Magnetic nanoparticles stimulate stem cells to regenerate bones
Researchers in bone tissue regeneration believe they have made a significant breakthrough for sufferers of bone trauma, disease or defects such as osteoporosis. Medical researchers from Keele...
View ArticleGraphene/nanotube hybrid benefits flexible solar cells
Rice University scientists have invented a novel cathode that may make cheap, flexible dye-sensitized solar cells practical.The Rice lab of materials scientist Jun Lou created the new cathode, one of...
View ArticleHyve 3D has virtual reality without visors
Hyve 3D creates virtual reality environments without needing visors like Oculus RiftThe 3D images are the result of an optical illusion created by a widescreen high-resolution projector, a specially...
View ArticleIron superconductor has a critical temperature above liquid nitrogen
A single layer film of an Iron superconductor has a critical temperature above liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors are far cheaper to operate than those that require lower...
View ArticleDoubling the speed of cellphone data with a simple full duplex circuit
A circuit that lets a radio send and receive data simultaneously over the same frequency could supercharge wireless data transfer. The circuit makes it possible for a radio to send and receive signals...
View ArticleUK funds $400 million for quantum computers and has promising trapped ion...
A consortium of academic and industrial partners led by Oxford University will deliver quantum technologies including building a fully-functional prototype quantum computer. The Oxford-led Hub for...
View ArticleThe Elite 0.01% will be flying supersonic again in 2019
The supersonic Concorde passenger jet had its last flight in November, 2003.The Aerion supersonic businessjet could lead the re-emergence of supersonic commercial aviation. New technology will make the...
View ArticleUSA crude oil production could surpass Saudi Arabia in 2015
US crude oil production increased to 9.077 million barrels per day. USA oil production is within about 500,000 barrels per day of Saudi Arabia oil production. Saudia Arabia and Russia are trying to...
View ArticleComplex, reliable and modular synthetic biology networks will enable...
Individual biological circuit componentss can have precise and predictable responses but those outcomes become less predictable as more such elements are combined.A team of researchers at MIT has now...
View ArticleThe first digital animal will be open source nematode worm funded by kickstarter
OpenWorm is an open source project dedicated to creating a virtual C. elegans nematode in a computer.The bot's artificial brain has the same number of cells as a real nematode brain, and they are...
View Article3D Printing of Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanowires
3D printing of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanowires is realized at room temperature by local growth of GO at the meniscus formed at a micropipette tip followed by reduction of GO by thermal or...
View ArticleImpenetrable barrier to ultrarelativistic electrons in the Van Allen...
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered an invisible shield some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called “killer electrons,” which whip around the planet at near-light...
View ArticleScaling and testing geoengineering
There were some meetings and papers considering how to scale and test geoengineering. The papers did not consider iron sequesteration in the ocean. The 120 ton experiment of placing iron sulphate in...
View ArticleDynomak fusion details and summary of other nuclear fusion projects
There has been some recent coverage of the Dynomak nuclear fusion project in IEEE Spectrum and other sources over the last few days.Nextbigfuture had extensive coverage of the Dynomak over 6 weeks ago....
View ArticleASEAN larger economy than India
United Overseas Bank (a Singporean Bank) estimates that by 2025, China's economy will be worth $28 trillion, just behind the US at $29 trillion but well ahead of the euro zone at $20 trillion. The...
View ArticleOfficial Star Wars Force Awakens Trailer
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2015) - J.J. Abrams Movie HD A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI -...
View ArticleCarnival of Nuclear Energy 236
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 236 is up at Yes Vermont YankeeANS Nuclear Cafe - the US EPA Clean Power Plan aims to reduce emissions rates (not necessarily emissions) by setting goals for states in...
View ArticleMulti-layer graphene confirmed to be twice as bullet resistant as Kevlar
Researchers devised a new miniature ballistics test to test graphene's bullet resistance. They used a laser pulse to superheat gold filaments until they vaporised, acting like gunpowder to fire a...
View ArticleHSBC first cut models World in 2050
HSBC had a 42 page report that had their view of the world in 2050 The report identifies the Top 100 economies by size. The ranking is based on an economy’s current level of development and the factors...
View ArticleChina's electricity usage increases 3.8% and is on track to 5540 Terawatt hours
China consumed 450.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in October, up 3.1 percent from a year earlier, data from the National Energy Administration showed. Over the first 10 months, power...
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