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Viruses Boost Performance of Lithium-Air Battery Used In Electric Cars 66

rtoz writes "MIT researchers have found that adding genetically modified viruses to the production of nanowires will boost the performance of lithium-air battery used in electric cars. The key to their work was to increase the surface area of the wire, thus increasing the area where electrochemical activity takes place during charging or discharging of the battery (abstract). The increase in surface area produced by their method can provide a big advantage in lithium-air batteries' rate of charging and discharging. Unlike conventional fabrication methods, which involve energy-intensive high temperatures and hazardous chemicals, this process can be carried out at room temperature using a water-based process."

Comment Re:This has to be put in context (Score 1) 170

Don't lie, please. It gets tired.

You had said "shady law", now you talk about its merits. Now you recognize an "irregular adoption", but you had previously said "no evidence"... Let's stop this conversation... It's useless... ok? =/

The only reason you got modded up it's because you sounded interesting. Don't take advantage of people now knowing about Argentina to get karma.. =)

Comment Re:This has to be put in context (Score 1) 170

Just writing to point out the parent comment has loads of false information.

Some examples:

The new media law (which he chooses to describe as "shady") only puts anti-trust measures we didn't have here in Argentina. It has been praised by UN free speech "UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression" Frank La Rue and by the NGO "Reporters Without Borders".

The bit about Ernestina Herrera's sons are also false. That's an old issue form before the government, and it has already been proved that the adoption was irregular. The media conglomerate owned by her has been blocking and stopping justics for more than 10 years. What the parent comment refers to is that the real parents have not been found yet (the "desaparecidos" (missing) bank is very incomplete, this is an ingoing thing). In any case, this is handled by courts, not by the government,

It's not honest to start a comment pretending to be "over the dispute", and then dump such biased bits of information...

Comment Facebook's demands (Score 4, Informative) 130

The TOS "advertising providers" have to comply with are very very strict. I doubt Google will agree to things like these:

[...] upon request, the Advertising Provider agrees to provide Facebook the names of and contact information for any employees and/or contractors and to specify those employees and/or contractors involved in designing, targeting, serving advertising related products/services, or otherwise providing any services covered by this Agreement.

And Facebook would be able to "audit" Google for anything covered in the agreement:

Facebook reserves the right to audit the Advertising Provider for compliance with these terms.

And if anything goes wrong, Facebook already had decided the verdict of the trial:

The Advertising Provider agrees that any violation of these terms may result in an immediate ban from the Facebook Platform and all Facebook websites, products and services. The Advertising Provider acknowledges and agrees that a breach or threatened breach by the Advertising Provider of these terms would cause irreparable injury, that money damages would be an inadequate remedy,

Comment IPv6 (with 6to4) is perfect for home routers (Score 1) 380

The strange thing about this is that IPv6 and home routers are a perfect match. With IPv6 and automatic (or very easy) 6to4 configuration, home routers can provide access to inside machines (modulo firewall rules, of course) without using NAT. This means out-of-the-box support for your favorite P2P application. That could be a killer app for IPv6 (if you get IPv6 working you can download your torrent for many more places!). (Of course, there must be more 6to4 gateways as well for this to work properly)

Comment Re:Some thoughts from Argentina (Score 1) 152

It really shows you don't know much about the new Argentine media law. Before the law, licenses were assigned by a government official, directly appointed by the president. Now, there is a commission, with some control by the opposition, and a formal public competition.

You can read more about the media law in this site: (Spanish) http://www.leydemedios.com.ar/

(Of course, this Fibertel is not related with the media law)

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