Dec
12
On the Carbon Path From Star Stuff to You
December 12, 2012 | 2 Comments
North Carolina State University researcher physicist Dean Lee has taken a “snapshot” of the way particles combine to form carbon-12, the element that makes all life on Earth possible. Carbon is far more crucial than carbon hysteria would allow. Without it there would be no you or your humble writer let alone fuels, diamonds and […]
Feb
11
A Totally Organic Light to Paste on the Wall
February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
Swedish and American researchers have succeeded in producing a new type of lighting component that’s inexpensive to produce and can be fully recycled. Using the new super material graphene, the invention as an example could pave the way for glowing wallpaper made entirely of plastic. The emerging field of “organic” or “plastic” electronics has already […]