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"Imagine a world without yellow raincoats, umbrellas in all shapes and sizes and who knows, you will never experience what it is like to get wet ever again! This possibility is becoming a reality now, thanks to the Ion-mask enhancement which is a new plasma technology that has been developed by P2i, a company under the wing of the UK’s Ministry of Defense.
This coats various surfaces at a molecular level with an invisible layer, such that, it repels substances such as oil and water without affecting the look or feel of the treated surface. Substances that have been treated with this technology with success are polymers, ceramics, glass, metals, fabrics and paper.
The process of treatment is, by far, the most effective as compared to other processes such as dip application and spraying. This technology is very useful to a large number of areas in the industrial & consumer segment..."
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"Scientists at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA have forged a breakthrough in understanding an intriguing phenomenon in fundamental physics: the Kondo effect. They report their findings today in the scientific journal Nature Physics.
The Kondo effect, one of the few examples in physics where many particles collectively behave as one object (a single quantum-mechanical body), has intrigued scientists around the world for decades. Now, using a technique that was developed by the same team in 2007, the IBM researchers have shown, for the first time anywhere, that it is possible to predict when the Kondo effect will occur – and to understand why.
The key turns out to be in the geometry of a magnetic atom’s immediate surroundings. By carefully studying how this geometry influences the magnetic moment (or “spin”) of the atom, the emergence of the Kondo effect can now be predicted and understood. This result represents a major advancement in fundamental physics..."
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