A team of Northwestern University scientists has learned how to top nature by building crystalline materials from nanoparticles and DNA, the same material that defines the genetic code for all living organisms. Using nanoparticles as “atoms” and DNA as “bonds,” the scientists have learned how to create crystals with the particles arranged in the same …
PESN – On October 6th of 2011, a very important test of Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) will take place in the city of Bologna, Italy. Attending the test will be invited scientists from around the world, including staff from the University of Bologna. This test may be the most important so far, due to …
Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a carbon-based material that could revolutionize the way solar power is harvested. The new solar cell material – a transparent conductor made of carbon nanotubes – provides an alternative to current technology, which is mechanically brittle and reliant on a relatively rare mineral. Advanced Energy Materials – Electronically Monodisperse …
A major new international study involving researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has revealed that aspirin, statins, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are prescribed far too infrequently. They are cheap, preventive medicines that could prevent a huge number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes. The study identifies aspirin, statins (cholesterol-lowering medication), …
The Quantum Chip: In the center, there is the microwave resonator and the dark diamond. Two completely different quantum systems were successfully joined at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna). This should pave the way to feasible quantum-computer microchips. Microwaves have now been coupled to the quantum states of a diamond. Physical Review Letters – …
When aluminum is alloyed with the right proportions of scandium and lithium through a simple series of heat treatments, nanoparticle inclusions form in the aluminum matrix (dark background) whose cores, made of aluminum, scandium, and lithium (dark circles), vary in diameter and whose shells, made of aluminum and lithium (bright rings), vary in thickness. But …
An Australian company Euclideon is claiming to be on the verge of a breakthrough in the way computer graphics are created which could increase the amount of detail in video games and other media by 100,000 times. Euclideon website Euclidion announced its Unlimited Detail technology in 2010 then disappeared without trace while the tech world …
In May, 2010, Venter and his team successfully inserted a fully customized strand of DNA into a living cell, creating what they call the “first synthetic genome.” Church says MAGE (Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering) can achieve similar results faster and cheaper. His lab’s device will go on sale later this year for about $90,000, and …
Moon Express, Inc. (MoonEx) is targeting mining the moon. Major Moon Markets * Mining for Space and Terrestrial Markets * Generating space-based solar power * space-based manufacturing, research and development * space tourism and entertainment Mining the moon * water. at least 1 billion tons in the poles * precious metals (platinum, other platinum grade …
The Carnival of Space 202 is up at Chandra blog The Chandra space telescope research team announced the discovery of baby black holes in the early universe This composite image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) combines the deepest X-ray, optical and infrared views of the sky. Using these images, astronomers …
BM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it will provide the microprocessors that will serve as the heart of the new Wii U™ system from Nintendo. Unveiled today at the E3 trade show, Nintendo plans for its new console to hit store shelves in 2012. The all-new, Power-based microprocessor will pack some of IBM’s most advanced …