University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviours of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that don’t overheat. “We discovered that by sculpting a unique artificial vacuum inside a photonic crystal, we can completely control the electronic state of …
In 2006 an 2007, the Department of Energy set up targets for superconducting wire like the following Performance of HTS wires is expressed in amperes-meters (A-m), where the critical current of 1 cm-wide wire at 77K and self-field is multiplied by the wire length. The A-m value provides a basis for the comparison of different …
Helion Energy Researchers proposing two intermediate systems that last one could be useful for fusion/fission hybrid on the way to full fusion energy Development of a High Fluence Fusion Neutron Source and Component Test Facility Based on the Magneto-kinetic Compression of FRCs by John Slough who is working on developing a Fusion Reactor This was …
MEMS used to detect the presence of the Casimir Force Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force which attracts objects when they are only a hundred nanometers apart. Recently Ames Lab calculated that metamaterials could be used to make …
Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor. Crumple the piece of paper, and it still works. Stanford researcher Yi Cui sees many uses for this new way of storing electricity. They also believe it will be low cost and …
Carnival of Space 132 is up at Steves Astrocorner This site provided an article about the challenges for making starships may be less if Brown dwarf stars are discovered in 2010 from the NASA WISE project and the Brad Edwards Space elevator interview Astroinfo summarizes the new scientific research into the evidence of fossilized bacteria …
Below are videos of the first Matrix movie bullet dodging realized in Lego. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging …
Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada are being sued for up to $60 billion for violating music copyright on over 300,000 songs The four primary members of the Canadian Recording Industry Association. The claims arise from a longstanding practice of the recording industry in Canada, described in …
A webcast (FBR Capital Market conference) updates the situation with Blacklight Power They are now indicating that they will have continuous run prototypes in 2010. This is a delay from previous talk about a commercial system in 2009. However, if they make their continuous run prototypes with 50KW to 75KW of power available for independent …
1. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy supports India’s plans to expand electricity supply India plans to expand its electricity production from nuclear energy more than tenfold, from 4.1 gigawatts (GW) today to 63 GW by 2032. Of that total, an estimated 30-40 GW would come from imported reactor technologies. India has set aside two sites for …
Previously this site had reported on the DARPA project to create chip scale high energy atomic beams as a path to commercial nuclear fusion. There is a DARPA budget document with a bit more description that what was previously referenced. The Chip-Scale High Energy Atomic Beams program will develop chip-scale high-energy atomic beam technology by …