The Carnival of Space 180 is up at Starry Critters Astronotes writes that Red Dwarf stars could be the most important type of star in the universe. A G-type star has but a brief window for life to flourish on its planets, before it expands to a red giant in a cosmic eye blink, then …
Engineers have discovered that they can harness the characteristics of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) to build tiny components for the lithium ion batteries of the future The rigid, rod-shaped Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), which under an electron microscope looks like uncooked spaghetti, is a well-known and widespread plant virus that devastates tobacco, tomatoes, peppers, and …
The Carnival of Space 178 is up at we are all in the gutter This site supplied – Two Mars hopper designs for exploring over ten times more of Mars by making fuel from the Mars atmosphere This site also supplied a proposal for making air transportation safer. Weird Sciences looks at wormhole induction propulsion …
Space Solar Power – Achievable Within a Generation? John Mankins, Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC – Instead of a massive single plan, a roadmap was developed for incremental steps – Preliminary analysis: SBSP could be possible within 10-15 years within a finite amount of money – Could be paid for with a Jim Webb Space …
1. Charles Barton heard a presentation by Dr. Kazuo Furukawa and Keishiro Fukushima of the “International Thorium Energy & Molten-Salt Technology Inc.” (IThEMS) They want to build their first prototype of the Thorium Molten Salt 10 MW Mini-Fuji. Mr. Fukushima stated that IThEMS is negotiating with Korean Shipbuilders over the potential sale of Mini-Fujis for …
Superconductors.ORG (joe Eck) announced a way has been found to further increase the record high critical temperature of superconducting material (Tl4Ba)-9223 from 254K to 258K (258 kelvin is -15 celsius and +5 fahrenheit) . This extraordinarily high transition temperature was achieved by substituting magnesium into the calcium atomic sites of the 16-layer 9223 structure that …
Rice University research that capitalizes on the wide-ranging capabilities of graphene could lead to circuit applications that are far more compact and versatile than what is now feasible with silicon-based technologies. Triple-mode, single-transistor amplifiers based on graphene — the one-atom-thick form of carbon that recently won its discoverers a Nobel Prize — could become key …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The state of the art in synthetic sapphire for windows and small domes (one foot in diameter) was described in a 2004 review for the military. Synthetic sapphire production in 2003 was 250 tons per year worldwide. Current issues for sapphire production for windows and domes …
Superpower Inc a subsidiary of Philips talked about a potential 70 Tesla Superconducting magnet based on REBCO. they built a 26.5 Tesla magnet but the REBCO has 70 Tesla critical field. (17 page pdf) Aug 2009 Superpower presentation indicates a 33.8 Tesla superconducting magnet was created and 35 Tesla is “within their grasp” REBCO: melt-processed …
By getting superconducting theory right (or making enough progress from theory and better experiment), we could guide material design of room temperature superconductors, higher current density material, better electronics, better power grid, possible magnetically ground launched space craft. Room-temperature superconductors would be an important milestone on the path to complete mastery (within the actual limits …