LEADIR-PS100 was presented by Ralph Hart at TEAC5 (Thorium Energy Alliance Conference) in May, 2013. Ralph Hart is Northern Nuclear chief engineer. LEAD‐cooled Integral Reactor ‐ Passively Safe is being developed for the Canadian oilsand market. LEADIR‐PS100 has an output of 100 MWth • Initial market focus is the Canadian Arctic and Western Canadian Oilsands. • …
Science – Synthetic Lipid Membrane Channels Formed by Designed DNA Nanostructures ABSTRACT – We created nanometer-scale transmembrane channels in lipid bilayers by means of self-assembled DNA-based nanostructures. Scaffolded DNA origami was used to create a stem that penetrated and spanned a lipid membrane, as well as a barrel-shaped cap that adhered to the membrane, in …
Technology Review – Academic researchers have improved wireless bandwidth by an order of magnitude—not by adding base stations, tapping more spectrum, or cranking up transmitter wattage, but by using algebra to banish the network-clogging task of resending dropped packets. The practical benefits of the technology, known as coded TCP, were seen on a recent test …
A team of experts in mechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering at Harvard have created an extremely stretchy and tough gel that may pave the way to replacing damaged cartilage in human joints. Called a hydrogel, because its main ingredient is water, the new material is a hybrid of two weak gels that combine to …
Yuan Longping, China’s leading agricultural scientist, realized one of his 80th birthday wishes recently when his super grain brought yields of 13.9 tons of rice a hectare, setting a new world record for rice output. The rice breed, DH2525 (Y two superior No 2), produced a harvest of 13.9 tons a hectare during its trial …
The OECD/IEA electricity report from January to October 2010 China, Russia, India and the Ukraine all had substantially more nuclear power generation in 2010 than in 2009. If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks netseer_tag_id = “2397”; netseer_ad_width = “750”; netseer_ad_height = “80”; netseer_task = “ad”; …