MIT improves the energy density of lithium air batteries with carbon electrodes that are 90% porous instead of 70%

MIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times more energy per pound than the lithium-ion batteries that now dominate the market for rechargeable devices in everything from cellphones to cars. Further work …

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Heim Theory Falsified

Heim theory is a physics theory, initially proposed by a German physicist, the late Burkhard Heim, that attempts to develop a theory of everything. Heim theory’s six dimensional model was later extended to eight and twelve dimensions, in collaboration with W. Dröscher. Walter Dröscher and Jochem Häuser have attempted to apply it to nonconventional space …

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Synthetic Biology companies Ziopharm and Intrexon

1. Ziopharm Oncology Inc’s Chief Executive Jonathan Lewis plans to produce less expensive new cancer drugs using synthetic biology. Lewis says Ziopharm’s most advanced drug in development, palifosfamide for sarcoma and lung cancer, can be a $1 billion a year seller even if reasonably priced. But the linchpin to Ziopharm producing less expensive biotech drugs …

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