A paper in the journal Science talks about the need to mobilize $100 billion per year to mitigate climate change. Preparing to Manage Climate Change Financing” in the journal Science. Soot mitigation is a far easier and faster method of reducing climate change than targeting CO2. The soot only stays in the air for a …
At Dreamhack in Sweden on November 24th to 27th Cisco and Telia are building the world’s fastest Internet connection with speeds of breathtaking 120 gigabits per second. DreamHack is expected to attract a record number of participants this year – about 20 000 people. With their help, the aim is to beat the world record …
Arxiv – Ink-Jet Printed Graphene Electronics (12 pages) We demonstrate ink-jet printing as a viable method for large area fabrication of graphene devices. We produce a graphene-based ink by liquid phase exfoliation of graphite in N-Methylpyrrolidone. We use it to print thin-film transistors, with mobilities up to about 95cm^2/V-s, as well as transparent and conductive …
The Economist magazine has released their World in 2012 special issue. GDP and PPP by Country GDP trillion PPP GDP per head PPP per head United States 15.6 15.6 $49340 $49340 China 8.13 12.3 $6120 $9280 Japan 6.41 4.5 $50830 $36000 Germany 3.49 3.2 $43740 $40280 France 2.73 2.3 $42930 $36220 UK 2.51 2.3 $39770 …
Siri grew out of a huge project inside the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), those people who previously gave you the internet and, more recently, a scheme to encourage people to develop driverless cars. Siri’s parent project, called Calo (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes) had $200m of funding and was the US’s …
Japan Times – Fukushima is nearing cold shutdown The government will declare that the facility has achieved cold shutdown once it confirms the complex can maintain stability over the next several years even if it is hit by an earthquake or suffers malfunctions The amount of radioactive substances currently leaking from the crippled reactors has …
Nature – Independent studies map Fukushima radiation hot spots One of the radionuclides released was caesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years and poses a long-term health risk if absorbed by the soil in significant quantities. At the end of August, Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) released a map …
1. The Economist magazine World in 2012 predicts the world economy to expand by 3.3% in 2012 (on a purchasing-power-parity basis), down from 3.7% in 2011. But the risk of a global recession (world growth of less than 3%) is a very high 40%. China will again do much to lift global growth. The authorities …
Financial Post – Global output of non-conventional oil is set to rise 3.4 million bpd by 2015, still dominated by oil sands, to 5.8 million bpd by 2025 and to 8.4 million bpd by 2035, when tight oil would be playing a much bigger role. By 2035, the United States and Canada will still be …
Brian Josephson, Nobel prize winner for physics in 1973, highlights the UK energy department (DECC) interest in Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat and invites the inventor to reconsider the idea of a scientific test. Previously in June, 2011, Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson who is Emeritus Professor of Physics, and Judith Driscoll Professor of Materials Science, both at …
Computer scientists and engineers at Harvard University have developed and licensed technology that will make it easy to test collective algorithms on hundreds, or even thousands, of tiny robots. Called Kilobots, the quarter-sized bug-like devices scuttle around on three toothpick-like legs, interacting and coordinating their own behavior as a team. A June 2011 Harvard Technical …