Nanowerk reports on research from Ruhr-Universität Bochum Researchers have placed two nitrogen atoms a few nanometers apart, so that laser excitation can create a quantum mechanical coupling. The key to the solution: it works with high precision, reliably, and even at room-temperature only in a diamond. Nitrogen-vacancy center at wikipedia The nitrogen-vacancy center (N-V center) …
Carnival of Space 142 is up at astroblogger. This site submitted the Mach Effect propulsion research update Ian O’Neill of Discover Space considers dark energy manipulation with metamaterials as a possible pathway to warp drive spaceships. Centauri Dreams considers the recent report about interstellar hydrogen dangers for a near light speed spacecraft. Centauri Dreams proposes …
Three big utilities, Tennessee Valley Authority, First Energy Corp. and Oglethorpe Power Corp., on Wednesday signed an agreement with McDermott International Inc.’s Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary, committing to get the new mPower factory mass producable 125-140 MWe reactor approved for commercial use in the U.S. A new type of nuclear reactor—smaller than a rail car …
The Carnival of Space 141 is up at Starry Critters This site contributed – powering and moving rubiks cube size satellites. MIT News – An electric propulsion technology for miniature satellites aims to give them more mobility — and may eventually allow them to take on deep-space missions. This site also supplied an article on …
Direct growth of 100 mm (4 inch) semiconducting triple-walled carbon nanotubes (TWNTs) on Si substrates by chemical vapor deposition is reported by Tsinghua University Beijing, Peking University Beijing and CNano Technologies. By tailoring the temperature for a certain gas flow rate, a yield of nearly 90% of centimeter-long TWNTs is obtained. The TWNTs show an …
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new way to stimulate the immune system to prevent or clear a viral infection. By blocking the action of a key protein in the mouse immune system, they were able to boost immune “memory” in those mice—work that may one day help doctors increase the …
There are scheduled to be the following new reactors 2010 9 new reactors, 6.2 GWe (shifted the two Canadian Reactors to 2011) 2011 11 new reactors, 9.3 GWe 2012 10 new reactors, 9.92 GWe 2013 12 new reactors, 13.08 GWe 2014 14 new reactors, 13.63 GWe France, Germany and Sweden had significantly lower nuclear power …
1. Petrobank Ramps Up THAI(Toe to heel air injection -enhanced oil recovery) Operations The THAI and Capri oil processes are game changers for oilsands and heavy oil recovery, which would in turn delay peak oil by decades. Kerrobert Project On December 21, 2009 we re-configured the pump in KP1 to improve its pumping capacity and …
The death toll from the massive earthquake in the capital Port-au-Prince could reach 200,000, Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime says. “We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies. We anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although we will never know the exact number,” the minister said. The security situation is …
Bonn scientists discover a promising new approach to combat obesity Fighting fat with fat The researchers suspect that a disorder of the brown fatty tissue can lead to obesity in adults. If it were possible to turn on the ‘natural heating system’ on again, the problem of unwanted fat would be quickly solved: according to …
Map of coal power by state. Note: about of third of the air pollution can go thousands of miles from the plant. There is more impact on air quality and health of those near the plants. Air pollution has been improved in the USA since the 1950s and 1960s. There is still a negative effect. …