Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A newfound planet, known as Gliese 581g, is estimated to be 3.1 to 4.3 times as massive as Earth, and makes a complete circuit around its sun in just under 37 days. If the planet has a rocky composition like Earth’s, it would be 1.2 to …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The future of public debt: prospects and implications by Cecchetti is Economic Adviser at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Head of its Monetary and Economic Department, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software July, 2010 saw the discovery of a worm known as Stuxnet, which sought out a particular version of the Siemens’ SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems that control power grids and industrial plants. Stuxnet was capable of taking over SCADA controls in order to deliver …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues have figured out a way to make an aluminum alloy, or a mixture of aluminum and other elements, just as strong as steel. That’s important, says Dr. Yuntian Zhu, professor of materials science and the NC State researcher …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Popular Science reports that biotech company Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology. Known …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software I was just at a presentation by the head of the NIF (National Ignition Facility) project. Ed Moses presented. This is the big laser fusion project. They are doing shots at NIF everyday. They are expecting to perform break even shots (more than the energy of …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software EEtimes reports that a series of functional 25-stage ring oscillators has been made by a team of researchers from the IBM Watson Research Center using silicon nanowire transistors with diameters down to 2.6-nanometers. The use of silicon nanowire transistors is proposed to allow the continued scaling …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Carnival of Space 156 is up at theSpacewriter.com. This site provided the following (2 of the three were in the Carnival): 1. Japan had a successful liftoff of what could be the first successful deployment and operation of a solar sail. 2. An article on …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software A superthin computer just two molecules thick can solve complex problems and, somewhat like the human brain, can evolve to improve and perform many operations simultaneously This is significant progress on molecular computing with molecular switches that is highly parallel and using cellular automata. * This …
Arxiv 21 page pdf – work by Japan Riken and University of Michigan – Remarkable progress towards realizing quantum computation has been achieved using natural and artificial atoms. On the one hand, natural atoms (such as neutral atoms and ions) have long coherence times, and could be stored in large arrays, providing ideal “quantum memories”. …