Science and Technology Strategy
NSF Invests $125 Million in Medium-Sized Infrastructure Projects in Quantum Technology, Oceans, and New Energy
According to the website of the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Oct. 29, NSF invested $125 million in three medium-sized infrastructure projects to promote groundbreaking scientific research in the fields of quantum technology, oceans, and new energy, investing $125 million in three medium-sized infrastructure projects to upgrade equipment, instruments, and train researchers. The three projects are: First, Cornell University's high-energy synchrotron, which emits high-field beamlines that help understand the quantum properties of materials and advance quantum sensing and quantum computing. Two, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's Global Ocean Biogeochemical Array, a network of 500 robotic sensor buoys that collects data on ocean chemistry and biology to help monitor and improve ocean health. Third, the University of California, San Diego's Distributed Energy Network Test Infrastructure, which helps promote renewable and distributed energy for the future grid.
U.S. Department of Defense Releases Electromagnetic Spectrum Dominance Strategy, Aims to Maintain Dominance Across the Spectrum
According to the Defense Science and Technology Highlights on November 2, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released the 2020 version of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Dominance Strategy, which is aimed at coordinating the full range of DoD's Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) resources, capabilities, and operations to address the complexity of the EMS operational environment and to ensure national security. environmental complexity, ensure national security, and balance economic prosperity. The strategy proposes five guiding principles, including integrating electromagnetic spectrum management and electromagnetic warfare into a unified electromagnetic spectrum warfare system and aligning commercial EMS access requirements with national security interests. The strategy also proposes five strategic goals to develop superior EMS capabilities, build an agile and integrated EMS infrastructure, achieve full EMS operational readiness, build enduring partnerships for EMS dominance, and establish an effective EMS management system. The U.S. Department of Defense will develop an implementation plan around this strategy in the coming months.
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Releases Report on Selective Disclosure: A Strategic Approach to Long-Term Competition
According to the official website of the CSBA, on November 2, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) released a report on Selective Disclosure: A Strategic Approach to Long-Term Competition. The report states that selective disclosure should be treated as an important U.S. defense strategy element, analyzes the role of information in long-term competition, outlines three frameworks for disclosure such as standard procedures, classified procedures, and selective disclosure, discusses the criteria for disclosure or concealment of information, and makes recommendations for future research and action. The report points out that specific information disclosure has the effect of concealing strength, deterring and misleading, and needs to take into account competitors' objectives, preferences, speed of reaction and potential response, as well as the different time phases of key technologies and capabilities, such as initiation, deployment and application. Revealed information could include developed and deployed capabilities, novel concepts of operation, as-yet-unavailable capabilities, and obsolete capabilities in order to improve adversaries' assessments of U.S. military effectiveness, increase uncertainty and thus disrupt adversary plans, and increase adversary research costs. The report argues that disclosure of information in the following three areas will likely benefit U.S. long-term competition: first, to convince adversaries that they have robust capabilities to achieve key objectives, thereby increasing defense sophistication; second, to make adversaries focus on internal key target defense, thereby shifting forces and investments from peripheral areas to home defense; and third, to make adversaries concerned about the security of their nuclear deterrent, thereby shifting investments from conventional forces to nuclear deterrents. to nuclear deterrents, etc.
Information
Brazilian Government Announces Launch of National Innovation Network for Artificial Intelligence
The Brazilian government has announced the launch of the National Innovation Network for Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is designed to increase the production capacity and competitiveness of Brazilian domestic companies, according to ZDNet.com on November 2nd. which aims to increase the productive capacity and competitiveness of Brazilian domestic companies. The network was created through a partnership between the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) and the Brazilian Industrial Research and Innovation Corporation (EMBRAPII)***. The Brazilian government will allocate approximately $12 million over the next five years to strengthen support for AI research institutions and promote the development of their development and innovation capabilities. The innovation network will also foster collaboration between different organizations in the private sector and promote cooperation between large enterprises and startups to drive AI development in the automotive industry, agriculture, and other industries.
A U.S. cybersecurity firm says there will be more than 36 billion data breaches globally in 2020
According to E-Security, on November 3, 2020, U.S. cybersecurity firm Risk Based Security published a Q3 data breach snapshot in its 2020 report. Risk Based Security, a U.S.-based cybersecurity firm, said in its Q3 2020 Data Breach Quick Facts report that the number of data breaches globally in 2020 has exceeded 36 billion. The report is compiled from a variety of public information, reports and news reports from around the world, which summarize data from cyberattacks, server misconfigurations and other events that led to the leakage of information. According to the report, there were six publicly available serious data breaches in the third quarter***, and 8 billion pieces of data were leaked***, accounting for more than 22% of the total amount of leaked data for the year; the healthcare industry was the most affected by cyberattacks, with the industry experiencing 11.5% of the total number of intrusions.
Bio
Austrian Researchers Develop Breakthrough Technology CRISPR-LICHT
According to BioTalk Public on November 2, researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences have developed the breakthrough technology CRISPR-LICHT, which analyzes hundreds of genes in human tissue in parallel. The technology is based on a combination of CRISPR-Cas9 technology and the double barcoding method, which adds a guide RNA and a genetic barcode to a segment of DNA in the genome used to grow organoid cells, allowing the entire cell lineage of each organoid to be visualized and enabling the calculation of the number of cells that are produced from each starting cell. The technique, known as CRIPSR lineage tracking at cellular resolution in heterogeneous tissues (CRISPR-LICHT), allows scientists to screen for all genes that may be associated with disease. The findings are published in the journal Science.
RAND Releases Report on Wearable Sensor Technology and Its Potential Applications in Law Enforcement
According to the official website of RAND on November 2, the RAND Corporation released a report on "Wearable Sensor Technology and Its Potential Applications in Law Enforcement," which shows that Wearable Sensor Technology (WST) can be used to identify high priority needs to improve officer safety and health. The report notes that current WSTs are not fully developed for overall law enforcement purposes. While commercial devices are inexpensive and portable, they lack the accuracy and precision needed to inform and support decision-making. Therefore, the short-term focus should be on making WST more applicable to law enforcement, involving law enforcement in the development of WST, and developing policies for managing and monitoring the data. The report recommends that officers be briefed on the multiple uses and purposes of WST; conduct pilot tests and gather feedback on their experiences; develop a sequenced or phased approach to field evaluating validated WST; establish individual benchmarks to address inter-individual variability; apply end-to-end encryption to the data; and develop guidance and education for WST users on interpreting the data and metrics.
U.S. Scientists Reveal Molecular Mechanism of Cell Self-Repair for the First Time
According to BioValley Public on November 2, scientists at the University of Chicago and other institutions in the U.S. revealed for the first time the molecular mechanism of self-repair in cells. All cells possess an actin cytoskeleton, which is essential for cell migration, growth, stretching and other processes. When a cell ruptures, more than 70 LIM structural domain proteins encoded in the human genome rapidly detect the damage and aggregate at the affected site, binding directly to the stretched conformation of the actin filaments and turning on the self-repair response in overstretched cells. This study reveals how specialized proteins within the cell detect the driving force and turn on the repair process.
Energy
Renowned Nuclear Energy Expert Releases Global Nuclear Energy Report 2020
According to Energy Jump, on November 3, the lead author of The State of the World's Nuclear Industry Report and renowned nuclear energy expert Mycle Schneider) released the Global Nuclear Energy Report 2020, which centers on five key topics. The first is to provide a detailed preliminary international assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nuclear sector and the response of operators and regulators. The report argues that an in-depth assessment of the safety and security implications of the COVID-19 crisis cannot be limited to the past few months, but should also look at the next few years, as overhaul programs will be affected for at least the next two years. Second is nuclear power in the Middle East. The report argues that with the start-up of the first nuclear reactor in the Arab world in the United Arab Emirates, it is an appropriate time to analyze energy policy and the role of nuclear power in the region. Third, the report discusses in depth the development of nuclear energy in the main seven priority countries. Fourth, the status of the Fukushima nuclear power plant is analyzed. As more and more nuclear facilities either reach the end of their scheduled lifespan or close due to deteriorating economic conditions, their decommissioning is becoming a key challenge. Fifth is a comparison of renewable energy versus nuclear energy, with renewable energy deployment and generation better able to withstand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic than the nuclear energy sector.
Argentina Invests $5.1 Billion to Boost Shale Industry
According to the International Energy Reference (IER), on November 3, the Argentinean government launched the "Fiscal Stimulus Plan for the Shale Industry over the Next Four Years," which will subsidize the development of Argentina's indigenous shale gas, as well as conventional natural gas. The program will subsidize the development of Argentina's indigenous shale gas and conventional natural gas. The Argentine government is expected to invest $1.5 billion in 2021 and at least $1 billion annually thereafter to subsidize companies involved in local shale development. Argentina's indigenous Vaca Muerta resource area is said to be the second largest shale gas reservoir in the world. Over the years, the Argentine government has provided a number of support policies for the development of this area. However, due to the global natural gas supply in recent years is mostly in surplus, low natural gas prices seriously hit the enthusiasm of enterprise development, at the same time, the region pipeline construction restrictions, high development costs, resulting in the region's natural gas production has always hovered in the low level. This year, the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is further slowing the pace of shale gas development in the region. Argentina's Energy Minister Dario Martinez said the new policy will attract more than $5 billion in investment to the Vaca Muerta region, bringing a turnaround to these issues.
Russia to build three of the world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreakers
According to China's nuclear network on November 2, the Russian president has signed an order on the Russian Federation's strategy for the development of the Arctic region and for ensuring national security up to the year 2035. According to the order, Russia will build three "10510" icebreakers, the world's most powerful icebreakers, and five "22220" icebreakers for Arctic development. "The 10510 is the world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker and will be used to ensure year-round navigation on the Northern Sea Route. Its power is 120,000 kilowatts, speed 22 knots, length 209 meters, width 47.7 meters, ice thickness of 4 meters, displacement of nearly 70,000 tons. The nuclear-powered icebreaker "Type 22220" is the largest icebreaker in the world and is used to ensure Russia's leadership in the Arctic. It is 173.3 meters long, 34 meters wide and has a displacement of 33,400 tons. The icebreaker is capable of navigating a fleet of ships in the Arctic, breaking through ice up to three meters thick.
Ocean
Turkey announced the first armed unmanned speedboat, which can be used to carry out intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and surface combat and other tasks
According to the defense science and technology news on November 3, Turkey recently announced its first armed unmanned speedboat. "The ULAQ is made of advanced composite materials. The boat is made of advanced composite materials, with a range of 400km, speed of 65km/h, day and night visibility and encrypted communication capabilities, and can be maneuvered in mobile vehicles and command or maritime platforms (such as aircraft carriers and frigates) for the execution of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, surface combat, asymmetric warfare, escort and strategic infrastructure protection and other tasks. The design of the vessel was completed in August and structural construction has just been completed, with plans to enter Mediterranean waters in December following completion of outfitting.
MIT develops underwater navigation system without batteries
According to cnBeta.com, on November 3, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a new navigation system, which can be used without batteries to navigate underwater. The new system works by using piezoelectric materials that generate an electrical charge when subjected to mechanical stress. The researchers then created a way for these sensors to convert acoustic information into binary code to measure things like the temperature or salt content of the surrounding ocean. The new system, as well as future systems based on the same technology, could allow for better mapping of the seafloor and a variety of automated monitoring and undersea navigation, according to the researchers.
Aviation
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Conducts Third Demonstration of Advanced Combat Management System
According to Aviation Briefing on November 2, the U.S. Air Force held a "Valiant Shield" demonstration at Indo-Pacific Command. This demonstration fully demonstrated the role of ABMS system in supporting the state of battlefield infrastructure, decision-making and command behavior. It is reported that this exercise is the first time that the ABMS system has been tested and validated in a combatant command outside of the United States.
U.S. Stratospheric Corporation Plans to Test Hypersonic Flight Test Platforms in 2021
According to Microvision Aerospace's news on Nov. 3, the U.S. Stratospheric Corporation is researching and developing the Talon-A and Talon-Z hypersonic flight test platforms and plans to conduct flight tests of these platforms in 2021, which is the first time that the Talon-A has been tested in the United States. Talon-A is a fully reusable autonomous liquid rocket-powered vehicle, with a length of 8.5 meters and a wingspan of about 3.4 meters, capable of autonomous horizontal landing, but also capable of taking off horizontally under its own power, and is used to test hypersonic equipment flying at speeds of up to Mach 6. Talon-Z weighs about 29 tons, with a maximum flying altitude of 152.4 kilometers, a maximum range of 1,481 kilometers, and a flight range of 1,481 kilometers. range of 1,481 kilometers, and a flight speed of Mach 10.
Aerospace
Russia to start deploying satellite Internet in 2021
According to the satellite community on November 2, Rogozin, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, announced that Russia plans to start working on the implementation of the The "Sphere" (Sfera) program will create a constellation of 640 satellites. The constellation will consist of many types of satellites that will provide positioning, radar detection and communications services. At the same time, the constellation will be able to provide network communication services to remote areas such as the North Sea.
Starlink" network service is expected to enter the Indian market in mid-2021, according to Musk, CEO of SpaceX
According to TechWeb.com, on November 3, Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said in a social network post that he was not sure if the company would be able to provide the service. According to SpaceX's chief executive Musk, the "Starlink" network service is expected to enter the Indian market in the middle of 2020, he said on social networks. According to the latest data of the U.S. network speed test statistics company Ookla, "star chain" network service trial speed has exceeded 160Mbps, more than 95% of the broadband connections in the United States. SpaceX has launched nearly 900 Starlink satellites to provide initial network service to the Northwest region of the United States.
New material
The European Space Agency is working on a new material that can withstand lunar dust
According to Xinhua News Agency on November 3, the European Space Agency is working on a new material that can withstand lunar dust. The new material will not be some kind of single material, but some kind of innovative layered material, but the composition is yet to be determined, according to the people concerned. Currently, researchers are using an artificial material called EAC-1A to simulate the abrasive effect of lunar dust on matter. The researchers want to make sure that the seals of the space suits, the rubber used and any joints are not overly clogged or damaged by astronauts walking on the moon. The European Space Agency is reportedly currently discussing the matter with partners such as France's Comex, Germany's Institute for Textile and Fiber Research, and the Austrian Space Forum, a civil science organization.
Advanced Manufacturing
Disney develops first skinless robot capable of blinking and other micro-expressions
According to Globe and Mail on Nov. 2, Disney, in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the California Institute of Technology, has jointly developed a skinless robot that mimics human facial movements, making micro-expressions such as rapid blinking, staring, and head shaking. Sensors in the robot's chest guide the robot's interactions with humans, shifting its eye movements from a direct gaze to a slight up-and-down movement that mimics a real human eye. Disney has been working on developing realistic humanoid robots and plans to use the technology to create animated characters for its theme parks. The introduction of this robot also reflects the future trend of robot development refinement.
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