The Chinese scientist who led the development of the world’s first cloning factory says his technology is ready to clone humans. Boylife cloning factory will clone 1 million cows a year by 2020. Other animals to be cloned include racehorses, pets and police dogs. The Boyalife group, which is behind the factory, is collaborating with …
MIT researchers have shown that by exploiting the polarization of light — the physical phenomenon behind polarized sunglasses and most 3-D movie systems — they can increase the resolution of conventional 3-D imaging devices as much as 1,000 times. The technique could lead to high-quality 3-D cameras built into cellphones, and perhaps to the ability …
In the first nine months of this year, state-owned companies in China received preliminary or full approval to build the 155 coal power plants that have a total capacity of 123 gigawatts, the report said. That capacity is equal to 15 percent of China’s coal-fired power capacity at the end of 2014. The construction boom …
A Mexican senator is preparing legislation that would pave the way for expansion of the nation’s only nuclear power plant as part of its drive toward developing more clean energy. The bill is meant to encourage additional investment in the nuclear sector, beginning with the Laguna Verde plant in the state of Veracruz in eastern …
The world is experiencing growth in global air traffic and in order to cater for the growing market, the aviation industry is seeking to expand major airports, allowing for the development of bigger, faster, and more efficient aircraft. However, concerns over environmental degradation and noise pollution pose a barrier to the expansion of many already …
On 23 September, at the Shenzhen International Biotech Leaders Summit in China, BGI revealed that it would start selling the pigs as pets. The animals weigh about 15 kilograms when mature, or about the same as a medium-sized dog. The institute quoted a price tag of 10,000 yuan (US$1,600) for the micropigs, but that was …
A new kind of nanoscale rectenna (half antenna and half rectifier) can convert solar and infrared into electricity, plus be tuned to nearly any other frequency as a detector. Right now efficiency is only one percent, but professor Baratunde Cola and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech, Atlanta) convincingly argue that they …
China’s first AP1000 reactor, Sanmen 1, is expected to begin commercial operation in September 2016, while governmental permission is expected for work to start on the first Chinese-designed CAP1400 by the end of this year Sanmen 1, in Zhejiang province, is one of four Westinghouse-designed AP1000s currently under construction in China. Work officially began on …
Continuing the Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases track in the Rejuvenation Biotechnology Conference, Jane Lebkowski, President of R&D, Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc. discussed her group’s work on the development of pluripotent stem cell derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells for the treatment of spinal cord injury. There are a myriad of after effects of spinal cord injury, including loss of …
China is set to become more proactive in efforts to ensure global security and make a positive contribution, with a target of achieving cross-strait unification before the People’s Republic of China marks the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2049. The ultimate goal in Xi’s strategy is to establish China as a developed country by …
IBM Watson’s chief technology officer Rob High said there was a “very natural synergy” between cognitive computing and quantum computing, revealing he hoped to one day see Watson run on a quantum system. “I’d love to see a quantum Watson,” he said. “IBM Research is actually working on next generation computing. I can’t say exact …