New drugs that specifically target the mutated genes responsible for cancer growth have shown great success in extending the lives of patients, with far fewer side effects than conventional anti-cancer therapies. Unfortunately, many patients become resistant to these drugs due to secondary mutations. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers at UCLA has developed a “roadmap” …
Brave New Climate has an update and analysis of the Fukushima situation Kyodo News report on earthquake and tsunami relief efforts (including the nuclear situation at the end as other relief efforts are more important)- TEPCO has now connected AC cables to the unit 1 and 2 reactor buildings, with hopes that powered systems can …
1. Billed by its manufacturers DoDaam of South Korea as a “Total Security Solution,” the Super Aegis is an automated turret system that supports a variety of weapons, from a standard machine-gun to a surface-to-air missile. It is designed to repel an attacker from up to 3 kilometers away, using sophisticated thermal imaging software and …
The Carnival of Space 181 is up at Weird warp This site provided an article on robotic air taxis and small pocket airports. Weird Sciences looks at possible paths to negative energy The research paper Experimental Concepts for Generating Negative Energy in the Laboratory y E. W. Devis and H. E. Puthoff is here Davis …
Production from Iraq´s prized West Qurna Stage 1 oil field should more than triple to 750,000 barrels a day in three years time, an oil official said Sunday. The 8.6 billion barrel field, which is being developed by a consortium grouping Exxon Mobil and Shell, was among those awarded by Iraq during one its first …
Worldwide Media Tablet Sales to End Users 2010 19.5 million 2011 54.8 million 2012 103.4 million 2013 154.2 million Tablet Computer Sales to hit 208 million in 2014 according to Gartner http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1452614” target=blank>Driven by sales of the iPad, worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to reach 19.5 million units in 2010, according …
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The 18th Carnival of Nuclear energy is up at the ANS Nuclear Cafe Nextbigfuture provided an article about the General Atomic EM2 reactor which was presented at the Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) meeting held in late August. Nuclear and defense supplier General Atomics announced in February, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software This is a closeup of the test cell the team built to measure the properties of the self-assembling photosynthetic system. MIT researchers have created a novel set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity; the molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled …
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The capacity to make carbon nanotubes is thousands of times greater than the current capacity to add comaplex surface chemistry. This new method allow carbon nanotubes to be functionalized far faster and cleaner than before. High temperature activation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) provides a new and …