Infrastructure 2011 by the Urban Land Institute and Ernst and Young (90 pages) The United States is falling dramatically behind much of the world in rebuilding and expanding an overloaded and deteriorating transportation network it needs to remain competitive in the global marketplace, according to a new study by the Urban Land Institute. The report …
Foresight@Google 25th Anniversary Conference & Reunion Weekend Google HQ in Mountain View, CA June 25-26, 2011 Early registration prices end May 17th, in less than 48 hours: Before May 17th 11:59 PM $225 After $300 Senior Associate membership + Banquet ($75) is $325 If you signup because of nextbigfuture please email Desiree D. Dudley, Director …
Survival curve for fruitflies given the four herb mixture versus controls Genescient – Stem Cell 100 have a slightly updated version of their hplus magazine article from Jan, 2011 1. Chinese traditional medicine, Astragalus membranaceus (Huang Qi) 2. From Indian Ayurvedic medicinal tradition an anti-diabetic herb, Pterocarpus marsupium (Indian keno tree bark) 3. Pine Bark …
Cameco produced 2350 tons of uranium in the first quarter of 2011 but still expects to produce 10,800 tons (21.9 million pounds) Production volumes this quarter were 23% lower compared to the first quarter of 2010 primarily due to lower production at McArthur River/Key Lake. The removal of abandoned freezepipes from the new production chamber …
Stable conjugation of nanoparticles (NPs) to the surfaces of T cells and HSCs via cell-surface thiols. New Scientist – Immune cells called cytotoxic T-cells swarm over and demolish cancerous cells inside the body. Unfortunately, many tumours emit a mysterious chemical cocktail to weaken any T-cells that swim too close. While investigating how to increase T-cells’ …
Five men were arrested under the UK’s Terrorism Act near the Sellafield site on 2 May, said Cumbria Police. Sellafield (formerly known as Windscale) is a nuclear processing and former electricity generating site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. Facilities at the site include the …
The IMF has new purchasing power parity forecasts out to 2016 and new nominal GDP forecasts out to 2016. The IMF does not seem to make any attempt to have accurate currency forecasts for its nominal exchange rate forecasts. Brazil and Russia are forecasted to pass France, Italy and the UK. Brazil will be the …
Graphene is the material from which graphite, the core of your No. 2 pencil, is made. It is also the latest “wonder material,” and may be the electronics industry’s next great hope for the creation of extremely fast electronic devices. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found one of the first roadblocks to utilizing …
Nuclear Fusion Journal – Creation of a high-temperature plasma through merging and compression of supersonic field reversed configuration plasmoids (H/T Talk Polywell) A new device, the Inductive Plasma Accelerator, was employed to simultaneously form and accelerate two oppositely directed field reversed configurations (FRCs) where the relative velocity (600 km s−1) of the plasmoids was much …
I have been taking Stem Cell 100, the supplement produced by Genescient, for the last three months. I had my Cholesterol and a blood and urine screening on April 1st. My Cholesterol levels are improved from the last time I had a screening. Slightly higher good cholesterol and lower bad cholesterol. Bad cholesterol is at …
Carnival of Nuclear Energy 48 is up at the ANS Nuclear Cafe Idaho Samizdat updates the Fukushima situation and considers the challenges and costs of a full decommission. Two giant nuclear consortium are forming to manage the cleanup of the Fukushima site, remove of all reactor fuel, and eventually make it a much less dangerous …