Technology

Scientists capture the first image of memories being made

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:42:36 +0300

The ability to learn and to establish new memories is essential to our daily existence and identity; enabling us to navigate through the world. A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), McGill University and University of California, Los Angeles has captured an image for the first time of a mechanism, specifically protein translation, which underlies long-term memory formation.

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Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:39:58 +0300

“Surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating -- but not for the squeamish”

New Superconducting Material To Open New Possibilities.

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:36:41 +0300

“A superconducting sheet of lead only two atoms thick, the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, has been developed by physicists at The University of Texas at Austin.

One of the innovative properties of Shih's ultra-thin lead is that it confines the electrons to move in two dimensions, or one "quantum channel," like ballroom dancers gliding across the floor. Uniquely, the lead remains a good superconductor despite the constrained movement of the electrons through the metal.”

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First Acoustic Superlens - One Step Closer To The Sound Cloak.

Sun, 31 May 2009 18:53:53 +0300

“Using conventional lenses, it's not possible to focus light waves or sound waves to a spot size smaller than half the wavelength of the light. To get around these limitations, a lens must refract, or literally bend light backward. No naturally occurring materials have a negative index of refraction, but some materials carefully designed in the lab, called metamaterials, do.”

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Philips Lumiblade OLED Light

Mon, 25 May 2009 09:40:35 +0300

Philips has stared making OLED light panels available to the public. They are surprisingly thin and have 1.000 cd/m2 brightness, up to 20 lm/w in efficiency and 10.000 hours lifetime.

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