EETimes reports that Intel researchers are exploring nanoscale materials that could be used to create ultracapacitors with a greater energy density than today’s lithium ion batteries. If successful, the new materials could be mass produced in volumes to power systems ranging from mobile devices to electric vehicles—even smart grid storage units. The lab is focused …
Frame (a) shows a schematic of the Nanonet, a lattice structure of Titanium disilicide (TiSi2), coated with silicon (Si) particles to form the active component for Lithium-ion storage. (b) A microscopic view of the silicon coating on the Nanonets. (c) Shows the crystallinity of the Nanonet core and the Si coating. (d) The crystallinity of …
Physics professor Louis Taillefer’s findings reduce theories explaining high-temperature superconductivity from dozens to only a few. Taillefer, who collaborated with University of British Columbia scientists, published the team’s most recent findings on high-temperature superconductivity in prestigious science journal Nature on Thursday. They explain the “pseudo-gap” phase, when copper oxides are cooled to minus-100C, and the …
1. Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado School of Medicine have used a new strategy to develop cancer vaccines that are remarkably effective in mice. In the February 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Kimberly Jordan, PhD, Jill Slansky, PhD, and John Kappler, PhD, report …
Technology Review reports – Aspera has now announced an alternative protocol designed to accelerate wireless transfer speeds. Called fasp-AIR, it includes new proprietary approaches to addressing problems of data transfer that are unique to wireless communications. The original fasp protocol is already used to boost regular Internet transfers. The main problem with the TCP protocol, …
Business Week and others are reporting that Silicon Valley is in danger of losing its competitive edge Silicon Valley, facing a slowdown in innovation and a shortage of funding, may lose its competitive advantage to emerging U.S. technology hotbeds such as Huntsville, Alabama, and Washington, D.C., a study found. A decline in patents, venture capital …
OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA rose to a two-week high in Sao Paulo trading after the oil company controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista said a well may hold as many as 900 million barrels of recoverable oil. The OGX oil is in shallow offshore oil on the continental shelf off of Brazil. The …
ReWalk is a wearable, motorized quasi robotic suit from Argo Medical Technologies. FAQ * FDA approval is expected this year (2010). * The price hasn’t been established yet. However, we’re targeting for an annual consumer (end-user) price comparable with typical average annual expenses of people confined to wheelchairs. * Based on our surveys and on …
522 page pdf with DARPAs 2010-2011 budget and project plans Part 2 of DARPA project highlights for 2010-2011 is here Tip-Based Nanofabrication (TBN) ($10 million) The Tip-Based Nanofabrication (TBN) program will develop the capability to use Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) cantilevers and tips to controllably manufacture nano-scale structures such as nanowires, nanotubes, and quantum dots …
Spray on Liquid Glass is food safe and can make any surface easy to clean and antimicrobial for years and can be used to increase the yields of agricultural crops “SiO2- ultra thin layering” is the technical term for Liquid Glass. The flexible and breathable glass coating is approximately 100 nanometres thick (500 times thinner …
UQ (University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia) physicists and Harvard chemists have teamed up to build a quantum computer that could have profound implications for wider science. Professor Andrew White and colleagues from UQ’s School of Mathematics and Physics, teamed up with researchers from Harvard University, led by Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik, to tackle the problem of …