The atomic power review has 124 th Carnival of Nuclear Energy If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. …
ACS Nano – Nano imprinting with self assembled block copolymers can enable low cost sub-10 nanometer resolution nanopatterning. Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs), either by selective wetting of surface chemical prepatterns or by graphoepitaxial alignment with surface topography, has ushered in a new era for high-resolution nanopatterning. These pioneering approaches, while effective, require …
In early 2010, Sander Olson of Nextbigfuture interviewed Marc Raibert of Boston Dynamics. Marc discussed a new contract for the LS3 robot which would be a larger version of the Big Dog robot BigDog carries 340 pounds on flat terrain, and climbs difficult terrain carrying 100-125 pounds. It has a maximum range of about 12 …
On Andrea Rossi’s blog he indicates that the 1 Megawatt eCat tests will be performed over a two month period. August 30th, 2011 at 3:13 PM I’m sorry, but the last sentence should read: Will this test be run for a long enough time (e.g. 18 hours like the one earlier this year) under continuous …
Lighter load: A conventional hinge for the cover of a jet engine (top) could be replaced by the more intricate one at bottom, which is just as strong but weighs half as much. The new design, created by EADS, is made practical by three-dimensional printing technology. Credit: EADS Innovation Works GE is starting a new …
In 2010, 57.4 million Chinese traveled out of China to see the world and to spend money on outbound tourism.For 2015, the China National Tourism Administration CNTA forecasts that 100 million travelers spending US$100 billion will turn China into the worldwide No. 1 international tourism source market. In 2010, the number of domestic tourists reached …
CNN – Even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the ultimate goal for the U.S. was to see Libya’s president cede power, a senior administration official says the U.N.-mandated no-fly zone and military action to support it would not necessarily last until Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi steps down. The purpose of the no-fly zone, …
US deficit for the month of February, 2011 was $223 billion The U.S. federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2007 was about $161 billion, or 1.2% of gross domestic product and the deficit was $248 billion in fiscal 2006. Debt to GDP level from information provided by the Congressional budget office. The Director of the …
A senior official with the National Development and Reform Commission predicts that China’s economy will be 100 trillion RMB in 2020 Chen Dongqi, vice president of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research, a think tank under the NDRC, said that China’s GDP in 2020 will be equivalent to that of the U.S. in the same year, …
In an interview with Bloomberg Markets magazine, hedge fund specialist and Eclectica founder Hendry warned Japan is a ‘nuclear bomb’ strapped to the global economy, while China could collapse by 2015. Hendry is continuing to buy credit default swap protection on corporate bonds issued by Japanese industrial names as a play against China. He believes …
Purdue University researchers have developed a method that uses aluminum and a liquid alloy to extract hydrogen from seawater to run engines in boats and ships, representing a potential replacement for gasoline and diesel fuel in marine applications. The technique had previously worked only for freshwater, but a new formulation also enables the method to …