Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software In 2006, Matthew Simmons and John Tierney made a bet on the average price of oil in 2010. Their final agreement was a commitment to tabulate every closing price-per-barrel of oil for each market day of 2010, then average out those prices for the entire year …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software This online book details the life of Frank Fenner who made major contributions in research of viruses and who was involved in the administration of the smallpox eradication program. Fenner predicts the extinction of humanity within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction and climate change. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software “Wear‐resistant Diamond Nanoprobe Tips with Integrated Silicon Heater for Tip‐Based Nanomanufacturing,” demonstrates the ability of UNCD® tips integrated with doped silicon atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilevers for use in nanomanufacturing. The initial ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) tip radius can be as small as 15 nm, and retains …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Dr Mark Roth and his colleagues wondered how it is that some people can enter a state of frozen suspended animation and then recover from it safely, whereas in general such a change of body temperature is deadly. The scientists now think they may be on …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Gigaphoton (Japan) announced a 104 watt Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) light source which is a critical part for the realization of the first volume-production-worthy EUV light source target for 2011. It was made under the Laser Produced Plasma (LPP) Light Source Development Program for EUV Lithography, it …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. There are various clinical trials for insulin pills. Being able to deliver proteins in time released pill form could provide many benefits for insulin and other conditions. The human body is designed to digest proteins. Acids and enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract will chew up …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Russia is ready to invest about $1 billion to develop uranium deposits in Namibia, the world’s fourth-biggest producer of the metal, said Sergei Kiriyenko, chief executive officer of Rosatom Corp. Namibia has the world’s eighth-largest proven uranium reserves, and this will increase since parts of …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software DuPont Displays announced the development of a manufacturing process that the company says can be used to print large, high-performance OLED televisions at volumes that should bring down costs. Using a custom-made printer from Japanese manufacturer Dainippon Screen, DuPont says it can print a 50 inch-television …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A dependency ratio measures the number of people either too young or too old to work, compared to the number of people within working age. For the statistic’s sake, the working age is considered to be 15 to 64. Having a dependency ratio that is sharply …
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP) has obtained the first preliminary evidence that the injection of angular momentum into the DPF considerably increases the efficiency of energy transfer into the plasmoid, the size of the plasmoid and thus the fusion energy yield. On Feb. 19 and 22, the team fired Focus-Fusion-1 at 24 kV with a pressure …
Ralph Merkle Interview Here is Sander Olson’s Ralph Merkle interview. Dr. Merkle is one of the foremost molecular manufacturing experts on the planet, but his research is currently severely resource constrained. Hopefully this interview will serve to inform people about his research. Question 1: You’ve just returned from the 2010 Foresight conference. How did that …