A conference in Yakutsk was hosted by Yegor Borisov the Governor and the Bering Strait tunnel project was ratified by President Medvedev’s top officials including Aleksander Levinthal the deputy federal representative for the Russian far East. Experts forecast that the completed service could carry 3% of the world’s freight and earn £7 billion GBP per …
A metallic-glass rod before heating and molding (left); a molded metallic-glass part (middle); the final product with its excess material trimmed off (right). [Credit: Marios D. Demetriou] Stronger than steel or titanium—and just as tough—metallic glass is an ideal material for everything from cell-phone cases to aircraft parts. Now, researchers at the California Institute of …
The death toll from the Japanese earthquake is over 10,000. William tucker explains how the containment structures appear to be working, and the latest reactor designs aren’t vulnerable to the coolant problem at issue here. So far the deaths at the nuclear reactors are one. If you liked this article, please give it a quick …
0. The Atlantic has a liveblog of the Jeopardy match 7:10: Oh, Watson’s got the Daily Double! He’s wagering $1,000…and he’s got it right. Ken gets a question correct about the 50s. 7:20: Watson doesn’t appear to be getting any of these decades questions correct…Man is really coming back here in the second half. Watson …
the Scotsman – Scientists at the University and EADS IW are working on using nanotechnology to improve the efficiency of the Hydrisafe tank for hydrogen storage as a solid. The Hydrisafe tank was developed by Hydrogen Horizons to store hydrogen in a solid state. By modifying the composition and microstructure of the tank and hydrogen …
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed a faster way to engineer synthetic enzymes that target specific DNA sequences for inactivation, repair or alteration. The report from the MGH Molecular Pathology Unit, being published online in Nature Methods, describes a highly effective but less labor-intensive way to generate powerful tools called …
The Carnival of nuclear energy 30 is up at Yes Vermont Yankee Dan Yurman had looked at China’s increasing nuclear build. Other savings advantages (beyond low labor costs) are possible by simplifying reactor design, and lowering materials input. Building a reactor with less materials and fewer parts lowers nuclear costs directly and indirectly. Decreasing core …
NASA engineers now developing a blacker-than pitch material that will help scientists gather hard-to-obtain scientific measurements or observe currently unseen astronomical objects, like Earth-sized planets in orbit around other stars. “This is a technology that offers a lot of payback,” said engineer Leroy Sparr, who is assessing its effectiveness on the Ocean Radiometer for Carbon …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Reinventing the Economy: Combination, complexity and value Speaker: Brian Arthur, Santa Fe Institute all of the complexity in the world has arisen from combining simpler things Economist used to have a view that the economy exists stand alone and then inventions and technology are originated (the …
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. The Universe Today looks at the biggest space news from last week – Kepler Spacecraft finds 750 Exoplanet Candidates 3. The Exoplanet motherlode was discussed by Planetaria as well. 3. StarryCrittes.com explores a boomerang-shaped cloud inside IRAS 05437+2502 that hints at a star moving at …