The Kepler Planet Hunting mission launches today. H/T Sander Olson. The Kepler spacecraft will stare at a patch of sky – the same 100,000 stars near the northern constellation Cygnus, all at once – for at least 3-1/2 years. The goal is to detect Earth-like planets orbiting their host stars at distances thought to be …
I had previously covered the PETA $1 million prize for invitro (test tube / factory meat from stem cells) meat. PETA prize for chicken meat that can pass a fried chicken taste test and be sold in ten states commercially Many people have an initial reaction that invitro meat would be yucky and they do …
Kanzius RF therapy attaches microscopic nanoparticles to cancer cells and then “cooks” tumors inside the body with harmless radio waves could be in clinical trials as early as 3 years. The treatment has been 100% effective in animal trials. The CBS news has an extensive 4 webpage feature on the technique. An interesting aspect is …
Work is continuing towards Robert Bussard’s vision of inertial electrostatic fusion. digg_url = ‘http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/11/fusion-propulsion-if-bussard-iec-fusion.html’;digg_topic = ‘Space’; reddit_url=’http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/11/fusion-propulsion-if-bussard-iec-fusion.html’reddit_title=’Carnival of Space #30′ UPDATE: Tom Ligon wrote the slides and gave the speech which presented this material. Fusion R&DPhase 1 – Validate and Review WB-6 ResultsThe proposed WB-7 and WB-8 devices will be constructed and tested during 2008.1.5 …