Stanford researchers invent sutureless method for joining blood vessels

Reconnecting severed blood vessels is mostly done the same way today — with sutures — as it was 100 years ago, when the French surgeon Alexis Carrel won a Nobel Prize for advancing the technique. Now, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a sutureless method that appears to …

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China – Taiwan Free Trade Deal on Track for Signing This Month

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software On June 13, China and Taiwan successfully wrapped up a fourth round of negotiations in Beijing on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, aimed at lifting tariffs on either side of the Taiwan Strait. The deal, which Taiwanese President Ma’s administration has said may be signed this …

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Update on the Oilsands, Bakken, Bakken-Three Forks and Oil and Gas Drilling Technolgy

Oilsand Slower Growth and Lower CostsSuncor expects its [oilsand] capital costs to decline by as much as 20 per cent from the peak of 2008 when it resumes oil sands expansion after its merger with Petro-Canada, which is expected to close this fall. Oil sands producers faced increasing bottlenecks in accessing pipelines and a lack …

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