The London Array: Can offshore wind power Europe?
The largest offshore wind farm in the world to go online by 2012, powering 750,000 homes in the London metro area.
A potential to generate and sell massive amounts of clean electricity to continental Europe.
The stretch of Scottish coastline used for the array dubbed “the Saudi Arabia of renewable power,”
The first stage of the project will build 630 megawatts of capacity (roughly 25 percent of London’s power needs).
Some estimates put U.K. offshore potential at 25 gigawatts. U.K. consumes 45 gigawatts of steady generation.
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The London Array: Can offshore wind power Europe? | VentureBeat
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn
Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn, critical confirmation. Brain cell grafts do stimulate release of growth factors for neurons, regenerate or reorganize part of the brain, and restore cognitive function, in a process called neural plasticity. Study focused on the hippocampus, considered to be the seat of learning and memory. Further study is needed, especially to understand the underlying repair mechanism and the apparent starring role of growth factor in brain health.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Mice With No Dad Live Longer | LiveScience Etc.
Mice With No Father Sperm Live Longer. Female mice produced by using genetic material from two mothers but no father live nearly 30 % longer than mice with the normal mix of maternal and paternal genes.
Their findings provide the first evidence that sperm genes may have a detrimental effect on lifespan in mammals.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life
Martian meteorite possibly brought life to Earth?
Compelling new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite is being elevated to a higher plane by the same NASA team which made the initial discovery 13 years ago.
Now, 13 years after the Martian meteorite Allen Hills ALH 84001 life story emerged, the science team finally feels vindicated.....
Their data shows the meteorite is no smoking gun but a full of evidence that supports the existence of life on the surface of Mars, or in subsurface water pools, early in the planet's history.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Digital Rat Brain Spontaneously Develops Organized Neuron Patterns
Digital Rat Brain Spontaneously Develops Organized Neuron Patterns. Simulated neurons begun spontaneously coordinating, and organizing themselves into a more complex pattern that resembles a wave.
This is the beginning of the self-organizing neurological patterns that eventually, in more complex mammal brains, become personality.
The researchers running Blue Brain hope that what they're learning about the organization of neurons in the simulated rat brain will allow them to create a digital human brain within 10 years, even though that is many orders of magnitude more complex than a rat brain.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tiny technologies could produce big energy solutions - CNN.com
Nanotechnology - end of the old world as we know it. Harnessing the energy of body's natural movements to power small devices.
Even finger bending could power small device. Heartbeat to power medical body monitors.
Nanogenerators to harvest energy from any mechanical movement. Self-assembling, batteries from genetically engineered viruses. Flexible solar cell generators in the fabrics. Spray-on batteries.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Air Force Shoots Down Runaway Drone Over Afghanistan | Popular Science
"typically engaged in hunter-killer missions over Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan by targeting enemies on the ground with Hellfire missiles."
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