An circuit that uses excitons for computing flashes light as the particles decay to release photons. Credit: Leonid Butov/UCSD Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated. Switching times on …
click on the image for a larger version of the picture Physicists at UC Riverside have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. The thickness of MgO (Magnesium Oxide) can control the flow of electrons with different spin. When the MgO …
A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades. Led by Physics Assoc. Prof. Andrea Damascelli, the team deposited potassium atoms onto the surface of a piece of superconducting copper oxide. …
This is a follow up on the Arata cold fusion experiment which was showing excess heat Physics world has a review of the Arata cold fusion research This information is a review of the Arata cold fusion work at the LENR-CANR site. [Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, also known as Cold Fusion. (CANR, Chemically Assisted Nuclear …
The increased production fields have rectangles around the name. Information from the EIA Saudi Arabia Country report Click on the picture for a larger version. Saudi Arabia will increase production capacity to 12.5 million barrels a day of oil by the end of next year [2009] and could add a further 2.5 million barrels a …
China’s GDP in 2007 was 24.66 trillion yuan ($3.38 trillion) and per capita GDP was $2,556, official figures suggest. UPDATE of this May article:China’s currency is now 6.88 yuan to 1 USD. China’s GDP is now $3.78 trillion. Hong Kong’s GDP is $409 billion in 2008 Including Hong Kong and Macau China has $4.2 trillion …
Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it. A link to a NASA video of the ice find Many images at the Phoenix NASA blog Brian …
The 59th carnival of space is up at Green Gabbro on the Science blogs Centauri Dreams talks about the improved technology for the burst of new exoplanet discoveries. Nasa is blogging about the GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) mission. 25 reasons to go the moon are discussed Check out the Carnival for much more. …
Some people have criticized the technological Singularity and Transhumanism because of the upside being things that they do not believe can be achieved.Also, the primary technologies that are often described as enabling the Singularity and Transhumanism are Molecular Nanotechnology and greater than human intelligence general AI. There has been virtually no effort or money spent …
The UK’s NFAB has a new sub-miniature scanning electron microscope which is a completely new concept in electron microscopy. The microscope is 5 μm long and has atomic resolution (2 Å) at 500 eV energy and 10 nA of current. The low energy means it can identify single atoms on a surface as well as …
Top view of the apparatus [Blacklight power is using] for scattering an electron beam from a crossed atomic or molecular beam and measuring the fifth-force deflected beam. NOTE: this is not the generator but a device for testing some of the science behind it. Dec 11, 2008 UPDATE: Blacklight Power has signed its first commercial …