Interesting and futuristic innovations

"McMaster University researchers found that bacteriophages treated under specific conditions form flower-like structures that are highly efficient in targeting bacteria, opening new possibilities for the treatment and detection of diseases." (ScitechDaily, Nature-Inspired Viruses Form Living “Sunflowers” To Combat Disease) Complicated DNA-controlled structures can revolutionize medicine development. But it can make also many more things.  Bacteriophages can make forms that look like sunflowers. Their ability to combine their bodies makes phages more effective against targeted bacteria. Sunflower-form virus structures can be a tool for researchers to use against infections. However, those virus structures are also interesting tools for people who create nanomachines and nanostructures.  As you see, viruses can make complicated structures. And that makes it possible to use them to create structures for nanomechanics. The DNA-controlled crystal formation is the tool that develop

"Schematic illustration of the electrical spectroscopy on the polaritonic-based graphene photodetector. Credit: ICFO/ David Alcaraz Iranzo" (ScitechDaily, Tiny Polaritons Unleash a New Era in Nanophotonics) "Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in the form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Photonics is closely related to quantum electronics, where quantum electronics deals with the theoretical part of it while photonics deal with its engineering applications. " (Wikipedia, Photonics)  Though covering all light's technical applications over the whole spectrum, most photonic applications are in the range of visible and near-infrared light. The term photonics developed as an outgrowth of the first practical semiconductor light emitters invented in the early 1960s and optical fibers developed in the 1970s."

"Researchers are exploring thermophotovoltaic systems that generate electricity from heat, highlighting their potential in sustainable energy." (ScitechDaily, Harnessing Heat for Clean Energy: The Future of Thermophotovoltaic Technology) "Researchers are advancing thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems, which convert heat into electricity using photovoltaic cells, presenting a silent and low-maintenance energy solution." (ScitechDaily, Harnessing Heat for Clean Energy: The Future of Thermophotovoltaic Technology) Thermophotovoltaic cells allow to use of laser beams to transport electricity to drones and other electric components. Thermophotovoltaic cells are applications that can increase the energy efficiency of the engines and electric supply systems.   Thermophotovoltaic cells convert heat to electricity. Those systems can operate independently.  Thermophotovoltaic cells can operate with regular energy sources using their heat to make electricity.   They can harness en

"Four layers of a surface-conducting material (Bi2Te3) between two single layers of a magnetic insulator (MnBi2Te4). This structure creates the conditions to align the manganese spins (red arrows) and support a zero-resistance, spin-polarized current. Credit: Australian Research Council" (ScitechDaily, Zero Resistance Breakthrough: Meet the Quantum Sandwich Powering the Future) The new fundamental sandwich-type material can revolutionize superconducting. The anomaly in the quantum hall effect makes electrons travel in that material without resistance. The Hall effect or resistance is the group of standing waves between electrons. The new material can remove those standing waves. It can create a homogenous power field around the wire. Image 2 shows that the Hall effect is like a wall between electric conductors. The quantum-level version is the wall between electrons. If that wall is removed, there is no resistance.  "Researchers have developed a new “sandwich” structure

"This artist’s concept shows the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart" (ScitechDaily, Tumbling in Orbit: NASA’s Test of Advanced Solar Sail Technology Encounters Early Challenges) NASA's solar sail technology faced early challenges, but it seems promising. Solar sail technology is an interesting tool for traveling inside the asteroid belt and between Earth and Mars. If the spacecraft can use solar sail technology at least during the early journey to Mars. That technology saves energy and fuel.  When the craft starts to travel back to Earth the solar sail can brake the nuclear thermal rocket. There are two ways to use giant mylar structures for that purpose. One simply opens the sail behind the craft.  Then the solar wind pushes the craft backward. And that slows its speed. Or the nuclear thermal engine can use the sail as a break chute. The system can aim the thrust to tha

Above: X-51 Waverider The ramjet engine can also burn things like metal powders.  The X-51 Waverider reaches the Mach 5,1. That speed is low enough that the ramjet can operate. And the ramjet engine can use almost any fuel that the system can inject into it.  The only thing that developers must do to remove carbon from exhaust gas is to use some fuel that doesn't involve carbon. And modern nanotechnology makes it possible to create things like nano-metal powders that can be used as fuel.  When we think about inventions like the carbon-burning ramjet-driven P.13 experimental project, we must realize that those inventions can drive aviation to a new level. P.13 used carbon dust that it injected into the ramjet engine. The plane was too radical to operate even in Nazi Germany. That radical ramjet design can turn aviation closer to carbon-free time. Modern nanotechnology allows developers to create things like metallic powders.  The ramjet engine can use fuels like aluminum-magnesium-c