The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough The University of Texas at Austin, USA M. Stanley Whittingham Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA Akira Yoshino Asahi Kasei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan “for the development of lithium-ion batteries” They … [Read more...] about The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019
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European Union’s Horizon 2020 Program Funding Underwrites Second-Generation Zika Vaccine Candidate Development: Themis Bioscience and ZIKAVAX Consortium Announce Initiation of Phase 1 Zika Vaccine Trial
Themis Bioscience announced today the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of a second-generation Zika vaccine. The vaccine candidate is based on Themis’ proprietary measles vector platform, which includes exclusively licensed technology from Institut Pasteur. It was initially developed by Institut Pasteur as part of the ZIKAVAX consortium, coordinated by the European Vaccine … [Read more...] about European Union’s Horizon 2020 Program Funding Underwrites Second-Generation Zika Vaccine Candidate Development: Themis Bioscience and ZIKAVAX Consortium Announce Initiation of Phase 1 Zika Vaccine Trial
DataStax Announces Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector for Apache Kafka®
DataStax, the company behind the leading database built on Apache Cassandra™, today announced early access to the DataStax Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector for Apache Kafka®. The DataStax CDC Connector for Apache Kafka gives developers bidirectional data movement between DataStax, Cassandra, and Kafka clusters. CDC is designed to capture and forward insert, update, … [Read more...] about DataStax Announces Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector for Apache Kafka®
Net-Zero Carbon Dioxide Emissions By 2050 Requires A New Nuclear Power Plant Every Day – Forbes
"Democrats competing for the presidency in 2020, several, including Joe Biden, have committed to achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Candidate Andrew Yang bid 2049, and Cory Booker topped that by offering 2045. Bernie Sanders has offered a 71% reduction by 2030." "to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, the world would need to deploy 3 Turkey … [Read more...] about Net-Zero Carbon Dioxide Emissions By 2050 Requires A New Nuclear Power Plant Every Day – Forbes
AWS Announces AWS IQ
Today, Amazon Web Services Inc., an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of AWS IQ, a new service that helps customers quickly find, engage, and do business with AWS-Certified third party experts for on-demand project work. AWS IQ offers the tools and workspace for more secure collaboration, streamlined project tracking, and integrated billing. … [Read more...] about AWS Announces AWS IQ
Cloudflare Announces Support for HTTP/3 to Serve the Modern Internet by bringing the next-generation protocol to Internet users, at scale
Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced support for HTTP/3, the new standard of the web that will make the Internet faster, more secure, and more reliable, for everyone. Cloudflare has been collaborating with industry peers, including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, to bring HTTP/3 to the … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Announces Support for HTTP/3 to Serve the Modern Internet by bringing the next-generation protocol to Internet users, at scale
IEEE’s Empower A Billion Lives Competition Tackles Global Energy Poverty
Twenty-three teams from around the world are converging on Baltimore on September 28/29 to compete in the finals of IEEE Empower a Billion Lives (EBL), a global competition that is crowd-sourcing innovative solutions to one of the biggest challenges facing us today – extreme energy poverty for 3 billion people, including 1.1 billion who live off-grid, often with income levels … [Read more...] about IEEE’s Empower A Billion Lives Competition Tackles Global Energy Poverty
Cybernization of American Manufacturing: The Path Forward for Global Leadership
The following is an opinion-editorial provided by Howard Grimes, associate vice president for institutional initiatives at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Peter Koudal, senior research scientist of GE Research at General Electric Company. By investing in digital and smart manufacturing, the U.S. can lead the world in manufacturing productivity, energy efficiency … [Read more...] about Cybernization of American Manufacturing: The Path Forward for Global Leadership
Dropbox: the smart workspace
Today at its inaugural Work in Progress user conference, Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) revealed its vision for the smart workspace — a digital environment that brings all of a team’s content together with the tools they love, helping users cut through the clutter and surfacing what matters most. In a world where using technology at work can be fragmented and distracting, the smart … [Read more...] about Dropbox: the smart workspace
Breakthrough Lithium Extraction Technology
"EnergyX claim their patented LiTAS technology, underpinned by research published in leading academic journals Science and Nature, revolutionises this. The new method accelerates the lithium extraction process from years to days, and rather than a 30-50% extraction rate, the technology captures closer to 90% of the lithium in the mix.", This Breakthrough Lithium Extraction … [Read more...] about Breakthrough Lithium Extraction Technology