The judges of the 10th annual LA Auto Show Design Challenge named SAIC Motor the winner of the 2013 competition. SAIC Motor beat out eight world-renowned auto design studios for the honor with an innovative public transit solution aimed at alleviating urban problems such as air pollution and traffic congestion. Inspired by a simple ant’s …
Mix together air, fuel, and heat and you get combustion, the chemical reaction that powers most engines in planes, trains and automobiles. And if you throw in some ionized gas (plasma), it turns out, you can sustain combustion even in conditions that would otherwise snuff out the reaction: at low air pressure, in high winds …
MIT chemical engineers have developed a novel way to generate nanoparticles that can recognize specific molecules, opening up a new approach to building durable sensors for many different compounds, among other applications. To create these “synthetic antibodies,” the researchers used carbon nanotubes — hollow, nanometer-thick cylinders made of carbon that naturally fluoresce when exposed to …
There are several conclusions we can draw from the current status of the EU-Ukraine negotiations: Russia’s oligarch’s took the vast majority of Russia’s assets during Yeltsin’s rule in the 1990s. The Ukrainian oligarchs are a group of business oligarchs that quickly appeared on the economic and political scene of Ukraine after its independence in 1991, …
US daily crude oil production ia at 8.019 million barrels per day. This is the first time crude oil production is over 8 million barrels per day since January 1989. Total all liquids oil production is at 12.85 million barrels per day. Crude oil and natural gas liquids production is at 10.67 million barrels per …
Nvidia and IBM announced that they will collaborate on accelerating IBM’s enterprise software applications with Nvidia’s graphics processing unit (GPUs) for IBM’s Power System servers. The partners also plan to integrate Tesla’s GPUs with IBM’s Power8 processors. Nvidia and IBM emphasized that their collaboration is aimed not just at high-performance computing (HPC) users but also …
Space News reports that Arianespace commercial launch consortium is telling its customers it is open to reducing the cost of flights for lighter satellites on the Ariane 5 rocket in response to the challenge posed by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Stephane Israel’s comments came on the day when Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), after a …
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced Tuesday that his country will build six more civil nuclear power plants. According to the prime minister, Pakistan would produce 40,000 MW of power from nuclear plants till 2050 and the government’s priority was to start work on power projects to overcome the energy shortage. Sharif also expressed his …
In December 2013, Planet Labs will launch the world’s largest constellation of Earth observing satellites. Planet Labs announced yesterday successfully launched its most recent satellites, Dove 3 and Dove 4, into orbit on a Dnepr vehicle. This will be closely followed by the launch of Planet Labs’ “Flock 1″ fleet of 28 satellites in December, …
SpaceX’s scrubbed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Monday after the vehicle suffered a couple of technical problems on the launch pad. SpaceX is prohibited from launching on Tuesday and Wednesday due to heavy holiday air travel. The next possible launch attempt would be Thursday at 5:38 p.m. EST (22:38 …
The McAllen Economic Development Corp. may offer $500,000 to SpaceX, which plans to build the world’s first commercial spaceport near Brownsville. Last week, SpaceX formally requested the $500,000 “performance-based economic development grant,” according to a confidential three-page letter obtained by The Monitor, and pledged to spend $20 million with McAllen-based businesses during the next 10 …