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Global Coal usage will continue to grow at 2.3% per year through 2018 and...
The US Energy Information Administration has its 2014 annual energy outlook.The EIA projected that domestic oil production would increase by an average of 800,000 barrels a day annually through 2016,...
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New digital modulation enables more spectrum, 4 times the distance and half...
Magnacom emerged from stealth mode claiming it has a new twist on digital modulation technology that provides big gains for any wired or wireless network. The company will license its technology on...
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Virgin Galactic may double the number of people who have been to space to...
Within a year or two, the number of humans who have been to space may double, says William Pomerantz of Virgin Galactic, the company who hopes to make that happen.Sometime in 2014, entrepreneur Richard...
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Open thread for December
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UK may build 75 Gigawatts of nuclear power by 2050
The UK government is considering building 75 gigawatt of nuclear power by 2050 from 50 nuclear reactors.The current programme announced by ministers is to build 12 reactors to supply 16 gigawatts at...
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New Compound designated a breakthrough therapy by the FDA. It releases the...
A new antibody could dramatically boost strength and muscle mass in patients with cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sporadic inclusion body myositis, and in elderly patients with...
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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 188
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 188 is up at Hiroshima SyndromeCanadian Energy Issues shows how fossil fuel usage in Japan has shot up and increased CO2 emissions by 40% over 2000 and 20% over 2010.Read...
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Japan politics shifts to pro-nuclear and restarting nuclear reactors
Almost three years after Fukushima, pro-nuclear officials, business leaders and utilities wielding awesome economic and political clout are regaining strength and maneuvering to tighten the noose...
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Provinces and Federal Government haggle over $81 billion over 30 years in tax...
Last week, the Northern Gateway project was given a tentative green light from a federal review panel with a whopping 209 conditions. The federal cabinet has six months to decide whether it will accept...
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$250 handheld laser spectrometer food scaner will connect to your smartphone...
TellSpec brings together laser spectroscopy, nanophotonics, and a unique mathematical algorithm in a revolutionary hand-held consumer device that can analyze the chemical composition of any food in...
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Use smartphone attachment for laser measurement of the size, volume, distance...
Spike is the world's first laser accurate smartphone accessory, enabling you to capture, measure, map, model, share, and 3D print any object up to 200 yards away, just by taking a snapshot of it on...
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Molten Salt Reactor about 50 times the power density of current submarine...
U.S. naval reactors are pressurized water reactors, which differ from commercial reactors producing electricity in that:* they have a high power density in a small volume and run either on low-enriched...
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Could a molten salt reactor be the power source for a SHIELD helicarrier ?
Mark Warren performed a calculation that scaling up the F35-B’s thrust ratio (55,000 shp delivering 41,900 lb thrust) implies the Helicarrier carries engine(s) capable of 157 million horsepower (shp)...
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Carnival of Space 333
The Carnival of Space 333 is up at Dear Astronomer.Universe Today - ESA’s Gaia Mission Launches to Map the Milky WayThe Meridiani Journal - Has the first exomoon been found?Read more »
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Softbank which owns Sprint is close to a $19 billion deal to buy T-Mobile
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Japanese parent company, SoftBank Corp., is reportedly close to acquiring rival T-Mobile from German communications company Deutsche Telekom in a deal that is expected to be worth...
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DARPA robotics challenge results and at the end of 2014 robots should...
The DARPA robotics challenge finals had the following top five finishers1. SCHAFT from Japan, owned by Google. 2. Atlas-Ian from Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition it developed software...
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Hybrid cargo airships for moving up to 2000 ton objects
Multiple airships can be used to transport larger objects as shown hereIgor Pasternak wants to be the first to harness helium for multi-ton deliveries. He envisions thousands of 500-foot-long zeppelins...
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Myostatin blocking compound boosts muscle mass by 25-50%
Researchers here have moved on past myostatin and further down the chain of signals and molecular mechanisms to find a novel place to intervene in order to boost muscle growth in mice and humans. So...
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A Micro-Muscular Break Through 1000 times stronger than human muscle
Vanadium dioxide is poised to join the pantheon of superstars in the materials world. Already prized for its extraordinary ability to change size, shape and physical identity, vanadium dioxide can now...
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MIT looks at the world's water needs
Water covers 71 percent of Earth’s surface — and industrial-scale desalination has operated successfully around the world for many years. Desalination costs are still high, and not everyone lives near...
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