Pure Energy Systems reports that Andrea Rossi has stated that there are currently 105 E-Cat modules in continuous operation. Rossi claims these are modules that will be used in the one megawatt plant, and that he is personally constructing additional units every day. Andrea Rossi has announced that an E-Cat unit will be sent to …
New Energy and Fuel reports that Bill Joy (an investor in EEStor via Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) indicates that EEStor is still working to get commercialized. Joy confirmed that Kleiner Perkins is still invested in EEStor and hope remains EEStor will get to market. Meanwhile, Joy is still looking and investing in other energy …
The NDP’s orange surge has brought a dramatic shift to Quebec, demolishing the separatist Bloc Québécois and toppling Conservative cabinet ministers by capturing more than 40% of the vote. The Conservative party has a majority and probably will not an election for 5 years. Each Parliament has a maximum term of five years. There will …
A Conservative government is projected in Canada’s 2011 election with the NDP as the opposition With 15 ridings not reporting. The Conservatives look likely to win a majority based on how the look of current results. Leading/Elected 155 needed for majority Conservatives 154 NDP 104 Liberals 31 Bloc 4 Other Conservative government projected. NDP projected …
The CanDo (computer-aided engineering for DNA origami) program can convert a 2-D DNA origami blueprint into a complex 3-D shape, seen here. Image: Do-Nyun Kim A major hurdle to these increasingly complex DNA designs has been automation of the design process. Now a team at MIT, led by biological engineer Mark Bathe, has developed software …
Most pre-election projections were for Canada to elect another Conservative minority government. However, a Conservative Majority was elected. UPDATE: The Bloc Quebecois is no longer an official political party in Canada’s parliament. The younger people in Quebec are less interested in separation. This could mean the passing of Quebec separatism as a significant risk. The …
An artistic rendering of the suspension as it freezes shows graphite flakes clumping together to form a connected network (dark spiky shapes at center), as they are pushed into place by the crystals that form as the liquid hexadecane surrounding them begins to freeze. Image: Jonathan Tong A team of researchers at MIT has found …
The IMF has new purchasing power parity forecasts out to 2016 and new nominal GDP forecasts out to 2016. The IMF does not seem to make any attempt to have accurate currency forecasts for its nominal exchange rate forecasts. Brazil and Russia are forecasted to pass France, Italy and the UK. Brazil will be the …
Ny Teknik recently participated in two new tests of the Italian ‘energy catalyzer’, providing more accurate measurements to reduce possible error sources. The new tests with the energy catalyzer, which seems to generate heat by an unknown nuclear reaction, took place in Bologna on 19 and 28 April, 2011. As in previous tests the objective …
IEC (Inertial Electrostatic confinement) Fusion Technology points to an update on the Energy Matter Conversion corporation (EMC2) navy bussard nuclear fusion project. Project Title Federal Contract Project Status More than 50% Completed Final Project Report Submitted No Project Activities Description Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Quarterly Activities/Project Description As of 1Q/2011, the WB-8 device …
Nanocone-based solar cell consisting of n-type nanocones, p-type matrix, transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and glass substrate. With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics by nearly 80 percent. Xu and colleagues were able to obtain …