Nature Nanotechnology – Direct visualization of secondary structures of F-actin by electron cryomicroscopy H/T Eric Drexler at metamodern F-actin is a helical assembly of actin, which is a component of muscle fibres essential for contraction and has a crucial role in numerous cellular processes, such as the formation of lamellipodia and filopodia1 as the most …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software China’s second lunar probe, the Chang’e-2, will fly much faster than its predecessor and reach lunar orbit within a shorter period of time. China is set to launch the Chang’e-2 lunar probe at the end of the year. The country launched its first lunar probe, Chang’e-1, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Gregory Stock – Evolution and the Post-Human Future We are in the midst of a major evolutionary breakthrough. Life is beginning not only to reshape itself and its workings, but to animate the inanimate world around it. I will examine the nature of this present transition …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Capitalism and Science is what enabled us to go beyond merely rational methods to go beyond sailing ships and pyramids and enabled to take off and go beyond a backwater to dominance from the 17th through the 19th century. People have always thought and achieved useful …
Elon Musk and Spacex had mentioned plans for BFR (Big F**ing Rocket) and the Merlin 2 rocket engine back in 2005. Now there are details of the designs for the Merlin 2 and the Falcon X, Falcon X heavy and Falcon XX rockets. * Falcon 9 with one successful trial launches 10 tons into orbit. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A $3 million Ohio Third Frontier award to the University of Dayton Research Institute will fund the scale-up and production of a “game-changing” new nanomaterial that will allow composites to multitask – a wind turbine tower that can de-ice its own blades in winter, or store …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A $3 million Ohio Third Frontier award to the University of Dayton Research Institute will fund the scale-up and production of a “game-changing” new nanomaterial that will allow composites to multitask – a wind turbine tower that can de-ice its own blades in winter, or store …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software MIT Technology Review – Scientists have created the smallest ever laser capable of operating at room temperature. The device is less than one cubic micron–less than the wavelength of the light it emits. It is the first sub-wavelength laser that doesn’t require cryogenic cooling. Besides high-speed …
University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing and textiles. These nano-sized generators have “piezoelectric” properties that allow them to convert into electricity the energy created through mechanical stress, stretches and twists. “This technology could eventually lead to wearable ‘smart clothes’ that can power hand-held electronics …
Transterrestrial has links and details on the new space plan and budget. Jeff Foust has initial budget numbers * Rand Simberg says and I agree – Whether or not they follow through, this is the most visionary space policy that the nation has ever had. * Simberg on Complainers – These people live in some …
A video camera transmits images to a processor, which displays the images on an LCD screen on the inside of patient’s goggles. The LCD display transmits infrared light pulses that project the image to photovoltaic cells implanted underneath the retina. The photovoltaic cells then convert light signals into electrical impulses that in turn stimulate retinal …