Hi, this is Joseph Friedlander with a guest post for Next Big Future. This article will discuss setting up an industrial village on the Moon. And on import substitution and Jane Jacobs economics (transactions of decline and transactions of ascent). Note- This is a lengthy discussion of a plan for bootstrapping civilization into space. In …
MIT Technology Review – Thomas Webster, an associate professor of engineering at Brown University, has developed a nanomaterial that quickly solidifies at body temperature into a bone-like substance. This week, Brown announced a deal with medical device maker Audax Medical of Littleton, Massachusetts, to further develop the material and launch trials in animals. The material …
Wall Street Journal – China has reached a tipping point: It now can produce many of its own advanced weapons—including high-tech fighter jets like the Su-27—and is on the verge of its own aircraft carrier Chinese engineers cloned the prized Su-27’s avionics and radar but they are fitting it with the last piece in the …
A Purdue University team is collaborating with General Motors, which is developing a prototype using thermoelectric generators, or TEGs. The prototype, to be installed in the exhaust system behind the catalytic converter, will harvest heat from gases that are about 700 degrees Celsius, or nearly 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit, Xu said. The project begins Jan.1. The …
Cameco produces most of Canada’s uranium * Cameco’s uranium production rises 17% year to date, average unit cost of production decreases 13% * 2010 uranium production forecast increases to 22 million pounds * Cigar Lake on track * Cameco is on track to double annual uranium production from existing assets by 2018 If you liked …
1. Tunable Bandgap in Graphene by the Controlled Adsorption of Water Molecules Lack of a bandgap limits the utilization of graphene in nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices. It is shown that a tunable bandgap of up to ≈0.2 eV can be engineered by controlled adsorption of water molecules to a graphene surface. The effect is reversible, …
ACS Nano – An All-Electric Single-Molecule Motor Many types of molecular motors have been proposed and synthesized in recent years, displaying different kinds of motion, and fueled by different driving forces such as light, heat, or chemical reactions. We propose a new type of molecular motor based on electric field actuation and electric current detection …
The United States needs to build things the way it used to. It took 410 days to build the Empire State Building (381 meters tall); four years to erect the Golden Gate Bridge. The Pentagon took two years; the Alaska Highway just nine months. These days it takes longer to build an overpass. Burj Khalifa …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There are now 441 nuclear power reactors in operation with a total net installed capacity of 374.692 GW(e) China’s 13th reactor Ling Ao 3 (Unit 1 of the second phase of the Ling Ao nuclear power plant in Guangdong province, China) has entered full commercial service. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems — including a technique for converting photons carrying quantum data to wavelengths that can be transmitted long distances on optical fiber telecom networks. The developments …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software University of Otago scientists are the first in the world to consistently isolate and capture a single neutral atom – and the first to take a photograph of Rubidium 85. The next step is to try and generate a “state of entanglement” between the atoms, a …