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India's 500 MWe fast breeder is on track for 2014 completion
India's first fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu is the first ever commercial fast breeder nuclear reactor currently under its final stages of construction. It will be a 500 MWe...
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Mixture of three cell types self-assembles into a liver bud and used to...
Japanese researchers have created functioning liver tissue from stem cells and successfully transplanted them into mice. The researchers found that a mixture of human liver precursor cells and two...
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Spacex reusable test rocket has more accurate sensors for more precise landing
On June 14, 2013 SpaceX's Grasshopper flew 325 m (1066 feet)--higher than Manhattan's Chrysler Building--before smoothly landing back on the pad. For the first time in this test, Grasshopper made use...
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DARPA shifting to short tactical range hypersonic and possible joint work...
Darpa plans to switch its hypersonic focus to shorter, tactical ranges and launch a hypersonics “initiative” to include flight demonstrations of an air-breathing cruise missile and unpowered...
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Synthetic Biologists have for the first time synthesized eColi ribosomes
Synthetic biology researchers at Northwestern University, working with partners at Harvard Medical School, have for the first time synthesized ribosomes -- cell structures responsible for generating...
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All-optical transistor for classical and quantum computers
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers. In the latest issue of the journal Science, researchers at MIT’s...
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Pakistan approves budget for two 1100 MW China built nuclear reactors and...
1. Pakistan's Cabinet Executive Committee approved Thursday setting up two 1,100 megawatt nuclear power plants at the Karachi coast, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said. Budget documents had revealed the...
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Anki will bring artificial intelligence and robotics into people's everyday...
Anki is a new startup that aims to bring artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics into people’s everyday lives. They gave a first sneak peek of Anki Drive at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. At...
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200 micron thick 3d thermal cloak
The first experimental realization of a three-dimensional thermal cloak shielding an air bubble in a bulk metal without disturbing external thermal flux has been made. The cloak is made of a thin layer...
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Quantum Enigma Machine Proposed by Seth Lloyd for Secure Cryptography
Enigma machines are devices that perform cryptography using pseudo-random numbers. The original enigma machine code was broken by detecting hidden patterns in these pseudo-random numbers. This paper...
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Next generation Hybrid Honda Fit will get 84.7 mpg US and mpg equivalent...
The hybrid version of Honda’s next-generation Fit, powered by a newly developed engine and electric motor, will be capable of delivering fuel economy of about 36 km/l of gasoline (84.7 mpg US, or 2.8...
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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 164 - India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Argentina and...
1. Canadian Energy Issues - Nuclear shows up for Ontario electricity fight: Power Workers versus the Gas Association” The undeclared war that has been quietly raging since the 1990s in Ontario’s...
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Four to 19 seater Hybrid Aircraft will enter commercial market by 2020 and...
“Within this decade, we will certainly see hybrid electric aircraft entering the market,” says Frank Anton, who heads the hybrid aircraft efforts at Siemens. Four-seat hybrid aircraft are likely within...
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Prospects and Issues for SMRs Deployment
Here is an IAEA presentation from Mar 2013 on the status of global small modular nuclear reactor projects. Operational Issues for SMRs – Overcoming Constraints: • Licensability of non-LWR technologies...
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Countries Planning to Adopt Nuclear Energy
An IAEA presentation from Mar 2013 discusses the countries that have solid plans to adopt nuclear energy. Most of the new nuclear reactors will be built in countries that already have nuclear power....
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Invitro Fertilization now 30 times cheaper to $250 instead of $7500
The cost of IVF can be cut dramatically from thousands of pounds to around £170 (US$255) to start a "new era" in IVF, fertility doctors from Belgium claim [instead of £5000 or $7500]. Twelve children...
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Air Pollution in Northern China shortens the life expectancy of over 500...
Air pollution is shortening the lives of people in northern China by about 5.5 years compared to those living in the south of China, a disastrous legacy of a policy that provided free coal for heating...
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Superconductor made from solvent
A study led by Washington State University researchers has turned a fairly common nonmetallic solvent into a superconductor capable of transmitting electrical current with none of the resistance seen...
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Tech Review looks for the next Silicon Valley - Technology winners make more...
1. In technology, those winners have a way of producing more winners. The process reaches critical mass in the web of intertwined companies, resources, advantages, ideas, talent, opportunity, and...
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Carnival of Space 309
The Carnival of Space 309 is up at Tranquality BaseA Gallery Of Cosmic Fireworks at the Chandra Space Telescope BlogKepler's supernova remnant, seen with Chandra. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NCSU/M.Burkey...
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