Damaged and aged heart tissue of older heart failure External link patients was rejuvenated by stem cells modified by scientists, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2012 Scientific Sessions. * Elderly heart failure patients’ heart cells were rejuvenated with modified stem cells. * The rejuvenated cells could one day …
CNN Money – Google’s science-fiction-like virtual reality glasses will start shipping next year with a price tag of $1,500 — but most buyers won’t be able to get their hands on a pair just yet. The under-development glasses, a stealth project hatched in the company’s mysterious Google X lab, are still buggy, Google co-founder Sergey …
NASA – SpaceX completed a final height adjustment burn of the Dragon capsule at 8:09 a.m. EDT to depart the vicinity of the International Space Station. Dragon now begins its “racetrack” trajectory to re-approach the station for grapple and berthing attempts on Friday WSJ – The Spacex Dragon capsule appeared to flawlessly complete a series …
US Crude oil production has increased 90,000 barrels per day from the previous week and is up 395,000 bpd from the beginning of 2012. US Crude oil production was at 6.239 million barrels per day. US Oil Liquid Production was 10.79 million barrels per day. US Crude oil production is up nearly 10% from the …
A Nevada-based start-up company that’s commercializing technology developed at Ames Lab is one of 14 companies in the Department of Energy’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” contest. Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies (IPAT) is using gas atomization technology developed at Ames Laboratory to make titanium powder with processes that are ten times more efficient than traditional …
Popular Mechanics interviewed James Cameron about his deep sea quests and his technological innovations Cameron pioneered the use of syntactic foam as a structural material. What are the benefits of making the sub’s structure double as the flotation system? Syntactic foam is an epoxy matrix containing glass microspheres that are hollow. It’s been the standard …
Rising greenhouse gases are causing roughly 380 Terawatts less heat to escape from the atmosphere. Result: the planet is warming. The warming due to the 16 Terawatts from waste heat produced by humans is tiny in comparison. If the demand for power grew to 5000 Terawatts, it would warm the planet by 3 °C. If …
1. There is a online petition at Whitehouse.gov which encourages the obama administration to: Educate the Public Regarding Nuclear Power Supporters of nuclear energy should register at Whitehouse.gov and sign the petition and encourage others to sign it via social media and websites. 4535 additional signatures are needed by October 23. 2. ANS Nuclear Cafe …
The antiproton belt is around the inner radiation belt Arxiv – The discovery of geomagnetically trapped cosmic ray antiprotons (10 pages) The existence of a significant flux of antiprotons confined to Earth’s magnetosphere has been considered in several theoretical works. These antiparticles are produced in nuclear interactions of energetic cosmic rays with the terrestrial atmosphere …
The cloaking shell is made of easily-manufactured sheets of plastic with holes through them The cone of Silence would enshroud its users within a transparent sound-proof shield. (Comedy gag from Get Smart) The real life acoustic cloak uses simple plastic sheets with arrays of holes, and could be put to use in making ships invisible …