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 …
The UK Telegraph reports: researchers in Holland have created what was described as ”soggy pork” and are investigating ways to improve the muscle tissue in the hope that people will one day want to eat it. They have not tasted the product, but it is believed the artificial meat could be on sale within five …
Cell mates: This microfluidics chip (top) contains 1,536 minute wells, each designed to force contact between two fluorescently labeled cells. An immune cell and a tumor cell are forced into contact inside a single well of a microfluidics chip (bottom). The setup allows researchers to identify, isolate, and study immune cells with particularly potent anticancer …
Watts up with that explains the core of the Climategate issues CRU’s decision to withhold data and code from public inspection is not only against the scientific method, given the impact their work has on governmental policies and taxpayer funded programs, it is, in my opinion, unethical. – Anthony Watts (H/T J Storrs Hall at …
X-FLEX is constructed of scrim and film to provide both strength and ductility. It features a dynamic peel-n-stick adhesive which affords exceptional bond performance to diverse and rough surfaces. The unique adhesive system is designed to absorb significant energy during a blast event in conjunction with the overall flexibility of the material system. Nextbigfuture covered …
Nanotechwire reports SEMATECH engineers and the industry at large continue to make progress in developing the infrastructure that will enable 22 nanometer lithography for cost-effective manufacturing around 2013. EETimes reports Toshiba Corp. has said it has developed a photoresist suitable for use with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and proved its viability in the world’s first …
Ultra-high-density data storage is now a step closer thanks to an advance in device fabrication achieved by Bao-Yu Zong and co-workers from the Data Storage Institute of A*STAR in Singapore. Devices for data-storage applications are created by depositing a ‘resist’ material onto a substrate, which is etched into a pattern using an electron beam and …
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP) a small research and development company part way through a two-year-long experimental project to test the scientific feasibility of Focus Fusion, controlled nuclear fusion using the dense plasma focus (DPF) device and hydrogen-boron fuel. Hydrogen-boron fuel produces almost no neutrons and allows the direct conversion of energy into electricity. Success would …
Galactic Suite is a Barcelona based company that plans to have a space hotel operating in orbit by 2012. Physorg had some information on this project funded by an anonymous billionaire. The cost of three nights on the Galactic Suite Space Resort (plus a two-month training course on a Caribbean island beforehand) will be $4.4 …
Carnival of Space 126 is up at Gish Bar Times This site provided an article noting that the Space Elevator beaming competition is finally set for this coming weekend. Nov 2-6, 2009 The Planetary Society blog discusses the discovery of a cave on the moon A probable cave skylight on the Moon. This dark hole, …