Ark Hotel Construction time lapse building 15 stories in 2 days for the metal strucure and another 4 days for the skin of the building and rapid construction of the Broad Pavillion at the Shanghai expo If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator, or Reddit, or StumbleUpon. Thanks Featured …
The IEA (International Energy Agency) Oil Market Report for October 13, 2010 • Global oil demand for 2010 and 2011 is revised up by 0.3 mb/d on average to 86.9 mb/d and 88.2 mb/d, respectively, on new data showing much stronger‐than‐expected 3Q10 readings, notably in the OECD, and updated GDP and price assumptions. Yearly growth …
Nanoletters – Large-Diameter Graphene Nanotubes Synthesized Using Ni Nanowire Templates We report a method to synthesize tubular graphene structures by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on Ni nanowire templates, using ethylene as a precursor at growth temperature of around 750 °C. Unlike carbon nanotubes that are synthesized via conventional routes, the number of graphene layers is …
The United States needs to build things the way it used to. It took 410 days to build the Empire State Building (381 meters tall); four years to erect the Golden Gate Bridge. The Pentagon took two years; the Alaska Highway just nine months. These days it takes longer to build an overpass. Burj Khalifa …
Silicon-based solar cells, by far the most prevalent type of solar cell available today, might provide clean, green energy but they are bulky, rigid and expensive to produce. Organic (carbon-based) semiconductors are seen as a promising way to enable flexible, lightweight solar cells that would also be much cheaper to produce as they could be “printed” in …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. There are indications that iron based superconductors could achieve critical fields as high as 204 Tesla to as high as 900 Tesla. An Overview on Iron Based Superconductors is a 20 page pdf. The 204 Tesla is based on the WHH method of extrapolation and …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Exterior view of the Ignitor fusion reactor, whose core will be built in Italy and external housing built outside Moscow, where it will be installed.Image courtesy of Bruno Coppi MIT-led Ignitor reactor could be the world’s first to reach fusion ignition and perhaps paving the way …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The purpose of the Mitosens project is to prevent damage from mitochondrial mutations. The mitochondrion is a machine within the cell that acts as the “power plant” of the cell. Mitochondria take oxygen and chemically combine it with energy-rich nutrients from our food, to make carbon …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Wired Mag Danger Room -the Air Force is funding scientists who are using nano-technology and lasers to seal up wounds at a molecular level. The US Military is funding many potential disruptive improvements to wound healing and treatment. * human trials have started for spray on …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Air Force Research Laboratory has a 2008 report that provides an overview of advanced concepts for space access. * attempt to understand whether chemical systems can ever be replaced * assess the technology’s potential of providing a cost-effective means of placing objects in orbit around the …
1. Nature Nanotechnology – Graphene nanomesh transistors support 100 times the current of individual nanoribbons Graphene has significant potential for application in electronics but cannot be used for effective field-effect transistors operating at room temperature because it is a semimetal with a zero bandgap. Processing graphene sheets into nanoribbons with widths of less than 10 …