nuTonomy press release announces the launch of the World’s first public trial of a self-driving car service and ride-hailing app. nuTonomy, the leading developer of state-of-the art software for self-driving cars, today launched the first-ever public trial of a robo-taxi service. The trial, which will continue on an on-going basis, is being held within Singapore’s …
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) on Monday announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. LinkedIn will retain its distinct brand, culture and independence. Jeff Weiner will remain …
Plasmoid density needs to be increased 3000 fold and not 10,000 fold for LPP fusion net energy production Increasing the density of the plasmoid is the “long pole” in Lawrenceville Plasma Physics fusion tent—what we need to do to get to net energy production. We know we must increase density a long way from our …
Problem: The price of solar electricity is still higher than electricity from coal or natural gas. Price parity or perhaps making solar cheaper than fossil fuel is required for widespread adoption of solar. Solution: Bill outlines several ideas that could reduce the material, labor and maintenance costs of solar thermal electricity. 1. Rethink Storage – …
Tufts researchers have built the smallest electric motor ever—it consists of just one molecule. Tufts research team has developed the world’s first single-molecule electric motor—which is a mere 1 nanometer across. They reported the results in a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology on Sept. 4. This development—made possible with a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope at …
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Fig. 1. (A) Schematic figure of the DNA construct encoding the ORO vaccine antigen. The signal sequence (derived from human BM40) is marked by an S. An asterisk denotes an unpaired cysteine residue that was changed to serine by point mutagenesis. (B) Structure of the recombinant ORO protein. It should be possible to use therapeutic …