Chemistry
Buckypaper – a thin sheet made from an aggregate of carbon nanotubes
Buckypaper is a new material that is very resistant and lightweight; it is manufactured using compressed carbon nanotubes (CNT). It is a thin sheet made…
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Technology
Twistor memory – a type of computer memory
Twistor memory is a type of computer memory that predated modern-day RAM and was eventually replaced by it. It is a form of computer memory…
Finance
Revenue Bond
A revenue bond is a type of municipal bond in which the obligation’s repayment is mainly guaranteed by the entity’s operating revenues. Dissimilar to general…
Chemistry
Fullerene – an allotrope of carbon
Fullerenes have attracted considerable attention in different fields of science since their discovery in 1985. It is an allotrope of carbon whose molecule consists of…
Technology
Magnetic-core memory
Core memory swiftly swept away competing technologies. Magnetic-core memory was the predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years between about 1955 and 1975.…
Geography
Shetland Islands, Scotland
Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland; Scots: Shetland; Norn: Hjetland), also known as Zetland or Shetland, is a group of around 100 islands in Scotland, with less…
Chemistry
Cryogenic Treatment – a process of cooling materials
Cryogenics is the production of and behavior of materials at very low temperatures. Cryogenic treatment is the process of treating workpieces to cryogenic temperatures (i.e.…
Other
The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays Are Accelerated By Star Clusters, Not Supernovas
Only a small proportion of cosmic rays reach the PV energies, which is lucky because otherwise we could all be prone to death. Yet, we…
Technology
Take A Flying Train Ride Through 1902 Germany With Incredible Restored and Revitalized Footage
Excavated from the archives of The Museum of Modern Art, a YouTuber uploaded a 1902 video detailing the journey of the German “flying train” in glorious…
Technology
Racetrack memory – a tentative technology
Racetrack memory is a tentative technology under development that’s projected to offer a replacement for current memory types, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and flash.…
Environment
Summers Could Be Six Months Long In The Northern Hemisphere By 2100, Scientists Warn
As climate, change accelerates and global temperatures continue to rise, changes in the beginning of the seasons could have catastrophic consequences for agriculture, ecology and human…
Environment
Sea Otters Are Saving California’s Intact Kelp Forests Amid Invading “Zombie” Urchins
Sea urchins usually live in harmony with Kelp forests and take pieces of Kelp lying in their safe havens in the rocks. Sometimes, however, they…
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