UPDATE: MIT Technology Review has coverage and the above pictures of the glow in the dark monkeys. The Nature journal abstract is here Eight pages of supplemental information is here Japanese scientists have created the world’s first transgenic primates, breeding monkeys with a gene that made the animals’ skin glow a fluorescent green. This can …
The 2009 Energy Information Administration Projections to 2030 have been released. The highest energy growth case has China at 274 billion kilowatt hours for 2020 and 426 billion kilowatt hours for 2030. China is increasing its nuclear build targets to 75 gigawatts for 2020 and 104 nuclear reactors for 2030. The 2030 reactors would mostly …
1. Unity Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley start‐up that will serve the semiconductor data storage memory market as a designer, developer and manufacturer of non‐volatile memory (NVM) ICs, has announced a breakthrough technology called CMOx, which is based on the use of conductive metal oxides in the semiconductor process that allows for ionic motion. Unity said …
Bayer has begun construction of a carbon nanotube factory with a capacity of 200 tons/year. They are investing 22 million euro in the plant. They have had a plant with 60 ton/year capacity since 2007. A mid-2008 nextbigfuture look at carbon nanotube production. Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., [they make large sheets of carbon nanotubes] a developer …
Nanofountain pen can use functionalized nanodiamonds for many applications. The placement of nanodiamonds is one thousand times more precise than previous methods. Nanodiamonds are rapidly emerging as promising carriers for next-generation therapeutics and drug delivery. However, developing future nanoscale devices and arrays that harness these nanoparticles will require unrealized spatial control. Furthermore, single-cell in vitro …
*TFLOPS is the actual teraflops from the software cores, not the peak values from CPU/GPU/PS3 specs. Please see our main FAQ, FLOPS FAQ, PS3 FAQ, NVIDIA GPU FAQ, or ATI GPU FAQ for more details on specific platforms. Active means those that have returned within 10-50 days depending upon the type of processor. Folding@home the …
High nutrients activate HIF-1 through the TOR-S6K pathway, which leads to increased ER stress and shortened lifespan. Other regulators such as PHA-4, SKN-1, AAK-2, DAF-16 and HSF-1 may function in parallel to HIF-1 to modulate DR-induced longevity phenotypes. A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in …
By have a rotating hoop for a space elevator then objects sliding along Rotating Space Elevator(RSE) strings do not require internal engines or propulsion to be transported from the Earth’s surface into outer space. (H/T Tom Craver) A previous article had noted that the strength of the space elevator tether and the power of the …
A–Plasma Wiffleball 8 Testing Funded The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake intends to procure on sole-sourced basis, a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract for research, analysis, development, and testing to validate the basic physics of the plasma fusion (polywell) concept as well as requirements to provide the Navy with data for potential …
Chandra blog has the Carnival of Space Week 103. This site submitted a look at computer and television technology in the first 43 years since Star Trek started and looking forward 43 years. Phil Plait, the bad astonomer, looks at ten things you did not know about Hubble. Centauri Dreams has Athena Andreadis’ look at …
Purdue University researchers have a simpler method for optical invisibility using a “tapered optical waveguide” design instead of metamaterials. The research team used their specially tapered waveguide to cloak an area 100 times larger than the wavelengths of light shined by a laser into the device, an unprecedented achievement. Previous experiments with metamaterials have been …