Full Blown Nanofactory Molecular Manufacturing, Security, National Sovereignty and Law Enforcement in the Future

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Michael Anissimov has an article which mentions the inevitability of global governance in a future with full blown molecular manufacturing nanofactories. This case has been made by some others that the revolutionary manufacturing capabilities of unrestricted nanofactories would require extreme security measures. If someone could do whatever they want with a atomically precise nanofactory, they …

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Progress to Cancer Vaccines for Breast and Stomach Cancer

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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers presented data from two late-stage trials demonstrating that injections that stimulate the immune system to attack tumors benefitted patients with lymphoma and advanced melanoma, two deadly cancers with limited treatment options. “These results should open the door for more work with vaccines, for both blood cancers and …

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Photonics of spin: Femtosecond lasers for Reading/Writing Hard Drives 100,000 Times Faster

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Femtosecond lasers have been demonstrated for use in reading/writing hard drives 100,000 times faster. 50-femtosecond read and write times for spintronics could be possible. Abstract Nature Physics: Coherent ultrafast magnetism induced by femtosecond laser pulses The quest for ultrafast magnetic processes has triggered a new field of research—femtomagnetism: using femtosecond laser pulses to demagnetize ferromagnetic …

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Soon an infinite supply of healthy stem cells from your own cells

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Proof of principle research shows that the marriage of gene therapy and stem-cell technologies have the potential to allow doctors to correct any genetic diseases that cripple a particular type of cell. So far, Belmonte’s approach is applicable only to diseases in which the genetic defect that underlies the disease has been identified. “But there …

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Another Graphene Sheet Production Method and Ion Beam Etching of Graphene

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1. Graphene Sheets from worm-like graphite Tsinghua University researchers have made high quality graphene sheets have been prepared by a facile liquid phase exfoliation of worm-like graphite (WEG). This approach combining with the advances in large scale industry manufacturing of WEG could potentially lead to the development of new and more effective graphene products. Supplemental …

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RNA and DNA Engineered to Count While in Living Cells

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Researchers are focusing on designing small biological circuit components to accomplish specific tasks. Journal Science abstract. Supplemental material. To demonstrate their concept, the team built circuits that count up to three cellular events, but in theory, the counters could go much higher. The first counter, dubbed the RTC (Riboregulated Transcriptional Cascade) Counter, consists of a …

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New Projectors Will Enable Large Displays and More Usefulness from Small Computers and Smartphones

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Light Blue Optics : Holographic Displays Light Blue Optics (LBO) holographic laser projection technology creates very bright, high-resolution images that remain in focus at all distances from the pico projector. This novel display technology will enable a new generation of highly efficient, low-cost miniature projection systems with applications across a range of high-volume markets. Light …

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Superconductor Improvements: Critical Current and Critical Temperature

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1. Superconductor Meissner Transition found at 242 K Superconductors.org reports efforts to increase the Tc of the 233K superconductive material, announced in March 2009, have been successful. Producing a new world record near 242K (-24F, -31C), the host compound has the formula (Tl4Ba)Ba4Ca2Cu10Oy and is believed to have a 9212/2212C intergrowth structure. The chemical formula …

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Carnival of Space 104: 2nd Anniversary

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Carnival of Space 104 is up at Mangs Bat page Cosmic log looks at the past and future of new space like Spacex Flysinger looks at Herschel space telescope and the Planck observatory The Herschel spacecraft that was launched by ESA earlier this week is super-cool. Literally. This advanced telescope for far-infrared and millimeter-wave observations …

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