From the BBC News and many other sources, scientists say they have developed a vaccine that cuts the risk of HIV infection by more than 30%. It is the first time a vaccine has been shown to give even this limited protection against the virus that causes Aids. The vaccine was tried out on 16,000 …
1. Centauri Dreams sends “Lightcraft: A Laser Push to Orbit” It is about a laser-powered launch technology that could drastically change the economics of getting to LEO (low earth orbit). Experiments continuing. 2. Out of the cradle covers the lunar lander challenge and the success and vehicles of Armadillo aerospace. 3. The Planetary society blog …
Intel will use its upcoming Intel Developer Forum to highlight several key developments in its product roadmap — starting with smaller, more efficient chip designs and specialized applications for its Nehalem line. * Intel will show off “Westmere,” the first processors built using a 32 nanometer (nm) manufacturing process.* CPU manufacturing shrank from 65nm to …
Fighting Aging reports that Aubrey de Grey has a new term for actual escape velocity, Methuselarity A recent issue of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics includes a number of interesting papers on longevity science, or that relate to developing the tools and research community to enable engineered longevity. You might start with an essay …
M Simon at iecfusiontech reports that IEC (inertial electrostatic) fusion has gotten $8 million in funding. IEC Fusion is one of the most promising routes to commercial nuclear fusion and a possible solution to all of our energy problems. If it works we will be able to develop over thousand times our current level of …
Nextbigfuture previously looked at Bruce Bueno de Mesquita’s predictions on Iran and his method of prediction. Bruce is a famous math professor who uses a computerized game theory model to make accurate political predictions. More Predictions The COP-15 (copenhagen Dec 2009) climate talks in Copenhagen will fail. “The New Nostradamus article by Good Magazine Though …
New Scientist explains how come sometimes less is more for healthcare. Research at the Dartmouth School of Medicine in New Hampshire shows how high-spending regions of the country are driving the spiralling costs. Insurers and the government pay set fees for each medical intervention performed. In some regions, doctors in institutions that are competing to …
A 14 page pdf has been released by Professor Bolonkin Femtotechnology: Nuclear Matter with Fantastic Properties A lot of the paper is discussing what amazing things would be possible if it could be done. The key part is what is trying to be accomplished and the beginnings of how. We are talking about customized atomic …
The goal of Programmable Matter Program is to demonstrate a new functional form of matter, based on mesoscale particles, which can reversibly assemble into complex 3D objects upon external command. These 3D objects will exhibit all the functionality of their conventional counterparts. Programmable Matter represents the convergence of chemistry, information theory, and control into a …
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) tipped a roadmap for the introduction of its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines at the IMEC Technology Forum. Martin van den Brink, executive vice president for products and technology said “EUV is the cost effective successor of 193-nm lithography below 20-nm.” and that ASML believes it can extend EUV down …
20 pages of supplemental information in regards to sheets of nanoparticles being created using DNA by researchers at Cornell University. – A densely-packed DNA ligand layer around the nanoparticles is required to achieve a high degree of order. – a high degree of order was only observed in a low-salt condition (< 5 mM NaCl), …