Nuclear Green has the fourth carnival of nuclear energy This site noted that Russia was adding hundreds of megawatts of nuclear power for only $200 per KW using uprates of existing reactors. $200 per kilowatt is the lowest cost of new energy generation from any energy source. Nuclear archer reviews some of the literature on …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Carnival of Space 152 is up at Martian Chronicles. Nextbigfuture contributions the 152nd carnival: 1. Earth based and space based hypertelescope proposals are reviewed. Includes calculations of the optical baselines and light gathering specifications for heroic imaging of planets in other solar systems 2. Dyson Swarms …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software Stan Williams, a senior fellow at HP and director of the company’s information and quantum systems lab, says his group is testing the first batch of sample memristor memory devices made at an undisclosed semiconductor fab. The sample memristor arrays are being built on standard 300-millimeter …
The 3D- bioprinter was covered in Dec, 2009, but there are more details about how the bioprinters work and the development path Regenerative medicine is a rapidly advancing field that has the potential to transform human heath care. The potential now exists to develop tissue constructs for tissue repair and organ replacement. The US Dept. …
Three big utilities, Tennessee Valley Authority, First Energy Corp. and Oglethorpe Power Corp., on Wednesday signed an agreement with McDermott International Inc.’s Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary, committing to get the new mPower factory mass producable 125-140 MWe reactor approved for commercial use in the U.S. A new type of nuclear reactor—smaller than a rail car …
Nuclear bombs and nuclear material are difficult to detect in the millions of shipping containers that are handled at ports. There are various active and passive systems but they are only partically effective. Ion accelerators using a range of energy levels should be faster and more discriminating (detect a high percentage of correct positives and …
Lung tissue is preserved in the Toronto XVIVO Lung Perfusion System developed at the Toronto General Hospital with the aim of repairing lungs prior to transplant. The technique allows for lungs to be removed from a donor and kept at body temperature while being assessed for function and transplant outcome.Credit: Toronto General Hospital A new …
Element Six is a global leader (Europe based) and innovator in supermaterials with a history spanning more than 50 years. Element Six has created synthetic diamond with less carbon 13 isotope and more pure carbon 12, which enables longer quantum coherence times to be maintained longer. Note: Normally 1.07% is carbon 13 isotope. They have …
From MIT Technology Review, A genome-wide approach to genetic engineering greatly speeds the manufacture of bacteria for making drugs and biofuels. H/T Alfin Rather than changing the genome letter by letter, as most genetic engineering is done, George Church and his colleagues have developed a new technology that can make 50 changes to a bacterial …
Kazuhiro Taniguchi of Osaka University has invented the “Mimi Switch” or “Ear Switch”. It connects to a micro-computer that can control electronic devices, essentially making it a hands-free remote control for anything. “You will be able to turn on room lights or swing your washing machine into action with a quick twitch of your mouth,” …