Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Carnival of Space 172 is up at lightsinthedark. This site submitted Metamaterials could create a sublight version of the Alcubierre warp drive that could emulate up to 25% of light speed Solar wind power satellites could be an easier and nearer term way to generate …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A newfound planet, known as Gliese 581g, is estimated to be 3.1 to 4.3 times as massive as Earth, and makes a complete circuit around its sun in just under 37 days. If the planet has a rocky composition like Earth’s, it would be 1.2 to …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Annual flu shots may protect against heart attacks, and the earlier in the season a shot is given the greater the protection, a new British study claims. “This study did not measure risk of heart attack in vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. It measured rates of vaccination …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Electricite de France SA, the world’s biggest operator of nuclear reactors, remains “on track” to start output at its first new atomic plant in the U.K. in 2018, according to Vincent de Rivaz, the head of its U.K. operations. The utility, based in Paris, plans …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Arxiv – Neutron rich matter, neutron stars, and their crusts (10 age pdf) (H/t Adam Crowl Neutron rich matter is at the heart of many fundamental questions in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics. What are the high density phases of QCD? Where did the chemical elements come …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Newsweek coverage of how China is not displacing the USA The coverage of China’s global inroads has been profoundly short on context, particularly when it comes to how China is—and is not—surpassing the U.S. as a global power. China’s trade with regions like Africa and Latin …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Bio-based Society Speaker: Steen Riisgaard, Novozymes A/S Joined by: Steve Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Steen Riisgaard- A lot of the worlds products is based upon cheap oil. We need to replace oil at its low price but without its high cost. Projection of $232 billion biofuel …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software What will cities of the future look like Unleash collaborative energies and capabilities of everyone Need new ideas for climate and global growth ? Enough water, resouces and energy Recycle waste Energy with less environmental impact Imagine a clean future Technology and Innovation in all things …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Michigan Technology University has found ways to use magnetic resonance to capture rays of visible light and route them around objects, rendering those objects invisible to the human eye. They describe developing a nonmetallic cloak that uses identical glass resonators made of chalcogenide glass, a type …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is a 60 page presentation by the CEO of Nextera Energy (the US leader in solar, wind and Hydro). They are also filing for uprates of their nuclear power plants. The NextEra Energy (point beach reactors) and Constellation Energy (nine mile reactor) uprates are expected …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Jim Von Ehr is interviewed by Sander Olson for Nextbigfuture. Mr. Von Ehr founded the Zyvex Corporation in the 1990s in order to expedite the development of molecular manufacturing. He has recently spun off Zyvex into Zyvex Labs, Zyvex Performance Materials, and Zyvex Instruments. Mr. Von …