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Things For India And The New Things Which Rock The World

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Carbon nanotube composite material could replace carbon fiber

Carbon nanotube composite material could replace carbon fiber

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ The ribbon-like material being wound onto a spool, while being sprayed with polymer and stretched ∙ When people need a material that’s strong yet lightweight, they ∙ usually look to carbon fiber. In the near future, ...

Rakum ― 20 weeks ago

GeS “nanoflowers” could blossom in next-gen solar cells

GeS “nanoflowers” could blossom in next-gen solar cells

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ The GeS 'nanoflowers' have petals only 20-30 nanometers thick, and provide a large surface area in a small amount of space ∙ Researchers have already turned to the humble sunflower ∙ for inspiration to design more efficient...

Rakum ― 20 weeks ago

New tech converts regular paper into powerful medical diagnostic tool

New tech converts regular paper into powerful medical diagnostic tool

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ Researchers at the University of Washington have found a way to ∙ turn scraps of common office paper into a powerful diagnostic too ∙ A group of researchers at the University of Washington has found a ∙ way to ...

Rakum ― 21 weeks ago

Heat-conducting composite pipes could make desalination less costly

Heat-conducting composite pipes could make desalination less costly

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ Fraunhofer's polymer-copper desalination pipes ∙ In a typical desalination plant, pipes made from titanium or other ∙ expensive types of metal are an integral part of the process. Now, ∙ however, scientists have...

Rakum ― 21 weeks ago

Black silicon could boost efficiency of traditional solar cells

Black silicon could boost efficiency of traditional solar cells

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ Dark silicon could improve efficiency in traditional solar cells by harvesting energy in the infrared spectrum ∙ Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications have ∙ developed a system that allows solar ...

Rakum ― 21 weeks ago

Scientists invent transparent soil to reveal the secret life of plants

Scientists invent transparent soil to reveal the secret life of plants

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ Lettuce grown in transparent soil developed by researchers at ∙ the James Hutton Institute and the University of Abertay Dundee in ∙ Scotland ∙ Most people’s image of plants is actually upside down. For most of...

Rakum ― 21 weeks ago

Vestas increases capacity of massive V164 wind turbine

Vestas increases capacity of massive V164 wind turbine

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ Vestas has upped the capacity of ts V164 wind turbine to 8 MW ∙ Danish wind turbine specialist Vestas was already looking to claim ∙ the title of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine with its proposed ∙ V164...

Rakum ― 21 weeks ago

Solid when wet and liquid when dry – Cornell's new DNA hydrogel seems confused

Solid when wet and liquid when dry – Cornell's new DNA hydrogel seems confused

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ DNA hydrogel letters collapse, flow, and reform into their original shape ∙ Every now and again, Cornell University Professor Dan Luo gets a ∙ surprise. His research team has discovered a new variety of hydrogel – ∙...

Rakum ― 22 weeks ago

Shoal's robot fish could be the first line of defense against water pollution

Shoal's robot fish could be the first line of defense against water pollution

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ The Shoal Consortium's robo-fish could provide round the clock protection against harmful pollutants by patrolling in teams. ∙ A five foot long (1.5 meter) robo-fish prototype that monitors oxygen ∙ levels and salinity ...

Rakum ― 22 weeks ago

New study distils the eco footprint of biofuels

New study distils the eco footprint of biofuels

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ A new study by Swiss research group Empa found that some ∙ biofuels, especially the ones made from crops cultivated on deforested ∙ land, produce more GHG emissions than petrol ∙ The controversial debate ...

Rakum ― 23 weeks ago

Liquid laundry additive turns clothes into air purifiers

Liquid laundry additive turns clothes into air purifiers

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ Clothing treated with the CatClo laundry additive can remove nitrogen oxides from the air ∙ A laundry additive created by researchers from the University of ∙ Sheffield and the London College of Fashion turns clothing...

Rakum ― 23 weeks ago

Scientists create ultra-thin, cheap, flexible, transparent graphene semiconductors

Scientists create ultra-thin, cheap, flexible, transparent graphene semiconductors

Lets Rock The World(LRTW) ― ∙ A rendering of the gallium/arsenic nanowires on the graphene substrate ∙ Ordinarily, electronics are made with silicon semiconductors that are ∙ rigid, opaque, and about half a millimeter thick. Thanks to research...

Rakum ― 23 weeks ago

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