Scientists have managed to produce a small-scale version of a human liver in the laboratory using stem cells. They are the first to use human liver cells to successfully engineer miniature livers that function – at least in a laboratory setting – like human livers. The next step is to see if the livers will …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Carnival of Space 163 is up at the Planetary Society. At Centauri Dreams, there is analysis of SETI detection that goes beyond the Duncan Forgan and Robert Nichol paper on detecting extraneous emissions from an extraterrestrial civilization using technology like the Square Kilometer Array. James …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software China is expected to dethrone Tennessee as the home of the world’s fastest computer by November, a top U.S. Energy Department official said Monday. That’s when China’s Nebulae supercomputer in Shenzhen reaches peak performance, said U.S. Energy Undersecretary Steven Koonin. But planned upgrades of the Cray …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software LIUS (Low Intensity UltraSound) has been used to enhance bone healing, repair of damaged muscle, and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts or chondrocytes. Ultrasound can improve cell viability, thanks to its ability to get molecules moving, and researchers have used it to increase blood …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Inquirer reports that the Nvidia Fermi GPGPU is a power hungry chip, which poses problems for the HPC (High Performance Computing) customers To accommodate Tesla boards Mannel said that SGI and its customers have had to “scale up the cooling infrastructure” to meet the higher …
Dr Richard Walker who studies Brooke Greenberg (a girl who is now 17 but has the development of a one year old) and believes Brooke may hold the key anti-aging therapies. Here is a 61 page presentation by Dr Walker This site has featured the case of Brooke Greenberg before with videos and other information. …
Using sophisticated computer software, researchers were able to coordinate the actions of a commercially available continuous glucose monitoring device and insulin pump to allow automatic insulin delivery in response to real-time glucose readings. While using the artificial pancreas system, the children maintained blood sugar levels in the normal range 60% of the time, compared with …
Entertainment Week reports – The photorealistic CGI technology James Cameron perfected for Avatar could easily be used for other, even more mind-blowing purposes—like, say, bringing Humphrey Bogart back to life, or making Clint Eastwood look 35 again. You could have a young Sean Connery back as James Bond. Sigourney Weaver appears to drop 20 years …
Matrix movie quote: Agent Smith: I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do …
Wired covers the Liquid fluoride thorium reactor. The thorium energy blog (which is where Kirk Sorenson and the others write and gather for discussion) has some additions. Fluoride salt is NOT highly corrosive if it’s put in the right container material. The high-nickel-alloy Hastelloy-N was proven by Oak Ridge scientists and engineers to be compatible …
The previous article on nuclear power for container ships discussed military and resilience advantages for a nuclear merchant fleet. There were examples of several merchant aircraft carrier conversions in world war 2. This was after previous discussions of economic and environmental advantages. Please read the prior article to understand why this article is talking about …