The illustration shows the layerstructure of the coupled quantum well(CQW)device used in the paper. Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called “excitons” that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely fast computer based on excitons closer to reality. Excitonic switches operating …
1. Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts. It generates fewer false positives and can use 20 times less reagant. Preliminary studies have shown that the new mass spectrometry tool—known as MALDI-QqQMS …
The goal of Programmable Matter Program is to demonstrate a new functional form of matter, based on mesoscale particles, which can reversibly assemble into complex 3D objects upon external command. These 3D objects will exhibit all the functionality of their conventional counterparts. Programmable Matter represents the convergence of chemistry, information theory, and control into a …
*TFLOPS is the actual teraflops from the software cores, not the peak values from CPU/GPU/PS3 specs. Please see our main FAQ, FLOPS FAQ, PS3 FAQ, NVIDIA GPU FAQ, or ATI GPU FAQ for more details on specific platforms. Active means those that have returned within 10-50 days depending upon the type of processor. Folding@home the …
The combination of printable supercapacitors, batteries and electronics with lithography rivaling speed could open up many new applications using very capable cheap thin films. Prices for many applications could also be driven down if these systems can produce high quality at high volumes. The high speed electronics is at room temperature New form factors that …
There is progress working in the lab and in theory how to create reconfigurable spacecraft. The dynamics and control problems have been worked on in theory, math and simulation and the joints have been mocked and tested on an air table. Success would transform space operations and systems and enable large particle based solar sails, …
The figures show microcomputed tomographic images of regenerated periodontium (tooth supporting structures) following delivery of PDGF genes. Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a method of gene delivery that appears safe for regenerating tooth-supporting gum tissue—a discovery that assuages one of the biggest safety concerns surrounding gene therapy research and tissue engineering. Gene …
University of Cincinnati researchers have taken 25-micron carbon nanotube thread and created a dipole antenna using double-sided transparent tape and silver paste. They were immediately successful in transmitting radio signals. “It transmitted almost as well as the copper did, but at about one ten-thousandth of the weight,” says. They transmitted both AM and FM in …
Airbus has worked nanostitching into their plans already. MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost. The advanced materials currently used for many aerospace applications are …
* item 10 – An array of parallel Casimir Channels with conducting strips* item 22 – A pump for providing gas through the tunnels* item 24 – something to capture the emitted energy – a heat sink* item 26 – something to convert heat to electricity a thermal solar cell Jovion Corp is trying to …
The Space elevator blog discusses the needed tether strength based on work by Ben Shelef, CEO of the Spaceward Foundation: A tether which has a tensile strength of 30 GPa-cc/g would be strong enough to create a useful Space Elevator provided the Climber power system can generate at least 1.5 kWatt/kg. If the tensile strength …