The IEA oil market report from Feb 10, 2011 World oil supply rose 0.5 mb/d in January, to 88.5 mb/d, on higher OPEC crude and NGL output. Non‐OPEC supply was unchanged from December at 53 mb/d, as outages continued to constrain production. 2010 estimates remain at 52.8 mb/d, while the 2011 outlook is nudged up …
Carbon nanotubes could enable plastics to be manufactured that are ten times stronger than the strongest materials available today. Mastering carbon nanotube growth would enable high volume and lower cost production of longer and stronger carbon nanotubes so that the vision of using carbon nanotubes for more applications in society can be realized. Currently only …
1. China has met its target to cut the amount of energy produced per unit of GDP growth by 20 percent over the 2006-2010 period. Chinese officials are still deliberating on energy intensity targets for the next five years, but Chinese media reports suggested last October that the figure for 2011-2015 could be 17.3 percent. …
A personalized vaccine is a powerful therapy to prevent recurrence among certain follicular lymphoma patients (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine). Vaccination with IgM but Not IgG Idiotype (proteins) Prolongs Remission Duration In Follicular Lymphoma Patients. Individuals who responded to initial chemotherapy and remained in remission for at least six months were eligible to continue …
1. IEA has electricity statistics for the OECD up to August, 2010. Nuclear generation was 1449.9 Twh for the first 8 months which is 0.9% more than in 2009 and about at the level of 2008. 2. Japan’s nuclear generation for October was 11.4% over 2009 and for September was 4.2% more than the same …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to identify cells (CF8+ T regulatory cells) in mice that prevent the immune system from attacking the animals’ own cells, protecting them from autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and lupus. The significance of this work is that CD8+ …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Carnival of Space 166 is up at the Gishbar Times This site provided these two articles: High school student Erika DeBenedictis made prototype software for calculating and navigating low energy orbits using gravitational manifolds. This will enable autonomous robotic spacecraft to go anywhere in the …
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 This site has been writing recently about ETFE and its widespread use in new architecture and proposing its use for domes over cities and canopies over roads. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, ETFE, a kind of plastic, was designed to have high corrosion resistance and strength over a wide …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Relations between Taipei and Beijing have been improving since Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomingtang Party came to power in Taiwan two years ago, promising to bolster bilateral trade and allowing the inflow of growing numbers of Chinese tourists. So there is no need for China …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software MIT has discovered a new form of energy called thermopower waves in Carbon nanotubes Like a collection of flotsam propelled along the surface by waves traveling across the ocean, it turns out that a thermal wave — a moving pulse of heat — traveling along a microscopic …