Iron Superconductors Could Have Critical Fields of 200 Tesla or More and Grain Boundaries Limit Current in Superconductors

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 …

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News Channels Filling Up Airtime with Kagan Confirmation Coverage

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 …

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Optical Flow Switching from MIT Could Make the Internet 100 to 1000 times Faster

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A group of MIT researchers led by Vincent Chan, the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has demonstrated a new way of organizing optical networks that, in most cases, would eliminate converting optical signals to electrical ones for processing, then convert …

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Rolled Up Capacitors have double the energy density of Flat Capacitors

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Nano Letters – Self-Assembled Ultra-Compact Energy Storage Elements Based on Hybrid Nanomembranes Self-assembly methods combined with standard top-down approaches are demonstrated to be suitable for fabricating three-dimensional ultracompact hybrid organic/inorganic electronic devices based on rolled-up nanomembranes. Capacitors that are self-wound and manufactured in parallel are almost …

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Artificially enhancing ridges under glaciers could slow melting

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software A robot submarine sent beneath the Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier’s floating ice sheet has shown that there is a ridge rising 400 metres from the sea floor. Until recently, the glacier would have rested on this ridge, preventing warm seawater from reaching the ice and melting …

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China Will Spend $25 billion to Boost Semiconductor Industry and Four AP1000 Are Under Construction

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software 1. The Chinese government is preparing to spend $25 billion on wafer fabs to boost domestic chip manufacturing over the next five years. China’s chip industry had stumbled during the recession. So this is an effort to revive growth. In 2009 Mainland China produced 40 billion …

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Vietnam Plans 13 Nuclear Reactors by 2030 to Generate up to 16 Gigawatts

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Vietnam announced an expansion of its nuclear power programme on Tuesday, with eight plants planned for operation over the next 20 years. Initial plans called for four reactors but the notice said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had approved eight nuclear facilities, each with at least …

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Interview of Synthetic Biologist Andrew Hessel by Sander Olson

Here is the Andrew Hessel interview. Mr. Hessel is a synthetic biologist who is the founder of the Pink Army Cooperative, which aims to leverage synthetic biology to create new individualized treatments for breast cancer. He is also a faculty chair at Singularity University. Mr. Hessel advocates using an open source approach for creating DNA …

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Self Assembled DNA That Can Change Shape and Move on Demand

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Harvard and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have created nanodevices made of DNA that self-assemble and can be programmed to move and change shape on demand. In contrast to existing nanotechnologies, these programmable nanodevices are highly suitable for medical applications because DNA is both biocompatible and biodegradable. …

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iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo 4G vs Leaked Droid 2 and Droid X Specifications

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Here is a summary of the iPhone 4 compared to the leaked Droid 2 and Droid X specifications. Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 specifications are being reported from different Droid-life, Gizmodo and Engadget. The Droid X is not officially released until June 2319, 2010. Verizon …

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Chatroulette plans genital image recognition software to block perverts

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Chatroulette is where users can “meet” and chat with random people with a click of a mouse. Popular Science reports that in order to reduce the parade of penises, the service is planning to add image-recognition software that will filter out shots of male genitalia. Most …

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