Sunday 2011-01-16
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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.
Rapid Recharge Improves Electric Vehicles
Nanoscale Transistors Probe Cells
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.
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.
Shining a Light on Diabetes
Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy blames WikiLeaks, ambassadors for uprising in Tunisia
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.
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.
BBC News - Tunis gun battles erupt after Ben Ali aide arrested
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According to Fuyang City, Anhui Province official report, 23 college students in Yingzhou District appeared to have symptoms of cyanosis, dizziness, and vomiting, as a result [...]
High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is an ionospheric research program jointly funded by the U.S. Air Force , the U.S. Navy , the University of Alaska , and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). [ 1 ]
Facebook, Groupon: Is The Next Tech Bubble Social? : NPR
Call it yet another sign of Facebook's dominance in the social media world.
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.
France: A Show of Tunisian Pride in Paris · Global Voices
