The new 3D nanofabrication method makes it possible to manufacture complex multi-layered solids all in one step. In this example, seen in these Scanning Electron Microscope images, a view from above (at top) shows alternating layers containing round holes and long bars. As seen from the side (lower image), the alternating shapes repeat through several …
Canadian Oil Sands Project List as of June 2011 (22 pages) Existing and proposed oil sands projects 1) Operating Projects: 2.085 M bbl/d * Mining – 1.210 M bbl/d * in-situ – 0.875 M bbl/d 2) Under Construction: 0.785 M bbl/d * Mining – 0.290 M bbl/d * in-situ – 0.495 M bbl/d 3) Projects …
McKinsey Global Institute – Growth and Renewal in the United States – Retooling America’s Economic Engine (78 pages, Feb, 2011) * adopt best practices systematically across industries * adopt the next wave of innovation (life RFID for end to end supply chain) * adopt practices for faster response to customer needs Seven major US imperatives: …
1. Germany is set to turn back to coal, gas and imports to fill the energy chasm left by its fast-track exit of nuclear power. Germany produced 140.6 terawatt hours (TWh) of nuclear power in 2010. Germany produced 102 TWh from renewable energy in 2010, and they are targeted to add 115 TWh by 2020. …
Journal Science – Superelastic Effect in Polycrystalline Ferrous Alloys In superelastic alloys, large deformation can revert to a memorized shape after removing the stress. However, the stress increases with increasing temperature, which limits the practical use over a wide temperature range. Polycrystalline Fe-Mn-Al-Ni shape memory alloys show a small temperature dependence of the superelastic stress …
Journal Science – Superelastic Effect in Polycrystalline Ferrous Alloys In superelastic alloys, large deformation can revert to a memorized shape after removing the stress. However, the stress increases with increasing temperature, which limits the practical use over a wide temperature range. Polycrystalline Fe-Mn-Al-Ni shape memory alloys show a small temperature dependence of the superelastic stress …
In magnetic contrast images (top) taken by the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the bright spots are nanomagnets with their north ends pointing down (represented by red bar below) and the dark spots are north-up nanomagnets (blue). The six nanomagnets form a majority logic gate transistor, where the output on the right …
Economy Watch has a forecast for the Indian economy to 2016. Economywatch has a projections from 2010 to 2015 based on OECD, IMF, UN, World Bank and CIA data. Last years forecasts for Economy Watch have increased The change is mainly in the current prices as inflation is forecast to be about 6-7% per year. …
NASA and DARPA have a project called the 100 year Starship study. The 100 Year Starship™ Study is an effort seeded by DARPA to develop a viable and sustainable model for persistent, long-term, private-sector investment into the myriad of disciplines needed to make long-distance space travel practicable and feasible. The Icarus project has projected dates …
Solar dots: Each of these 16 dots is a solar cell made up of nanoscopic particles called quantum dots. Credit: Ted Sargent Technology Review – A research team at the University of Toronto has created the first two-layer solar cell made up of light-absorbing nanoparticles called quantum dots. Quantum dots, which can be tuned to …
Melanie Swan covered the 40th annual meeting of the American Aging Association held June 3-6, 2011 in Raleigh NC USA. They covered emerging concepts in the mechanisms of aging. Many usual topics in aging were covered such as dietary restriction (DR), inflammation, stress resistance, homeostasis and proteasome activity, sarcopenia, and neural degeneration. Newer methods like …