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A “multilayer micromixer” production process developed at Oregon State University allows a much higher production rate of nanotech particles than conventional approaches, with no loss of quality. (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University) Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a new method to speed the production rate of nanoparticles by 500 times, an advance …
SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) reserachers reviewed the results of the serendipitous late-life lifespan study of rapamycin (sirolimus/Rapamune®), an inhibitor of the mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, through the NIA’s Interventions Testing Program (ITP), “a multi-institutional study investigating treatments with the potential to extend lifespan and delay disease and dysfunction in mice.” This …
The USA is driving innovation in the Solar market, but China is taking the older technology and driving the cost through the floor. The complaint is that China is unfairly subsidizing with billions in loan guarantees. The problem is not that China is unfairly subsidizing it’s industries. The problem is that it is so much …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Lasermotive, who won the space elevator power beaming contest, has demonstrated a laser powered helicopter. The demonstration model, which uses a tethered remote-controlled helicopter, is eye-safe and has been designed to fit inside LaserMotive’s booth at the show. In lab tests conducted by LaserMotive, the laser-powered …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Folding DNA to create nanoscale shapes and patterns by Paul Rothemund(Caltech) presented for the ECE550 course by Abdullah Akce [25 page pdf] (H/T Eric Drexler at Metamodern * The cost of DNA origami is from 1,000$ to 10,000$ per nmol. The scaffold strand dominates the total …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Nuclear development in China has continued apace with the grid connection of a new reactor, the completion of a reactor building and a heavy forging deal. * The third reactor (650 MWe) at Qinshan Phase II nuclear power plant was connected to the East China …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is a 20 page presentation of a DOE roadmap of nuclear energy and uranium through 2100. There is an assumption that reactors can use up to 35 million tons of regular uranium and uranium in phosphate resources. The plan is to shift to breeder reactors …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is a research paper from 2008 that describes an alternative method to achieving nuclear fusion – Fast Ignition Impact Fusion with DT methane (H/T Talk polywell Impact fusion concept has some outstanding features such as “standing off” and high drive efficiency. Historically, as people expected …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software NREL senior engineer Eric Kozubal examines a prototype air flow channel of the DEVap air conditioner, which he co-invented. DEVap, which stands for desiccant-enhanced evaporative air conditioner, is a novel concept that uses membrane technology to combine the efficiency of evaporative cooling and the drying potential …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Analysis of technological progress in China and India by Peilei Fan (UN study 2008) Matthew Yglesias at ThinkProgress wrote about China’s economy and indicates that he believes that almost all of China’s gains have come from shifting from low efficiency agriculture to high efficiency industry. Matthew …