High-density hybrid powercapacitors: A new frontier in the energy race

[Energy]( [High-density hybrid powercapacitors: A new frontier in the energy race]( [Toomen's high-density hybrid power capacitors offer the density of lithium batteries, but with much greater charge and discharge rates, a massive range of safe operating temperatures, enormous lifespans and no danger of explosion]( Hybrid "power capacitors" that can store as much energy as lithium batteries, but with much higher charging rates and a huge range of safe operating temperatures are already in production, says a small Belgian company that's been testing them. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [This $70 bundle will help you become an in-demand project manager]( The Ultimate Lean Certification Prep Bundle will teach you everything you need to know about one of the field’s leading methodologies so you can beat out the competition, and it’s on sale for 95% off at just $69.99 today. [Read more]( [Health & Wellbeing]( [Study affirms average Covid-19 incubation period is 5 days]( [This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 colored yellow, emerging from the surface of cells (colored pink)]( A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is affirming early estimates suggesting 5.1 days is the average incubation period for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. [Read more]( [Music]( [Mystik portable music player awaits audio cassette revival]( [A modern take on the portable audio cassette player of old, the Mystik features a rechargeable battery and Bluetooth 5.0]( Digital music players and smartphones pretty much caused an extinction event for portable analog audio. But RecordingTheMasters is banking on a comeback for tapes with the launch of Mystik portable audio cassette player. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Mini camper van powers efficient driving and living for under $40,000]( [Wilderness Vans turns the Nissan NV200 into the West Coast Mini]( Based on a tiny Nissan NV200 cargo van, the West Coast Mini from Canada's Wilderness Vans is one of the simplest, most affordable camper vans you'll find in North America. But it still packs what you need for an on/off-grid road trip. [Read more]( [Environment]( ["Smashing" system used to harvest balsa wood from wind turbine blades]( [When turbine blades meet their end of use, reclaiming their balsa wood for recycling is a difficult task]( Wind turbine blades can be truly enormous, reaching lengths of up to 107 m (351 ft). They often incorporate lightweight balsa wood, which may soon be easier than ever to reclaim for recycling when the blades' time is done. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [Amenities-packed skyscraper offers luxurious living in the Big Apple]( [One Manhattan Square rises to a height of 258 m (846 ft) on Manhattan's East River waterfront]( With so many skyscrapers in New York City, how can a new residential tower possibly stand out? Extell aims to do so with One Manhattan Square by packing it with 100,000 sq ft of luxury amenities for residents to enjoy. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Bell's EDAT system – are four fans better than one tail rotor?]( [The Bell EDAT demonstrator helicopter made its first flight last May]( Ordinarily on a helicopter, the main rotor is mechanically linked to the tail rotor, so the spinning of the former causes the latter to do likewise. A new system replaces the tail rotor with four fans, potentially making for safer and quieter flight. [Read more]( [Automotive]( [Microlino bubble e-car gets complete redesign ahead of production]( [The Microlino 2.0 (left) will begin production in 2021, while the Microletta is still a concept for now]( Switzerland's Micro Mobility Systems AG has revealed a completely redesigned production version of the Microlino bubble city electric first revealed in Geneva in 2016, together with a moto-scooter concept and some new electric kickscooters. [Read more]( [Science]( [Dinosaurs saw shorter days and longer years, says fossil shell study]( [A fossil bivalve from the Late Cretaceous period]( Earth’s rotation is changing how many hours are in a day and days in a year. Now palaeontologists have managed to precisely measure how long days and years were back in the age of the dinosaurs – and it’s all thanks to a humble mollusk fossil. [Read more]( [Digital Cameras]( [Ricoh gives Theta 360-degree camera developers their own company]( [Developed by the Ricoh team responsible for the original Theta 360-degree cameras, the Vecnos will launch later this year]( Ricoh has provided funding for one of its design teams to create a wand-like 360-degree immersive video stick, and has even launched a new company to sell it. The Vecnos camera will be available later this year. [Read more]( [Architecture]( [Green-roof family home vanishes into the landscape]( [Dutch architectural firm Studio Okami has recently completed a green roof home that vanishes into its natural landscape setting]( Studio Okami has recently completed a green roof home that, from a certain angle, vanishes into its natural landscape setting. Dubbed Sloped Villa, the three-bedroom family home is built into the sloping hillside of Mont-de-l'Enclus in Belgium. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Study finds tropical forests' ability to capture carbon peaked in 1990s]( [The world's tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to capture carbon, a new study has found]( The ability of the world's tropical forests to sequester carbon dioxide, and by extension play a role in slowing the rate of global warming, is in rapid decline, according to a new study that found it may have actually reached its peak in the 1990s. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Promising progress on blood and urine tests for prostate cancer]( [The new tests being developed for prostate cancer are still at least five years away from clinical use]( Two new studies are demonstrating the development of diagnostic tests to detect prostate cancer. The research presents a urine test that can detect the disease in its early stages and a blood test that may catch the cancer as it begins to metastasize. [Read more]( [Space]( [DARPA teams with Northrop Grumman to build robotic service satellite]( [Artist’s concept of the RSGS system as it resolves a solar array deployment problem on a client spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit]( Following the recently success of Mission Extension Vehicle-1, DARPA has tapped Northrop Grumman subsidiary Space Logistics LLC to develop technology for servicing and extending the life of satellites in orbit. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Biocompatible battery for medical implants is charged via ultrasound]( [A new technology developed at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology could enable for implanted medical devices to be powered wirelessly with ultrasound]( Keeping medical implants charged up can be tricky, but scientists in Saudi Arabia are putting forward a potential solution to this problem, developing a tiny implantable device that can be recharged through the skin wirelessly with ultrasound. [Read more]( [Space]( [Teardrop-shaped star only twinkles on one side]( [The star HD74423 orbits close to a red dwarf star, which is pulling it into a teardrop shape and causing unusual pulsation patterns]( The light from stars usually pulsates uniformly across the whole surface, but now astronomers have discovered a star that only pulses on one side. That’s thanks to its teardrop shape, as a close binary companion pulls it out of whack. [Read more]( [Aircraft]( [Drone swarms use nets to catch other drones in flight]( [Sandia National Laboratories researchers leading the MARCUS project are working to develop a system that addresses current and future national security threats posed by small unmanned aircraft systems]( Robotics engineers from Sandia National Laboratories are developing drones that can capture hostile drones in flight. The MARCUS project uses swarms of four unmanned quad-copters working in concert to intercept a drone and catch it in a net. [Read more]( [Biology]( ["Olfactory trap" lures sea turtles into eating plastic waste]( [A new study has uncovered some of the sensory mechanism that can drive sea turtles to consume plastic waste]( Sea turtles are one example of a creature that regularly consumes plastic trash for dinner, and a new study offers up new answers as to why revealing that they can mistake the smell of plastic for food as part of an “olfactory trap.” [Read more]( [Military]( [Light Blade tech uses lasers to shoot down airborne incendiaries]( [Light Blade being tested near the Gaza border]( In the past couple of years, both bomb-carrying balloons and brush fire-causing flaming kites have been launched from Gaza into neighboring Israel. A new system uses lasers to shoot them down, and it could even be used to neutralize drones. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). 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