Next Generation More-Electric Aircraft: A Potential Application for HTSSuperconductors (14 pages, 2008] Fully superconducting machines have thepotential to be 3 times lighter. Sustainability in the aviation industry calls for aircraft that are significantly quieter and more fuel efficient than today’s fleet. Achieving this will require revolutionary new concepts, in particular, electric propulsion. Superconducting machines offer …
Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing. In seperate research, another group controlled spin electronically The researchers have demonstrated the ability to electrically manipulate, at gigahertz rates, the quantum states of electrons trapped on …
BBC News reports on the impact of faster GPUs on the movie special effect business In the past, movie effects would be done in post-production and not be seen for weeks or even months after a movie has wrapped. All that is changing thanks to the GPU, according to leading industry players like Richard Kerris, …
UK Telegraph: You can date the end of dollar hegemony from China’s decision last month to sell its first batch of sovereign bonds in Chinese yuan to foreigners Beijing does not need to raise money abroad since it has $2 trillion (£1.26 trillion) in reserves. The sole purpose is to prepare the way for the …
An atomic-scale map of the interface between an atomic dot and its substrate. Each peak represents a single atom. The map, made with high-intensity X-rays, is a slice through a vertical cross-section of the dot. University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of …
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy * SENS is not one breakthrough and will not be a pill* one month of a series of procedures, stem cell therapies, gene therapy, small molecule drugs etc… and then repeated every 10-30 years* thorough repair and maintentance of tissues* Could have significant …
Dr Masao Tamada, of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, has developed a fabric made primarily of irradiated polyethylene that is able to soak up the minute amounts of uranium – around 3.3 parts per billion – in the seawater. Dr Tamada hopes to secure funding to construct an underwater uranium farm covering nearly 400 square …
Shifting China’s economy towards services would do much more than strengthening the social safety net as a way to boost the miserly share of consumption in GDP, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) said on Friday. The 74 page report is here in pdf form and requires a free registration to view it. “If You’ve Got It, …
A facebook group for new anti-aging research: Laser ablation of Lipofuscin UPDATE: August 17, 2009 deadline for matching funds, Every dollar you donate is $6 for the research Donate at this link, Google checkout takes major credit cards This project will start when $8000 is collected Great opportunity to raise funds for the laser ablation …
There is some concern that if there are delays in launching replacement GPS satellites that there could a degradation in the availability and accuracy of GPS (global positioning). There are currently 31 operational GPS satellites. According to the GAO report, if the Air Force keeps to its current launch schedule, the chance that we’ll still …
In technology that promises to one day allow drug delivery to be tailored to an individual patient and a particular cancer tumor, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have developed an efficient system for delivering siRNA into primary cells. The work will be published in the May 17 in the …