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Gene therapy helps weak mice grow strong and helped those with neuromuscular...
A virus that shuttles a therapeutic gene into cells has strengthened the muscles, improved the motor skills, and lengthened the lifespan of mice afflicted with two neuromuscular diseases. The approach...
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Carnival of Space 372
Carnival of Space 372 is up at EverydaySpacerCompletely Clandestine CLIO Climbs through Clouds to Orbit on Mystery MissionUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the CLIO mission for...
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Two UAE reactors should be operational by 2020 and Saudi Arabia could...
1. Regulatory approval was granted for the construction of Barakah units 3 and 4, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has stepped up efforts to develop a skilled Emirati workforce to staff...
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A Real Project and Product that seems like a Dilbert Cartoon
The Hamster Wheel Standing Desk is a collaboration at Pier 9 between Artist-in-Residence RobbGodshaw and Instructables Developer Will Doenlen. Read more »
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Freer Trade Green Rules and Green Trade Zones
There have been a lot of problems getting effective global environmental agreements (Kyoto and other attempts) that actually reduce soot and carbon emissions. Carbon emissions keep going up and soot is...
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NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) has entered Mars Orbit
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars’ orbit at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the Red Planet’s upper...
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Ultra-thin Diamond Nanothreads with strength and stiffness greater than...
For the first time, scientists have discovered how to produce ultra-thin "diamond nanothreads" that promise extraordinary properties, including strength and stiffness greater than that of today's...
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Stanford researchers create 'evolved' protein that may stop cancer from...
A team of Stanford researchers has developed a protein therapy that disrupts the process that causes cancer cells to break away from original tumor sites, travel through the bloodstream and start...
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High Temperature gas nuclear pebble bed fuel production
The installation of equipment has been completed at a pilot production line in Baotou in Inner Mongolia for fuel elements for China's Shidaowan HTR-PM, a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR)...
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Russia makes progress to closed nuclear fuel cycle
Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC), based in Tomsk, said yesterday it has completed testing of the first full-scale TVS-4 fuel assembly containing nitride fuel. The assembly is intended for the BN-600...
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Telomerase, even when present, can be turned off with a genetic switch which...
Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging. This switch points to a way to encourage healthy cells to keep dividing and...
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Carnival of Nuclaer Energy 227
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 227 is up at Hiroshima SyndromeForbes James Conca - First American Nuke Plant In 21st Century To Open SoonTennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Generating...
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U.S., Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates hit...
The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in Syria, expanding a military campaign into a country whose three-year civil war has given the brutal...
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Global CO2 emissions will be over 40 billion tonnes in 2014 and are 58%...
Carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise 2.5% in 2014 - reaching a record high of 40 billion tonnes.Key facts and figures:* CO2 emissions from burning fossil...
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CDC warns that by Jan 20, 2015 Ebola could reach 1.4 million cases with 70%...
This week’s MMWR, Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic—Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014–2015, estimates the future number of cases if current trends continue. The MMWR also adjusts...
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Japanese construction giant Obayashi says they will build a 60,000 mile long...
The Japanese construction giant Obayashi says they will build a space elevator that will reach 96,000 kilometres into space.Robotic cars powered by magnetic linear motors will carry people and cargo to...
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Japan and China are competing for India's high speed rail projects
India and China signed a high speed train deal.The India and China deal includes:* Training in heavy haul transportation: A training programme has been finalised for 100 persons* Increasing speed on...
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Google plans to have a ring of high altitude internet balloons in southern...
Within a year, Google is aiming to have a continuous ring of high-altitude balloons in the Southern Hemisphere capable of providing wireless Internet service to cell phones on the ground.That’s...
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Montney Oil and Gas could soon be one of the largest commercially viable...
The Montney (oil and gas formation in BC and Alberta Canada) is estimated to hold 2,200 trillion Cubic feet of gas, Almost 29 billion barrels of natural gas liquids and over 136 billion barrels of oil....
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South Africa signs $10 billion nuclear deal with Russia
1. A $10 billion agreement lays the foundation for South Africa's large-scale nuclear power plant procurement and development program based on the construction of Russian VVER reactors with a total...
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