Carbon has interested the researchers the most in the 21st century for its stiffness and strength. After the invention of nanotubes they didn’t stop but developed carbon papers called super papers. This strongest material has only one problem. It is prone to destruction by water.
Researchers have recently developed paper sheets from a form of graphite which is a sister of diamond. They have found that the grapheme oxide particles bind together when immersed in water. This forms a layer like a paper sheet. The strength of this sheet surpasses that of the nanotubes which are currently known to be the strongest.
Unlike carbon nanotubes this can be manufactured to any shape and size. This makes it the most useful for many applications ranging from protective coatings, fuel cells to aircraft fuselages. It was reported that this paper can be formed cheaper than any other stronger material. The quest for stronger and cheaper materials is still ongoing.
But there is one trouble for this invention. The backlash is that this paper is vulnerable to exposition of water. The same water which has bonded the particles together will loosen them and causing their destruction. The next step researchers are taking is obvious. They are looking for finding other materials which can be bonded from any other liquid. Do you have any comments on these developments?
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Paper made from a Graphite is stronger than Carbon Nanotubes but vulnerable to water
Friday, June 29, 2007
Playing Video Games is Not an Addiction
Many people consider playing video games to be an addiction. This is mainly because the players refuse to stop playing. They gradually spend more of their time in playing than anything else. And what not they even look out for similar games once a game is finished.
The American Medical Association reported that it is not an addiction. There was a heated debate that went on to conclude that it is not an addiction but the data available is insufficient to conclude so. More study is needed to support that it is an addiction.
However their study also revealed that 12 percent are more addicted to the online and video games in Britain. They base this assumption on conditions similar to addiction to alcohol. Alcoholics never tend to give up and at some point of time end up losing time without working, bathing or even eating. They say that in the US 10 to 15 percent are affected by overuse of the video games.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
A Nature-friendly Vacation to Hawaii
Taking a vacation in Hawaii beach just serves that purpose. Not only is the vacation in Hawaii is eco friendly but also it is culture based and the eco tourism industry in Hawaii is growing day by day. The large commercial hotels are dropping and eco friendly vacation is preferred. The hawaii condos offers accommodation your vacation to be environmentally sustainable.
That vacation could be the vacation of life time. The accommodation at the hawaii condos can be booked through online through secure payment gateways. There is no need to bother about reliability and other problems.
Also the hawaii condos is located nearest to the Hawaii beach so that there is no need to book vehicles or use vehicles to travel to beach. It is also a step toward nature friendliness. There are several other things that are offered for making the vacation an eco-friendly vacation. Taking an eco-friendly vacation to the Beach in the South Pacific is click away.
Gazebo
A gazebo is a pavilion structure commonly found in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, basic shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest. In their original use—the word appears in English in 1752— they were sited to take advantage of a view, so much so that among the false etymologies for gazebo are Que c'est beau (French: "How beautiful") and the Macaronic Latin gazebo ("I shall gaze").
Earlier examples of garden pavilions that have survived were more solidly built, though open to views. Pavilions that a later generation might have termed gazebos are the garden houses at Montacute House. Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands.
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Reference:
Gazebo – Wikipedia.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Markets are hitting all time highs – do you plan to invest?
The world stock markets are all hitting new highs this week. With the inflation worry eliminated and due to lack of negative concerns, the benchmark indices all over the world are hitting new highs. Are you in the game? Or do you want to be?
The year 2007 started with fresh buying conviction and all the markets were hitting new highs at that time. The starting of February has witnessed a downtrend which ended in the last week of March. The reason the recent crash was the concerns about Yen Carry trade in Japan and the sub prime mortgage lending problems in US.
Now these negative concerns have drifted away with the start of April and the markets slowly recovered after a lot of volatile fluctuations. Now in May the benchmark indices are hitting all time highs again. Is it better to invest now? Have you already done that?
If you have already done that then it is fine. If you want to invest now, then plan for a future crash also. Because if the times turn against you, you cannot retrace your money back without losses and additional expenses. The best way to deal with this situation is to enter with certain amount as there are no negative concerns. Then wait for a short time for the markets to get corrected. Don’t wait for a larger correction as the larger correction is already over. Then average with the new entry. This is the time tested method to deal with the market which has already risen to new highs.
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A merchant account for your business
Do you Accept Credit Card Payments for your business transactions? Do you have a merchant account to do that? Or did you not find a service that can open a merchant account for your business? No matter what your business is the Advantage Processors provide merchant account for both online and offline credit card processing.
With Advantage Processors, now opening a merchant account is just easy. They offer merchant account services for various business needs. They process for both low risk and high risk merchant accounts. You can Accept Visa/Mastercard for your transactions with your client. From hotels, retail shops where offline credit card swiping is done, to offshore international card processing and online dating services, Advantage processors provide their merchant accounts.
For more information on various things related to merchant account processing like credit card processing rates, types of merchant accounts, accepting credit card payments, high risk and low risk merchant account etc., you can refer to Information here.
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The stocks which ‘buck the trend’
I always notice one or the other stock which does not follow the general direction of trend of the overall market. There are some shares which definitely provide a chance for us to hedge against the down trends of overall market. These types of shares are said to be bucking the trend.
Bucking the trend means that the share is violating the general trend which is followed by any other share. It means it is going against the trend. These are potential stocks where we can invest to make some profits and to get relief during down trends.
The same shares might also buck the trend during up trends. This allows us to profit by short selling those stocks.
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
A Short Term Trading Strategy: My article at triond.com
What does the open/high/low/close prices of a stock do with our trading? What to do when stock price moves unexpectedly up and down? This simple strategy will tell you the way to make optimum business of short term stock price fluctuations.
One can follow this link to go to the article:
A Short Term Trading Strategy
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