Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) and Bechtel have entered into a formal alliance to design, license and deploy Bechtel’s mPower 125 MWe modular reactor design The mPower is an integral PWR designed to be factory-made and railed to site. The reactor pressure vessel containing core and steam …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Ericsson estimates based on industry information, the 5 billionth subscription was added Thursday, July 8. In the year 2000, about 720 million people had mobile subscriptions, less than the amount of users China alone has today * 2 million additions per day * More than 500 …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Alfin has coverage of the DARPA effort to develop flying submarines. The current goal is to fly at 70 miles per hour and dive to 150 feet. Here is a link to a page on the FS1 (Flying Sub 1) from the Voyage to the …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software In 2006, Matthew Simmons and John Tierney made a bet on the average price of oil in 2010. Their final agreement was a commitment to tabulate every closing price-per-barrel of oil for each market day of 2010, then average out those prices for the entire year …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Fundamental research conducted at facilities like Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source could lead to the energy-saving technologies of tomorrow, such as a magnetic fridge. Jeff Kortright (left) and Sujoy Roy with an an endstation for soft x-ray resonant magnetic scattering and spectroscopy, which the scientists used …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software 1. Melbourne aims to become an international leader in “limb regeneration” with plans for a dedicated centre. The O’Brien Institute plans to combine its expertise in tissue regeneration and stem cell technology, as well as more traditional surgical methods, to help people with injured and amputated arms …
Scientists prevented age-related changes in the hearts of mice and preserved heart function by suppressing a form of the PI3K gene, in a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. “The study provides evidence that delaying or preventing heart failure in humans may be possible,” said Tetsuo Shioi, M.D., Ph.D., senior author …
Above are the deaths and hospitalizations that have already occured in the USA. A normal US flu season kills 36,000 people each year. Flu season in the USA is from September to about March the next year. Up to half of the population of the U.S. could come down with the swine flu and 90,000 …
Star Trek will soon be relaunched in a new movie. The new movie is primarily a refresh to new actors and writing a more fast paced show. The basic technology of the show and story has not changed but the special effects have been updated, which shows progress in the visual displays and computer graphics …
The wrapped carbon nanotube has defects shaved off so the surface is smooth and it is protected from further damage so that it tends to stay smooth. 1. Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes by 40 fold, a discovery that could have …
The total abundance of Uranium in the Earth’s crust is estimated to be approximately 40 trillion tonnes. The Rossing mine in Nambia mines Uranium at an Ore concentration of 300 ppm at an energy cost 500 times less than the energy it delivers with current thermal-spectrum reactors. If the energy cost increases in inverse proportion …