There was a book written about Unlocking Energy Innovation and how there are four scales of energy research and deployment, but I would say there are different levels of industrial scale deployment They had said that the USA was mainly failing at demonstration and early adoption. I would note that the US and Europe are …
New Scientist – A slew of recent studies have shown that people can use dreams to improve decision-making and physical skills. They could even help people regain mobility following a stroke. Lucid dreaming is an unusual phenomenon in which some people are able to “wake up” while still in a dream. Though the dreamer is …
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently validated greater than 41 percent efficiency at a concentration of 1,000 suns for tiny cells made by Semprius — one of the highest efficiencies recorded at this concentration. Semprius’ triple-junction cells are made of gallium arsenide. Low-cost lenses concentrate the sun light onto the tiny …
Idaho Samizdat – Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko has issued an apology via the White House to the other four commissioners who jointly signed a letter complaining about his management practices. A hearing by the House Oversight Committee scheduled for Wednesday December 14 will not see the fireworks that were expected as a result …
Research shows that it takes about eight years from the time public research funds are invested in technology development to the time the technology is first implemented. However, in the agricultural sector it can take as long as 15 years before full adoption by stakeholders occurs. Because many technologies in the agricultural world become obsolete …
Time – Patients with hemophilia need to receive infusions of FIX two to three times per week in order to prevent them from bleeding spontaneously or bleeding too much from even slight cuts and wounds — a potentially fatal condition. But in the new study, four of the six patients who received gene therapy were …
North Dakota produced 488068 barrels of oil per day in October, 2011 This is 100,000 barrels per day more than in June, 2011. North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms indicated that the boom in North Dakota oil is likely to lead to over 500,000 barrels per day by the end of 2011 …
The discovery is the largest collection of confirmed planets around stars more massive than the sun aside from the discoveries made by the Kepler mission. The Kepler space telescope has so far identified more than 1,200 possible planets, but the majority of those have not yet been confirmed. The researchers say that the findings also …
Obese rhesus monkeys lost on average 11 percent of their body weight after four weeks of treatment with an experimental drug that selectively destroys the blood supply of fat tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Body mass index (BMI) and abdominal circumference (waistline) also were …
IMF Deputy Managing Director Zhu Min and China’s National Economic Research Institute Director Fan Gang yesterday told the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Honolulu that the economy was heading for a “soft landing” as growth slows. “It has become ever clearer that the Chinese economy is moving to a soft landing,” Zhu said. “The …
Telegraph UK – A robotic suit originally designed to help elderly people walk has been upgraded to assist emergency teams working in the difficult conditions at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Hybrid Assistive Limb – or HAL – was first unveiled by scientists at The Tokyo University of Agriculture in 2009. Fitted with …