Nuclear fusion rockets and spaceplanes would enable 1. Lower cost travel into space 2. Easy around the solar system in dramatically reduced trip times Mature fusion plasmoid space propulsion could enable speeds of up to 3% of lightspeed. Nuclear fusion / MHD spaceplanes could be developed by 2025 which would enable frequent single stage flights …
The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, involves a new class of materials called metamaterials, which can be artificially engineered to distort light or sound waves. With conventional materials, light typically travels along a straight line, but with metamaterials, scientists can exploit a wealth of additional flexibility to create undetectable blind spots. By deflecting …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A newfound planet, known as Gliese 581g, is estimated to be 3.1 to 4.3 times as massive as Earth, and makes a complete circuit around its sun in just under 37 days. If the planet has a rocky composition like Earth’s, it would be 1.2 to …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Journal Science -Electromechanical Computing at 500°C with Silicon Carbide the nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) could be used in microcontrollers embedded in hot machinery such as jet engines or oil-drilling rigs. Logic circuits capable of operating at high temperatures can alleviate expensive heat-sinking and thermal-management requirements of modern …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There will a Federal Communications Commission vote on September 23, 2010 to finally open up the TV White Spaces spectrum for unlicensed usage. TV White Spaces Second MO&O: A Second Memorandum Opinion and Order that will create opportunities for investment and innovation in advanced Wi-Fi technologies …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Battery startup Amprius says it has developed batteries capable of storing twice as much energy as anything on the market today, thanks to nanostructured silicon electrodes. The company says it is partnering with several as-yet unnamed major consumer electronics manufacturers to bring the batteries to market …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Sharp Corporation will introduce the VR-100BR1 triple-layer Blu-ray Disc media (write-once) that conforms to the BDXL™ format specification, the new multi-layer recordable Blu-ray Disc format, a world first. These new Blu-ray Discs will be available in Japan beginning July 30, 2010. This disc media product conforms …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Scientists have discovered a compound that restores the capacity to form new memories in aging rats, likely by improving the survival of newborn neurons in the brain’s memory hub. Rodents treated with P7C3 for two months significantly outperformed their placebo-treated peers on a water maze task, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Fluorine can be compressed into both a semiconductor and crystalline metal. Applications could range from an ultra-powerful oxidizer for destroying toxic microbes to super-efficient fuel cells to room-temperature superconductors. By inserting xenon di-fluoride (XeF2, a material used to etch silicon conductors) between two diamond anvils and …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software High Temperature Superconducting Magnet Possibilities from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (28 page presentation) * World’s highest field superconducting magnet – 23.5 T for 1 GHz NMR (Bruker Lyon) – ~ 1 Nb-Ti outer and inner in m OD Nb Nb3Sn * World’s highest incremental …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Tel Aviv University has developed a brain-to-computer chip which could revolutionize neurological therapy. By stimulating certain areas of the brain, scientists can alleviate the effects of disorders such as depression or Parkinson’s disease. Controlling that stimulation currently lacks precision, over-stimulation is a serious concern — losing …