Is there Any Information about the Incriminating Activity and Purpose of Russian Spy Ring ?

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The evidence for this spying that I have read about seems weak. Anna Chapman they arrested when an agent trying to pass her some kind of fake passport in some kind of sting. Other than that she was a partier who partied with Venture capitalists, hedge …

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Progress to Room Temperature Diamond Quantum Computers

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A promising building block for room-temperature quantum computing is the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center consists of a substitutional nitrogen atom and an adjacent vacancy in diamond can feature near-unity quantum efficiency, a homogeneous line width, and long electronic spin decoherence time at room-temperature. …

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Gel Could Replace Fillings for Cavities and Replace Root Canal and Later Help Heal Bones and Tissue

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A new gel could soon eliminate painful fillings and root canals. * The technology doesn’t prevent cavities; it heals teeth by regenerating them. * Although this is good news for teeth, the research could also be applied to heal bones and other tissues in the body. …

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Any Athlete with a VO2 Max Over 90 ml/kg/min will Be Assumed to be Cheating

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software There are new proposals being made to define the maximum human ability of certain characteristics like VO2 max or a cyclists power output and anyone over those limits would be assumed to be a cheater (using performance enhancement) The highest VO2 max figures on record – …

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Jack Dongarra Interview by Sander Olson

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Jack Dongarra interview by Sander Olson. Dr. Dongarra is the Director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory at the Innovative Computing Laboratory and the Director of the Center for Information Technology Research, both at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Dongarra is an expert in high-performance computing, and …

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High Level Explanation of Measuring the Speed of Adiabatic Quantum Optimization Processors – Some Real World Benchmarking Shows 10,000 times faster

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Dr. Suzanne Gildert is the author of the wonderful Physics and Cake blog. She has a high level overview of the Investigating the Performance of an Adiabatic Quantum Optimization Processor paper (10 pages) up at the Dwave blog. How do you measure the speed of an …

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Diamond Methane Impact Nuclear Fusion

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Here is a research paper from 2008 that describes an alternative method to achieving nuclear fusion – Fast Ignition Impact Fusion with DT methane (H/T Talk polywell Impact fusion concept has some outstanding features such as “standing off” and high drive efficiency. Historically, as people expected …

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Lawrence Livermore Simulating Viable Nuclear Bomb Asteroid Deflections

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software There have been disagreements about the best way to deflect asteroids. There is option of a nuclear bomb or gentler non-nuclear methods. David Dearborn, a research physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, says that if an asteroid was expected to collide with Earth …

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China and Taiwan Signed a Trade Deal

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Taiwan is scheduled to sign signed its first trade treaty with China tomorrow, strengthening commercial ties with the fastest-growing major economy and the island’s biggest trading partner and investment destination. * China will cut tariffs on 539 items from Taiwan valued at $13.8 billion, or about …

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A Pacemaker for your brain

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Tel Aviv University has developed a brain-to-computer chip which could revolutionize neurological therapy. By stimulating certain areas of the brain, scientists can alleviate the effects of disorders such as depression or Parkinson’s disease. Controlling that stimulation currently lacks precision, over-stimulation is a serious concern — losing …

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Iron Superconductors Could Have Critical Fields of 200 Tesla or More and Grain Boundaries Limit Current in Superconductors

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. There are indications that iron based superconductors could achieve critical fields as high as 204 Tesla to as high as 900 Tesla. An Overview on Iron Based Superconductors is a 20 page pdf. The 204 Tesla is based on the WHH method of extrapolation and …

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