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Boron 'buckyball' discovered - 1 views

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science boron nanotechnology

shared by Thijs Versloot on 15 Jul 14 - No Cached

Thijs Versloot on 15 Jul 14

Jul 13, Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials Researchers have shown that clusters of 40 boron atoms form a molecular cage similar to the carbon buckyball. This is the first experimental evidence that such a boron cage structure exists. Credit: Wang lab / Brown UniversityThe discovery 30 years ago of soccer-ball-shaped carbon molecules called buckyballs helped to spur an explosion of nanotechnology research.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Jul 13, Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials Researchers have shown that clusters of 40 boron atoms form a molecular cage similar to the carbon buckyball. This is the first experimental evidence that such a boron cage structure exists. Credit: Wang lab / Brown UniversityThe discovery 30 years ago of soccer-ball-shaped carbon molecules called buckyballs helped to spur an explosion of nanotechnology research.</div>

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Diamonds are for softies - boron is harder - physics-math - 08 September 2009 - New Sci... - 0 views

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Giant osmotic energy conversion measured in a single transmembrane boron nitride nanotu... - 2 views

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energy conversion

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LeopoldS on 19 Mar 13

interesting power source ...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">interesting power source ...</div>

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A Fusion Thruster for Space Travel - IEEE Spectrum - 4 views

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Thruster PHY NRG NASA

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Now a NASA engineer has come up with a new way to fling satellites through space on mere grams of fuel, tens of times as efficiently as today’s best space probe thrusters.
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Instead of using deuterium and tritium as the fuel stocks, the new motor extracts energy from boron fuel.
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Joris _ on 29 Jun 11

"And according to his calculations, improvements in short-pulse laser systems could make this form of thruster more than 40 times as efficient as even the best of today's ionic propulsion systems that push spacecraft around. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"And according to his calculations, improvements in short-pulse laser systems could make this form of thruster more than 40 times as efficient as even the best of today's ionic propulsion systems that push spacecraft around. "</div>

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LeopoldS on 02 Jul 11

Dejan please have a look at this also ...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Dejan please have a look at this also ...</div>

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LeopoldS on 02 Jul 11

while the nuclear reaction seems to be sound at first view, I am not so sure how this would work: "Electromagnetic forces push the target and the alpha particles in the opposite directions, and the particles exit the spacecraft through a nozzle, providing the vehicle's thrust. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">while the nuclear reaction seems to be sound at first view, I am not so sure how this would work: "Electromagnetic forces push the target and the alpha particles in the opposite directions, and the particles exit the spacecraft through a nozzle, providing the vehicle's thrust. "</div>

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