The U.S. Auto Industry and the Market of 2025 (45 page) The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) analysis calculates fuel economy costs to be from $4,190 to $6,435 per vehicle and a lifetime fuel savings of only $1,690 to $2,693. * a 10.2% net vehicle price increase can enable fleetwide 41.7 mpg * a 22.3% …
The 54th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is up at Idaho Samizdat Nuclear Green had coverage of the Third Thorium alliance conference Edward Kee offered a talk titled, Global Nuclear Power Developments – Asia Leads The Way. Kee noted Big stories here: •China’s nuclear build programme is huge – has the potential to shape world …
Eurocopter X3 achieves a speed of 430 kilometers per hour (267 mph) Future helicopters incorporating the X3 configuration will offer customers about 50 percent more cruise speed and range at very affordable costs, therefore defining the future of high productivity rotary-wing aircraft. If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator …
The University of Cambridge has pentagonal tiles which are paving the way towards organic electronics. New research paves way for the nanoscale self-assembly of organic building blocks, a promising new route towards the next generation of ultra-small electronic devices. Ring-like molecules with unusual five-fold symmetry bind strongly to a copper surface, due to a substantial …
A group of Penn scientists working across disciplines—in this case engineering and medicine—has developed a novel way to allow patients to re-grow cartilage in their own bodies, using their own cells, directly in the site that has been damaged through injury or disease Penn Engineering Associate Professor Jason Burdick says the breakthrough represents a new …
op, centre: While the magnetization of gadolinium (red arrow) has not yet changed, the magnetization of iron (blue arrow) has already reversed. Large picture: The laser pulse (pink) triggers magnetic reversal, while the X-ray pulse (blue) measures it. (Credit: HZB/Radu) A newly discovered magnetic phenomenon could accelerate data storage by several orders of magnitude. The …
North Dakota is likely to increase oil production by 300,000 to 700,000 barrels per day that will make a difference if all else was the same. The same production methods are being used in Canada’s Bakken, Cardium in Alberta, Eagle Ford in Texas and many foreign countries. Eagle Ford in Texas is producing about 80,000 …
Kazakhstan, the biggest producer of uranium, expects to maintain output in 2013 at a minimum level of 20,000 metric tons even as growth slows from recent years. “We grew sharply in the last two-three years and will have a planned slowdown in output this year, going toward a plateau gradually,” Vladimir Shkolnik, chief executive officer …
Solar panel installations may surge in the next two years as the cost of generating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled plants, industry executives and analysts said. Large photovoltaic projects will cost $1.45 a watt to build by 2020, half the current price, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimated today. The London-based research company says solar …
These posts, made of carbon nanotubes, can trap cancer cells and other tiny objects as they flow through a microfluidic device. Each post is 30 microns in diameter. Image: Brian Wardle A Harvard bioengineer and an MIT aeronautical engineer have created a new device that can detect single cancer cells in a blood sample, potentially …
China suspension of new nuclear reactor licensing does not impact already approved nuclear reactors. In an exclusive interview with the China Business News, Mu Zhanying, president of China Nuclear Engineering Group (CNEG) Co., said construction of the Rongcheng plant would begin by the end of March or early April. The Rongcheng Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant …