World Record One Petabit per Second Fiber Transmission over 50-km on a single fiber

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Fujikura Ltd, Hokkaido University, and Technical University of Denmark demonstrated ultra-large capacity transmission of 1 petabit (1000 terabit) per second over a 52.4 km length of 12-core (light paths) optical fiber. The present achievement indicates that transmission of one petabit per second (Pbps), capacity equivalent to sending 5,000 HDTV videos …

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Wolfram Alpha Pro can decode pictures of graphs

ZDNet – Wolfram|Alpha is launching the Pro version of Wolfram Alpha. The NY Times reports how the system could decode tables and some pictures. The new version handles data and images. In a recent demonstration, Dr. Wolfram, using his computer mouse, dragged in a table of the gross domestic product figures for France for 1961 …

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Capturing Near Earth Objects

Arxiv -Capturing Near Earth Objects (22 pages) Technology Review – A particularly good candidate is a 10-meter object called 2008EA9 which will pass within a million kilometres or so of Earth in 2049. 2008EA9 has a very similar orbital velocity as Earth’s. Baoyin and co calculate that it could be fired into Earth orbit by …

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Boeing should deliver twenty 787 Dreamliners in 2011

Boeing is expected to deliver twenty 787 Dreamliners in 2011 China Southern, one of China’s leading airlines, will receive its first 787 Dreamliner aircraft from the Boeing company in the fourth quarter of this year Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft are designed to use 20 percent less fuel than other aircraft of similar size. The aircraft …

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Coverage Antiaging meeting in Berkeley

Melanie Swan at future memes covered the Third Bay Area Aging meeting was held at Berkeley on May 8, 2011. A variety of research was presented, with four themes amongst the most interesting: 1. Role of rapamycin in preventing inflammation Rapamycin (more technically known as the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)), has long been examined …

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Lasers could replace spark plugs for cleaner and more efficient engines

Spark plugs can ignite leaner fuel mixtures, but only by increasing spark energy. Unfortunately, these high voltages erode spark plug electrodes so fast, the solution is not economical. By contrast, lasers, which ignite the air-fuel mixture with concentrated optical energy, have no electrodes and are not affected. Lasers also improve efficiency. Conventional spark plugs sit …

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My God its three times more full of stars

Astronomers have used powerful instruments on the Keck Observatory in Hawaii to detect the faint signature of red dwarfs in eight massive, relatively nearby galaxies called elliptical galaxies, which are located between about 50 million and 300 million light years away. They discovered that the red dwarfs, which are only between 10 and 20 percent …

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New Nanoscale Light Sensor Compatible With Etch A Sketch(TM) Nanoelectronics Platform

University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale light sensor that can be combined with near-atomic-size electronic circuitry to produce hybrid optic and electronic devices with new functionality. The team, which also involved researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, reports in Nature Photonics that the development overcomes one of nanotechnology’s most daunting challenges. …

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Quantum computers can tolerate qubit loss rates of 24.9%

Imperial College of London – Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Review Letters. This surprising discovery brings scientists one step closer to designing and building real-life quantum …

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Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Dense Plasma Fusion Project Updates

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP) is trying to achieve commercial nuclear fusion. LPP is trying to get up to 100,000 joules in each pulse. 60 such pulses would be 6 million joules per second, which if converted at with only about 20% loss would be equal to …

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Roller Painting Large Area Solar Cells

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Advanced Functional Materials – Annealing-Free High Efficiency and Large Area Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated by a Roller Painting Process Polymer solar cells are fabricated by a novel solution coating process, roller painting. The roller-painted film – composed of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) …

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