Better lensless microscope with up to 100 times better magnification and could lead to 50 picometer resolution

In a recent paper published in Nature on March 6, 2012 under the daunting title of “Ptychographic electron microscopy using high-angle dark-field scattering for sub-nanometre resolution imaging,” University of Sheffield scientists M.J. Humphry, B. Kraus, A.C. Hurst, A.M. Maiden and principal investigator John M. Rodenburg outlined their achievements in overcoming some of the limitations that …

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A new imaging system could use opaque walls, doors or floors as ‘mirrors’ to gather information

MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was designed for a much different application: a camera that can see around corners. The researchers describe using their system to produce recognizable …

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Deepsea Challenger will first go unmanned to the bottom of the Mariana Trench and then with James Cameron to film 3D Documentary

BBC News – The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER team has set off from Guam, friends, family and colleagues wave and cheer until their ship fades into the distance. If they can get a few days of good weather on their side, the team hopes to first make an unmanned 11km dive with the sub, to check it …

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iRobot’s Warrior is strong enough to tow a car and dexterous enough to open its trunk

Technology Review – With the launch of the Warrior, a large wheeled robot with a hefty mechanical arm, military robots just got significantly larger and more adaptable. The robot rides on caterpillar tracks like a tank. It can climb stairs and cover rough terrain, and perform tasks ranging from the delicate (opening car doors) to …

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Berkeley Lab will create an advanced extreme-ultraviolet microscope called SHARP

Berkeley Labs has partnered with colleagues at leading semiconductor manufacturers to create the world’s most advanced extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) microscope. Called SHARP (a succinct acronym for a long name, the Semiconductor High-NA Actinic Reticle Review Project), the new microscope will be dedicated to photolithography, the central process in the creation of computer chips. Kenneth Goldberg is …

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Heim Theory Falsified

Heim theory is a physics theory, initially proposed by a German physicist, the late Burkhard Heim, that attempts to develop a theory of everything. Heim theory’s six dimensional model was later extended to eight and twelve dimensions, in collaboration with W. Dröscher. Walter Dröscher and Jochem Häuser have attempted to apply it to nonconventional space …

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Defkalion press conference videos and translated description of the event

Xanthipress – The first official presentation of Defkalion Green Technologies in Xanthi, was held Thursday afternoon in the auditorium of Town Hall Paleo Faliro, Greece. Defkalion is trying to produce energy from the fusion of hydrogen-nickel using the Energy Catalyzer invention of Focardi-Rossi. The presentation was made by the company president Alekos Xanthoulis, accompanied by …

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Electrolytic method could produce carbon nanotubes 100 times cheaper

The new electrochemical process (a) Schematic diagram of the cell for fabrication of carbon nanotubes (b) Scanning electron microscope image showing that the graphite electrodes are almost entirely converted to carbon nanotubes in the new process A team at Cambridge University is investigating whether nanotubes made with the new method could be used to improve …

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Progress to commercialization of gene therapy

Human Gene Therapy Journal – The success of gene therapy will depend on the ability to advance viral delivery vectors to commercialization At an ever-increasing pace, there is promising news regarding clinical results using investigational gene therapy products is emerging, including several exciting advances with recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV). Yuan and coworkers present an improved …

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Fast DNA sequencing with a graphene-based nanochannel device

Illustration showing how a graphene nanoribbon (gold) helps to keep a DNA strand (red/blue) flat as it passes through a nanochannel (green/blue). Nature Nanotechnology – Fast DNA sequencing with a graphene-based nanochannel device Devices in which a single strand of DNA is threaded through a nanopore could be used to efficiently sequence DNA. However, various …

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