Nature Nanotechnology: Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into two-dimensional geometries using DNA origami templates A central challenge in nanotechnology is the parallel fabrication of complex geometries for nanodevices. Here we report a general method for arranging single-walled carbon nanotubes in two dimensions using DNA origami—a technique in which a long single strand of DNA is folded …
Four of the 37 first round ARPA E projects were for renewable power * 1366 Direct Wafer: Enabling Terawatt Photovoltaics * Breakthrough High Efficiency Shrouded Wind Turbine * Adaptive Turbine Blades: Blown Wing Technology for Low-Cost Wind Power * Low-contact drilling technology to enable economical EGS wells 1366 Direct Wafer: Enabling Terawatt Photovoltaics 1366 Technologies, …
HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available. A MEMS accelerometer is a sensor that can be used to measure vibration, shock or change in velocity. By deploying many of these detectors as …
According to Forbes there are 79 billionaires in China Earlier in the year Forbes Mar 2009 list of world billionaires only found 28 Chinese Billionaires. The economic crisis is easing, particularly in China, so the net worth of Chinese billionaires is better than earlier in the year, Here is a link to the Forbes March …
The underlying goal of the ChargeCar project is to examine the common urban commute and to determine if cars powered by managed supercapacitor-battery systems are a solution that can reduce cost of ownership for a commuter car. This is not through the development of new component technologies but by better understanding of real urban commutes …
long, coated carbon fibers, like those pictured in his left hand, could significantly improving a structure’s ability to withstand blasts, hurricanes and other natural disasters. In his right hand are short, uncoated fibers, which resemble clumps of human hair Missouri Univerist of Science and Technology have received $567,000 to explore how adding carbon fibers could …
Guest article by Joseph Friedlander Your occasional correspondent made a special trip to Tel Aviv (I live out in the sticks in Israel) to the Systematics (http://www.systematics.co.il/English/about.html) hosted the Tel Aviv Solidworks 2010 Show. This is the one show I try to go to every year to keep up with the tools of the industrial …
HPCWire reports: Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled a seriously revamped graphics processor architecture representing the biggest step forward for general-purpose GPU computing since the introduction of CUDA in 2006. The new architecture, codenamed “Fermi,” incorporates a number of new features aimed at technical computing, including support for Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory and greatly enhanced …
NY Times: “In five or six or seven years,” said Christoph Westphal, Sirtris co-founder [Sirtis was bought by GlaxoSmithKline for $720 million], “there will be drugs that prolong longevity.” [H/T Michael Annisimov, Accelerating Future] SRT-501, the company’s special formulation of resveratrol, is being tested against two cancers, multiple myeloma and colon cancer that has spread …
1. Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts. It generates fewer false positives and can use 20 times less reagant. Preliminary studies have shown that the new mass spectrometry tool—known as MALDI-QqQMS …
Wired describes the “Good Enough Revolution” Wired makes the following points about the “Good Enough Revolution”. Eventually all markets reach a point where products more gain more “value” by having core features and making those features extremely easy to use, convenient and cheap instead of adding more features. * In 2001, 181 million disposable cameras …