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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software (a) The experimental resonant metalens on the ground copper plane. Experiments are performed in an anechoic chamber. (b-c) Signals and spectra received in the far-field after emission from central monopole with the lens (blue) and without as a control curve (red). (d) Focal spot obtained after …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Russia’s energy minister Sergei Shmatko announced new energy plans from now to 2030. The new plans forecast reduced demand growth and stretch out what was planned to be added by 2020 out to 2030. * Russia is planning to introduce 173 GWe of new generating …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Scientists from four U.S. universities have created a way to use Rice University’s light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures that could find use in chemical sensors, nanolasers and bizarre light-absorbing metamaterials. Much as a child might use Lego blocks to build 3-D …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) forecasts that China’s gross domestic product will exceed 11 percent this year before slowing to just under 10 percent in 2011. (22 page pdf) * Deteriorating trade and still-strong domestic demand would cut current account surplus sharply in …
Another type of Dyson Sphere is the “Dyson bubble”. It would be similar to a Dyson swarm, composed of many independent constructs. Previously, nextbigfuture had written about Dyson Swarms and dyson Spheres Unlike the Dyson swarm, the constructs making it up are not in orbit around the star, but would be statites—satellites suspended by use …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software Cleantech.com reports Thorium One, a Vancouver, Canada-based company is attempting to fund ($23 million) the development of a new fuel design—called Thorium Plutonium MOX—that it says can be used in existing infrastructure for nuclear reactors in the production of nuclear energy that does not create bomb-usable …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software China’s population is projected to peak at slightly less than 1.4 billion in 2026, both earlier and at a lower level than previously projected. Meanwhile, India’s population is projected to surpass China’s population in 2025, according to new data being released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Population …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software A new analysis of the structure of silks explains the paradox at the heart of their super-strength, and may lead to even stronger synthetic materials. Scientists at MIT have unraveled some of their deepest secrets in research that could lead the way to the creation of synthetic …
Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Caption: The microfluidic sorting device removes inactive and unwanted compounds, dumping the drops into a “bad egg” bin, and guides the others into a “keep” container. Specifically, as the drops flow through the channels they eventually encounter a junction (a two-channel fork). The device identifies the desired …
arxiv – Towards Graphene Nanoribbon-based Electronics (9 page pdf) The successful fabrication of single layer graphene has greatly stimulated the progress of the research on graphene. In this article, focusing on the basic electronic and transport properties of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), we review the recent progress of experimental fabrication of GNRs, and the theoretical and …