There are fewer of them this time, so I'll keep them above the fold.
- Graphene
makes for better optical displays - physicsworld.com
"According to the same group of researchers that first fabricated the 2D sheets of carbon nearly four years ago, graphene has the ideal optical properties to form the transparent electrodes in liquid crystal displays (LCDs)."
- Is
graphene the new silicon?
"Research results from University of Maryland physicists show that graphene, a new material that combines aspects of semiconductors and metals, could be a leading candidate to replace silicon in applications ranging from high-speed computer chips to bioch
- Silicon
chips for optical quantum technologies
"The team were able to fabricate their controlled-NOT gate from silica wave-guides on a silicon chip, resulting in a miniaturised device and high-performance operation."
- Cooperative
classrooms lead to better friendships, higher achievement in young
adolescents
"The findings suggest that when teachers structured their classrooms more cooperatively, students felt more support and connection with their peers, had better success on academic tests and tasks, and sustained higher levels of achievement because of the
- Man
tells police 'I've been raped by a wombat' - 27 Mar 2008 - NZ Herald:
New Zealand National news
"Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Stringer told the court alcohol played a large role in Cradock's life."
Comments
# 1 | Uncle Al | March 28, 2008 2:01 PM
Cut the crap with graphene,
1) Graphene with length and width specs at will, 10^15 sheets at a whack, arises from plebeian chemistry,
http://www.coronene.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/polymer.png
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jacsat/2008/130/i13/abs/ja710234t.html
2) Gold trace circuitry is easy - etch, e-beam, ion mill, lithography, offset electroless plating...
3) Terminate (1) with (revealable) thiols or other aurophilic moieties, then soak (2). Nano-transistors build themselves, five billion gates/CPU within minutes, for a hundred 20 nm architecture quad-core CPUs on a 30 cm diameter silicon production wafer.
Stop trying to do it and do it. Hire a chemist, solve the problem, then fire the chemist and reward your managers. Bloody stop whining.
# 2 | Coin | March 28, 2008 6:09 PM
I think that these five links in that order cut out an interesting dramatic arc.