After “Top Kill” fails, what’s next
The new containment plan, scheduled to begin next week, is called the “Lower Marine Riser Package Cap (LMRP Cap).” It is a complex operation that will be carried out by remotely operated robots on the ocean floor, BP officials said — nearly one mile (1.6 kilometers) below the spot where the drilling rig exploded.
The robots, wielding cutting tools, will sever the bent riser pipe and replace it with the LMRP cap, BP officials say. The cap will then be connected to a riser leading to the drill ship Enterprise, nearly above the robots. Suttle said that even if LMRP works, it will only contain a majority of the oil and not all of it.
Cleveland Clinic research offers hope for development of a breast cancer vaccine
Dr. Vincent Tuohy’s research coud potentially lead to a vaccine to target and prevent cancer formation in women over 40 as well as high risk women. If findings from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute continue to hold promise, women could one day get a routine immunization against breast cancer.
The reality of that happening is at least 10 years down the line. But the first steps toward that goal are encouraging.
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Eee Pad: AsusTek unveils Windows 7 tablet computer
Taiwan’s AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled Monday a portable tablet computer that runs on Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, joining a slew of manufacturers trying to tap demand for the sleek devices following Apple’s launch of the iPad.
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