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#108
May 31, 2010

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FIRST HALF HOUR

Headline science news

Victor Sapirstein, co-founder Lambda Solutions, Waltham, MA

Nanotechnology in the alternative energy industries; spectrograph design; Raman techniques used with patented signal fiber arrays for noise recognition on thin films, detecting contamination and defects; sampling optics for liquids analysis; Yongwu Yang, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer for LSI; graphene; carbon nanotubes on silicon films; microscopy will revolutionize nanoelectronics

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A visit to The Den of Strangers (anonymous wisdom in rhyme)
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SECOND HALF HOUR

Answers from the Fountain of Youth-less Information

Victor Sapirstein, co-founder Lambda Solutions, Waltham Silicon Valley will need to change its name to Carbon Valley as carbon replaces silicon; nanotechnology in the alternative energy industries; revolutions in solar need to bring ten to 100 times current yields, but advances coming so fast it will happen within ten years, in part because of exciting work by Ray Baughman at UT Dallas; government needs to finance and lead;

The Voice of Reason (The Voice of Reason (Jon Shapiro, Texas Institute)