A breakthrough approach by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their collaborators in fabricating thin films of a new iron based superconducting material has yielded promising results: The material has a current-carrying potential 500 times that of previous experiments, making it significant for a variety of practical applications. “We’ve shown how to grow quality, single-crystal thin …
UWM researcher makes breakthrough in stem cell technology UW-Milwaukee researcher Andrew Cohen has successfully developed a software program that facilitates predicting the evolution of stem cells. The program essentially speeds up what has been a tedious process for researchers in the past. The program was published last week in the journal Nature Methods. It applies …
Illustration by Jay Penni. Researchers used a top-down nanofabrication technique to embed color centers into a variety of machined structures. By creating large device arrays rather than just “one-of-a-kind” designs, the realization of quantum networks and systems, which require the integration and manipulation of many devices in parallel, is more likely. By creating diamond-based nanowire …
1. Researchers at IBM have increased the efficiency of a novel type of solar cell made largely from cheap and abundant materials by over 40 percent. According to an article published this week in the journal Advanced Materials, the new efficiency is 9.6 percent, up from the previous record of 6.7 percent for this type …
Avatar has a domestic box office of $630 million and will have a final domestic box office of $730-760 million Box Office Mojo Inflation Adjusted totals This will place Avatar 11th-14th on the inflation adjusted all time domestic list. There is talk about re-releasing Titanic in 3D in late 2010 There is no uncertainty that …
excerpt from China’s edge in renewable energy by Keith Bradsher THE NEW YORK TIMES * China’s biggest advantage might be its domestic demand for electricity, which is rising 15 percent a year. To meet demand in the coming decade, according to statistics from the International Energy Agency, China will need to add nearly nine times …
Princeton University’s Jason Petta has demonstrated a method that alters the properties of a lone electron without disturbing the trillions of electrons in its immediate surroundings. The feat is essential to the development of future varieties of superfast computers with near-limitless capacities for data. Petta, an assistant professor of physics, has fashioned a new method …
Robin Hanson forecasting the next mode of growth. Mode Doubling Date Began Doubles Doubles Grows Time (DT) To Dominate of DT of WP ———- ——— ———– —— ——- Brain size 34M yrs 550M B.C. ? “~16” Hunters 230K yrs 2000K B.C. 7.2 8.7 Farmers 860 yrs 4700 B.C. 8.1 7.5 ?? 58 yrs 1730 3.9 …
All laboratory confirmed cases are an undercount of H1N1 deaths. Actual deaths are up to five times higher. Swine flu deaths at wikipedia Hurricane Katrina had 1836 confirmed deaths The Center for Disease control’s weekly update on H1N1 flu Since April 2009, CDC has received reports of 285 laboratory-confirmed pediatric deaths: 241 due to 2009 …
1. Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera has launched the world’s first commercially available 4G mobile broadband network. Based on the much talked about LTE or Long Term Evolution Technology, the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards aims to give users a seamless service across several different networks and systems. It will have speeds of up to …
Nature Nanotechnology: Large-area spatially ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles directed by lithographically confined DNA origami The development of nanoscale electronic and photonic devices will require a combination of the high throughput of lithographic patterning and the high resolution and chemical precision afforded by self-assembly. However, the incorporation of nanomaterials with dimensions of less than 10 …