Saturday 20 April 2013

Graphene: Material That Will Change Our World - News Inmesol ...

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Graphene: Material That Will Change Our World. April 17, 2013. by Inmesol. Comments are off. Graphene has a series of properties never before found in any ...

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A look inside XCOR Aerospace in Mojave, California. Dave Malkoff [ http:// davemalkoff.com ] test ...

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FAA to Simulate Effects of Radiation on Space Tourists - Slashdot

How much radiation can the human body withstand in space—a big concern as space tourism ramps up? If you don't know, don't worry: the Federal Aviation ...

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Wealth Beyond the Horizon: The Coming Asteroid Mining Boom | US ...

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In fact, according to Space.com's “Asteroid Mining” by Mark Sonter, near-earth objects may offer purer and more easily refined metal ores than even the most ...

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Mars, Our First Outpost on the Final Frontier

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Some people will tell you that this new colony will be on the moon, or an asteroid. In my opinion asteroids are a great place to go, but mostly for mining. I think the location is likely to be Mars. This Mars colony will start off with a few thousand ...

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'God particle' scientists come up with cancer-blasting beam as an alternative ...

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Working alongside a British medical firm, the team at the Cern laboratory in Geneva plan to slash the cost of an alternative to debilitating radiotherapy that is more effective and less damaging. They also hope to open UK-based treatment centres within ...

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Bechtel Partners with Planetary Resources for Space ... - MINING.com

Currently, Planetary Resources has multiple contracts to develop miniaturized and responsive technologies with far-reaching applications to space assessment, ...

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You can pluck graphene from thin air – but then what? — Tech ...

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It may be the most amazing substance known to humanity – potentially – but pioneers in the graphene scene are still scratching their heads as to the material's ...

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NEW TECHNIQUE CAN DETECT STRUCTURE OF PROMISING ...

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In 2010, the discoverers of graphene - a revolutionary material made of a carbon "monolayer" just one atom thick - snagged the Nobel Prize in physics. An extremely efficient conductor of heat and electricity, graphene could be manufactured with nothing ...

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You can pluck graphene from thin air – but then what?

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It's the wonder stuff: the thinnest, stiffest, strongest and most impermeable material known to humanity, as well as the best thermal and electrical conductor. What's more, a company called Graphene Technologies has figured out how to more-or-less ...

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Nanowires boost efficiency of solar cells - Compound Semiconductor

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What's more, because quantum dots are made in solution, they could be easily printed or painted onto flexible surfaces. Scientists have calculated that quantum dots could be used to make thin-film solar cells that could convert light to electricity ...

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Space Tourism stories at Techdirt.

Fortunately, there are a few companies that are working on space tourism, and space tourists could help fund the development of a growing number of ...

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