The Carnival of Space is up at Alice Astro Info. This site looked at using magnetic flux to hold together giant (200 meter and bigger) space telescopes. Centauri Dreams takes the long view of civilization and interstellar travel. Ideafestival talks about J. Richard Gott’s predictions based on the Copernican Principle, which is that there is …
1. Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion, UCLA engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any device currently in use. The new imaging technique, developed by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, enables the detection of …
Ouroboros has extensive coverage of The Molecular Genetics of Aging conference. The conference had ten sessions:Session I: Genetics of simple organisms Presenters covered research into worms, yeast, flies and more. Session IIa: Genome stability, damage & repair -Christian Beauséjour argued that mice do not clear DNA-damaged cells-Philipp Oberdoerffer (from David Sinclair’s lab) asked: What drives …
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI) today announced a new genomic analysis platform, the SOLiD™ 3 System, that is expected to enable scientists to sequence a human genome for approximately $10,000. Earlier this year, Applied Biosystems used the SOLiD 3 System’s underlying oligonucleotide ligation and detection technology to sequence a human genome for less than $60,000 [in 4 …
Thermoelectrics could capture currently wasted heat to boost overall vehicle efficiency from 38% to 57%. A 50% efficient free-piston engine could be boosted to 65% overall efficiency A regular 30% gas engine would be boosted to 51% overall efficiency. Scientists at RTI are teaming up with several leading universities and a major aerospace company to …
Vertical farming/urban farming is a plan to grow produce in vertical, multi-story structures within urban areas to reduce the dependence on food grown and transported long distances. Vertical farming will be using new versions of hydroponics and aquaponics. It will use about 100 times less water and provide over 5 times greater energy efficiency. The …