Bright future for nanosized light source
A bio-friendly nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across the visible spectrum, has been invented by a team of researchers with
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New, invisible nano-fibers conduct electricity, repel dirt
Tiny plastic fibers could be the key to some diverse technologies in the future — including self-cleaning surfaces, transparent electronics, and biomedical tools
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‘Molecular surgery’ snips off a single atom
A single hydrogen atom has been snipped off a molecule and then added back on again, marking the first time a single chemical
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Visions of the future
Check out some new scenarios from the recent scenario process at the Economic & Social Research Council. See the Guardian blog.
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Craig Venter succeeds in ‘genome transplant’
Call it bacterial alchemy: using a “genome transplant”, researchers have turned one species of bacterium into another. The transformation is the latest feat
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Russia-NATO: a marriage of convenience?
Read my comprehensive news summary of the missile shield problematique on the Lifeboat Foundation blog (“The Missile Shield and the Race for Space Awareness“).
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Atom trap is a step towards a quantum computer
A device that can hold hundreds of atoms in a 3D array, and image each one individually, has been developed by scientists in
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The Ideal Gene Delivery Vector: Chromallocytes, Cell Repair Nanorobots for Chromosome Replacement Therapy
The ultimate goal of nanomedicine is to perform nanorobotic therapeutic procedures on specified individual cells comprising the human body. This paper reports the
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David Brin Predicts the Future
David Brin works out of his home office in San Diego County, but he spends much of his day in invisible worlds—ones hidden
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Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Biases, and Global Risk
If you have not read “Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgment of Global Risks” and “Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in
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