The controversy-hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will start its production by the first week of December and the first tranche of entire 1,000 MW of power will go to Tamil Nadu, Union minister V Narayanasamy said. He said enriched uranium has been fed in the core of the vessel and the lid was closed. …
Peter Norvig (Director of Research Google) He went over the last part of his 2007 Singularity Summit talk Probabilistic First Order Logic (thought he needed it in 2007 but upon review not needed) Hierarchical Representation and Problem Solving (yes, progress made and needed it) Learning over the above (yes) Lots of data (yes, used 10 …
Standard Chartered economic projection to 2030 I do not think India will do quite as well as the Standard Chartered projection. In 2030, I think Canada with a population of about 44 million and South Korea with about 53 million could be in the bottom of the top ten economies or very close. South Korea …
New Scientist – DNA Origami Trojan horse was used delivered a dose of the drug that proved lethal to human breast-cancer cells, even though they had developed resistance to doxorubicin. “This is the first study to demonstrate that DNA origami can be used to circumvent drug resistance,” says Hao Yan at Arizona State University in …
A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device, designed by Paulo Lozano, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, bears little resemblance to today’s bulky satellite engines, which are laden with valves, pipes and heavy propellant tanks. Instead, Lozano’s design is a flat, compact square — much …
Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages, in research published today in the journal Nature Materials. The scientists, from Imperial College London and the University of Vigo, have created a test to detect particular molecules that indicate the presence of disease, even …
New Scientist – It has been long known that DNA can be altered “epigenetically” – where changes occur without altering the sequence of DNA but leave chemical marks on genes that dictate how active they are by adding chemical methyl groups that silence genes, for example. Numerous environmental factors, such as stress and smoking, have …
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 103 is up at Yes Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Diner debunks the claim of radioactive kelp There was an article from Common Dreams that referenced report from Cal State Long Beach. According to the Cal State web page: * “Although we measured iodine 131 because we were limited in what our …
NY Times – In the largest collaborative study of the brain to date, scientists using imaging technology at more than 100 centers worldwide have for the first time zeroed in on genes that they agree play a role in intelligence and memory. Scientists working to understand the biology of brain function — and especially those …
Carnival of Nuclear Energy 100 is up at Atomic Power Review Nuke Power Talk – At Nuke Power Talk, Gail Marcus takes on the claim that is beginning to circulate that “after all, Japan survived for a year without nuclear power, so it doesn’t need its nuclear plants.” She points out several factors that show …
I previously looked at a technological outline for the next 30 years. I will focus on what could be possible by the latter half of the middle decade. Robin Hanson had a vision of accelerated economic activity based upon Whole Brain Emulation in mini robots. My projection will be focus on ways to accelerate economic …