Rapid Recharge Improves Electric Vehicles. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently demonstrated a rapid-recharging system, designed to improve electric vehicles’ operation. Their project aims to change public perceptions about the practicality of such vehicles. The team’s objective is to recharge an electric car in less than 30 minutes, without severely reducing the operating lifetime of the batteries or causing other problems. The project, conducted by the Electric Vehicle Team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), started almost a year ago, and has gathered worldwide interest: Japanese manufacturer Nissan is considering implementing the system in its Nissan Leaf, a pure electric five-passenger car to be introduced in the U.S. during 2011.
Lennon Rodgers, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering and a member of the MIT Electric Vehicle Team, recently presented a paper on the team’s tests at the 12th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle and Tire Technologies in Montreal. Nanoscale Transistors Probe Cells. Scientists from Harvard University recently introduced a unique method to probe interior cells. Their design consists of ultra-small wires and transistors, sensitive enough to respond to various biological changes, thus measuring biochemical elements. The new device is tiny – even smaller than some viruses – and in comparison to contemporary probes, it is 100-times smaller. Thanks to its nanotechnology-based design, the device allows scientists to probe cells without damaging them.
Moreover, the reduction in size did not cause any accuracy reduction, and therefore the data reliability is maintained. Professor Charles M. According to the recent paper, appearing in the journal Science, nanoFETs could be used to measure ion flux or electrical signals in cells, particularly neurons. The size of human cells varies; it ranges from about 10 microns (millionths of a meter) for nerve cells to 50 microns for cardiac cells. The new probe provides two more benefits aside from its minimal size. Shining a Light on Diabetes. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently advanced a major step towards minimizing pain and inconvenience for patients with type 1 diabetes.
Such people must keep a careful eye on their blood glucose levels, and therefore they are required to prick their fingers several times a day to draw blood for testing. Now, using a new device, they could use a noninvasive way that relies on light to measure blood glucose levels. Type 1 diabetes is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose. The research team, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Spectroscopy Laboratory, is working on a noninvasive way to measure blood glucose levels.
The development of this technology is a long lasting process; various researchers in the Spectroscopy Lab worked on it for more than 15 years. Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy blames WikiLeaks, ambassadors for uprising in Tunisia. Libyan TV Moammar Khadafy said in a taped speech Saturday night that Tunisia should bring back its deposed leader. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can add Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy to his list of enemies.
The eccentric dictator said in a speech Saturday night that cables leaked by WikiLeaks detailing the spending of Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abedine ben Ali and his family were planted by ambassadors to push along the Tunisian uprising. The cable he was most likely referring to was a cable sent by the U.S. embassy in Tunis, describing Ben Ali's family as corrupt and a "quasi-mafia. " "I am concerned for the people of Tunisia, whose sons are dying every day," Khadafy said in an overnight speech according to British newspaper The Telegraph. "And for what? On Sunday, U.S. "Tunisia is not a Wiki revolution," he tweeted. Whether the latest WikiLeak actually had anything to do with the uprising or not, the Libyan leader may have reason to worry -- and not just for the Tunisians.
Rightrend.com. Tunis gun battles erupt after Ben Ali aide arrested. 16 January 2011Last updated at 21:04 A curfew is still in place in Tunisia Tunisian forces are exchanging fire near the presidential palace with members of deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's guard, reports say. Witnesses reported heavy gunfire in Carthage, north of the capital Tunis, where the palace is located. It comes after the ex-head of presidential security, Ali Seriati, was arrested and accused of threatening state security by fomenting violence. Meanwhile, political leaders are holding talks about a new government. Interim leader Foued Mebazaa, who until Saturday was the speaker of parliament, has asked Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi to form a government of national unity. In a national TV address, Mr Ghannouchi said an agreement between the political parties would be announced on Monday. The announcement of Mr Seriati's arrest on Sunday came after the previous day saw widespread violence across Tunisia, including looting, arson and deadly jail riots. 'Intensive' gunfire.
Epoch Times | National, World, China, Sports, Entertainment News. Harmful Drugs Persist in French Medical System | World. By Aurelien Girard Epoch Times Staff Created: January 5, 2011 Last Updated: January 5, 2011 The headquarters of France pharmaceutiacal company Servier, in Neuilly Sur Seine. (Francios Guillott/Getty Images) PARIS—French health authorities are battling public opinion with explanations of why several drugs, with adverse effects long reported by medical experts, have remained on the market for years, and have even been subsidized by the national health insurance system. Following November’s revelations that Mediator, a top drug of Servier (the largest independent French pharmaceutical company), could have been responsible for as many as 2,000 deaths, controversy broke out concerning the inefficiency of French regulatory bodies. Indeed, the first reports of serious adverse effects of Mediator, a diabetes drug also used as a diet pill, date back to 1997.
Other Drugs Accused. High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. The most prominent instrument at the HAARP Station is the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high-power radio frequency transmitter facility operating in the high frequency (HF) band. The IRI is used to temporarily excite a limited area of the Ionosphere. Other instruments, such as a VHF and a UHF radar, a fluxgate magnetometer, a digisonde (an ionospheric sounding device), and an induction magnetometer, are used to study the physical processes that occur in the excited region. Work on the HAARP Station began in 1993. The current working IRI was completed in 2007, and its prime contractor was BAE Systems Advanced Technologies.[1] As of 2008, HAARP had incurred around $250 million in tax-funded construction and operating costs. HAARP is a target of conspiracy theorists, who claim that it is capable of modifying weather, disabling satellites and exerting mind control over people, and that it is being used as a weapon against terrorists.
Overview[edit] HAARP antenna array Site[edit] Facebook, Groupon: Is The Next Tech Bubble Social? Many of the hallmarks of the 2000 dot-com bubble seem to be present again, what with Goldman Sachs' interest in Facebook, the mind-boggling valuations of Groupon and Living Social, and the growth of the mobile app industry. For insight, host Liane Hansen talks with Beverly Macy, CEO of Gravity Summit, author of The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing and a distinguished instructor at UCLA Extension.
Copyright © 2011 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. LIANE HANSEN, host: Call it yet another sign of Facebook's dominance in the social media world. The collapse of MySpace comes at a pivotal time in the dotcom world. Industry watchers say another investment bubble could be brewing, much like the one that gave way to the dotcom bust at the beginning of this century. For insight, we've invited Beverly Macy to our studios here in Washington, D.C. Ms. HANSEN: Let's begin with the MySpace news.
Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. France: A Show of Tunisian Pride in Paris. This post is part of our special coverage of Tunisia Revolution 2011. After weeks of popular upraising, and a dramatic 24 hours when in rapid succession, ex president Ben Ali fled Tunisia to seek asylum in Saudi Arabia, his prime minister took power, only to be replaced a few hours later by the head of Tunisian Parliament, and with elections now planned to take place in two month, the 600,000-strong Tunisian diaspora living in France gathered today, saturday 15th, in the streets.
Despite their concern for the continuous violence in Tunisia, their relatives and the future, they granted themselves one day to rejoice, celebrate and share an overwhelming collective emotion. Here are a few pictures* of the “day after”, a Tunisian Pride in Paris. "Thank you, (Mohamed) Bouazizi ! " Hommage to the fruit seller in Sidi Bouzid who sacrificed his life "I love you, my people" A clean Tunisia – Shove off, RCD (Ben Ali's parti) Questions: "Is the West innocent? " Long live free Tunisia. Pluzz.fr - voir ou revoir les programmes de france télévisions - France Télévisions. UNRV History - Roman Empire.