Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software 2010 LWR [Light water Reactor] Fuel Performance meeting will be held Sept 26-29, 2010. The link is to the list over one hundred abstracts. What I found noteworthy: Thermal-Hydraulic and Thermo-Mechanical Assessment of Dual-Cooled Annular Fuel for PWR Application This paper discusses the work in South …
University of Florida scientists have developed a new nanoparticle that could improve cancer detection and drug delivery. The particle, called a “micelle” and made up of a cluster of molecules called aptamers, easily recognizes tumors and binds strongly to them. It also has properties that allow it to easily get inside cells for intracellular studies …
Six of the 37 first round ARPA E projects were for energy Storage * Electroville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood * Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications * Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors * Sustainable, High-Energy Density, Low-Cost Electrochemical Energy Storage – Metal-* Air Ionic …
HPCWire reports: Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled a seriously revamped graphics processor architecture representing the biggest step forward for general-purpose GPU computing since the introduction of CUDA in 2006. The new architecture, codenamed “Fermi,” incorporates a number of new features aimed at technical computing, including support for Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory and greatly enhanced …
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took these images of a fresh, 6-meter-wide (20-foot-wide) crater on Mars on Oct. 18, 2008, (left) and on Jan. 14, 2009. Each image is 35 meters (115 feet) across. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed frozen water hiding …
Armadillo Aerospace have officially completed the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2, on a rainy day at Caddo Mills, Texas Level 2 requires the rocket to fly for 180 seconds before landing precisely on a simulated lunar surface constructed with craters and boulders. The minimum flight times are calculated so that the Level …
Gregory Benford will be presenting an update of Genescient’s work at the Singularity Summit in New York on October 3rd and 4th, 2009. Our laboratory animals live for 5 times the normal lifespan. They have health and vigor. We use their genetic properties to find what works similarly in humans. Genescient applies 21st century genomic …
Researchers at Northeastern created a network of nanowires that can be scaled up more efficiently and cost-effectively to create displays such as the NASDAQ sign in New York City’s Times Square. The seven-story NASDAQ sign is at the NASDAQ MarketSite at 4 Times Square on 43rd Street. The Nasdaq sign was unveiled in January 2000 …
From MIT Technology Review, racetrack memory is making experimental progress towards surpassing flash memory. Racetrack memory stores data in vertical nanowires, it can theoretically pack 100 times as much data into the same area as a flash-chip transistor, and at the same cost. There are no mechanical parts, so it could prove more reliable than …
Memory and transistors appears to be in for an accelerated 1000 fold reduction to 2 to 3 nanometer sizes. The previously noted shrinking to 10 terabit/inch**2 self assembled magnetic memory, which should get further enhanced to 100 terabit/inch**2. There is also smaller The smallest features in current silicon transistors are 45 nanometres in size, but …