Universal flu vaccine could be ready for human clinical trials in 2013 In late 2011, two research groups created a strain of H5N1 bird flu that could be passed from human to human, leading the World Health Organization to issue a statement that said they were “deeply concerned about the potential negative consequences” that publishing …
Vintage Space has the Carnival of Space 232 Top ten space trends for 2012 from 21st century waves 1. Wildcards and tipping points A few well-known wildcards – and potential tipping points — that face the U.S. and the world in 2012: a. A major recession in the Eurozone could trigger a global depression. b. …
46 page presentation by Nvidia’s head of architecture Keckler Nvidia estimates to be able to run processors at a mild 2.5GHz frequency on a 10nm high-performance node, or 2GHz in the low-power version, and is aiming at 4x power savings over current 40nm designs. Nvidia’s preferred foundry partner’s TSMC has previously announced that 10nm would …
A Rice University laboratory has found a way to turn common carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots, tiny specks of matter with properties expected to prove useful in electronic, optical and biomedical applications. The Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan, in collaboration with colleagues in China, India, Japan and the Texas Medical Center, discovered …
NY Times – President Obama outlined a broad new military strategy for the United States on Thursday, one that refocuses the armed forces on threats in Asia and the Pacific region, continues a strong presence in the Middle East but makes clear that American ground forces will no longer be large enough to conduct prolonged, …
American Cancer Society – A total of 1,638,910 new cancer cases and 577,190 deaths from cancer are projected to occur in the U.S. in 2012. Between 1990/1991 and 2008, the most recent year for which data is available, overall death rates decreased by about 23% in men and 15% in women. This translates to more …
A luxury hotel built on a former aircraft carrier in North China’s Tianjin municipality will open at the end of Jan 2012 Spending $15 million on the transformation, China took the ship, originally intended to carry fighter jets, and made it into a luxury hotel with modern amenities and Asian-themed décor. According to reports, the …
During the past several years an increasing number of AI researchers, including Ben Goertzel and Itamar Arel, as well as Josh Hall and Peter Voss have all predicted that human-level AIs could emerge within the next decade. While not quite so sanguine, Sandia National labs researcher Brandon Rohrer believes that creating an AI with a …
1. Fightaging notes that FDA regulation makes it impossible to meet demand or to try to develop and offer meaningful products. The US and the FDA then reach out internationally to try to block the black market in medical progress (through stem cell and other treatments for people with otherwise terminal diseases. Four people were …
1. The Japanese government and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan plan to reconsider Japan’s pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. “Achieving the target has become impossible in any way,” a government source said, because the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has made …
Foxconn Technology Group’s decision to start making solar power modules may speed the rate at which margins are narrowing for Chinese manufacturers, another blow for an industry already coping with a plunge in prices. The Taiwanese company that’s the world’s biggest contract maker of electronics including Apple Inc.’s IPhone started work on a solar-module plant …