Technology Review – A stretchy binder material that’s compatible with existing factories could help electric cars and portable electronics go 30 percent longer. Lithium-ion battery electrodes bound together by a new highly conductive material have a much greater storage capacity—a development that could eventually increase the range of electric cars and the life of smart-phone …
More than half the global investors surveyed by Bloomberg predict Chinese growth will slow to less than 5 percent annually by 2016. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said China’s gross domestic product, which rose 9.5 percent last quarter, will gain less than 5 percent annually by 2016. Twelve percent see such a slowdown within a year, …
Telegraph UK – HIV could be reduced to a “minor chronic infection” akin to herpes, scientists developing a new vaccine have claimed. Spanish researchers found that 22 of 24 healthy people (92 per cent) developed an immune response to HIV after being given their MVA-B vaccine. The injection contains four HIV genes which stimulate T …
Currently the most cost-effective solution for reducing CO2 emissions is modular ‘Micro-Mild’ (MM) hybrid technology, based on highly boosted and radically downsized gasoline and diesel powertrains. Modular ‘micro-mild’ hybrid technology offers a compelling cost-effective route to reducing CO2 emissions in family cars says Controlled Power Technologies. Incremental manufacturing cost is €50-60 for every 1 per …
Imagine a single drug that would treat most, if not all, autoimmune disorders, such as asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, and Lupus. That might not be so hard to do thanks to a team of researchers who have discovered a molecule normally used by the body to prevent unnecessary immune reactions. This molecule, pronounced “alpha v …
The FBI has charged a would-be terrorist in Ashland, Massachusetts with planning multiple bomb attacks in which radio-controlled planes would have been used as bargain-basement, explosives-packed drones. It could lead to a thicket of regulations on both the vendors and flyers of RC planes in future. Ferdaus ordered and acquired a $6,500 remote-controlled aircraft, an …
1. French utility EDF has placed an order worth €1.5 billion ($2 billion) for the supply of 44 replacement steam generators. The replacement steam generations will all be installed at its 1300 MWe series of nuclear power plants. EDF said that the order “constitutes part of the programme for the gradual replacement of major plant …
A team from the National University of Singapore’s Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), led by principle investigator Dr Xie Xian Ning, has developed the world’s first energy-storage membrane. The new membrane promises greater cost-effectiveness in delivering energy, but also an environmentally-friendly solution. The researchers used a polystyrene-based polymer to deposit the soft, foldable membrane that, …
Cspan has an archive of the Elon Musk talk and a transcript We have pictures and animation of the vision of reusable Spacex rockets and highlights of the talk Cspan copy of the Elon Musk talk If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang …
Spacex has a page about the Elon Musk National Press Club talk Hobby Space has highlights and discussion of the Elon Musk talk – Pivotal break-through is a fully reusable, rapid turnaround rocket – 2-3% of expendable initial total mass gets to orbit – Adding reusability cuts into that 2-3% – Very tough engineering problem. …
They may look like bunk beds on steroids, but a new shrimp production technology developed by a Texas AgriLife Research scientist near Corpus Christi promises to revolutionize how shrimp make it to our tables. The patent-pending technology, known as super-intensive stacked raceways, was created by Dr. Addison Lawrence at the Texas AgriLife Research Mariculture Laboratory …