Cold Fusion Now reports that Brillouin Energy is fielding calls from new investors and will now be working with government Lab to replicate Brillouin’s work. First, a confirmation report from a nationally recognized lab, and then the funds. Update – I have spoken to Robert E. Godes. President and Chief Technology Officer Brillouin Energy Corp. …
Scientists have isolated a human blood stem cell in its purest form – as a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system. This breakthrough opens the door to harnessing the power of these life-producing cells to treat cancer and other debilitating diseases more effectively Science journal – Isolation of Single Human Hematopoietic …
100-MHz multi-terawatt femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser with a regenerative amplifier (3 pages 2007) Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) has become a common technique for damage-free amplification of short optical pulses to terawatt levels and beyond. Typical high-repetition-rate Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplification laser systems using electro-optic pulse selection method operate at the range from 10 Hz to 20 …
Warren Buffet is predicting that unemployment in the USA will fall to about 6 percent within a few years, and the 2.5 million jobs lost in the recession will be replaced. The June unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. Buffet thinks people will be surprised how quickly employment improves once the excess houses are bought …
Barney Pell tried to make the case for moon mining However helium 3 requires that you first have working commercial aneutronic nuclear fusion. Even in my more optimistic assessment that is not until the 2020s. Earth can get billions of tons of rare earth materials off the ocean bottom (recent Japan find) or can get …
1. Suntech Power’s CTO argues that the secret to China’s solar energy success is not cheap labor but advanced equipment for making solar cells. Five years ago only one of the 10 largest solar cell producers was based in China. But by last year, four of the top five were based there, and each is …
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed on-schedule a System Design Review (SDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite increment under the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III program. GPS III will improve position, navigation and timing services and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy and reliability for users around the …
Device fabrication. a) Schematic diagram of fabrication process. b) SEM image of a fabricated dimer array obtained with 50k × magnifi cation. c) SEM image of a dimer structure in the fabricated array of (b) obtained with 420k × magnifi cation. d–f) SEM images of the left side of the dimer structure, after ambient oxidation …
A single nanowire coated with silicon boasted a 90-fold increase in photosensitivity compared to an uncoated one. By applying a coating to individual silicon nanowires, researchers at Harvard and Berkeley have significantly improved the materials’ efficiency and sensitivity. The development holds promise for photodetectors and energy harvesting applications like solar cells. Nanoletters – Dramatic Reduction …
The new 3D nanofabrication method makes it possible to manufacture complex multi-layered solids all in one step. In this example, seen in these Scanning Electron Microscope images, a view from above (at top) shows alternating layers containing round holes and long bars. As seen from the side (lower image), the alternating shapes repeat through several …
Canadian Oil Sands Project List as of June 2011 (22 pages) Existing and proposed oil sands projects 1) Operating Projects: 2.085 M bbl/d * Mining – 1.210 M bbl/d * in-situ – 0.875 M bbl/d 2) Under Construction: 0.785 M bbl/d * Mining – 0.290 M bbl/d * in-situ – 0.495 M bbl/d 3) Projects …