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Unidentified objects UFO near the Sun on NASA satellite images - March 16, 2014
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NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio and the DOE Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Argonne, Ill., are collaborating to develop next generation batteries for use in future space missions.
The coordinated effort announced today combines JCESRs deep knowledge of the basic science in energy storage research with NASA Glenns expertise engineering battery technologies with aerospace applications. JCESR and Glenn intend to perform the required research so that NASA can identify promising technologies to develop, test and build prototypes for use in NASA missions for planetary exploration.
Todays lithium-ion batteries, which hold more than twice the energy of those released in 1991, power our cellular phones, laptops and electric vehicles. But even when brought to their energy storage potential, lithium-ion batteries will not meet NASAs needs. Capitalizing on JCESRs research,Glenn will focus on developing next generation batteries with energy capacities beyond those of lithium-ion batteries to meet the aggressive goals of the space program.
As part of the collaboration, Glenn will serve as a potential "first adopter" of developed high potential battery technologies suitable for aerospace applications. Some of the application areas NASA has identified for use of next generation batteries are Extravehicular Activity suits, exploratory rovers and green aviation.
NASA Glenn scientists, researchers, and engineers have a decades long heritage of making major breakthroughs in energy storage in support of our countrys exploration of space and international leadership in commercial and military aviation," said Robert J. Shaw, Director of Venture Development and Partnerships at Glenn. "Our efforts include fundamental research, technology development, hardware system integration and performance testing."
"We deeply appreciate the efforts of our DOE colleagues at Argonne," added Shaw. "Were excited and committed to this collaboration opportunity."
"The beyond lithium-ion space is rich with opportunity and mostly unexplored," said George Crabtree, Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research. "In this collaboration, JCESR will share fundamental research results with NASA, enabling them to develop technologies that benefit the space program and, ultimately, society as a whole through commercialization opportunities with a wide range of applications."
NASA Glenn, in partnership with U.S. industry, universities, and other Government institutions, develops critical systems technologies and capabilities that address national priorities. Our world-class research, technology and capability development efforts are keys to advancing space exploration of our solar system and beyond, while maintaining global leadership in aeronautics. Our work is focused on technological advancements in space flight systems development, aeropropulsion, space propulsion, power systems, nuclear systems, communications and human-related systems.
The Joint Center for Energy Storage Research is amajor partnershipthat integrates researchers from many disciplines to overcome critical scientific and technical barriers and create new breakthrough energy storage technology. Led by theU.S. Department of Energys Argonne National Laboratory, partners include national leaders in science and engineering from academia, the private sector, and national laboratories. Their combined expertise spans the full range of the technology-development pipeline from basic research to prototype development to product engineering to market delivery. Funding for JCESR is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
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Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moons north polar region. The six-and-a-half feet (two-meters)-per-pixel images cover an area equal to more than one-quarter of the United States.
Web viewers can zoom in and out, and pan around an area. Constructed from 10,581 pictures, the mosaic provides enough detail to see textures and subtle shading of the lunar terrain. Consistent lighting throughout the images makes it easy to compare different regions.
"This unique image is a tremendous resource for scientists and the public alike," said John Keller, LRO project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. "It's the latest example of the exciting insights and data products LRO has been providing for nearly five years."
The images making up the mosaic were taken by the two LRO Narrow Angle Cameras, which are part of the instrument suite known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). The cameras can record a tremendous dynamic range of lit and shadowed areas.
"Creation of this giant mosaic took four years and a huge team effort across the LRO project," said Mark Robinson, principal investigator for the LROC at Arizona State University in Tempe. "We now have a nearly uniform map to unravel key science questions and find the best landing spots for future exploration."
The entire image measures 931,070 pixels square nearly 867 billion pixels total. A complete printout at 300 dots per inch considered crisp resolution for printed publications would require a square sheet of paper wider than a professional U.S. football field and almost as long. If the complete mosaic were processed as a single file, it would require approximately 3.3 terabytes of storage space. Instead, the processed mosaic was divided into millions of small, compressed files, making it manageable for users to view and navigate around the image using a web browser.
LRO entered lunar orbit in June 2009 equipped with seven instrument suites to map the surface, probe the radiation environment, investigate water and key mineral resources, and gather geological clues about the moon's evolution.
Researchers used additional information about the moon's topography from LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, as well as gravity information from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, to assemble the mosaic. Launched in September 2011, the GRAIL mission, employing twin spacecraft named Ebb and Flow, generated a gravity field map of the moon -- the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. LRO is managed by Goddard for the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. LROC was designed and built by Malin Space Science Systems and is operated by the University of Arizona. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., managed the GRAIL mission for SMD.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a one-year contract extension on the Cargo Mission Contract 2 valued at$22 million.
The extension ensures continuation of processing services, including support planning, coordination, preparation and packing of standardized containers for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Through this extension, Lockheed Martin will also manage Flight Crew Equipment support, which includes buying, maintaining and preparing items for the ISS crew such as clothing, housekeeping and personal hygiene items, laptop computers and audio and visual equipment.
The extension beginsApril 1and is the first of four options in the original Cargo Mission Contract awarded inDecember 2010.
"Lockheed Martin has a history of outstanding performance on the Cargo Mission Contract, providing the International Space Station program with affordable, responsive and flexible solutions," saidRick Hieb, vice president of exploration and mission support for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. "We look forward to continuing our support to NASA and the International Space Station with innovative and efficient processing to meet their future cargo provisioning needs."
Through this program, Lockheed Martin manages, stores and maintains more than 3 million items for the ISS crew. Additionally, the team annually exports and ships about 25,000 pounds of cargo to launch locations around the world, includingRussia,Kazakhstan,Japan,French Guianaandthe United States.
As the ISS program continues to evolve, Lockheed Martin has been flexible in responding to and supporting a variety of changes in manifests. The team has quickly worked late requests to keep the ISS supplied with critical items to sustain the crew and continue important scientific research.
Lockheed Martin also supports NASA's Johnson Space Center inHoustonby providing systems engineering and analysis, control center design, development and operations, life sciences services, human in-the-loop simulations, and a broad range of engineering, science and technical services activities.
Headquartered inBethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 115,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for 2013 were$45.4 billion.
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Photonics West serves as the perennial indicator of market trends for the photonics and optics industries. At this years event, held last month in San Francisco, one of the pervasive themes I observed at both the technical conference and the exhibition was the increasing role photonics and optics are playing in the development of advanced biomedical technologies. That trend is poised to continue well into the future.
I touched on this topic in my article Executive Perspectives On The World Of Optics And Photonics, which recapped a special panel session held during Photonics West 2014. The majority of the C-level panelists representing some of the most prominent technology providers in the industry agreed that the medical and life science markets were key to their companies success in 2013 and would continue to be a major area of emphasis moving into 2014.
The strong connection between optics and photonics and the biomedical sector was a theme repeated at many of the booths I visited on the Photonics West exhibit floor. What follows is a sampling of noteworthy new components and systems from the show that are representative of the cutting-edge solutions available to OEMs in the medical and life science industries.
Part of the appeal of photonics technology in the biomedical industry is its ability to miniaturize designs, and Coherents BioRay lasers only 95 mm long and weighing in at less than 70 g are perfectly aligned with that concept. While they were designed for integration into small, point-of-care medical devices, they can also be used as a cost-effective alternative for instrumentation in life science research and diagnostic applications. The lasers low heat output (up to 50 mW) and focusing optics also contribute to easy integration. They are currently available at five visible wavelengths: 405 nm, 450 nm, 488 nm, 520 nm, and 640 nm.
Another interesting Coherent product tailored to biomedical applications was the Fidelity femtosecond fiber laser. Its short pulsewidths (sub-70 fs at 1055 nm) and high-power capacity make the Fidelity ideal for applications in optogenetics, a booming field of research in the biomedical industry. Used in conjunction with a tunable femtosecond laser, the long wavelengths from the Fidelity can be used to activate specific groups of neurons, while the tunable laser interrogates others.
An additional application for Fidelity is second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging for preclinical purposes. The lasers wavelength is long enough for deep tissue penetration, but not so deep that the backscattered SHG is too weak.
The 6-watt LS-6 light source from Excelitasis another compact photonic product designed specifically for healthcare and life science applications. It generates light over a continuous spectrum, providing micro-second duration pulses ranging from UV to IR. Its broad range and high efficiency make it useful for applications like drug discovery, in-vitro diagnostics, proteomics, and absorption analysis, among others.
The LS-6 boasts an enhanced enclosure design, in which the flash lamp, power supply, and trigger circuit all reside within an electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppressant enclosure. In addition, the light source uses Xenon flash lamps, which are associated with high stability (<1 percent CV) and long lifetimes.
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Researchers at Ume University in Sweden have discovered that controlled placement of the carbon nanotubes, CNTs, into nano-structures gives them the ability to transport charges up to 100 million times higher than previously measured.
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CNTs are one dimensional nanoscale cylinders made of carbon atoms that have high tensile strength and exceptional electron mobility.
There is an increasing trend of using carbon based nanostructured materials as components in solar cells. Due to their properties, carbon nanotubes are expected to enhance the performance of current solar cells through efficient charge transport inside the device. To achieve the highest performance for electronic applications, the carbon nanotubes need to be assembled into a well-ordered network of interconnecting nanotubes. So far conventional methods used today are far from optimal which results in low device performance.
In the new study, a team of physicists and chemists at Ume University joined forces to produce nano-engineered carbon nanotubes networks with novel properties by engineering CNTs into complex network architectures for the first time. The new strutures feature controlled nano-scale dimensions inside a polymer matrix.
We have found that the resulting nano networks possess exceptional ability to transport charges, up to 100 million times higher than previously measured carbon nanotube random networks produced by conventional methods, explained Dr David Barbero, leader of the project and assistant professor at the Department of Physics at Ume University.
The high degree of control of the method enables production of highly efficient nanotube networks with a small amount of nanotubes compared to other conventional methods, thereby strongly reducing materials costs.
In a previous study (Applied Physics Letters, Volume 103, Issue 2, 021116 (2013)) the research team of David R. Barbero already demonstrated that nano-engineered networks can be produced onto thin and flexible transparent electrodes that can be used in flexible solar cells. The new results are expected to accelerate the development of next generation of flexible carbon based solar cells, which are both more efficient and less expensive to produce.
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Some of America's best cancer hospitals are off-limits to many of the people now signing up for coverage under the nation's new health care program.
Doctors and administrators say they're concerned. So are some state insurance regulators.
An Associated Press survey found examples coast to coast. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is excluded by five out of eight insurers in Washington's insurance exchange. MD Anderson Cancer Center says it's in less than half of the plans in the Houston area. Memorial Sloan-Kettering is included by two of nine insurers in New York City and has out-of-network agreements with two more.
In all, only four of 19 nationally recognized comprehensive cancer centers that responded to AP's survey said patients have access through all the insurance companies in their states' exchanges.
Not too long ago insurance companies would have been vying to offer access to renowned cancer centers, said Dan Mendelson, CEO of the market research firm Avalere Health. Now the focus is on costs.
"This is a marked deterioration of access to the premier cancer centers for people who are signing up for these plans," Mendelson said.
Those patients may not be able get the most advanced treatment, including clinical trials of new medications.
And there's another problem: it's not easy for consumers shopping online in the new insurance markets to tell if top-level institutions are included in a plan. That takes additional digging by the people applying.
"The challenges of this are going to become evident ... as cancer cases start to arrive," said Norman Hubbard, executive vice president of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Before President Barack Obama's health care law, a cancer diagnosis could make you uninsurable. Now, insurers can't turn away people with health problems or charge them more. Lifetime dollar limits on policies, once a financial trap-door for cancer patients, are also banned.
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An Indiana man stopped on Jan. 1 in Madison County with nine bombs in his van has agreed to plead guilty to possessing unregistered destructive devices.
Andrew Scott Boguslawski has signed a plea agreement and is scheduled for a hearing on April 1 in U.S. District Court in Columbus, according to court records filed today.
The charge carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence and a fine of $250,000.
Boguslawski, 44, of Moores Hill, Ind., is an Indiana National Guard member and was stopped on I-70 west of Columbus as he drove from Pennsylvania to Indiana. He was arrested by State Highway Patrol troopers for speeding.
Troopers searched his van after noticing a firearm between his legs. They found nine completed bombs and four nearly complete bombs, as well as an assault rifle, three pistols, another rifle, ammunition and two improvised silencers, according to his plea agreement.
The bombs were heavy plastic bottles filled with explosive powder with a length of fuse inserted in the lid, court records said. Under federal law, destructive devices must be registered.
Boguslawski originally was charged in state court, but his case was transferred to federal court this month.
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Computerworld - President Obama's National Broadband Plan, four years old this month, set out a far-reaching strategy for expanding Internet access in the U.S. to improve jobs and public safety and make it easier for average citizens to access information on everything from personal health care records to home energy use.
One thing the voluminous plan didn't include was an effort to protect data privacy, a topic now top of mind for policymakers in Washington after the Edward Snowden revelations about surveillance of phone records by the National Security Agency.
"A big thing we were not able to do [in the Broadband Plan] was about data security and privacy," said Blair Levin, one of the strategists and authors of the Broadband Plan. Levin oversaw its development when he was on the staff at the Federal Communications Commission and is now a fellow at the Aspen Institute, a policy studies group in Washington.
"The whole area of personal privacy is huge," Levin said. "If the plan were redone, it would focus a lot more on that. Even Singapore is way ahead of us on a lot of that."
While data privacy was discussed in the 2010 plan, it deserved its own separate chapter, Levin said in an interview after joining a panel discussion on Wednesday that included other authors of the plan. The event was held at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) in Washington.
But big technology changes don't come overnight, Levin said, and he quoted a passage in the plan that said, "this plan is in beta and always will be."
Levin also said he believes the Broadband Plan should be updated, probably in advance of the next presidential election in 2016, so that whomever is elected can install a transition team to consider the updated plan's contents.
Other panelists involved in the effort while at the FCC noted the plan's role in boosting broadband connections to homes and how it has affected Internet use in homes, schools and industry, including the efficiency of the nation's massive electric grid.
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Earlier today, select press (including MTV News) were invited to a special screening of footage from "Amazing Spider-Man 2," hosted by director Marc Webb. Sony showed off the first 15 minutes of the movie, and then a few selected scenes before opening up a brief Q&A with Marc Webb.
And like in the first movie, the reboot series proved its worth through the spectacular 3-D, showing Spider-Man swinging his way through the streets of New York City, fighting villains and saving citizens.
...But that's not why you're reading this, right? You want spoilers, so here are all the secrets we learned from the footage:
"Turning Point" Before the screening started covers and images from Spider-Man comics flashed on screen, including pictures of the villainous Green Goblin. Right before introducing the screening, though, two particular images flashed on screen: the cover to "Amazing Spider-Man #121"; and a scene from the issue set on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Avid comics fans will already know what this refers to, but for those who don't: in the issue, Spider-Man battles the Green Goblin, who has kidnapped Spidey's girlfriend Gwen Stacy and taken her to the Brooklyn Bridge. The Goblin drops her off the Bridge; and though Spider-Man tries to save her, her neck is snapped and she dies.
Given we've seen photos of Gwen Stacy actress Emma Stone wearing the exact same costume as in the comic, and the character gives a speech in the footage we saw about how time is precious, and everyone dies... Well, either those covers were a deliberate misdirection, or Stone's time in the franchise is numbered.
Roosevelt The first scene in the movie extends and wraps around the scene from the first movie, where Mary and Richard Parker (Peter's parents) leave Peter in the care of his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Here, we get to see Richard trying to delete his research from Oscorp, recording a message for Peter and then escaping with Mary on a private jet.
Only things don't go so well: the co-pilot kills the pilot; shoots Mary in the gut; and tries to shut down a mysterious upload Richard is making on his Ethernet enabled airplane, before getting sucked out the door and leaving the plane to crash down. The upload seems incredibly important, and is being sent to something or someone called "Roosevelt." Whether that's a location (Roosevelt Island), or one of several former Presidents of the United States, we'll just have to stay tuned.
In Russia, Paul Giamatti's You Then we cut to the previously glimpsed Spidey vs. Aleksei Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti), the man who will later become villain The Rhino. Aleksei is driving a truck carting dangerous Oscorp owned plutonium, escaping from the cops, but not Spider-Man.
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MyBeeble today announced that it has launched an application allowing users to buy and sell textbooks to each other on their mobile devices.
MyBeeble makes it easy for students to buy and sell their textbooks without setting foot in the university bookstore. A search in the MyBeeble app will return results for new and used copies of textbooks, as well as e-textbooks and rental agreements. Students can easily compare textbook options and save their results with the apps wish list capabilities. Textbook prices can even be compared with leading online bookstores so students can be sure to find the best deal.
Gabriel Cornejo, MyBeeble founder and CEO, said Students pay an obscene amount of money for new textbooks only to get pennies in return from the bookstore after the semester. We wanted to create a platform that would be beneficial to both student buyers and sellers, and alleviate the headache textbooks cause each and every term.
MyBeeble was designed with convenience in mind. Users can easily upload their used textbooks to be found by students that need them now. By using the devices geographical location feature, students can find textbooks closest to them, allowing them to save time and money on shipping, as well as make transactions with other students nearby. The apps social features encourage users to cultivate relationships with students studying similar topics not only in their University or College but all schools requiring the same textbook. Thats the beauty of this app, the Youniverse is limitless.
We hope that MyBeeble users will keep in touch after a transaction, said Cornejo. Buying and selling textbooks from other students really gives you the opportunity to find people with similar interests, and, hopefully, that will lead to valuable connections throughout a university career.
Security and peace of mind were a top concern for Cornejo and his team when creating the platform. MyBeeble partnered with PayPal to ensure that all non-cash transactions receive the payment protection that they provide.
With many students heading back to school this week MyBeeble is launching at the perfect time. The app is currently available in the App Store for iOS devices, with plans to expand to Android and web in the near future.
To learn more about MyBeeble please visit http://mybeeble.com or watch a short introduction video here.
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