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Welcome to the high-carbon future (New Scientist)
From coal, soot and pencils to electronics, nanoribbons and atom-thick semiconductors – carbon is turning out to be even more talented than we thought (read here…) Related items Growing geodesic carbon nanodomes (PhysOrg) Frogs, foam and fuel: Solar energy converted to sugars (Science Daily) Researchers Convert Solar Energy To Sugars (redOrbit) Carbon nanotubes fuel thermowave power (EE Times Asia) A huge... »
Singularity University: Rearranging Atoms With Ralph Merkle (Wired News)
‘If you rearrange the atoms in coal, you get diamond. If you rearrange the atoms in sand, you get silicon. How atoms are arranged is fundamental to all material aspects of life,’ says Ralph Merkle, senior research chair at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. Those words kick off day 2 at the Singularity University... »
Transforming Coal Into Clean Energy (Forbes)
Accelergy uses resources like coal and feedstocks to create low-cost, high-quality liquid fuel products. Look out big oil. (read the story…) Related items A Fee That Can Actually Make You Money? (PhysOrg) News in a nutshell (The Scientist) FEATURE : Inventor weighs China challenge (Taipei Times) Avoid the Shiny Happy Morons (The Motley Fool) WVU Grad Gives Big Gift to University... »
