The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 107 is up at Idaho Samizdat Atomic Insights – Exaggerated myths about nuclear accidents CAUSE negative health effects. A video was produced by the World Nuclear Association (WNA). It shows that the predicted health consequences of nuclear accidents are often orders of magnitude greater than the actual, measured health consequences …
Technology Review – Spinal stimulation combined with assisted walking therapy generates new neural circuits and restores voluntary leg movement. Rats paralyzed by spinal-cord injury can learn to control their hind limbs again if they are trained to walk in a rehabilitative device while their lower spine is electrically and chemically stimulated. A clinical trial using …
Much of the world has stopped innovating in a big way in the physical world for some decades. This is allowing those who are against science and have a skewed view of risk to make more inroads into slowing development. 15 to 20 kilometer tall regular steel towers are possible without new technology. So why …
Economist- China raised its rural poverty line to 2,300 yuan a year. The World Bank’s poverty line is not set at market exchange rates. It’s $1.25 in 2005 Purchasing-Power-Parity (PPP) dollars. According to the World Bank, 5.46 yuan in China in 2005 stretched about as far as $1.33 in America in the same year. (That’s …
Stable conjugation of nanoparticles (NPs) to the surfaces of T cells and HSCs via cell-surface thiols. New Scientist – Immune cells called cytotoxic T-cells swarm over and demolish cancerous cells inside the body. Unfortunately, many tumours emit a mysterious chemical cocktail to weaken any T-cells that swim too close. While investigating how to increase T-cells’ …
Incremental improvements to agriculture have been which have included adoption of two-year crop rotations, precision agriculture technologies, classically bred and genetically engineered crops, and reduced- or no-tillage management systems. US David researchers are recommending innovative agricultural systems such as organic farming, grass-fed and other alternative livestock production systems, mixed crop and livestock systems, and perennial …
US Center for disease control – Asthma is a lifelong disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing .The number of people diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million from 2001 to 2009. From 2001 through 2009 asthma rates rose the most among black children, almost a 50% increase. Asthma was linked to 3,447 …
Global production of uranium increased 6% in 2010, compared with the previous year, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA). Kazakhstan maintained its position as the leading uranium producing country. Figures compiled by WNA show that worldwide uranium production grew from 50,772 tonnes in 2009 to 53,663 tonnes in 2010, the highest level since the …
Experimental schematic: an ensemble of 700,000 Rubidium atoms, held in an optical dipole trap, is prepared in the state by optical pumping (OP). Probe pulses are used. Nature – Interaction-based quantum metrology showing scaling beyond the Heisenberg limit New Scientist – They used a beam of photons to measure the small magnetic field produced by …
India hopes to install 6 reactors each of 1650 MW that it will import from the French nuclear giant Areva in a roughly, 18 billion euro deal. The 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project to be set up in collaboration with a French firm in Maharashtra will soon become a reality albeit with some conditions. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Tokyo Institute of Technology, MERSTech and the Office of Naval Research Global’s office in Tokyo have developed the Magnetic Energy Recovery Switch (MERS) harnesses and recycles residual magnetic power that is produced by electrical current. By using a device that controls the flow of electricity, light …