Philip Moriarty University of Nottingham physicist Philip Moriarty is one of the few scientists who has been able to do extensive research into molecular mechanosynthesis. In 2004 Moriarty engaged in a debate with Chris Phoenix over the feasibility of molecular manufacturing. In 2008 Moriarty received a grant from the British Government to examine the viability …
Two studies bring together the following correlations: Public health (disease reduction during childhood and teenage development and nutrition) determines about 70% of average IQ and average IQ (and the IQ of the top 5%) determines a lot of per capita GDP. A study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the …
Arxiv – Active split-ring metamaterial slabs for magnetic resonance imaging. (6 pages) Researchers have created a switchable metamaterial that becomes invisible when not needed. It has been built and tested and it improves the signal to noise ratio of the resulting images by 15%. The MRI improvement will be improved further by optimising the design. …
Researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Administration that was investigating how stress affects gastrointestinal function may have found a chemical compound that induces hair growth by blocking a stress-related hormone associated with hair loss — entirely by accident. The astressin-B peptide was responsible for the remarkable hair growth in the bald mice. Just one shot …
Brad Rutter had $11200 on day two for a two day total of $21,600. Ken Jennings added $19,200 to yesterday’s total, resulting in $24,000. Watson had $41,413 on day two for a two day total of $77,147 Round 1 of Day 3 The categories were: EU, The European Union; Actors Who Direct; Dialing for Dialects; …
A piece of pink paper vanishes under a new invisibility cloak developed by MIT researchers. Science news has a picture of a calcite cloak covering a pink piece of paper. In principle, Barbastathis says, the same method could be used in real-life situations to conceal an object from view — and the only limitation on …
University of Maryland researchers have made a breakthrough in the use of visible light for making tiny integrated circuits. Though their advance is probably at least a decade from commercial use, they say it could one day make it possible for companies like Intel to continue their decades long tread of making ever smaller, faster, …
The three major economic mega-urban zones are the pearl river delta in the south (merging into one 42 million person city) and Yangtze River delta around Shanghai and the Bohai economic rim The area around Beijing and Tianjin, two of China’s most important cities, is being ringed with a network of high-speed railways that will …
New Electronics (UK) looks at technologies that may succeed flash memory. Every memory technology other than dram or flash has looked promising right up to the point where it has hit the market – and then been outrun by devices with a much longer heritage that may not be as convenient to use, but which …
A spray solution of a patient’s own stem cells is healing their severe burns. So far, early experiments under a University of Utah pilot project are showing some remarkable results. What was once a serious burn on Kaye Adkins foot is healing nicely now because of a topical spray. With diabetes as a complication, the …
Emerging Applications of Carbon Nanotubes On the basis of their unique electrical and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted great attention in recent years. A diverse array of methods has been developed to modify CNTs and to assemble them into devices. On the basis of these innovations, many applications that include the use of …