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Musings of Bilal Zuberi. Randomness is OK.
News I Am Reading- The Decade’s Most Important Biomedical Discovery December 18, 2009Life Sciences, Stem Cells, cancer Phillip Sharp wrote: The past decade has been rich in biological and biomedical advances. The decade opened with the reports of the large number of new genes within the human genome that encode small non-coding RNAs, or microRNAs. We have learned that these RNAs a) control at least half of all genes, b) are dysfunctional in […]
- MotorExchange Raises Series A Round From Canaan December 17, 2009Used vehicle exchange platform MotorExchange has raised series A round of venture capital funding from Canaan Partners. MotorExchange, which provides sellers and buyers a platform for transacting used vehicles, targets dealers, institutional and individual sellers. The company charges a fee from buyers and sellers on these transactions. Though Canaan decline […]
- Colorado State University Spinoff to Commercialize 3D Li-ion Battery Technology for Higher-Capacity, Longer-Life Cells December 17, 2009Examples of prospective 3-D architectures for charge-insertion batteries, as proposed by Long et al. (a) array of interdigitated cylindrical cathodes and anodes; (b) interdigitated plate array of cathodes and anodes; (c) rod array of cylindrical anodes coated with a thin layer of ion-conducting dielectric (electrolyte) with the remaining free volume filled w […]
- A social network that ballooned December 11, 2009On Tuesday, Dec. 1, members of the MIT Media Lab’s Human Dynamics Laboratory received an e-mail with a $40,000 proposition. The U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was holding a competition that weekend: on Saturday morning, 10 large red weather balloons would be raised at undisclosed locations across the United States […]
- Cool Device from San Diego’s BeneChill May Improve Odds for Cardiac Arrest Victims December 16, 2009Cardiac Arrest, medical devices, startups Denise Gellene wrote: Research over the last several years has shown that lowering the temperatures of unconscious cardiac arrest patients improves their odds of survival without brain damage. This intervention commonly begins in the hospital because most temperature-lowering technologies (water-filled blankets, bloo […]
- QuantumSphere and University of South Florida Exceed 2010 DOE Goals for Solid State Hydrogen Storage December 15, 2009Material capacity vs. temperature in developing hydrogen storage systems. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.QuantumSphere, Inc. and the University of South Florida announced that they have exceeded the 2010 Department of Energy (DOE) goals for solid state hydrogen storage. In a two-year materials discovery program funded by QuantumSphere, Inc., Professor Elias S […]
- EIA Energy Outlook 2010 Reference Case Projects Moderate Growth in US Energy Consumption, Greater Use of Renewables, and Reduced Oil and Natural Gas Imports December 15, 2009Assuming no new policies, growth in energy-related CO2 is driven by electricity and transportation fuel use. Source: EIA AEO2010. Click to enlarge.Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix toward renewable fuels, according to the r […]
- Is Soot Melting the Himalayan Glaciers? December 14, 2009Global warming isn't the only problem for glaciers. Layered-on soot is increasing the rate that glaciers in the Himalayan plateau are melting, according to a new NASA study released at the American Geophysical Union taking place this week in San Francisco. Clouds of soot and particles that cling to glaciers in the region trap heat and thereby accelerate […]
- The significance of 'that flying car company' December 15, 2009Yes, I was a bit skeptical in October 2008 when I wrote about Woburn-based Terrafugia, that company that is trying to build a flying car (or, if you prefer, a roadable aircraft):"Want a big entrepreneurial challenge? Try to design an aircraft and bring it to market... Want an enormous entrepreneurial challenge? Design an aircraft that can also fold up i […]
- Introducing the X Lists: The Region’s Best Resource for Innovators and Entrepreneurs December 10, 2009IT, Life Sciences, energy Wade Roush wrote: Longtime readers of Xconomy may have noticed, to our embarrassment, that our Boston Resources page has been “coming soon” for months. Many months. But good things come to those who wait, as they say, and now we’re ready to introduce a resources section that we’re really proud of, the X Lists. We believe that the X […]
- The Decade’s Most Important Biomedical Discovery December 18, 2009
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