Nano News and Human Extinction

From: Scott Badger (w_scott_badger@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Sep 14 2000 - 08:58:39 MDT

Forwarded from Cryonet 09/14/00:

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From: "Joseph Kehoe" <jkehoe@acm.org>

A big step forward for nano?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/article/0,1051,SAV-0009120250,00.html

Preliminary tests show that ultrananodiamonds are
1,000 more wear-resistant than silicon, and 1 million
times denser than conventional crystals. This makes
them a practical base material for micromachines and
other devices that had only been theoretically
possible before.

More details here

http://matsci.annualreviews.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/1/211

http://www.techtransfer.anl.gov/techtour/diamondmems.html

All of the above courtesy of www.slashdot.org

And on a brighter note

http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/festival_of_science/newsid_921000/921748.stm

Humans, like other large mammals, are showing signs of

imminent extinction, claims a UK palaeontologist.
Large animals are dying out at a much higher rate than

models predict, said Professor Michael Boulter.
He told the British Association's Festival of Science
in London that he believed the human race would "soon"
follow. The theory comes from a mathematical model
developed by Professor Boulter's research team at the
University of East London.
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Have a nice day,

-- Scott

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