#research reactor corp.

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Prison Affair // Out of Jail

I'm the same, again in the streets Again I'm cruising, I won't stay sober I'm the same, again in the streets Again I'm cruising, I won't stay sober Out of jail Out of jail

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Some more art for Research Reactor Corp!

[stormcr0w]

My Yu-Gi-Oh! DM OC, Devan. A card designer for Industrial Illusions and, later, Kaiba Corp. Devan uses a Gemini Deck when dueling. LORE below!

In the ancient past, Devan's ancestor, Darius grew up in the village of Kul Elna alongside his closest friend, Bakura. When the village was massacred in order to create the Millennium Items, Bakura chose a path of vengeance, but Darius was chosen by the creator of light to stop Zorc. Using a powerful Ka, the Odd-Eyes Dragon, Darius was fated to become enemies with Bakura, whom he considered a brother once. In the modern day, Bakura retains his memories of the ancient past, recognizing Devan immediately as the descendant of his once-called brother from his odd eyes. Devan, who has no knowledge of their past relationship is confused as to why Bakura refers to him as "Brother." Throughout the story, Bakura attempts to convince Devan to join him in collecting the Millennium Items, but Devan consistently refuses, due to his friendship with Yugi. Devan also seems to have a handful of powers related to the Millennium Items, allowing him to invoke shadow games and sense the true nature of a person's soul. Most of his abilities seem to be a result of his past as a citizen of Kul Elna and it's importance in the creation of the items. After learning of his ancient past, Devan creates his new Ace Monster based on the Ka of his ancestor - "Odd-Eyes Dragon." While working for Kaiba Corp, Devan develops technology that he hopes will advance Kaiba's research into virtual reality. He creates a machine that he thinks will create a virtual world, but instead, thanks to his powers, the machine creates an opening to an alternate universe where the Spirits of Duel Monsters are real. Devan calls this machine the Duel Terminal and is inspired to create new cards based on the creatures and people he meets within it. The first monsters Devan attempts to bring into the game from Duel Terminal are the Dark World monsters. His initial attempts are met with many complications as he was unprepared for the consequences of turning real creatures into cards. The Dark World cards seem to have a will of their own and Devan deems them too dangerous for Mass Production. He attempts to lock away the cards, but they are stolen by another Kaiba Corp Employee, later resurfacing in the hands of a student at Kaiba's GX Duel Academy. Among the Stolen Dark World Card was also a Fusion counterpart to his Odd-Eyes Dragon - "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon." Devan's research within the Duel Terminal leads to him coming up with the idea for Synchro monsters. Collaborating with Kaiba, they attempt to create such cards, but are met with complications. Kaiba Corp's virtual systems become overloaded when they attempt to Synchro Summon and they spend years searching for a solution. They eventually land on a promising concept and create both the Moment Reactors and D-Wheels. One of the first Successful Synchro Cards Devan creates is another counterpart to Odd-Eyes - "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon". Which eventually ends up in the hands of a citizen of Neo Domino City in an area that later becomes known as the Satellite. Inspired by Devan's work on the Duel Terminal, Kaiba creates his own Virtual World known as Duel Links which, like Duel Terminal, ends up connecting alternate timelines together. After discovering the Zexal Universe, Devan is surprised to see that his concept for Xyz Summoning is already a popular mechanic in this world and yet another counterpart to Odd-Eyes is created by Devan - "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon." Eventually all four of Devan's Dragons fall into the hands of an Entertainment Duelist named Zarc. More on that when we get to my Arc V OC's.

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'Christopher Nolan's blockbuster Oppenheimer introduces audiences to nuclear physicist David Hill (Rami Malek), but doesn't tell his whole story. In addition to J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the film features several prominent scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project including Hill, Edward Teller (Benny Safdie), Isidor Isaac Rabi (David Krumholtz), and Ernest Lawrence (Josh Hartnett). Nolan's narrative takes viewers through the development of nuclear weapons followed by the personal and political fallout from their deployment in World War II.

David Hill plays a major role in closing out Oppenheimer, featuring prominently during the Senate confirmation hearing for Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.) as secretary of commerce. Malek delivers a powerful performance in the testimony scenes as his character Hill exposes Strauss' betrayal of Oppenheimer. An otherwise minor role becomes a turning point in establishing Strauss as the villain of the film and rallying audience support for Oppenheimer against the charges he is a communist. Given what transpired leading up to Strauss' hearing, it's unsurprising what happened to Hill after the events of Oppenheimer.

What Happened To David Hill After Lewis Strauss' Senate Hearing

Lewis Strauss' Senate hearing concluded in 1959 with the Atomic Energy Commission member failing to receive enough votes for confirmation. Following his influential testimony against Strauss, David Hill moved into the private sector. However, he remained closely associated with the work he did alongside J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. Hill joined a group from the Met Lab at the University of Chicago to examine the social and political fallout of the nuclear bomb.

Hill's later career included founding, developing, and leading multiple scientific research firms. He was head of Nanosecond Systems Inc. from 1963 to 1972. The company manufactured high-precision measuring equipment. Hill also spent 30 years as president of the patent enforcement and investment company Harbor Research Corp. The accomplished nuclear physicist also served as a fellow for the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

David Hill Died In 2008

David Hill died on December 14, 2008, in Brighton, New York. He was 89 years old. Hill was predeceased by his wife, Mary Shadow, who passed away in 1992. The couple had been married since 1950 and had seven children together. All seven children survived Hill along with 14 grandchildren and his companion at the time, Sharon Vincent.

Hill's obituary notes he was a renowned nuclear physicist and acknowledges his collaboration with Enrico Fermi in building the first nuclear chain reactor. There is no mention of the Manhattan Project, his work with J. Robert Oppenheimer, or his impact on American politics. It's another indication that Hill wanted to distance himself from the events of Oppenheimer and continue a less politicized career in science.'

[ishhbowl]

i would actually love to hear more about egg punk… i love DEVO and i’ve heard it’s that vibe? do you have any recommendations?

omg yes!! youre right, eggpunk draws a lot of inspiration from DEVO and is sometimes called devocore because of that!! there are a lot of different sounds in eggpunk but some common themes throughout the genre are harsh vocal overlays, fast drums, and a very raw diy sound. its also sometimes called chainpunk's happier cousin or What If Hardcore Punk Got A Lil Silly With It. lyrics can range from being about eating people alive to feminism to being bored and mad about it. its a really unique niche and i wish more people knew abt it because there are a lot of awesome eggpunk bands that are pretty under the radar :]

some of the most popular modern eggpunk bands include gee tee, research reactor corp, prison affair, and powerplant!! id also recommend snooper, ghoulies, erik nervous, cctv, the coneheads, and diode, which are a bit more underground but still super awesome :-) i have a playlist of my fav songs (plus some other stuff that fits the general vibe) right here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rAj60mAy0bBQYxFt1SBEQ?si=291deaf00ccd4733

hope you enjoy!! i love talking abt music soso much :D

[mcgravin]

I don't know a ton about the TES-3 "Transportable Nuclear Power Plant Installed on Self-Propelled Tracked Transporters" (although I found the PDF at that link, which looks like it'd be interesting reading if I knew Russian), but I have heard a fair bit about LeTourneau's overland trains and the VC-22 Sno-Freighter!

R. G. LeTourneau was a mad genius from a parallel reality where vehicles and heavy engineering equipment are much cooler. Sadly, most of his brilliant and beautiful designs could not survive in our world as practical vehicles, and so they were left by the wayside (sometimes literally).

The VC-22 Sno-Freighter was actually used in the Canadian arctic to haul tons of supplies and equipment during the construction of the DEW Line. It was designed to specs requiring that it handle nearly any terrain, including crossing rivers up to 4 feet deep and cutting through snow drifts, while operating in temperatures down to -68°F (-55.5°C). It had a very successful first operation season in 1955, but sadly its 1956 season was cut short by a fire in the generator section. It was towed back to Alaska and sadly never repaired, sitting next to the Steese Highway to this day (pictured above when I mentioned being left by the wayside).

One of LeTourneau's fantastic ideas was using electric wheel hub motors to drive each wheel independently (like modern electric bikes and some electric cars), and powering the whole thing electrically. The lead car could carry one or more diesel generators to power the entire train. He was not the first to invent the idea of wheel hub motors, but he really ran with it.

His LeTourneau TC-497 Overland Train mk II made use of this scheme, and became the longest offroad vehicle in the world at 600 feet, a record that still stands. It was built for the US Army and delivered to the Yuma Proving Grounds in 1962, where it underwent testing as part of "Project OTTER" (Overland Train Terrain Evaluation Research). It performed well, but not long after the army gave up on overland trains in favor of heavy-lift helicopters. The lead control car remains on display at the Yuma Proving Grounds, while the rest of the vehicle was sold for scrap.

Anyway, we were talking about nuclear power, and that's where the LeTourneau VC-21 comes in. It was only ever a concept floated back and forth by the US Army and LeTourneau, so there's not a lot about it on the internet unfortunately. There is however the concept art below showing a vehicle that appears to be based on the TC-497. One of the cars towards the back includes a large dome that is speculated to be the planned MM-1 Military Compact Reactor (MCR)

This declassified US Army Corps of Engineers report from 1960 discusses the MCR among other portable nuclear power options, and mentions overland trains:

"The Military Compact Reactor is being developed to provide a compact, light weight mobile source of power for a variety of military applications, including propulsion of the overland train. It is expected to be the fore-runner of the power plant for a nuclear powered combat vehicle."

If you're as fascinated by LeTourneau and his overland trains as I am, you might enjoy the following:

"The World's Largest Overland Vehicles - LeTourneau's Land Trains" by Calum on Youtube (this would be my recommended starting point)

"Inside The Insane 1960s Nuclear Overland Vehicle - LeTourneau TC-497" by Calum on Youtube

"The Incredible Story of the US Army’s Earth-Shaking, Off-Road Land Trains" on TheDrive.com

"The US Army Planned a Nuclear Version of Its Already Crazy Off-Road Land Train" on TheDrive.com

"Amazing Vintage Photographs Of The TC-497 Overland Train Mark II, The Longest Offroad Vehicle In The World" from designyoutrustcom, cataloging images from Life Magazine.

and "Nuclear Powered Overland Trains – BONUS: Book Pages" from overlandtrains.com, the companion website to the book "R. G. LeTourneau’s Overland Trains: a complete history" by Mark Moore (this is the best extant text on the topic)

TES-3 Soviet transportable nuclear power plant mounted on self-propelled tracked vehicle. It was designed for use in hard-to-reach areas of the Far North and Siberia, 1950s.

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Photocatalytic Water Treatment Market Forecasted to Reach USD 17.2 billion in 2031, Expanding at a CAGR of 6.5%

The global photocatalytic water treatment market was estimated to be worth USD $9.8 billion in 2022. It is expected to increase at a 6.5% CAGR from 2023 to 2031, reaching US$ 17.2 billion by the end of 2031.

Many homeowners are thinking about installing photocatalytic water treatment technologies for residential applications to effectively filter and purify their drinking water. Disputes about water pollution, the adoption of rigorous environmental laws, and an acceleration in customer preference for environmentally friendly and efficient water treatment technologies are anticipated to add to the growth of the photocatalytic water treatment market in the coming years.

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Competitive Landscape

Transparency Market Research has profiled the following players in its global photocatalytic water treatment market report:

CRISTAL, TIPE, TOTO Corp., KRONOS Worldwide Inc., JSR Corp., OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd., Daicel Corp., Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd., Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., Green Millennium, Hangzhou Harmony Chemicals Co., Ltd., Lomon Billions, Nanoptek Corp., Showa Denko KK, Tronox Holdings PLC, and BASF SE.

The worldwide photocatalytic water treatment industry is heavily concentrated, with a few large-scale manufacturers controlling the vast majority of the industry's share. Companies that provide photocatalytic water treatment are spending heavily on comprehensive studies and research, particularly to provide high-grade water treatment.

A group of scientists from the University of California, Berkley, disclosed the invention of an innovative photocatalyst material built of graphene oxide in February 2022. The substance is more durable and effective than typical photo catalysts at eliminating impurities from water.

A group of Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers announced the creation of a novel approach for immobilizing photo catalysts on coatings in October 2020. A coating of graphene oxide is used to safeguard the photocatalyst from deterioration, making it more resilient and simpler to utilize.

Stringent ecological constraints are projected to provide profitable prospects for companies worldwide in photocatalytic water treatment. Organizations are spending money on R&D to improve their photocatalytic water treatment penetration. Development and research efforts are centered on the utility, stability, and economics of photocatalytic materials, reactor concepts, and system coordination.

Due to increased awareness about ecological responsibility, most governments throughout the world are adopting severe waste treatment norms and guidelines. These laws and policies assist to protect the integrity and quality of water resources, as contamination of water has a negative influence on people and the surroundings.

Market vendors are focusing heavily on R&D of innovative systems that may be adapted to various water sources and purification scenarios. This, consequently, is likely to boost the development path of the photocatalytic water treatment industry throughout the forecast time frame.

Key Takeaways from the Market Report

In 2022, Asia Pacific held a 50% share.

The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6% in Asia Pacific over the forecast period.

The drinking water treatment segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 6.6% throughout the projected period.

The North America market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6% over the forecast period.

In 2022, Europe held a 21% share of the global market.

Photocatalytic Water Treatment Market: Prominent Drivers and Trends

Authorities worldwide are spending heavily on sewage treatment facilities, increasing the value of the photocatalytic water treatment market. Photocatalytic water treatment systems are a viable approach to meet rigorous environmental standards.

They can remove organic compounds, bacteria, and inorganic pollutants. Employing photocatalysis, such devices may successfully eliminate and convert impurities into less harmful forms, assuring the fulfillment of legal standards before water is released or utilized.

The drinking water treatment application sector is predicted to lead over the projected period, based on the most recent photocatalytic water treatment market dynamics.

Photocatalytic water filtration systems power the reaction with sunshine and various other renewable energy sources. This contributes to a reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels.

Photocatalytic Water Treatment Market: Regional Analysis

By the most recent photocatalytic water treatment industry prediction, Asia Pacific is projected to account for the majority of the market from 2023 to 2031. Japan is expected to take over the Asia Pacific industry. The increase in R&D expenditure in wastewater treatment technology is propelling market trends in the country.

The increased emphasis on ecological sustainability is expected to bolster market advancements in North America in the coming years. The United States and Canada are the region's largest industries for photocatalytic water treatment.

The use of nanoparticle-based water treatment and photo catalysis employing Nano-catalysts for decontamination is increasing, which is boosting market data in Europe. Germany, the United Kingdom, and France are key photocatalytic water treatment sectors in the region. Although the sector in the Middle East and Africa and Latin America is lesser than in other regions, it is expected to grow steadily in the coming decades.

Photocatalytic Water Treatment Market: Key Segments

By Type

Metal Complexes

Organic Dyes

Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysts

Others

By Application

Organic & Inorganic Pollutant Degradation

Disinfection

Micro plastic Treatment

Drinking Water Treatment

Others

By End Use

Industrial

Commercial

Region

North America

Latin America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

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MIT announces 2024 Bose Grants

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MIT announces 2024 Bose Grants

MIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart announced four Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants to support bold research projects across diverse areas of study, including a way to generate clean hydrogen from deep in the Earth, build an environmentally friendly house of basalt, design maternity clothing that monitors fetal health, and recruit sharks as ocean oxygen monitors.

This year’s recipients are Iwnetim Abate, assistant professor of materials science and engineering; Andrew Babbin, the Cecil and Ida Green Associate Professor in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Yoel Fink, professor of materials science and engineering and of electrical engineering and computer science; and Skylar Tibbits, associate professor of design research in the Department of Architecture.

The program was named for the visionary founder of the Bose Corporation and MIT alumnus Amar G. Bose ’51, SM ’52, ScD ’56. After gaining admission to MIT, Bose became a top math student and a Fulbright Scholarship recipient. He spent 46 years as a professor at MIT, led innovations in sound design, and founded the Bose Corp. in 1964. MIT launched the Bose grant program 11 years ago to provide funding over a three-year period to MIT faculty who propose original, cross-disciplinary, and often risky research projects that would likely not be funded by conventional sources.

“The promise of the Bose Fellowship is to help bold, daring ideas become realities, an approach that honors Amar Bose’s legacy,” says Barnhart. “Thanks to support from this program, these talented faculty members have the freedom to explore their bold and innovative ideas.”

Deep and clean hydrogen futures

A green energy future will depend on harnessing hydrogen as a clean energy source, sequestering polluting carbon dioxide, and mining the minerals essential to building clean energy technologies such as advanced batteries. Iwnetim Abate thinks he has a solution for all three challenges: an innovative hydrogen reactor.

He plans to build a reactor that will create natural hydrogen from ultramafic mineral rocks in the crust. “The Earth is literally a giant hydrogen factory waiting to be tapped,” Abate explains. “A back-of-the-envelope calculation for the first seven kilometers of the Earth’s crust estimates that there is enough ultramafic rock to produce hydrogen for 250,000 years.”

The reactor envisioned by Abate injects water to create a reaction that releases hydrogen, while also supporting the injection of climate-altering carbon dioxide into the rock, providing a global carbon capacity of 100 trillion tons. At the same time, the reactor process could provide essential elements such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt — some of the most important raw materials used in advanced batteries and electronics.

“Ultimately, our goal is to design and develop a scalable reactor for simultaneously tapping into the trifecta from the Earth’s subsurface,” Abate says.

Sharks as oceanographers

If we want to understand more about how oxygen levels in the world’s seas are disturbed by human activities and climate change, we should turn to a sensing platform “that has been honed by 400 million years of evolution to perfectly sample the ocean: sharks,” says Andrew Babbin.

As the planet warms, oceans are projected to contain less dissolved oxygen, with impacts on the productivity of global fisheries, natural carbon sequestration, and the flux of climate-altering greenhouse gasses from the ocean to the air. While scientists know dissolved oxygen is important, it has proved difficult to track over seasons, decades, and underexplored regions both shallow and deep.

Babbin’s goal is to develop a low-cost sensor for dissolved oxygen that can be integrated with preexisting electronic shark tags used by marine biologists. “This fleet of sharks … will finally enable us to measure the extent of the low-oxygen zones of the ocean, how they change seasonally and with El Niño/La Niña oscillation, and how they expand or contract into the future.”

The partnership with sharks will also spotlight the importance of these often-maligned animals for global marine and fisheries health, Babbin says. “We hope in pursuing this work marrying microscopic and macroscopic life we will inspire future oceanographers and conservationists, and lead to a better appreciation for the chemistry that underlies global habitability.”

Maternity wear that monitors fetal health

There are 2 million stillbirths around the world each year, and in the United States alone, 21,000 families suffer this terrible loss. In many cases, mothers and their doctors had no warning of any abnormalities or changes in fetal health leading up to these deaths. Yoel Fink and colleagues are looking for a better way to monitor fetal health and provide proactive treatment.

Fink is building on years of research on acoustic fabrics to design an affordable shirt for mothers that would monitor and communicate important details of fetal health. His team’s original research drew inspiration from the function of the eardrum, designing a fiber that could be woven into other fabrics to create a kind of fabric microphone.

“Given the sensitivity of the acoustic fabrics in sensing these nanometer-scale vibrations, could a mother’s clothing transcend its conventional role and become a health monitor, picking up on the acoustic signals and subsequent vibrations that arise from her unborn baby’s heartbeat and motion?” Fink says. “Could a simple and affordable worn fabric allow an expecting mom to sleep better, knowing that her fetus is being listened to continuously?”

The proposed maternity shirt could measure fetal heart and breathing rate, and might be able to give an indication of the fetal body position, he says. In the final stages of development, he and his colleagues hope to develop machine learning approaches that would identify abnormal fetal heart rate and motion and deliver real-time alerts.

A basalt house in Iceland

In the land of volcanoes, Skylar Tibbits wants to build a case-study home almost entirely from the basalt rock that makes up the Icelandic landscape.

Architects are increasingly interested in building using one natural material — creating a monomaterial structure — that can be easily recycled. At the moment, the building industry represents 40 percent of carbon emissions worldwide, and consists of many materials and structures, from metal to plastics to concrete, that can’t be easily disassembled or reused.

The proposed basalt house in Iceland, a project co-led by J. Jih, associate professor of the practice in the Department of Architecture, is “an architecture that would be fully composed of the surrounding earth, that melts back into that surrounding earth at the end of its lifespan, and that can be recycled infinitely,” Tibbits explains.

Basalt, the most common rock form in the Earth’s crust, can be spun into fibers for insulation and rebar. Basalt fiber performs as well as glass and carbon fibers at a lower cost in some applications, although it is not widely used in architecture. In cast form, it can make corrosion- and heat-resistant plumbing, cladding and flooring.

“A monomaterial architecture is both a simple and radical proposal that unfortunately falls outside of traditional funding avenues,” says Tibbits. “The Bose grant is the perfect and perhaps the only option for our research, which we see as a uniquely achievable moonshot with transformative potential for the entire built environment.”

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MIT announces 2024 Bose Grants

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/mit-announces-2024-bose-grants/

MIT announces 2024 Bose Grants

MIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart announced four Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants to support bold research projects across diverse areas of study, including a way to generate clean hydrogen from deep in the Earth, build an environmentally friendly house of basalt, design maternity clothing that monitors fetal health, and recruit sharks as ocean oxygen monitors.

This year’s recipients are Iwnetim Abate, assistant professor of materials science and engineering; Andrew Babbin, the Cecil and Ida Green Associate Professor in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Yoel Fink, professor of materials science and engineering and of electrical engineering and computer science; and Skylar Tibbits, associate professor of design research in the Department of Architecture.

The program was named for the visionary founder of the Bose Corporation and MIT alumnus Amar G. Bose ’51, SM ’52, ScD ’56. After gaining admission to MIT, Bose became a top math student and a Fulbright Scholarship recipient. He spent 46 years as a professor at MIT, led innovations in sound design, and founded the Bose Corp. in 1964. MIT launched the Bose grant program 11 years ago to provide funding over a three-year period to MIT faculty who propose original, cross-disciplinary, and often risky research projects that would likely not be funded by conventional sources.

“The promise of the Bose Fellowship is to help bold, daring ideas become realities, an approach that honors Amar Bose’s legacy,” says Barnhart. “Thanks to support from this program, these talented faculty members have the freedom to explore their bold and innovative ideas.”

Deep and clean hydrogen futures

A green energy future will depend on harnessing hydrogen as a clean energy source, sequestering polluting carbon dioxide, and mining the minerals essential to building clean energy technologies such as advanced batteries. Iwnetim Abate thinks he has a solution for all three challenges: an innovative hydrogen reactor.

He plans to build a reactor that will create natural hydrogen from ultramafic mineral rocks in the crust. “The Earth is literally a giant hydrogen factory waiting to be tapped,” Abate explains. “A back-of-the-envelope calculation for the first seven kilometers of the Earth’s crust estimates that there is enough ultramafic rock to produce hydrogen for 250,000 years.”

The reactor envisioned by Abate injects water to create a reaction that releases hydrogen, while also supporting the injection of climate-altering carbon dioxide into the rock, providing a global carbon capacity of 100 trillion tons. At the same time, the reactor process could provide essential elements such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt — some of the most important raw materials used in advanced batteries and electronics.

“Ultimately, our goal is to design and develop a scalable reactor for simultaneously tapping into the trifecta from the Earth’s subsurface,” Abate says.

Sharks as oceanographers

If we want to understand more about how oxygen levels in the world’s seas are disturbed by human activities and climate change, we should turn to a sensing platform “that has been honed by 400 million years of evolution to perfectly sample the ocean: sharks,” says Andrew Babbin.

As the planet warms, oceans are projected to contain less dissolved oxygen, with impacts on the productivity of global fisheries, natural carbon sequestration, and the flux of climate-altering greenhouse gasses from the ocean to the air. While scientists know dissolved oxygen is important, it has proved difficult to track over seasons, decades, and underexplored regions both shallow and deep.

Babbin’s goal is to develop a low-cost sensor for dissolved oxygen that can be integrated with preexisting electronic shark tags used by marine biologists. “This fleet of sharks … will finally enable us to measure the extent of the low-oxygen zones of the ocean, how they change seasonally and with El Niño/La Niña oscillation, and how they expand or contract into the future.”

The partnership with sharks will also spotlight the importance of these often-maligned animals for global marine and fisheries health, Babbin says. “We hope in pursuing this work marrying microscopic and macroscopic life we will inspire future oceanographers and conservationists, and lead to a better appreciation for the chemistry that underlies global habitability.”

Maternity wear that monitors fetal health

There are 2 million stillbirths around the world each year, and in the United States alone, 21,000 families suffer this terrible loss. In many cases, mothers and their doctors had no warning of any abnormalities or changes in fetal health leading up to these deaths. Yoel Fink and colleagues are looking for a better way to monitor fetal health and provide proactive treatment.

Fink is building on years of research on acoustic fabrics to design an affordable shirt for mothers that would monitor and communicate important details of fetal health. His team’s original research drew inspiration from the function of the eardrum, designing a fiber that could be woven into other fabrics to create a kind of fabric microphone.

“Given the sensitivity of the acoustic fabrics in sensing these nanometer-scale vibrations, could a mother’s clothing transcend its conventional role and become a health monitor, picking up on the acoustic signals and subsequent vibrations that arise from her unborn baby’s heartbeat and motion?” Fink says. “Could a simple and affordable worn fabric allow an expecting mom to sleep better, knowing that her fetus is being listened to continuously?”

The proposed maternity shirt could measure fetal heart and breathing rate, and might be able to give an indication of the fetal body position, he says. In the final stages of development, he and his colleagues hope to develop machine learning approaches that would identify abnormal fetal heart rate and motion and deliver real-time alerts.

A basalt house in Iceland

In the land of volcanoes, Skylar Tibbits wants to build a case-study home almost entirely from the basalt rock that makes up the Icelandic landscape.

Architects are increasingly interested in building using one natural material — creating a monomaterial structure — that can be easily recycled. At the moment, the building industry represents 40 percent of carbon emissions worldwide, and consists of many materials and structures, from metal to plastics to concrete, that can’t be easily disassembled or reused.

The proposed basalt house in Iceland, a project co-led by J. Jih, associate professor of the practice in the Department of Architecture, is “an architecture that would be fully composed of the surrounding earth, that melts back into that surrounding earth at the end of its lifespan, and that can be recycled infinitely,” Tibbits explains.

Basalt, the most common rock form in the Earth’s crust, can be spun into fibers for insulation and rebar. Basalt fiber performs as well as glass and carbon fibers at a lower cost in some applications, although it is not widely used in architecture. In cast form, it can make corrosion- and heat-resistant plumbing, cladding and flooring.

“A monomaterial architecture is both a simple and radical proposal that unfortunately falls outside of traditional funding avenues,” says Tibbits. “The Bose grant is the perfect and perhaps the only option for our research, which we see as a uniquely achievable moonshot with transformative potential for the entire built environment.”

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Character Bio of the Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid main character Part 18

Transportation:

Transformable hover bike capable of transforming into a hover sportbike or hover motorcycle 

Transformable hover car. It can go from 0-60 in 10 seconds and has a top speed of 290 mph. It has a luxurious interior, a dash computer and a sunroof. It has heated seats, extra-large anti gravity thrusters, & improved safety features. It has leather seats and a navigation system. It handles very well. It runs fine at most speeds. It has racing stripes. It has an upgraded diesel engine. It has automatic everything. The styling features asymmetry. It runs like it just got out of the shop. It practically purrs when it runs. The styling features sleek lines.

Hover Toyota GT86, Scion FRS, & Scion Tc mix tuner car.

Hover Dodge Challenger, Chevy Camaro, & Shelby Cobra GT 500 mix muscle car.

Spaceship:

Hyperion:

A battleship, carrier, battle cruiser, dreadnought, & flagship fusion capital ship. It is a mobile forward operating base. It was commanded by a fleet admiral. This flagship commanded by a fleet admiral is protected by several fleets with each specific fleet commanded by an admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, & or a commodore. Each capital ship is led by captains with their own officers of commanders, lieutenant commanders, lieutenants, lieutenant junior grades, & ensigns. Roles of galactic exploration, large scale force deployment, space warfare, long range fire support, ship to ship combat, patrol, command ship, invasion, capital ship, front line combat, & fleet flagship. Weighs 10 billion tons. Is 2000 meters wide. Is 9000 meters long. Is 5000 meters high. Has three primary engines. Has six secondary engines. It is powered by a nuclear fusion reactor. Has a warp drive. Has a slip space drive. Is capable of faster than light travel. Is protected by heavy human and alien metal plating for protection against ballistic and hard light metal. Has a shield generator that generates shields that protects against plasma, energy, & laser weapons. Has a forcefield generator that generates a forcefield that absorbs and reflects against weapons. Is escorted by a fleet of capital ships of frigates, cruisers, corvettes, destroyers, dreadnoughts, battleships, & battle cruisers. Has armaments of: Several nuclear warheads. Mass electromagnetic cannons. Rail guns. Positron cannons. Laser cannons. Energy cannons. Zero point energy laser cannons. Heavy Mounted Machine Guns. Mounted Gatling Guns. Mounted Grenade Launcher Silos. Has an anti aircraft gun network. Has an anti spacecraft gun network. Plasma batteries. Laser batteries. Mounted Guided Missile Launcher Silo network. Has ship to ship missile silos. Has 500,000 personnel. Has space army soldiers, space navy men, space force airmen, & space marine corp marines on board. Has metahuman and superhuman alien and human super soldiers onboard. Has 100, 000 civilians onboard. Has 3000 space paramilitary intelligence officers onboard. Has thousands of ground vehicles. Has walking tanks, battle walkers, & mech suits. Has thousands of aerial vehicles. Has 500 drop pods. Has hundreds of thousands of lifeboats and escape pods. Is assisted by hundreds of alien and human advanced smart AIs and thousands of alien and human dumb AIs. Is assisted by hundreds of thousands of inorganics such as robots, synthetics, androids, etc. Has cloaking and camouflage systems that trick thermal and electrical sensors. Has a laboratory, kitchen, cantina, mess hall, brig, officer’s quarters, living quarters, hanger bay, hospital, research lab, medical bay, sick ward, crew quarters, cargo bay, shuttle bay, observation deck, map room, bridge, armory, engineering deck, command deck, & commander’s  quarters, etc. 

Mounts:

Mount in the air is a winged alicorn. 

Mount in the ocean is a resurrected Megalodon prehistoric giant shark mount

Mount while on land is a unicorn 

Mount while on the battlefield as a demigod is a war mammoth.  

[thebibliomancer]

11 Days of Comics! 6/11 S.T.A.R. Corps #1 (1993) "Tarnished S.T.A.R."

Woo, halfway through!

I knew this was a 90s comic just looking at the cover.

Superman's mullet was a dead giveaway. But also, the robot dude on the cover is straight outta Image or that one recurring ad in Wizard about manganime. The one with the silly cyborg with binoculars for eyes.

I also wonder if S.T.A.R. Corp was made to poach sales from Valiant's H.A.R.D. Corps. I don't have any evidence one way or another aside from them both being A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Corps titled books. And Valiant's book starting in 1992 and DC's in 1993.

I guess it doesn't matter. Comic companies are always ripping each other off and/or homaging each other.

S.T.A.R. Corps. Spins off from S.T.A.R. Labs from Superman's stuff.

Science and Technology Advanced Research Laboratories. Science and Technology Advanced Research Corps.

So, S.T.A.R. Labs has been through some rough times. It blew up in Armageddon 2001 because of Captain Atom and Monarch having a punch-up. Having to rebuild their Metropolis branch has the company hurting financially.

For some reason, this made it make sense to almost completely turn lab operations over to a supercomputer called Mindgame.

First of all, I wouldn't trust a completely benign supercomputer if it was called Mindgame. That has a sudden yet inevitable rise of the machines vibe to it.

Second of all, this is one of those cases where things go horribly right.

Mindgame isn't trying to take over the world or exterminate humanity but it has some big ideas on how certain experiments should be handled.

Preliminary tests indicate that the biological component (aka pilot) of the Deadzone Armor will reduce efficiency? Eh, just secretly change the design so that the pilot Jay Daniels gets FUSED INTO THE ARMOR when he's put in it the first time.

Jay goes berserk from pain and panic, reasonably enough. And he busts out of the lab during S.T.A.R.'s big 'we're not a shitshow anymore, we promise!' press conference.

Humorously enough, to me anyway, Clark Kent gets buried in rubble during the chaos and has to sit fuming under all the huge slabs of cement waiting to be saved because people SAW him get buried. He can't just bust out as Superman because people are actively digging him out.

And when they dig him out he has to play injured so someone will run to get a paramedic. Ugh. This secret identity thing. Such a hassle sometimes.

When he does change into Superman, he tries talking Jay Daniels down but the guy isn't thinking much besides lashing out. So Superman punches him once and knocks him the fuck out.

And then turns him back over to S.T.A.R and asks zero follow-up questions.

Dammit, Superman!

Mindgame asks for data on how the Deadzone Armor performed. Assuming that maybe if they humor the renegade supercomputer, she'll give them control of the lab back, the S.T.A.R. scientists do give Mindgame the data she wants.

And she promptly decides to proceed with further testing. For example, hmm, lets see how Deadzone holds up against intense radiation.

So Mindgame overloads the reactor in the radiation lab. Zapping married scientists Ed and Beth Wilder while they're in the middle of experimentally blasting strawberries with radiation.

Despite two people maybe being dead, S.T.A.R. is still humoring Mindgame. She wants to test the Deadzone armor so they talk to a now much calmer Jay and ask him to go rescue the Wilders. And they kinda don't mention to Jay that he's stuck in the armor forever maybe.

Jay Deadzone is able to stomp through the security of the radiation lab without much trouble. But when he gets to the lab, he finds a strange glowing energy being!

No, not Electric Blue Raspberry Superman but the Wilders! The explosion fused them into a single energy being! Which is a weird thing for radiation to do until you remember that this is the same universe with Firestorm. So. Perfectly reasonable actually.

Other wacky science victims are introduced in the other 5 issues of this miniseries. Especially since Mindgame has control over other S.T.A.R. Labs and don't see people as people.

The series wraps as all the new misapplied science victims combine into the titular S.T.A.R. Corps and beat up Mindgame, who has foolishly taken on a non-computer body just in time to get punched in the face.

Also, Mindgame turns out to be an alien supercomputer who wants to prepare Earth to be invaded. That's less interesting than what I initially thought was going on.

The team doesn't seem to be have used for much beyond this miniseries.

Anyway. S.T.A.R. Corps seems like an interesting enough miniseries. But it also feels like... Doom Patrol lite, in some ways. Including a cyborg man.

[tastydregs]

NASA Extracts Oxygen from Lunar Soil Simulant

One of NASA’s primary goals is to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface. Oxygen is a crucial building blocks for making that vision a reality. Oxygen is used for breathing nad can also be used as a propellant for transportation.

Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil. Lunar soil refers to the fine-grained material covering the Moon’s surface. This was the first time that this extraction has been done in a vacuum environment, paving the way for astronauts to one day extract and use resources in a lunar environment, called in-situ resource utilization.

NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) team conducted the test in conditions similar to those found on the Moon by using a special spherical chamber with a 15-foot diameter called the Dirty Thermal Vacuum Chamber. The chamber is considered “dirty” because unclean samples can be tested inside.

The team used a high-powered laser to simulate heat from a solar energy concentrator and melted the lunar soil simulant within a carbothermal reactor developed for NASA by Sierra Space Corp., of Broomfield, Colorado. A carbothermal reactor is where the process of heating and extracting the oxygen takes place. Carbothermal reduction has been used for decades on Earth to produce items like solar panels and steel by producing carbon monoxide or dioxide using high temperatures.

“This technology has the potential to produce several times its own weight in oxygen per year on the lunar surface, which will enable a sustained human presence and lunar economy,” said Aaron Paz, NASA senior engineer and CaRD project manager at Johnson.

To apply this process to oxygen production on the Moon, a carbothermal reactor needs to be able to hold pressure to keep gases from escaping to space, while still allowing lunar material to travel in and out of the reaction zone. Operating the reactor in a vacuum environment for the CaRD test simulated the conditions at the lunar surface and increased the technical readiness level of the reactor to a six, which means the technology has a fully functional prototype or representational model and is ready to be tested in space.

Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.

Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies. He is the Head of Research for Allocations for deep technology investments and an Angel Investor at Space Angels.

A frequent speaker at corporations, he has been a TEDx speaker, a Singularity University speaker and guest at numerous interviews for radio and podcasts.  He is open to public speaking and advising engagements.

[sagarg889]

CBRN Protection Equipment Industry Analysis, Future Growth, Segmentation, Competitive Landscape, Key Trends & Forecast 2022 to 2029

According to a new Future Market Insights (FMI) study, the global CBRN protection equipment market will grow at a healthy CAGR of more than 5.5% between 2022 and 2029. Increased government emphasis on improving military force safety is a major driver of global sales of CBRN protection equipment.

The increased production of bioweapons, bioagents, and chemical weapons has increased demand for CBRN filtration systems, integrated COLPRO systems, and decontamination shelter systems. Personal protective equipment such as gloves, boots, body suits, masks, and hoods are also in high demand, coinciding with an increase in precautionary training practises.

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Key Takeaways – CBRN Protection Equipment Market Study

Personal protection equipment will continue to be bestselling throughout the forecast period. The rising focus on safety among military personnel has enhanced demand in countries such as the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.

Demand for integrated COLPRO systems is anticipated to multiply, with rising requirement from developed economies such as the U.S., the U.K., and Germany.

Decontamination shelter systems would gain significant traction, which will drive CBRN protection equipment market growth.

With increasing CBRN attacks in developing economies, especially at airports, the demand for immediate response has enhanced the mandate for frequent CBRN protection training. Such CBRN training practices will further drive the global CBRN protection equipment market growth in following years.

Rising investments in nuclear reactor projects, especially in countries like Russia, India, UAE, Turkey, China, and South Korea are expected to bolster demand for CBRN protection equipment.

Rapid growth in production of chemicals and bio agents has resulted in greater demand for safety awareness. Regulatory bodies have formed numerous regulations to improve safety awareness among public, which is expected to fuel the growth of the CBRN protection equipment market.

Large-scale Regional Players Dominating Competition Landscape

The report offers essential insights into the competitive scenario and market structure analysis of the CBRN protection equipment market along with the strategies of prominent market participants. Some key participants mentioned in the CBRN protection equipment market report are 3M (Scott Safety), Ansell LTD, Honeywell, AirBoss of America Corp., Indra Systemas SA, MSA Safety Inc., HDT Global, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, and Avon Protection Systems, among others.

Moreover, the global CBRN protection equipment market is competitive due to the presence of regional and large-scale players. However, it has been moving towards competitiveness, with contract acquirements and ongoing mergers and acquisitions of prominent players. Additionally, regional players in emerging markets are focusing on increasing value-addition in their product offerings at competitive pricing.

What Lies Ahead?

Political and geographical unrest between certain nations are increasing due to nuclear and bio threats, resulting in increased awareness of CBRN attacks as well as precautionary and preventive measures. The deployment of safety measures and investments in training practices are projected to enhance the demand for CBRN protection equipment over the forecast period.

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A new market research report published by Future Market Insights (FMI) on the global CBRN protection equipment market includes global industry analysis for 2014–2021 and opportunity assessment for the 2022–2029.

The report provides insightful analysis of the global CBRN protection equipment market through four different categories – product type, category, end use, and region. The CBRN protection equipment market report details current installed base, product adoption across different applications, prevailing trends and technologies being adopted in the manufacturing of CBRN protection equipment, life cycle analysis, and pricing analysis by different types of products.

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CBRN Protection Equipment Markey By Category

By Product Type:

Mobile / Transportation CBRN Protection Equipment

Unhardened Collective Protection Systems (UCPS)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Decontamination Shelter Systems

Air Purification Units

Integrated Colpro Systems

Protective Entrances

ROV Bags

Medical Transportation Sets

Individual

2 Line

3 Line

4 Line

By Category:

C Decontamination

B Decontamination

RN Contamination

Railways

By End Use:

Military

Civil Defence and Security

Nuclear Power Plants and Sites

Disaster Management

By Region:

North America

Latin America

Europe

East Asia

South Asia

Oceania

Middle East and Africa

[slumberditch]

totally missed the last freya music friday wow i suck at this shit it was only the third ANYWAY freya music tuesday i guess PRETEND THIS WAS POSTED ON THE 28TH so this is a synth punk playlist i made the other week, synth punk is badass. a lot of this is basically what has become known as "egg punk" but that genre and all that will probably be another freya music friday so i wont get into it but basically synth punk is usually lo-fi modern garage punk + synths. i wasn't satisfied with other playlists so i made me own and now im sharing it with YOU. my personal fav synth punk acts are: powerplant, research reactor corp, and lost sounds

[nelc]

Electromagnetic railgun launcher cutaway conceptual design by General Research Corp. depicts the main components for a space-based kinetic energy defense system for applications against hunter-killer satellites and nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. Note the use of a homopolar generator with power supplied to the device from a nuclear reactor and turbine system. Sensors include phased-array radar and long wavelength infra-red. Firing guided projectiles at velocities above 10 km./sec. (6.2 mi./sec.) in laboratory tests with railguns provides a near-term space defense capability.

1984 illustration of Strategic Defence Initiative railgun ABM system