North Dakota Oil Production for May 2010 at 296423 Barrels Per Day

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software North Dakota’s oil production for May was at another new record of 296423 barrels per day. The May production was 9,189,101 barrels which is the first time that monthly North Dakota production topped 9 million barrels. Continental Resources will increase its capital expenditure budget from $850 …

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The Physics and Applications of Superconducting Metamaterials

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Arxiv – The Physics and Applications of Superconducting Metamaterials We summarize progress in the development and application of metamaterial structures utilizing superconducting elements. After a brief review of the salient features of superconductivity, the advantages of superconducting metamaterials over their normal metal counterparts are discussed. We …

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Planar Energy’s Solid-state Battery Potential for Triple Lithium Ion Energy Density at Half the Cost – University of Central Florida Confirms

Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC)) have verified findings by Planar Energy that could lead to dramatic cost and performance improvements in large format batteries required for practical electric vehicles. AMPAC scientists independently confirmed that Planar Energy’s new generation of solid state electrolytes have ionic conductivity …

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Analytical Mechanical Associates and NASA Mark Moore Pushing Electric Aircraft – Niche Applications

Analytical Mechanical Associates (AMA) has been in the business of aerospace engineering for more than forty years. Jan 20, 2010 (today) at American Helicopter Society meeting Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center and his colleagues will officially unveil the Puffin design Scientific American has details In principle, the Puffin can cruise …

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Coal Pollution Linked to High Birth Defects : Won’t SomebodyThink of the Children ?

“The problem of birth defects is related to environmental pollution, especially in eight main coal zones,” said An Huanxiao, the director of Shanxi provincial family planning agency. The comments came as the Chinese government announced that it has launched a screening programme in the eight worst affected areas of the country to establish the extent …

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