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Comment: Co-author checking in (Score 3, Interesting) 125

by Mkoms (#33185134) Attached to: Highly Directional Terahertz Laser Demonstrated
Hey guys, I'm one of the co-authors of that Nature Materials paper. Please let me know if you have any technical questions about the work. I'm not an expert on terahertz semiconductor lasers or their applications (I was really only involved in the surface patterning of the facet with the spoof plasmonic structures), but I'll do my best to answer any questions you might have.
The Military

Scientists Turn T-Shirts Into Body Armor 213

Posted by timothy
from the will-stick-with-the-regular-kind-for-now dept.
separsons writes "Scientists at the University of South Carolina recently transformed ordinary T-shirts into bulletproof armor. By splicing cotton with boron, the third hardest material on the planet, scientists created a shirt that was super elastic but also strong enough to deflect bullets. Xiaodong Li, lead researcher on the project, says the same tech may eventually be used to create lightweight, fuel-efficient cars and aircrafts."
United States

Science and Technology Bill Passed by Congress-> 1

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Mikhail
Mikhail writes "H.R. 2272, The America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science (COMPETES) Act was passed by the House and the Senate on August 3 and signed by President Bush on August 9 [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/2 0070809-3.html]. This bill authorizes but does not appropriate funding for, among other things, the doubling of the NSF, NIST and DOE budgets and the creation of Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy at the Department of Energy."
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