Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Scientists have discovered a compound that restores the capacity to form new memories in aging rats, likely by improving the survival of newborn neurons in the brain’s memory hub. Rodents treated with P7C3 for two months significantly outperformed their placebo-treated peers on a water maze task, …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Fluorine can be compressed into both a semiconductor and crystalline metal. Applications could range from an ultra-powerful oxidizer for destroying toxic microbes to super-efficient fuel cells to room-temperature superconductors. By inserting xenon di-fluoride (XeF2, a material used to etch silicon conductors) between two diamond anvils and …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Arteriocyte’s Blood Pharming program is currently working to combine multiple state of the art technologies to produce fresh units of universal-donor (Type O, RH factor negative) packed red blood cells. The company’s proprietary NANEX (Nanofiber Based System) technology permits 250-fold expansion of hematopoietic stem cells that …
Harvard and MIT have developed programmable matter with controlled folding of smart origami. A self-folding sheet becomes an origami boat and an origami plane in a video below. Programmable matter is a material whose properties can be programmed to achieve specific shapes or stiffnesses upon command. This concept requires constituent elements to interact and rearrange …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is an interview of Dennis Hong by Sander Olson. Dr. Hong is a Professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech who specializes in robotics. He directs the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (ROMELA) at Virginia Tech, which has developed a number of innovative, mobile, and versatile …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Nanodielectrics research for HTS and other OE Applications at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (47 pages) There are few materials for HTS insulation • Better dielectrics with improved thermal and mechanical properties w/o degrading dielectric and electrical insulation properties • This can be achieved with Nanodielectrics Achieved …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There are twelve teams and 15 vehicles left in the Automotive XPrize Competition. To advance to the Finals Stage, team vehicles needed to demonstrate to the ability to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements. For fuel economy, this translates to at …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software High Temperature Superconducting Magnet Possibilities from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (28 page presentation) * World’s highest field superconducting magnet – 23.5 T for 1 GHz NMR (Bruker Lyon) – ~ 1 Nb-Ti outer and inner in m OD Nb Nb3Sn * World’s highest incremental …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Tel Aviv University has developed a brain-to-computer chip which could revolutionize neurological therapy. By stimulating certain areas of the brain, scientists can alleviate the effects of disorders such as depression or Parkinson’s disease. Controlling that stimulation currently lacks precision, over-stimulation is a serious concern — losing …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. There are indications that iron based superconductors could achieve critical fields as high as 204 Tesla to as high as 900 Tesla. An Overview on Iron Based Superconductors is a 20 page pdf. The 204 Tesla is based on the WHH method of extrapolation and …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The cable news channels are using the Kagan confirmations as airtime filler. This is equivalent to watching a world cup game where one side will stand on the sidelines after being allowed to build a brickwall that completely covers their goal. Then the winner will be …