Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, has resolved all of the major obstacles that had been preventing carbon nanotubes from being used in mass production in semiconductor fabs. Nantero is developing NRAM™ –a high-density nonvolatile random access memory device. NRAM™ is a ‘universal memory’ that is …
Design of the telescoping carbon nanotube in three positions: (a) equilibrium, (b) inner nanotube in contact with right electrode, and (c) inner nanotube in contact with left electrode. An applied electrostatic force pulls the inner nanotube to the desired position. Credit: Jeong Won Kang, et al. When one hollow nanotube is inserted into a second …
Manmade proteins could help scientists design drugs that look and act like real proteins but won’t be degraded by enzymes or targeted by the immune system, as natural proteins are. Structure of the Zwit-1F beta-peptide bundle as determined by x-ray crystallography. The bundle contains eight copies of the beta-peptide Zwit-1F with parallel and antiparallel helices …
India needs 400GW of power in 2030 thanks to the Thorium energy forum and Kirk Sorensen for pointing it out Kalam said that hydroelectric capacity can be increased to 80,000 MW, solar energy to 55,000 MW, wind energy 64,000 MW and nuclear power plants have a target of 50,000 MW capacity. The remaining gap of …
Some ideas and work from a research group in Sweden.Swede Grad student Björn Högberg presents info at his website. The group is Planning to attach a viral motor into a DNA origami setup.Experimentally added proteins at precise points in a DNA origami setup.Trying to add metals into DNA framework.Trying to make building blocks from DNA. …
Businessweek indicates that nuclear players are gearing up to build more than 20 reactors in the USA Overseas, 27 plants are under way, 62 are on order or planned, and an additional 130 have been proposed. This site has a breakdown of the reactors by country Canada* 18 now, 2 under construction 1.54 GW, 2 …
Speaking at the State of the Valley economic conference held in San Jose Al Gore urged Silicon Valley to take the lead in solving the problem of Global warming Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science …
New material stiffer than diamond created A material that is stiffer than diamond has been created by mixing particles of the mineral barium titanate and molten tin. They mixed molten tin, heated to about 300ºC, with pieces of a ceramic material called barium titanium – often used as an insulator in electronic components. The particles …
IEEE Spectrum compares different energy sources Thanks to Kirk Sorenson at Thorium Energy discussion for pointing this out. The world uses 1 cubic mile of oil per year now. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science …
Led by Professor David Leigh the team from Edinburgh have designed and built a molecule, known as a rotaxane, that can move and sort particles. It took three years of painstaking work to find a molecular form that could do this job. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger …
The Berkeley team improved their silver-film superlens by adding 35-nanometre-wide corrugations to its surface. These diffract light waves from an object’s near-field, turning them into normal light waves. The superlens was able to distinguish two wires positioned just 70 nm apart – a resolution nearly three times better than that of conventional optics. Conventional lenses …