Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Nuclear-powered passenger aircraft ?to transport millions? says expert

Call for big research programme to help aviation industry convert from fossil fuels to nuclear energy. Nuclear-powered aircraft may sound like a concept from Thunderbirds, but they will be transporting millions of passengers around the world later this century, the leader of a Government-funded project to reduce environmental damage from aviation believes. The consolation of sitting a [...] "eliotcobb.com"

An artificial heart that beats almost exactly like the real thing is to be implanted in patients within three years in a trial that may offer hope to heart disease sufferers unable to receive a transplant. The device, which uses electronic sensors to regulate the heart rate and blood flow, was developed by Alain Carpentier, France’s [...] "eliotcobb.com"

Autumn’s market mayhem has left the world’s financial institutions nursing losses of $2.8tn, the Bank of England said today, as it called for fundamental reform of the global banking system to prevent a repeat of turmoil “arguably” unprecedented since the outbreak of the first world war.A worker walks past a screen displaying stock market movements [...] "eliotcobb.com"

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