US Crude oil production heading 11 to 15 million barrels per day depending...
The latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast for US crude oil production is for an increase to about 11 million barrels per day and then having a plateau.When US crude oil production...
View ArticleSlower Economic Growth for the World, USA and China and China's new economic...
In March, the OECD was projecting 4% global economic growth for 2015. On Wednesday, it slashed that to 3.1% -- which would be less than the 3.3% growth the world saw last year.Two of the largest...
View ArticlePluto’s Moons Tumbling in Absolute Chaos
If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope...
View ArticleCRISPR/Cas9 gene therapy efficiently suppresses hepatitis B virus in mice
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is prevalent, deadly, and seldom cured due to the persistence of viral episomal DNA (cccDNA) in infected cells. Newly developed genome engineering tools may...
View ArticleMassachusetts General has developed Transplantable bioengineered rat leg...
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has made the first steps towards development of bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation. In their report, which has...
View ArticleChina Nuclear will have a successful IPO to help fund reactor build and...
China National Nuclear Power's IPO is over one hundred times over subscribed. China National Nuclear will sell 3.9 billion new shares at 3.39 yuan each. This will raise about US$2 billion. The share...
View ArticleConceptually Viable Brute Force Radical Life Extension by Swapping All Old...
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has made the first steps towards development of bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation They had used decellularization...
View ArticleDARPA boosting additive manufacturing using more than 1000 microbots and...
Additive manufacturing, including emerging “3D printing” technologies, is booming. Last year an astronaut on the International Space Station used a 3D printer to make a socket wrench in space, hinting...
View ArticleElon Musk’s Hyperloop to Break Ground
Elon Musk gave no detail when he announced plans in January to build a hyperloop test track, likely in Texas. Since then, another entrepreneur has secured agreements to break ground early next year on...
View ArticleGene Therapy halts Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
Transferring part of an insulin gene into liver cells triggers a specific immune response that protects mice from one form of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes occurs when T cells target and kill...
View ArticleEvery Soldier an Eagle Eyed Marksman on future battefields
There a few methods for boosting vision to about 20 / 7.5. That would mean they could clearly see something at 20 feet away (6.1 meters) that mere mortals could only make out from a distance of 7.5...
View ArticleRevision military powered exoskeleon with rifle proof armor with 60% coverage
Revision Military unveiled an armored exoskeleton for the US Special Operations TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit) project. Revision is based in Essex Junction, Vermont, Revision develops...
View ArticleLightweight and quiet power to enable armored military exoskeletons
General Atomics is looking at a hybrid-electric power unit with a liquid piston engine that fits in the palm of the hand that will run at 10,000 RPMs. A lightweight and quiet power source is the key to...
View ArticleWild chimps teach scientists about gene that encodes HIV-fighting protein
Part of a gene variant present in some wild African chimps is nearly identical to a section of an analogous gene version found in HIV-infected humans who are uncharacteristically slow to progress to...
View ArticleNantero emerges from Stealth to reveal enterprise ready carbon nanotube...
Nantero, the world leader in carbon nanotube electronics, announced it has closed a $31.5 million Series E financing round, which included new investors and participation from existing investors...
View ArticlePakistan wants to get relatively modern, peaceful and stable by 2025 which...
Pakistan will target growth next year of 5.5 percent when it unveils its 2015-16 budget, with historically low interest rates and infrastructure spending expected to fuel the fastest expansion since...
View ArticleFiber lasers are for more than just better death rays, better handling of...
Fibre lasers were invented in 1963, and since the 1990s they have been advanced almost entirely by IPG Photonics in Oxford, Massachusetts. Whereas other solid-state lasers use rigid rods, slabs or...
View ArticleChina's LENR is getting excess 600 watts of heat from 780 watts of input power
Songsheng Jiang, Ni-H Research Group of the China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China has low energy nuclear reaction results.The experiment set-up with powder fuels (Ni + 10%(in weight)LiAlH4)...
View ArticleAirbus has a mostly reusable rocket design
Airbus unveiled Adeline, a reusable first-stage rocket concept it hopes will make future Ariane rockets competive against reusable SpaceX rockets.Rather than try to return the entire first stage to...
View Article20 billion nanoparticles electrically stimulate mice brains with the goals of...
Sakhrat Khizroev of Florida International University in Miami and his team inserted 20 billion of these nanoparticles into the brains of mice. They then switched on a magnetic field, aiming it at the...
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