Scientists at the ISIS laboratory carrying out neutron scattering experiments on the effect of amphotericin on liposomes Scientists are making progress in their quest to find an improved antibiotic for a strain of meningitis that results in over half a million deaths a year worldwide. The fungal disease Cryptococcal Meningitis is especially rife in AIDS …
SENS has a research report for November, 2010 SENS Foundation conducts intramural research in its Research Center in Mountain View, California. The primary focus of our intramural work is LysoSENS – investigating novel lysosomal hydrolases against intracellular aggregates that impair cell function – and we recently produced a detailed and comprehensive LysoSENS planning document in …
How many cancers in atomic-bomb survivors are attributable to radiation? from the Radiation Effects Research Foundation FAQ The Radiation Effects Research Foundation has the primary list of the studies, a series of 13 studies tracking the health of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Technical Report No. 24-02 Studies of mortality of atomic bomb survivors. …
1. CIBC’s Andrew Potter estimates that Canada’s oil sands production will jump from 1.5 million barrels a day in 2010 to five million barrels by 2020. This is being caused by high oil prices in combination with low natural gas prices. “In situ projects are highly dependent on the price of natural gas,” says Marc …
Leaves that are not green: Silicon coated with inexpensive catalysts splits water into hydrogen and oxygen inside an illuminated container of water. Credit: Daniel Nocera, MIT MIT Technology Review – A new device offers distinct advantages over previous attempts to improve upon natural photosynthesis. Daniel Nocera, a professor at MIT, revealed preliminary details of the …
Arxiv – Modeling of Time with Metamaterials (14 pages) Metamaterials have been already used to model various exotic “optical spaces”. Here we demonstrate that mapping of monochromatic extraordinary light distribution in a hyperbolic metamaterial along some spatial direction may model the “flow of time”. This idea is demonstrated in experiments performed with plasmonic hyperbolic metamaterials. …
China’s economy is expected to grow 9.6 per cent in 2011 as fixed asset investment remains a key driver, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report released in Hong Kong on Wednesday. With inflationary pressures building and a tightened monetary policy, China’s GDP growth was forecast moderate this year, compared with a growth …
A new EIA-sponsored study reported initial assessments of 5,760 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable shale gas resources in 32 foreign countries, compared with 862 Tcf in the United States. Technically recoverable natural gas resources in the assessed basins totaled 5,760 Tcf. Adding the estimated U.S. shale gas technically recoverable resources (862 Tcf) to …
These images show microcomputed x‑ray tomography renderings of an acoustically engineered nanocomposite metamaterial based on ~5nm‑diameter diamond nanoparticles. A very simple bench-top technique that uses the force of acoustical waves to create a variety of 3D structures will benefit the rapidly expanding field of metamaterials and their myriad applications—including “invisibility cloaks.” Sound is used to …
Guest post by reader Sebtal Introduction – Sebtal is a commenter to Nextbigfuture and has provided researched information. Sebtal felt that the Union of Concerned Scientists, who are a group that are against nuclear power had done a good job covering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. I am presenting Sebastian selected Fukushima Daiichi coverage from …
Harvard was able to pack 145 thin-film fuel cell batteries on a single wafe EEtimes – Fuel cells on-a-chip could replace small batteries, according to Harvard University researchers who showed a wafer containing 145 solid-oxide fuel cells. The research team, led by professor and principal investigator Shriram Ramanathan, had previously proven the concept of fabricating …