The Wall Street Journal talked about how Russia’s Debt and Currency Markets Could Spiral into Crisis in October. This was before Opec decided to keep oil production and drove down the price of oil. Some now speculate that oil prices could drop to $30 to $40 per barrel before later stabilizing around $70 per barrel. …
The iPad Air is only 7.5 millimeters thick, which is 20 percent thinner than the previous full-size iPad. The bezel around the display is 43 percent thinner. The new iPad is also extremely light — it weighs only 1 pound, which is a significant reduction compared to the 1.4-pound weight of the previous version. The …
NASA and The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) of Pensacola, Fla., with the help of engineers from Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, have jointly developed a robotic exoskeleton called X1. The 57-pound device is a robot that a human could wear over his or her body either to assist or inhibit movement …
Forbes – Elon Musk’s Solar installation startup SolarCity this afternoon filed with the SEC for a $201.25 million initial public offering. For the six months ended June 30, the company reported revenue of $71.4 million, including $51.7 from solar energy systems sales, and the rest from operating leases. That’s up from $20.3 million in the …
Scientific American – The Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) tool produced by the Center for Global Development has a database of 60,000 power plants worldwide with emissions data going back to 2004. Seven of the world’s 10 dirtiest power plants are in Asia — though none in China. On the other hand, China’s state-owned power …
A survey of American adults indicates that the biggest health concerns for American kids are Inactivity (39%) Obesity (38%) Smoking (34%) Drug abuse (33%) Bullying (29%) Stress (27%) Alcohol abuse (23%) Teen pregnancy (23%) Internet safety (22%) Child abuse and neglect (20%) If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator …
University of Cambridge researchers have discovered where the charge ‘hole’ carriers that play a significant role in the superconductivity originate within the electronic structure of copper-oxide superconductors. A correct and detailed understanding what is going on in high temperature superconductors will help to get to a correct theory for superconductors and can lead to the …