Nanoletters – Microwave-Assisted Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube AFM Tip A new, fast, alternative approach for the fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT) atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips is reported. Thereby, the tube material is grown on the apex of an AFM tip by utilizing microwave irradiation and selective heating of the catalyst. Reaction times as short …
The U.S. Army is evaluating full-color flexible displays that can be worn on the wrist The U.S. Army is testing a prototype “watch” that’s lightweight and thin and has a full-color display. This display is built on flexible materials encased in a rugged plastic case and can be worn on a wristband to display streaming …
Today is blog action day and the topic is water Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services (2009) Recent studies found that 30 percent of homes with indoor plumbing in Uzbekistan had no residual chlorine levels. The addition of home chlorination subsequently led to a 62 percent reduction in diarrheal …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Astronomers reviwed the data archives of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have added 14 new Trans-neptunian object (TNOs). The newfound TNOs range from 25 to 60 miles (40-100 km) across. This would make them around the sizes of the 8th to tenth largest moons of Jupiter and …
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Recently the Space Review had an article by Jeff Foust which indicated that Zubrin believes it is quite optimistic to get an alpha of 20 kg/kW for a power source for a VASIMR plasma rocket. The VASIMR mission architectures with the 39-day travel times had assumed …
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Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There were a studies published in 2006 and 2008 that looked at making a fusion rocket using dense plasma focus and air-breathing MHD propulsion. These system proposals would work even if Lawrenceville Plasma physics does not succeed with dense plasma focus fusion and does not include the …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software CBO (Congressional Budget Office) projects that without significant changes in policy, total spending for health care will be 31 percent of GDP by 2035 and will increase to 46 percent by 2080. Total spending for Medicare is projected to increase to 8 percent of GDP by 2035 …
1. Physics Review Letters – Self-Connected 3D Architecture of Microwires A defect or disclination line, prepared at a designed place in a nematic liquid crystal, is used as a template for realizing a microwire directly connected to the electrodes with an accuracy of a few μm. The line attracts and traps silica particles, until self-assembling …
Discovery news reports that diamond oceans possible on Uranus and Neptune Ultrahigh pressures, the kind of pressures found in huge gas giants like Neptune and Uranus are some of the places where ultrahigh temperatures and ultrahigh pressures exist. Eggert and his colleagues placed a small, natural, clear diamond, about a tenth of a carat by …