In 2018 and many other times, California was warned there would be power interruptions when nuclear reactors were shutdown. California has been having power outages and rolling blackouts because of insufficient power this summer. There was increased demand for electricity for air conditioning as temperatures reached over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and as high as 120F.…
Nuclear power is over half the carbon-free electricity in the U.S. and the Exelon will retire over 4 GW would eliminate 2% of U.S. carbon-free electricity in 2021 without increased subsidies. The US electrical utility, Exelon, announced that they will shutdown four nuclear reactors in 2021. Four reactors at the Byron and Dresden nuclear power…
Image: Unsplash Cross-layered detection and response or XDR is a relatively new security strategy, which offers advanced protection by enabling complete security visibility and response automation. It does not only focus on endpoints but extends its functions into network and user activities. Also, referred to as Expanded Detection and Response, XDR goes beyond endpoints to…
As you get older, key genes that maintain life are no longer activated. George Church is focused on turning youth-boosting genes back on. His company, Rejuvenate Bio, has begun clinical trials in old dogs. This will help us determine which ages of humans would best benefit. George believes they will be able to help people…
Elon Musk had a phone interview for the Human to Mars Conference. He mentioned that there will be improvements for the Super Heavy Starship. SpaceX is spending $5 billion on the Super Heavy Starship development program. NASA is providing $100-150 million of support for a lunar version of Starship. A recent ArsTechnica article mentioned Starship…
The walls and roof for the first factory building at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin are done. There appear to be four main buildings and several smaller ones. Tesla has published plans which show four main buildings and about eight smaller ones. SOURCES- Tesla, GigaBerlin Youtube Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com
US Federal Reserve Chairman James Powell has said interest rates are likely to stay low for years as the economy fights its way back from the coronavirus pandemic. For decades, the goal of US Federal Reserve was to control inflation. Inflation control has now been de-emphasized, the main goal is now maximizing employment. This is…
Serbia and Kosovo have committed to economic normalization. By focusing on job creation and economic growth, the two countries were able to reach a real breakthrough on economic cooperation across a broad range of issues. Kosovo and Israel have agreed to normalization of ties and the establishment of diplomatic relations. Serbia has committed to opening…
Nextbigfuture has had dozens of articles covering the experimental and theoretical propellantless propulsion system of James Woodward. In 2017-2018, there was belief that significant propulsion effects were realized. The actual experiments were at 1-5 micronewtons but there was hope of scaling it with increased power to 60 millinewtons with a kilowatt system. However, errors were…
The SpaceX SN6 Starship prototype had a successful 150-meter hop test. This is the second SpaceX 150 meter hop test using a prototype Starship. There was Starhopper test flight in 2019. Elon Musk tweeted there will be several short hop tests to ensure they have the launch process completely worked out. They will than add…
SpaceX has tweeted out that Starlink is providing over 100 mbps download speeds in user tests. They launched the twelfth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The speed and low latency is fast enough to stream multiple HD movies at once and still have bandwidth to spare. It also can play any online game. Latency tests…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputer modeling analysis suggests COVID-19 causes the inflammatory molecule bradykinin to run amuck in the human body. The Bradykinin storm cause gel to form in the lungs and the blood vessels to leak. The same analysis identifies about ten interventions to reduce the severity of COVID-19. An easy precaution is to…