Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Chitosan may repair damaged nerve membranes and restore the spinal cord’s ability to transmit signals to the brain. Richard Borgens and his team comprising of physiologist Riyi Shi and chemist Youngnam Cho from the Center for Paralysis Research at the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software ACS Nano – Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposites at Low Graphene Content The mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites with graphene platelets, single-walled carbon nanotubes, and multi-walled carbon nanotube additives were compared at a nanofiller weight fraction of 0.1 ± 0.002%. * graphene platelets significantly out-perform carbon …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Stephen Hawking has repeated his long-held belief that intelligent aliens are likely to exist, and that a visit by them to present-day humanity would probably have unfortunate consequences for us. * To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational… If aliens …
image by steve Bowers, this power collection swarm consists of thousands of elements in inclined orbits, each with a slightly different ascending node and pericenter. This arrangement ensures the elements never come close to each other. The various orbits form a toroid shape, surrounding the star. Here is a copy of the Dyson sphere discussion …
Kingdom Holding Company plans to build the Mile High Tower (Burj Al Meel) in Jeddah. The Mile High Tower could reach a height of 1,600 meters (one mile), the total built up area is 170,000 sq.m. The tower is part of the Kingdom City, a community development including residential units, commercial space, office area, education …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A new computer-based technique is exploring uncharted territory in the fruit fly brain with cell-by-cell detail that can be built into networks for a detailed look at how neurons work together. The research may ultimately lead to a complete master plan of the entire fly brain. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have shown that ranking algorithms (like Google’s ranking algorithm for internet search) could find an important application in a somewhat surprising field: drug development. Drug companies have been using artificial-intelligence algorithms to help select drug candidates since the …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Bloomberg Business Week – aside from increasing domestic consumption, there are two further megatrends developing in China over the next five years that senior executives need to keep in mind. 1. Increasing domestic consumption 2. Instead of moving to find work in manufacturing centers in southern …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Eric Lerner is the driving personality behind Lawrenceville Plasma Physics who are trying to achieve commercial nuclear fusion using dense plasma focus fusion. Here are 19 pages of slides from a 2005 presentation which list the calculated energies needed for commercial net energy. * DPF extremely …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. By etching electrodes made of monolithic carbon film into a conducting substrate of titanium carbide, Chmiola and Gogotsi of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab were able to create micro-supercapacitors featuring an energy storage density that was at least double that of the best supercapacitors now available. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Weird Science posted a response in our back in forth on future energy. Bruce at Weird Science has some fundamental inconsistencies in how he views the future which are problematic. Contradictions and Inconsistencies and Unjustified Criteria Weird Science talks about accepting fossil fuels for 70 years …