Graphene beats polymer coatings in preventing microbially induced corrosion
Super-slick material makes steel better, stronger, cleaner
Just back from the 7th CG/LA North American Infrastructure Forum (Here) and I’ll be sharing more thoughts soon but, if we are going to continue spending next to nothing on infrastructure lets spend it on a next-to-nothing material (graphene) that will make stuff last.
Not just re-bar, concrete too!
Atoms won’t move while you watch
Best Quote – “The experiments were performed in the Utracold Lab of Mukund Vengalattore, assistant professor of physics, who has established Cornell’s first program to study the physics of materials cooled to temperatures as low as .000000001 degree above absolute zero.”
Light goes infinitely fast with new on-chip zero-index metamaterial
Best Quote – “Although this infinitely high velocity sounds like it breaks the rule of relativity, it doesn’t. Nothing in the universe travels faster than light carrying information — Einstein is still right about that. But light has another speed, measured by how fast the crests of a wavelength move, known as phase velocity. This speed of light increases or decreases depending on the material it’s moving through.”
Who Knew!
Longer lasting knees, hips, bridges, maybe even razor blades!
Scientists Invent a New Steel as Strong as Titanium
Best Quote – “This new metal has a strength-to-weight ratio that matches even our best titanium alloys, but at one tenth the cost, and can be created on a small scale with machinery already used to make automotive-grade steel.”
Super-slick material makes steel better, stronger, cleaner
Best Quote #2 – “The material could have far-ranging applications and avenues for commercialization, including non-fouling medical tools and devices, such as implants and scalpels, nozzles for 3D printing and, potentially, larger-scale applications for buildings and marine vessels.
Her Code Got Humans on the Moon—And Invented Software Itself
Amazing Video Turns Apollo Archive Photos To Life With Truly Stunning 3D Effects
Two wonderful examples of how time and technology move.
How a Microscopic Supercapacitor Will Supercharge Mobile Electronics
Best Quote – “The hybrid device is only one-fifth the thickness of a sheet of paper; its footprint can vary from a few square micrometers up to the centimeter scale. The centimeter-scale devices would have capacitances in the range of 400 to 1,000 millifarads—easily enough to power an LED flashlight for an hour.”
IBM Research Breakthrough Paves Way for Post-Silicon Future with Carbon Nanotube Electronics
Smaller, faster, more efficient and more Moore
Secretive fusion company claims reactor breakthrough
Best Quote – “They’ve succeeded finally in achieving a lifetime (the period the super-heated gas is stable) limited only by the power available to the system,” says particle physicist Burton Richter of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California
Best Unintentional Opening To A Yet-To-Be-Released Sci-Fi Flick – FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA—In a suburban industrial park south of Los Angeles, researchers have taken a significant step toward mastering nuclear fusion…
Chinese scientists’ new ‘super-strong foam’ could form lightweight tank and troop armour
Applications galore and a great development. I’m sure in some alternate universe they are already paving roads with this stuff.
