tool for astronomers. Searching new planet is not very dramatic. Astronomers are just looking at the points in two images taken in a certain period. And if one of those points is moved there could be the planet or dwarf planet or asteroid. That work is very boring. And it can leave to the AI.  The AI can search for changes in those points and then check from the database. If there is some asteroid in that trajectory. Then the AI can take an image of that asteroid and compare it with images of known asteroids. Th...

How a particle can store information in multiple states same time?

What quantum superposition means? Or how a particle can store information in multiple states same time? The answer is in the form of a quantum field around the particle.  The image of the whisk can portray what the quantum field of subatomic particles might look like. The redshift supports that model. If the particle moves in space behind it the wavelength of radiation gets longer. And the spectrum travels to red. If the particle is a little bit stretched that thing explains redshift.  If the quantum field is forming of the quantum wires or quantum lightning. When those wires are at the N/S position they can allow the wave motion can tunnel itself through that quantum field. This is one explanation why dark energy will not affect the material. if the radiation pushes those quantum wires away from their route. That thing allows that the wave motion will not transfer energy to the material.  The term quantum superposition means that particles like photons or electrons are i...

Simulations are making the R&D process cheaper.

Mixed reality is an excellent tool for making simulations.  There are many versions of the virtual worlds. Some of them have no touch with the real world at all. Those virtual worlds are products of imagination. Some other virtual worlds can be so-called mixed reality worlds.  Things like computer games can use to research and develop tactics. The gamers are playing things like war simulations. And then the AI selects the most successful ways how to make some things. The war simulations are a good example of how to use virtual worlds and virtual reality in R&D work.  Those mixed-reality worlds can be spaces that are scanned by using lasers. The term "mixed reality" means that the real-world and virtual worlds are mixed. The mixed reality can use to control remote-controlled robots from long distances. The things that robots see and hear are transmitted to the controller's virtual reality set.  The VR systems can also use to control hypersonic aircraft. The proble...

Five revolutionary cosmic ideas turned out to be wrong.

In the beginning, I must say that proving some of those claims right or wrong is a hard thing. The things where the universe began are limited to the Big Bang. And what happened before the Big Bang is purely hypothetical.  Where does the material come from, and what is dark matter? Dark matter is dominating part of the material in the universe. And this is why we should say that visible material is a very unusual thing in the universe. The most dominating thing is dark energy. That rips the universe into pieces. The main question is why energy that has no interaction can destroy the universe?  Could there be the "sub-quarks" inside quarks? If that thing is true, the quarks would be mini-versions of protons and neutrons. But that thing is a pure hypothesis.  If energy interacts, it must raise the particle's energy level. Or change its position. So how wave motion that has no interaction can rip the universe into pieces? That thing requires interaction. And that means there...

Chinese scientists created a brain scale model by using 174 trillion parameters.

This type of artificial intelligence is one of the biggest steps in computing. And that thing can have a bigger effect than people ever think. We always believed that computers cannot fully emulate human brains, because we have over 100 billion neurons. And each neuron has about 3 connections. Brins have 300 billion neuron states. In real life, neurons have much more connections than just 3. One neuron can have even hundreds of connections. And the number one is only for the calculative reasons.  The neuron connections play a big role when neurons interconnect their information. Each neuron in our body can model to parameters. And that means the artificial brains can be real sooner than we ever think. The very large, size of networking and many connections are making it possible. That neurons can interconnect with each other. So they can reconnect their information in multiple ways. And that means the person has much more neural space than the number of neurons. The ability to inte...

Dark energy and gravitational waves can have a similar origin.

Could the origin of dark energy and gravitational waves be similar? The gravitational waves are energy that two particles that orbit each other send. So the origin of dark energy can be in the gluons and quarks. That is orbiting some kind of center in the protons and neutrons.  That center could be the tensor tunnel called the mysterious graviton. And those gluons and quarks that orbit this hypothetical tensor tunnel can be a source of dark energy. But the question is what particle sends that mysterious wave motion that rips the universe into pieces. Is it quark, gluon, or some, yet unknown particle?  Dark energy is an invisible wave motion that doesn't interact with the material. That mystery force rips the universe into pieces but it doesn't interact in other ways. So dark energy doesn't transfer energy to the material and that makes it a mystery. How does dark energy work, and what is its essence? The essence of dark energy could be similar to gamma- or X-ray. But in thi...

The gravitational-wave jammer can make real antigravitation possible.

If researchers can someday make synthetic gravitational waves in the laboratory, that thing can be the most fundamental research result in history. The ability to make synthetic gravitational waves makes the possibility to jam gravitational waves. That system can make real antigravitation possible.  Gravitational waves can jam similar way to all other wave motions: and that method is the counter gravitational waves. The counter-gravitational waves erase incoming gravitational waves just like radio-jammer erases incoming radio waves.  Gravitational waves are wave motion. Like all other wave motions. And gravitational waves act like all other wave-motion frequencies. If another gravitational wave will impact an incoming gravitational wave with the same power. The gravitation counter waves erase each other. The idea is the same with electromagnetic- or normal wave motion.  The synthetic gravitational waves can make by using two neutrons (or some other particle pair like posi...

Researchers found the exotic state of matter "tetraneutron".

"Scientists have announced the experimental discovery of a tetraneutron, a new and exotic state of matter that could also have properties that are useful in existing or emerging technologies." (SciTechDaily/Experimental Discovery of a Tetraneutron – An Exotic State of Matter) Tetraneutron is a state of matter that has four neutrons in its structure. That state of matter has finally been confirmed in the laboratory. And the confirmation of the existence of tetraneutron can be more fundamental than we ever expected. It can use to move single neutrons in structures. And it can open the road to new quantum materials. Quantum materials are similar to nanomaterials. But things like neutrons are forming those structures. Neutrons are promising things for that kind of material.  Quantum materials are similar to nanomaterials. But things like neutrons are forming those structures. Neutrons are promising things for that kind of material. They are bipolar particles that make it possible...

Narrow corridor in our life. (Narrow Corridor Part 2)

Our life is like a narrow corridor. There is a line. And at the sides of that line are rooms. The line or great room between those rooms is the life itself. In that room is the beginning. And the final door is waiting for us. The greatest paradox in life is that the only certain thing in that corridor is the end. The length of that corridor is not described.  So we know only that there is an end. In that corridor, we can only make choices that are allowed by law. If we want to stay free. In the real world, there is no absolute freedom. When somebody takes too much freedom that takes the person to jail. The beginning of that corridor is the birth. And the door that is opposite to us is the death. The rooms at the sides of that corridor are points where we spend some time in our life. Those rooms are schools, marriage, and other things that are connecting with our life. In every single room is two doors. And when we are stepping into those rooms we will step out from them.  The ...

Narrow corridor in democracy.

When you are the leader of the company. All that is needed is to remember that the leader represents stakeholders. At the national level, the leader represents the people. But then we must understand that the term "people" means different things. The problem is that benefit of a nation and its people might be different from what people want. The private company can kick their workers out.  The state must take care of them until they get new work. But the state cannot kick people out. And even if the person ever pays taxes the state must take care of them.  What if people want something, that is against the long-term benefit of the nation? The populists are the people who are promising short-term benefits. Things like refusing to pay back international loans can seem very nice things. But the problem is this, who gives investments to a nation that will not pay back its loans? There is the possibility that the World Bank will not ask for those loans back. Then all other nations...

The new quantum sensors can detect all electromagnetic frequencies.

"MIT researchers have developed a method to enable quantum sensors to detect any arbitrary frequency, with no loss of their ability to measure nanometer-scale features. Quantum sensors detect the most minute variations in magnetic or electrical fields, but until now they have only been capable of detecting a few specific frequencies, limiting their usefulness". Credit: Guoqing Wang (Phys.org/Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency) The key element in the input-output methods of the computer systems are sensors that can detect the signals that are traveling in the system. Without that part the system is useless. And the reason for that is the system cannot read data that travels in it.  The quantum sensors that are like standing ion or photon fog can detect all electromagnetic frequencies at the same time. The idea is that when the ion or photon cloud hovers at the frame the electromagnetic radiation that travels through that cloud will affect the br...

The artificial language of AI is interesting.

The operator can use a pocket interpreter to command computers and robots. That translator can translate the spoken language to a synthetic language like Esperanto or Volapük.  Those languages can use to command robots. The problem is how the robot can separate commands that are meant for it from other speech. And synthetic languages can offer a solution to those kinds of problems.  When the robot is operating in a noisy shopping center.  And it should follow the voice commands. The problem is that there is a lot of speech in that area. The robot should separate the commands meant for it from other discussions. And one version of how to make that thing is to use Esperanto or Volapük as command language. People are not using those synthetic languages for everyday communication. And that makes them perfect for commanding robots.  The system would be easy to separate commands from other speech. If the operator gives commands to it using Esperanto. The operator can give ...