Self Assembly across Scales as a path to Molecular Manufacturing and Self Assembled Peptoid nanosheets as a platform for Nanotechnologies

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. chris Phoenix at the Center for Responsible Nanotechnlogy reviews a talk by Erik Winfree of CalTech on advancing self assembly towards molecular manufacturing. The Winfree walk was at the foundations of Nanoscience conference. The detailed schedule for the talks are here. * While trying to …

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Electric control of quantum spin and a Rydberg Quantum Simulator

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Nature Physics – Controlling the state of quantum spins with electric currents A current of spin-polarized electrons senses and controls the magnetic state of nanostructured materials1. Obtaining similar electrical access to quantum spin systems, such as single-molecule magnets, is still in its infancy. Recent progress has …

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Dimmer Switch Built for Superconducting Quantum Computing and US Army Research Solicits Quantum Computer Technology

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Colorized micrograph of superconducting circuit used in NIST quantum computing research. The chip combines a quantum bit (pink) for storing quantum information, a quantum bus (green) for transporting information, and a switch (purple) that “tunes” interactions between the other two components.Credit: M.S. Allman/NIST 1. Scientists at …

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Nanodots Breakthrough May Lead To ‘A Library On One Chip’

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data – enough to hold an entire library’s worth of information on a single chip. The new chip stems from a breakthrough in the use of nanodots, …

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Injected Wnt Proteins Accelerate Bone Healing by 3.5 Times and other Regeneration and Stem Cell News

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Compared to untreated bones, a broken bone heals 3.5 times faster after treatment with liposomal Wnt3a. In this image, yellow indicates bone, green/blue indicates new bone matrix. This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 28, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine. The …

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Hyperion Power Generation In Inc Magazine and Beryllium Oxide Fuel

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. There is a lengthy article in Inc Magazine feature John Grizz, CEO of Hyperion Power Generation The first model is a uranium nitride reactor that will sell for $45-70 million “all in” and provide 25 MW of electrical power. The company was told teh NRC …

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Analysis of Displaced Comets and Sedna Suggest Jupiter Class Object in the Oort Comet Cloud

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Persistent Evidence of a Jovian Mass Solar Companion in the Oort Cloud, 41 pages) (H/T Centauri Dreams) We present an updated dynamical and statistical analysis of outer Oort cloud cometary evidence suggesting the sun has a wide-binary Jovian mass companion. The results support a conjecture that …

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Carnival of Space 151 – Future Energy Debate Discussion Continued and Signatures of Advanced Civilizations

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The Carnival of Space 151 is up at Weird Science Nextbigfuture provided : 1. Vastly improved direct imaging of exoplanets via Vector Vortex Coronograph. 2. Part 1 of an overview of space launch concepts 3. A continuation of the energy discussion/debate with Weird Science which was …

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Breakthrough Computer Models will Enable Improved Laser Wakefield accelerators

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Laser-driven particle accelerators can accelerate electrons to energies in excess of 1 GeV over a distance of just a few centimetres. An innovative technique that drastically reduces the computational demands of simulating laser–plasma interactions should help increase this to tens of gigaelectronvolts. Nature Physics – Exploring …

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European Extremely Large Telescope and Other Large Telescopes

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) project is the largest funded optical telescope in the World. With a diameter of 42 m and being fully adaptive from the start, the E-ELT will be more than one hundred times more sensitive than the present-day largest optical telescopes. …

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Dyson Bubbles, Statites, Molecular Nanotechnology and Submerged Dyson Spheres

Another type of Dyson Sphere is the “Dyson bubble”. It would be similar to a Dyson swarm, composed of many independent constructs. Previously, nextbigfuture had written about Dyson Swarms and dyson Spheres Unlike the Dyson swarm, the constructs making it up are not in orbit around the star, but would be statites—satellites suspended by use …

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