For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a means of controlling cell functions with a physical, rather than chemical, signal. Immune cells coated with nanoparticles take up calcium in the presence of a magnetic field. Each nanoparticle measures approximately 30 nanometers in diameter. In this image, yellow cells are taking up calcium in response to …
The CSIRO in australia [national science agency] has developed the UltraBattery, which combines a supercapacitor and a lead acid battery in a single unit, creating a hybrid car battery that lasts longer, costs less and is more powerful than current technologies used in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). The UltraBattery has a life cycle that is …
A report that I had missed before. The Yomiuri newspaper reported (May, 2007) that China plans to boost its nuclear power generation capacity to between 15 and 20 times its current level by the end of 2030. Yomiuri Shimbun. The National Development and Reform Commission, which administers China’s energy policy, plans to increase nuclear power …
Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. Previously the Virtual Retina display (VRD) was invented at the University of Washington in the Human Interface Technology Lab in 1991. Advances in …
Physorg reports thatBritish company Hoverit, Ltd., has recently introduced “The Lounger,” a chair that defies gravity by hovering a few inches above its base. The Lounger uses permanent magnets in the chair and base to life the chair in the air. It does not move around. It just hovers. The base of the chair floats …
There have been several advances could make it a lot cheaper to deploy optical fiber to the home and to enable faster communication between networked computers. 1. A new method developed by the Bath photonics group cuts the production time of hollow-core optical fibres from around a week to a single day, reducing the overall …
Colony worlds is hosting Carnival of space #37 My contribution was my article on Boeing proposed space gas stations, which could reduce costs and increase payloads going beyond low earth orbit Darnell Clayton of Colonyworlds discusses using Mercury as a prison planet BadAstronomy discusses the start of a new 11 year sunspot cycle Centauri Dreams …
AFS Trinity has what it calls Extreme Hybrid (XH) technology which employs a proprietary dual energy storage system that combines Lithium-Ion batteries and ultra capacitors with control electronics. They showed their 150 mpg hybrid at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. 150 mpg plug in hybrid SUV from AFS …
A group at the California Institute of Technology, led by biomolecular engineer Niles Pierce, has created a DNA-based fabricator. This is a huge development in being able to program the reactions in biochemistry. This is a system that allows the team to specify a piece of DNA with a desired shape and function, and then …
The yuan has appreciated 3.12 percent since late October, 2007 far exceeding a 2.1 percent jump on July 21, 2005, in what Shanghai dealers dubbed as a “mini-revaluation”. Several traders now predict the yuan will climb above 7.20 to the dollar before the end of next week. Just a day earlier, they had forecast the …
Advancednano.blogspot.com has its own domain and become staging-nextbigfuture.kinsta.cloud. All of the old links should repoint to the corresponding one in the new site. Let me know if there are any problems in comments to this post. UPDATE: If you have been kind enough to have advancednano in your blogroll, kindly repoint to the new domain …