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$1.5 trillion in Gulf of Mexico oil from ultra deep water drilling and more...
In spite of the BP oil spill, new technology is unlocking more oil in the Gulf of Mexico. A key breakthrough has been new seismic tools that allow companies to see through layers of salt deposits that...
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Multinationals and Economists see Postive Signs on China's Economy
Global brands from Nestle SA (NESN) to Porsche AG said the worst has passed for China’s economy as wage increases and consumption in cities in the country’s interior drive sustained growth. China is...
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Shaped teflon can hide objects from microwaves from one direction
Look out for mass-produced invisibility cloaks thanks to an entirely new way of designing and manufacturing them out of materials such as Teflon. The new approach is to create a computer model of the...
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California's nuclear power is being replaced by natural gas
The state of California, once home to three major nuclear power plants, weathered an early July heat wave in good shape despite having only one operating reactor, Unit 2 at Diablo Canyon Power Plant....
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How many jobs are most endangered by new technology and changing economies ?
A recent report from the Oxford Martin School’s Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology attempts to quantify what jobs are must vulnerable to computerization. It concludes that 45 percent of...
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More viable donated organs by using vitrification organ banking
Stephen van Sickle outlined his work at the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence SENS6 meeting in Cambridge, UK. Stephen has frozen pig kidneys. CT scans revealed a lot less fracturing than...
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SENS6 - A potential revolution in antiviral therapy by killing any cell...
PANACEA broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutics was presented at Strategies for Engineering Negligible Senescence SENS-6. Although there is great concern over emerging viruses and viruses on the category...
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Spermidine induces autophagy in multiple species and mimics calorie...
Spermidine induced autophagy was presented at SENS6. Spermidine is a natural occurring polyamine that declines continuously during aging of organisms. They found that external administration of...
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Nuclear reactor costs in China
China's nuclear reactors tend to cost from $1500 to $2500 per KW. This is a far lower cost than in Europe or the US. Controlled cost is a good reason that China is building about 28 out of the 69...
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Bill Gates was wrong - Google Cellphones can be used to save tens of...
Google has brought Internet connectivity and access to less-developed countries with cheap android smartphone and a plan for high speed internet with communication via balloons. Google has said this...
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China heading to 150 gigawatts of installed wind capacity at the end of 2015
In 2012, China surpassed 50 gigawatts of grid-connected wind capacity and is on its way to add a record amount of new wind capacity, increasing the total installed capacity by roughly 18 gigawatts,...
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Scientific proof for quantumness for a special quantum system that does not...
DWave Systems 512 qubit quantum annealing system was mentioned in an article that mainly talks about a new proof of quantumness for a specially built and as yet non-existent two qubit system. So the...
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International space station extension to 2028 would likely cost at least $24...
Boeing, the prime contractor, is trying to prove that the station’s components can hold up through at least 2028. Three years ago, Congress extended funding for the station through 2020, and NASA’s...
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Gliese 1214b likely has a water-rich atmosphere.
Gliese 1214b is about 2.7 times Earth’s diameter and is almost 7 times as massive. It is located 42 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The Japanese researchers used the 8.2 meter Subaru...
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Graphene could be used to make cheaper optical chips
Researchers at MIT, Columbia University and IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center describe a promising new application of graphene, in the photodetectors that would convert optical signals to electrical...
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Voyager passed the heliopause which is the solar wind dominated region of...
The Voyager team put the new data together with information from the other instruments onboard, they calculated the moment voyager 1 escaped the solar system occurred on or about 25 August, 2012....
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North Dakota Oil Production reaches a record 874681 barrels per day in July
North Dakota Oil production has more than doubled in two years to 874,681 barrels per day in July.North Dakota's Bakken oil production has reach 810,000 barrels per day.Read more »
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World Bank expects China to hit GDP growth target
China should hit its GDP growth target of 7.5 percent this year, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on Sunday. Several investment banks upgraded near-term forecasts for China's growth after a...
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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 174
1. ANS Nuclear Cafe - ANS (American Nuclear Society) Will Enter the Climate Change Dialogue. In the past, the American Nuclear Society has not formally engaged in energy policy debates on the issue of...
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Millionaires and Billionaires did great in 2012 while the 99% wait for...
Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management released the 2013 World Wealth Report (WWR), including new insight into the world’s high net worth individuals (HNWIs)—those with US$1 million or more in investable...
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