Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software March 5, 2010, NPR’s (National Public Radio) Science Friday had a segment on what’s next for the technology of nuclear power ? It was the second segment in the second hour of the show. From small-scale nuclear power plants to advanced reactor designs, what’s next for the …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Jan. 12, 2010, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared light. There is no danger of the newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth. …
The wireless house of the future might use a system being developed at Purdue University that could eliminate wires for communications in homes, businesses and cars. The researchers designed and built a miniature device capable of converting ultra fast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency signals using innovative “microring resonators.” Such an advance could enable …
Seed Magazine looked at the work of Raphael Bousso, University of Berkeley, who has been researching the physics of the multiverse. We look up to an expanse of sky that is billions of light-years in size, but the universe may be far larger than what we are able to see. Subtle clues are beginning to …
Burt Rutan explains his plans to create mass tourist travel in space. People used to say that the Internet was all fun and games; it took years for it to become everything. Burt Rutan thinks the same will happen with space travel. The video is ten minutes long. In the interview, the legendary aircraft designer …
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) invites you to the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in the Washington DC area from March 1-3. The summit brings together all the nation’s key players in energy innovation: scientific researchers, VC investors, technology entrepreneurs, large corporations, and government officials The Program of …
The Power of a Diagnostic Lab…on a Piece of Paper Developed by George Whitesides of Harvard in a 3 page powerpoint * The George Whitesides’ laboratory has developed diagnostic devices made from patterned paper * Patterns direct fluid into segregated areas where different analytes are detected simultaneously * Paper printed with polymer channels forms a …
Sidney Crosby helped save Canada from a nervous breakdown with the winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the United States in Olympic Hockey Healthcare Nextbigfuture has looked at comparisons of Canada and the United States healthcare systems before * Canadians spend about 55% of what Americans spend on health care and have longer life …
Arxiv – Testing the Newton second law in the regime of small accelerations It has been pointed out that the Newtonian second law can be tested in the very small acceleration regime by using the combined movement of the Earth and Sun around the Galactic center of mass. It has been shown that there are …
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Nanoletters – New Nanostructured Li2S/Silicon Rechargeable Battery with High Specific Energy The Lithium Sulfide batteries theoretically can have four times the specific energy of lithium ion batteries and have been experimentally produced at 150% the specific energy of lithium ion. Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are important energy storage devices; however, the specific energy of existing …