Google is attempting to develop a pill that would send microscopic particles into the bloodstream in an effort to identify cancers, imminent heart attacks, and other diseases. Andrew Conrad, the head of life sciences inside the company’s Google X research lab, revealed the project on Tuesday morning at a conference here in Southern California. According …
Scientists from Harvard Medical School have discovered a way of turning stem cells into killing machines to fight brain cancer. In experiments on mice, the stem cells were genetically engineered to produce and secrete toxins which kill brain tumours, without killing normal cells or themselves. Researchers said the next stage was to test the procedure …
The World Bank has an India development update (31 pages) Implementing GST and dismantling inter-state check posts are the most critical reforms needed for Indian manufacturing. The potential gains of more efficient and reliable supply chains are enormous. Simply halving the delays due to road blocks, tolls and other stoppages could cut freight times by …
The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT. AKA the rocket exploded. It was unmanned. There was a Planetary Sciences test satellite for a small new asteroid spotting space telescope. It had …
1. Spiderfab can reduce costs by ten times or more and enable vastly larger structure in space. Larger structures such multi-kilometer solar sales, antennas or mirrors can transform space capabilities. In March, 2014, NASA awarded Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) a $750,000 contract to continue development of its “Trusselator” technology. The Trusselator is a device for …
Officials from Guinness World Records today recognized DARPA’s Terahertz Electronics program for creating the fastest solid-state amplifier integrated circuit ever measured. The ten-stage common-source amplifier operates at a speed of one terahertz (10^12 Hz), or one trillion cycles per second—150 billion cycles faster than the existing world record of 850 gigahertz set in 2012. “Terahertz …
Marvel has announced their movie schedule through 2019. The Marvel movies are Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 on May 4, 2018 Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 on May 3, 2019 The Infinity War was a six issue series in the comics which had conflict between Thanos, Magus, Warlock and all of the main Marvel Heroes. …
Large canal projects like the Nicaragua canal or the Thailand (kra) canal could see the utilization of floating nuclear reactors (like the Russian reactors) to power barge dredgers. Seven floating nuclear reactors are expected by 2015. The floating power stations need to be refueled every three years while saving up to 200,000 metric tons of …
China is expected to invest $169bn in infrastructure in the UK between 2014 and 2025, according to a report by law firm Pinsent Masons. Most of this money, $70bn, will go into Britain’s energy sector, with property and transport expected to receive $58bn and $31bn respectively. The most likely investment route for Chinese capital is …
James Collins, a synthetic biologist at Boston University, says he’s been able to print the ingredients for simple DNA experiments on paper, freeze dry them, and use them as much as a year later. It could lead to cheap diagnostic tests for viruses like Ebola. The idea of inexpensive paper-based diagnostics isn’t new. But so …
Wood MacKenzie forecasts that the US will have achieved energy independence goal by 2025, marking the first time since 1952 that the country will export more energy than it imports. Energy Independence could happen even faster: 1. Crude export ban lifted would boost production up to 400,000 barrels per day if the crude export ban …