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Jul 18, 2016
‘Green’ electronic materials produced with synthetic biology
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, computing, nanotechnology, solar power, sustainability
Biowire.
Researchers led by microbiologist Derek Lovely say the wires, which rival the thinnest wires known to man, are produced from renewable, inexpensive feedstocks and avoid the harsh chemical processes typically used to produce nanoelectronic materials.
Lovley says, “New sources of electronic materials are needed to meet the increasing demand for making smaller, more powerful electronic devices in a sustainable way.” The ability to mass-produce such thin conductive wires with this sustainable technology has many potential applications in electronic devices, functioning not only as wires, but also transistors and capacitors. Proposed applications include biocompatible sensors, computing devices, and as components of solar panels.
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Jul 18, 2016
Why Google wants your medical records
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, health
In the UK; US has HIPAA and I am glad.
Google has made headlines for its forays into healthcare but what is its ultimate goal?
Jul 18, 2016
Arduino-Powered Bioreactors Make Home Experimentation Affordable
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: biotech/medical
Ever wanted your own home bioreactor; now you can have it.
Read about how one doctor was inspired to create an Arduino-powered bioreactor and ended up with an affordable, accurate device.
Jul 18, 2016
Purdue Students Work To Prevent Harmful Algae Blooms
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Wish Purdue students a lot of luck. Wouldn’t it be interesting if Purdue rescued Governor Rick Scott from his algae disaster in FL.
With toxic algae blooms closing beaches in Florida, the project is no longer just a local concern for the group.
Jul 18, 2016
Weird quantum effects stretch across hundreds of miles
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: particle physics, quantum physics
Interesting study occurring on subatomic particles (aka neutrinos) in how they can be in superposition, without individual identities, when traveling hundreds of miles.
Now, MIT physicists have found that subatomic particles called neutrinos can be in superposition, without individual identities, when traveling hundreds of miles. Their results, to be published later this month in Physical Review Letters, represent the longest distance over which quantum mechanics has been tested to date.
A subatomic journey across state lines
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Jul 18, 2016
How to scam $750,000 out of Microsoft Office: Two-factor auth calls to premium-rate numbers
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Hmmm;
Tech giants scramble to fix pricey loophole.
Jul 18, 2016
New light harvesting potentials
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: materials, quantum physics
By narrowing the bandgap of titania and graphene quantum dots.
Researchers have found a method of harvesting light.
Griffith University researchers have discovered significant new potentials for light harvesting through narrowing the bandgap of titania and graphene quantum dots.