Progress on Indian and Chinese Nuclear Renaissance and a Reminder on Japan, Vietam and Finland

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. The first of India’s Russian-designed nuclear power reactors has taken a step closer to start-up with the loading of dummy fuel assemblies into the core of Kudankulam 1. The plant is one of two Russian-supplied 950 MWe VVER pressurised water reactors currently being built by …

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Eco-terrorists ‘plot to blow up IBM headquarters’ thwarted in routine traffic stop

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software UK Daily Mail – A routine traffic-stop in Switzerland has allegedly thwarted eco-terrorists from blowing up the site of the £55million nano-technology HQ of IBM in Europe. The three members – two men and a woman – of the Italian terrorist group Il Silvestre were stopped …

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Experiments to Use Lasers Steam Cleaning of Dirty Bomb Radiation and Chemical Contamination Looks Very Promising

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Idaho National Laboratory chemists are studying the potential of lasers to help clean up chemical and radiological contamination. The goal is to increase the nation’s ability to respond to “unconventional” terror attacks such as dirty bombs. Experiments are ongoing, but results thus far are very promising. …

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Historical SuperVolcanoes and Archeology Indicate Nuclear Winter Climate Models Exaggerate Effects

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software Proper civil defense planning needs to have an accurate and precise picture of the threat and effects. If we overestimate the effect we would misallocate resources or not take proper steps to mitigate impacts. If we properly determine that fire and climate risks of nuclear bombs …

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Progress Using Cancer Genotyping, Biomarkers and Adaptive Clinical Trials against Cancer

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software Wall Street Journal – An unusual clinical trial involving four different drugs offered promise that guiding treatment based on the molecular traits of a tumor can improve survival from lung cancer. Doctors don’t know which patients are likely to respond to which treatments, resulting in hit-or-miss …

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Oocyte Cryopreservation – The Other Cryonics

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software Oocyte Cryopreservation is the freezing of a woman’s eggs for later artificial insemination inpregnation. A 2009 study showed 936 babies had been born from frozen eggs worldwide, with no increase in birth defects. It costs about $9,500 to freeze eggs. A private company may have an …

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Genescient Received More Funding and Will Be Conducting a Test of a Health Enhancing Compound

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software Genescient received $500,000 in additional funding in December, 2009 Genescient Corporation is a California evolutionary genomics company. Its technology is based on the genomics of model organisms (methuselah flies that live over four times longer than regular flies) selectively bred for health and longevity over 30 …

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SILEX laser enrichment technology Has Commercial Test Success While Some Fear SILEX capabilities

The initial phase of the test loop program for the SILEX laser enrichment technology has been successfully completed by Global Laser Enrichment (GLE). The test loop facility is designed to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of the technology and is intended to advance the design of the equipment and processes for the proposed commercial production facility. …

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US Ethanol production at 818 Thousand Barrels per Day For January 2010

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software From page 9 of the EIA Monthly reports Petroleum supply report EIA Monthly report shows that US ethanol production in January 2010 was 818,000 barrels per day The United States uses about 20 million barrels per day of oil. Renewable Fuel Association has more context Ethanol …

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China Rumored to be Within Days of Again Allowing the Yuan to Appreciate

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software A New York Times report late Thursday that cited unnamed sources as saying the Chinese government is within days of announcing a revision of its currency policy also spurred late-session dollar declines in the onshore and offshore markets Xinhua- China’s central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan indicated …

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Graphene in Practical Application Form has Thermal Conductivity Over Two Times Better than Copper

A one-atom thick sheet of graphene (highlighted in the circular window) on top of a silicon dioxide support proves to be an excellent thermal conductor, according to new research published in the journal Science. Although the interaction with the silicon dioxide suppressed the thermal conductivity of graphene compared to its freestanding form, supported graphene still …

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