This option will reset the home page of this site. Restoring any closed widgets or categories.

Reset
Home  »  Archives

Nanotech

European Space Agency launches flood-predicting, earth monitoring satellite

Written on 8 Nov, 2009 at 17:45 in Electronics, Nanotech | viewed 52 views times | 298 Comments
European Space Agency launches flood-predicting, earth monitoring satellite

On Sunday (the first of November) the European Space Agency launched a new satellite from a Russian rocket. This one, named the European Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has a few very important jobs to... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:     

Why is it so hard to build a nuclear weapon?

Written on 24 Sep, 2009 at 21:56 in Nanotech | viewed 28 views times | 0 Comments
Why is it so hard to build a nuclear weapon?

The easy part There is more than enough information out there explaining how to produce a nuclear weapon. This became obvious in 1967 after three newly minted physics professors with no nuclear weapons experience were able to draw up a credible... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:         

Lifesaver Water Bottle turns Filthy Water into Drinkable

Written on 14 Sep, 2009 at 18:28 in Biotech, Nanotech, Videos | viewed 47 views times | 0 Comments
Lifesaver Water Bottle turns Filthy Water into Drinkable

With cutting-edge nanotechnology, Michael Pritchard’s Lifesaver water-purification bottle could revolutionize water-delivery systems in disaster-stricken areas around the globe. During the twin tragedies of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, Ipswich water-treatment expert Michael Pritchard winced helplessly at televised coverage of throngs... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:

Allosphere, a new gadget thats lets you see and hear atoms

Written on 16 Apr, 2009 at 19:26 in Electronics, Featured, Nanotech | viewed 173 views times | 0 Comments
Allosphere, a new gadget thats lets you see and hear atoms

JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... (Continue reading)

ACTU voices health fears

Written on 15 Apr, 2009 at 2:10 in Nanotech | viewed 95 views times | 0 Comments

There is now a union movement trying to bring to prominence the fear that workers in the Nanotech area face the same health risks as those in Asbestos factories. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) claims there are no safety... (Continue reading)

Nanotechnology in medicine: Implants

Written on 12 Apr, 2009 at 22:30 in Nanotech | viewed 124 views times | 0 Comments

The potential for a new application for nanotechnology in medicine has emerged with a discussion in a new article in the Science magazine: The ability to use nanotechnology and organic circuitry to revolutionize the field of medical implantation. Details on Ars... (Continue reading)

Convert CO2 into fuel

Written on 6 Apr, 2009 at 19:04 in Nanotech | viewed 118 views times | 0 Comments

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16621 An article at the New Scientist details research in Nanotech that enables the use of solar power to convert carbon dioxide into fuel. ... (Continue reading)

Understand Nanotech

Written on 6 Apr, 2009 at 18:55 in Nanotech | viewed 102 views times | 0 Comments

The new face of Nanotechnology by Tristan Johnson : Tristan Johnson – The new face of nanotechnology A video for the Nanotech newbie detailing the potential of Nanotechnology  in the up and coming future. ... (Continue reading)

Advertisement