Structure and manipulation: A NV (nitrogen vacancy) centre in the diamond lattice including the electronic spin (red) and the nuclear spin (blue). b, Electron–nuclear spin level diagram for the NV centre in the vicinity of the avoided level crossing. UCSB Physicists were able to coax the fragile quantum information contained within a single electron in …
Managing Director of Zyvex Asia Lerwin Liu Asia nano Forum Japan Korea Taiwan China Singapore Nanotech National Initiatives Atom Technology Plan Japan $250 million (10 year) China 10th 5 year plan Japan 2nd Basic Plan Korea: KNI Phase 1 (2001-2005) Taiwan and Korea mimic NNI but has long term plans China $100 million per year …
Scientists have developed a way to turn memories on and off – literally with the flip of a switch. Using an electronic system that duplicates the neural signals associated with memory, they managed to replicate the brain function in rats associated with long-term learned behavior, even when the rats had been drugged to forget. Journal …
At Research@Intel Day Intel was talking a lot about its upcoming 22nm process technology, but in a meeting with European press Intel’s Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner talked about 14 nm and 8 nm nodes (H/T to readers Daniel and Chrisc62) The 14nm node is scheduled to debut in about 2 years (2013), but also …
In 2012-13, Aeros plans to fly the Pelican, a 230-ft.-long, 600,000-cu.-ft. demonstrator for its rigid-aeroshell, variable-buoyancy (RAVB) technology. Inside the shell, comprising a load-bearing frame of carbon-fiber trusses covered by thin-gauge rigid panels, will be a membrane to contain the helium lifting gas. Inside that membrane will be pressurized pump-fed tanks. More helium under pressure …
Intel announces a major breakthrough and historic innovation in microchips: the world’s first 3-D transistors in mass production * The transition to 3-D continues the pace of technology advancement, fueling Moore’s Law for years to come. * An unprecedented combination of performance improvement and power reduction to enable new innovations across a range of future …
Trauma surgeon Dr. Peter Rhee, a former battlefield surgeon for the U.S. military who has been researching suspended animation for 15 years and is a leading innovator in the field. In the aftermath of the Jan. 8, 2011 Tucson shootings, Dr Rhee and other medical experts asked government officials to support a clinical trial that …
1. AstroEngine – Screaming Exoplanets: Detecting Alien Magnetospheres According to a new study presented at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales we could detect the radio emissions from a distant Jupiter like worlds that possess a magnetosphere. “Jupiter and Saturn take 12 and 30 years respectively to orbit the Sun, so you would …
Heiko Timmers, a physicist with the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, said it would be difficult to control the nuclear reactors damaged by Japan’s worst earthquake on record. The situation may become more difficult if the containment chambers of the reactors are breached, he said in a telephone interview …
Scientists at a Taiwan university have achieved a breakthrough in cell rejuvenation by injecting four genes into a mature cell, which resets the cell’s bio-clock to a state similar to fertilization They managed to induce fibroblast cells to split into pluripotent stem cells, which are similar to embryonic cells. Chemical Review – Biomaterials for the …
Particulates (PM10 – 10 micron and PM 2.5 2.5 micron) are the main pollutant, along with sulfur dioxide (smog) and Nitrogen oxides that cause the main health issues. Economics of retrofit air pollution control technologies The technology is many orders of magnitude cheaper than carbon sequestration for dealing with carbon dioxide and would save more …