DNA basecalling performance benchmarked, RTX3080 vs RTX1080Ti
One of the collaborators recently acquired a RTX3080FE for his work. Before retiring the 1080Ti FE he decided to compare the base calling performance between the two. This is base calling 4GB of RAW...
View ArticleNASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Animations
This took my breath away, in 4K too.
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Spoiler Alert........this car is fast.
The Bugatti Chiron is reported to top 290 mph Technical specs have been shared at a recent customer presentation prior to the car’s unveiling at Geneva this upcoming March. The numbers play out like a...
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Scientists perform quantum teleportation with high accuracy across 44 kilometers
Teleportation is the stuff of science fiction, but scientists are working on teleportation in the real world. They’re not teleporting people or products. Rather they’re working on quantum...
View ArticleDisinfection spreads antimicrobial resistance
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of disinfectants, alcohol-based hand sanitizers, and antiseptic hand wash has surged. As a precaution, many authorities have also increased chlorine dosage in...
View ArticleNASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 293-million-mile (470-million-km) journey on Wednesday, hours...
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A quantum computer that measures light has achieved quantum supremacy
Lasers are used in a new type of quantum computing called boson sampling A new type of quantum computing called boson sampling is capable of calculations that no classical computer could accomplish in...
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Data transfer system connects silicon chips with a hair’s-width cable
The advance could improve energy efficiency of data centers and lighten the load for electronics-rich vehicles. Researchers have developed a data transfer system that can transmit information 10 times...
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How future spacecraft might handle tricky landings on Venus or Europa
If a spacecraft (like the one shown in this artist’s concept) ever touches down on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, the craft will need to be especially agile in order to stick its landing. The best way to...
View ArticleChinese Mars Probe Entire Maritian Orbit Footage
Exploring exoplanets for mankind. Mars colonization cannot come sooner.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing
This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. A...
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Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri
Sixty-four-meter radio telescope at Parkes Observatory in Australia, which detected potential signals from Proxima Centauri last year. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams Getty Images It’s never aliens—until...
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The Weirdly Nihilistic Reason Why Outer Space Is So Cold
Far outside our solar system and out past the distant reachers of our galaxy—in the vast nothingness of space—the distance between gas and dust particles grows, limiting their ability to transfer...
View ArticleFirst passenger flight performed with sustainable synthetic kerosene
World first in the Netherlands by KLM, Shell and Dutch ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management: first passenger flight performed with sustainable synthetic kerosene. For the first time...
View ArticleWhy limitless fusion power is still a challenge
This video explains why and alas it doesn't look like it will become a reality anytime soon.
View ArticleGlobal Warming & Climate Change Discussion
That's the newspaper headline, anyway. (See the latest update below for the proper context of this sentence) So, could the "global warming" crisis just be one big scandal? From what I've read, the...
View ArticleWhy all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)
I didn't know this, but it's obvious now I've seen the video. Check it out.
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Maps, science data & statistics tracking of COVID-19
Since this outbreak is affecting the tech industry as a whole, which affects us all here at TPU, it seemed like a good idea to post two of the best tracking maps I have found from HealthMap and Johns...
View ArticleJames Webb Space Telescope News
When it is launched in 2018, it will be the world's biggest and most powerful telescope, capable of peering back 200 million years after the Big Bang. Today, Nasa engineers in Maryland installed the...
View ArticleWorld's first space HOTEL to begin construction in 2025
World's first space HOTEL to begin construction in low Earth orbit in 2025 complete with restaurants, cinemas and rooms for up to 400 guests. Experts from Orbital Assembly Corporation plan to build the...
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Most detailed sunspot image to date captured by new solar telescope
The Sun has a powerful magnetic field which slowly flips its poles every 11 years. Throughout this solar cycle, researchers monitor the Sun’s surface, with more sunspots indicating increased activity....
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Solar System
Self-explanatory random thread. The target audience is ... me Btw I've updated all my posts here (December 10, 2012), added links, pictures and videos. I spent lots of time, but it's all worth it! And...
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[TECHSPOT] Researchers develop sphere-shaped robot for exploring underground...
Researchers develop sphere-shaped robot for exploring underground on the Moon Using tech like LiDAR, "stereo camera vision," and locomotion subsystems with additional "auxiliary housekeeping sensors,"...
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Space images thread
The Crab Nebula (M1, NGC 1952 or Taurus A) lies ~6500 ly away from Earth and is the remnant of a dramatic explosion, called a supernova, originally seen by Chinese Astronomers in 1054 AD. Starting out...
View ArticleBlack Holes
So no wimps for today I guess... “We know that about 25% of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but we don’t know what it is,” Michael Kesden tells PhysOrg.com. “There are a number of different...
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