UBC and TRIUMF physicists have proposed a unified explanation for dark matter and the so-called baryon asymmetry–the apparent imbalance of matter with positive baryon charge and antimatter with negative baryon charge in the Universe. The visible Universe appears to be made of atoms, and each of these atoms carries a positive baryon charge equal to …
1. Chemical Communications – Where on Earth has our water come from? The presence of water in the Earth has long been an enigma. However, computer modelling techniques have shown that the adsorption of water onto the fractal surfaces of interplanetary dust particles, which are present in the planetary accretion disk, is sufficiently strong to …
Rice researchers have learned to make pristine sheets of graphene, the one-atom-thick form of carbon, from plain table sugar and other carbon-based substances. They do so in a one-step process at temperatures low enough to make graphene easy to manufacture. The lab of Rice chemist James Tour reported in the online version of the journal …
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly “State of the Internet” report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai’s global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. 100 Fastest Cities Worldwide Akamai once again examined …
Transterrestrial Musings and Parabolic Arc has coverage as does Hobbyspace. – Biggest problem is market demand – Near term markets – ISS resupply, propellant depots, debris cleanup, tourism can help create markets… – long-term solution: space settlement – Changes required: * no major technical breakthroughs necessary; * breakthroughs that reduce risk and cost; * end …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Sensitive skin: A new tactile sensor can detect the gentle touch of an alighting insect. Credit: Linda Cicero, Stanford University News Report Researchers at Stanford University have used organic electronics to make something 1,000 times more sensitive than human skin and different researchers at the University …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Sierra Sciences, in collaboration with TA Sciences, Geron Corporation, PhysioAge, and the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), has announced the first compound ever discovered that activates the enzyme telomerase in the human body – a critical prerequisite for technology that could arrest or reverse the …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software (a) Schematic diagram of the proposed plasmonic nanoresonators. The white arrow represents the incident white light and the red, yellow, green and blue arrows represent the transmitted coloured light from the different stack arrays. Grey, pink and blue in the structure indicate the material of aluminium, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. DARPA has the iFAB program to develop “foundry-style manufacturing capability.” By which they mean microchip foundries – the generic, build-any-chip-for-any-designer factories that churn out microchips for every application you can imagine, and which are the dominant mode of manufacture for most of the silicon in …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Image courtesy of Science/AAAS Summary – This is huge. IBM is using nanotip fabrication at 15nm resolution now. The nanotip fabrication is faster than ebeam lithography, higher resolution than ebeam and cheaper. They can go to higher resolution. Sounds like 1 nanometer resolution is possible as …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The International Energy Agency summarizes the energy efficiency plans of 18 countries who submitted energy efficiency plans. (12 page pdf, Jan 2010) In all of the country reports received, there is evidence of significant energy efficiency policy action. The most significant observations from these country reports …