Radio Transmitters that can withstand 900 degrees Celsius (1,652 F) could provide early warning on volcanoes

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Silicon Carbide Radio transmitters that can withstand temperatures of up to 900 degrees Celsius could soon be dropped into the depths of the earth to provide early warning of a volcanic eruption. Measuring subtle changes in the levels of key volcanic gases such as carbon dioxide …

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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 15 – Bellefonte Seems Likely to be Completed and the Power of China Nuclear Volume Production Plans

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. From the TimesFreePress via the Nuclear Townhall – The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to revive one of its unfinished nuclear reactors from the 1970s before pursuing the next generation of nuclear power. TVA directors will be asked today to spend $250 million in the next …

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Extremely Large Ground Based Telescope Projects GMT, 30 Meter Telescope and the Advanced LSST Project

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software An extremely large telescope (ELT) is a class of telescope with an aperture of more than 20 m diameter when discussing reflecting telescopes of optical wavelengths including UV, Visible, and Near infrared wavelengths. Among many planned capabilities, ELTs are planned to increase the chance of finding …

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Ohio State University Makes Prototype Plastic Spintronic Devices

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The hybrid magnetic tunnel junction fabricated to achieve electrical detection of spin polarization of the organic-based magnetic semiconductor Researchers at Ohio State University have demonstrated the first plastic (spintronic) computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons to read and write data. Epstein described the …

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Carnival of Space 165 – Habitable Zone and Kepler Exoplanets

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software The Carnival of Space 165 is up at Cumbrian Sky Weird Warp discusses the habitable or goldilocks zone of solar systems. This site provided an article about China’s considering the development of a heavy lift vehicle that would be in the range of a Russian Energia …

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Techonomy Plenary Session – Philosophy and Turning the World to a Techonomic Direction

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software What will cities of the future look like Unleash collaborative energies and capabilities of everyone Need new ideas for climate and global growth ? Enough water, resouces and energy Recycle waste Energy with less environmental impact Imagine a clean future Technology and Innovation in all things …

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Carbon nanotubes and Graphene for Stronger ETFE Domes and to Add Circuits and Electronics

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software This site has been writing recently about ETFE and its widespread use in new architecture and proposing its use for domes over cities and canopies over roads. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, ETFE, a kind of plastic, was designed to have high corrosion resistance and strength over a wide …

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Graphene Can Have Quantum Dots Whereever Hydrogens are Removed

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Rice researchers created these fanciful images of electron densities from their graphane-embedded quantum dot calculations. The isosurfaces depict electrons in the valance band that, in reality, would be confined within the quantum dot, and demonstrate that very little charge would leak from the hydrogen-defined boundaries of …

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China increasing Nuclear and Hydroelectric Energy Targets for 2020 and China Smart Grid construction Planned for 2011-2015

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software “China is adjusting its mid- and long-term nuclear plan and judging by current work preparations, nuclear capacity by a conservative standard will reach 70-80 GW by 2020,” Huang Li, deputy head of the National Energy Administration’s energy saving and equipment department Huang Li said the government is …

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Fiber Mesh Made for Countering Chemical and Biological Toxins

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News &nbsp  Computer Software Physorg – Scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine have synthesized a single, multifunctional polymer material that can decontaminate both biological and chemical toxins. They described the findings recently in Biomaterials They devised a polyurethane fiber mesh containing enzymes that lead to the production of bromine …

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Specially designed molecules could lead to all-optical data switches Could lead to 2 Terabit Per Second speed

New molecules produced at Georgia Tech could enable engineers to build all-optical data routers, ultimately leading to transmission speeds as high as two terabits–or 2,000 gigabits–per second. Today’s fastest commercial routers switch data at 40 gigabits per second. Keeping data all-optical would significantly speed up transmission of large amounts of data, such as detailed medical …

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