The same piezoelectric effect that ignites your gas grill with the push of a button could one day power sensors in your body via the respiration in your nose. Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Xudong Wang, postdoctoral Researcher Chengliang Sun and graduate student Jian Shi report creating a plastic microbelt that vibrates when passed …
Rice University physicists have created a tiny “electron superhighway” that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital transistors found in today’s microchips. They describe a new method for making a tiny device called a “quantum spin Hall …
Greencarcongress – Mazda Motor Corporation, in collaboration with Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd., has become the first automaker to successfully develop vehicle components using 1,800 MPa ultra-high tensile steel. The super-strength steel will debut in the new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV that will commence its global launch in early 2012. Mazda’s …
On Dec. 12, 2006, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency held a meeting in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, to review several controversial areas of research. Low-energy nuclear reactions were among those topics The 57 page report is here Summary Low-energy nuclear reactions are showing some remarkable progress with respect to energy (excess heat) production and transmuted element …
A Formula One tycoon has teamed up with the Dutch airline, KLM, in a project which is set to rival Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. Space Expedition Curaçao is selling tickets at $95,000 each. this is half the Virgin Galacitc price and so far 35 people have signed up for missions which would leave from …
The fittest sled dogs are actually able to repair themselves as the Iditarod race goes on. “You take dogs out and you run them 100 miles per day today and tomorrow and the next day, and they come back, sleep, eat, do it again without having any outward sign of it mattering,” Veternarian Mike Davis …
Multi-computer chips from GreenArrays offer a combination of great computing power, small size, low energy consumption, and high value. GreenArrays, the makers of the GA144 chip, has an OEM partnership with Schmart Board that will allow hobbyists and experimenters to use a chip with 144 cores running about 90 billion instructions per second at a …
A University of Arkansas researcher has patented a process that reduces the time it takes to perform DNA analysis from hours to minutes. This development could contribute to many areas of health care and law enforcement, including diagnosing and treating disease, developing and testing new vaccines and forensic identification. The ultimate goal of his research …
1. Wall Street Journal – Iraq’s crude oil output Monday hit 2.9 million barrels a day, the highest level achieved since the U.S.-led war against Iraq in 2003, the country’s oil minister said in a statement. Abdul Kareem Luaiby said he expects output to reach some 3 million barrels a day by the end of …
1. Greece will miss a deficit target set just months ago in a massive bailout package, according to government draft budget figures released on Sunday, showing that drastic steps taken to avert bankruptcy may not be enough. The 2012 draft budget approved by cabinet on Sunday predicts a deficit of 8.5 percent of gross domestic …
University at Buffalo scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles to remotely control ion channels, neurons in cell culture and even the movement of a tiny worm. Scientists at the University at Buffalo have received $1.3 million from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to test how tiny, magnetic particles can be used to remotely control …