1. There is a online petition at Whitehouse.gov which encourages the obama administration to: Educate the Public Regarding Nuclear Power Supporters of nuclear energy should register at Whitehouse.gov and sign the petition and encourage others to sign it via social media and websites. 4535 additional signatures are needed by October 23. 2. ANS Nuclear Cafe …
When compounds of bromine or chlorine (represented in blue) are introduced into a block of graphite (shown in green), the atoms find their way into the structure in between every third sheet, thus increasing the spacing between those sheets and making it easier to split them apart. Image: Chih-Jen Shih/Christine Daniloff A team of MIT …
“Molecular, Mesoscale and Macroscopic Dynamics: Quantum Theory in Molecular Computation” William A. Goddard, III, PhD, Director of CalTech’s Materials & Process Simulation Center Mechanically bonded macromolecules Carbon based materials Not may options below 30 nm of placement accuracy Self assembly on a DNA template DNA structure and CNT-DNA linker Currently assembling with over 100 nm …
1. Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera has launched the world’s first commercially available 4G mobile broadband network. Based on the much talked about LTE or Long Term Evolution Technology, the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards aims to give users a seamless service across several different networks and systems. It will have speeds of up to …
According to the Independent (UK) arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading. The current deadline for the currency transition is 2018. UPDATE:Gold hits a record high on rumor of the dollar replacement deal.END UPDATE The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both …
This is a follow up to the news of a tuneable bandgap for graphene Graphene holds the promise of 10-times faster speed than silicon chips, plus the ability to be integrated with exiting semiconductor fabrication techniques. It was thought that 2017 sub-10 nanometer lithography would be needed to bring Graphene into the semiconductor computer roadmap. …
1. Music of the Spheres has Europa Visitor FlyingSinger brushes up his space navigation skills and prepares for his April IYA podcast with a flight from Europa to Callisto, simulated in Orbiter. 2. On February 16 we celebrated Galileo’s 445th birthday: “Yet It Moves” from A Babe in the Universe. During this International Year of …