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Young Emirati makes breakthrough invention
Khaleej Times ^ | February 26, 2017 | Jasmine Al Kuttab

Posted on 02/26/2017 9:00:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A young Emirati and a UAE based American nuclear chemist have developed what they claim is 'the next big thing in technology.'

Mohammed Al Fahim, 29, and Dr. Lary A Burchfield, 65 - both working for the Nawah Energy Corporation - claimed their new theory of combining graphite with diamond has led to the discovery of a new molecule that acts like a semi-conductor.

"Building a computer out of this will make the machine a millions times more powerful. Hence the discovery has the potential to change human lives," said Dr. Burchfield, Head of Environmental Radiochemistry Lab, at Nawah.

He said that the molecule itself contains the tiniest switch known to man, (semi-conductor). "I don't believe there was ever a molecule out there that could act as a switch, so this is truly a revolution in technology," added Dr. Burchfield.

The team said their invention would help develop better batteries, semi-conductors and better solar power.

"Five to 10 per cent of all electricity is used on the internet, and a lot of that is on data centers, but this invention will save energy," said Al Fahim who is the Head of Corrective Action Programme at Nawah.

He said it all began when the duo recently invented a brand a new class of carbon allotropes, called 'Novamene that Al Fahim claims can rival graphene as the next wonder material for use in technology and energy.

Graphine is a carbon allotrope and is the thinnest compound known to man. It is the best conductor of heat and electricity and hence is widely used in electronic applications.

The last inventors in the field were Sir Andre Geim and Sir Konstantin Novoselov, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 for their work in graphene, and were even awarded the Knight Bachelor.

"No one thought you could combine graphite with diamond, but it was like a vault of lightening that struck us," said the American scientist who came to the UAE in 2013.

Al Fahim's younger brother Rashed who works for Miral Asset Management was also part of the invention.

To put their theory to test, the team purchased a molecule model kit from Amazon for Dh6000.

"We met with a professor from New York University of Abu Dhabi and showed him what we came up with - he was in absolute awe," said Al Fahim.

Dr Burchfield and Al Fahim said the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington has confirmed the theory.

"When we approached Professor Nikola Manini from the University of Milan to get published in the scientific journal, he said something that all scientists want to hear: "How on Earth did you come up with this!," said Burchfield.

According to him "it is not a stretch to say that this is the most crucial Emirati scientific discovery of all time."


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science
KEYWORDS: computers; materials
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To: HandyDandy
Well, like, duh. That’s what I was saying I don’t know anything about.

Slippery little feller, ain't you?

21 posted on 02/26/2017 9:44:35 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

(I’m wearing graphene).


22 posted on 02/26/2017 9:47:43 PM PST by HandyDandy (Are we our own rulers?,.......or are we ruled by the judiciary?)
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To: Bob434

Yeah and will it help FR stop hanging?

I get a daily newsletter about all this really cool stuff they find and/or invent but then that’s it. I never hear another thing about them.

Cell phones innards are still the same size as are the batteries. At least my current smart phone has a battery that lasts several days.

When they get the innards down to the size of a dime that runs on a hearing aide battery for a week; then we will have a major break through. Particularly if that cell phone can be rolled up to the size of a cigarette and is spring loaded to open like a switchblade with the push of a button or something.

At that point full sized gamer computers will be the size of a current smart phone that only needs to be placed near a screen w/speakers (or headphones), keyboard, and a mouse and/or a game console to use it since everything will connect wirelessly once paired one time previously. Your supercomputer, the size of today’s smart phone, will house data storage capacity equal to 1000 Terabytes, have graphics equal to what costs $500 today and will have a total cost of less than $1000.

The next big breakthrough will be this entire package that will fit inside something that looks like one of those hard to see hearing aides of today. To answer the phone you will merely think a word such as “answer”. Our limitations of needing to interact via a keyboard and mouse will be one of the biggest hurdles to overcome. Once we are able to communicate through brain waves that hurdle will be taken care of.

And these are just the things we can imagine. Imagine, if we can, all the things we haven’t even thought of yet that this kind of tech will make happen. Will space travel at or faster than the speed of light be on the next horizon? What about folding space and time to simulate a wormhole for space travel?


23 posted on 02/26/2017 10:00:04 PM PST by Boomer (The modern day leftist dems are the party of criminally insane propagandists.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He said it all began when the duo recently invented a brand a new class of carbon allotropes, called ‘Novamene that Al Fahim claims can rival graphene as the next wonder material for use in technology and energy.

...

Graphene is a flop as far as commercial usage goes.


24 posted on 02/26/2017 10:02:48 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: HandyDandy
I’m wearing graphene

So you DID have something to do with that missing liquid hydrogen. I knew it!

25 posted on 02/26/2017 10:03:50 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: HandyDandy

I always wondered about that. Thanks.


26 posted on 02/26/2017 10:10:10 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: BobL
Let me guess - he invented a NEW TYPE OF CLOCK.

Sweet, you win!

27 posted on 02/26/2017 10:11:52 PM PST by Paradox ("Donald Trump", the biggest Strawman ever created.)
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To: Darteaus94025

Pass it on.


28 posted on 02/26/2017 10:15:11 PM PST by HandyDandy (Are we our own rulers?,.......or are we ruled by the judiciary?)
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To: Bob434
> “Building a computer out of this will make the machine a millions times more powerful.” Will i get my email faster?

Not if it has to go through a Yahoo or MSN server...

29 posted on 02/26/2017 10:16:53 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Windflier

I wouldn’t have left the diamonds.


30 posted on 02/26/2017 10:19:30 PM PST by HandyDandy (Are we our own rulers?,.......or are we ruled by the judiciary?)
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To: jsanders2001



Are you telling me that layering C in an infinite array and combining it with C in an infinite array will lead to an infinite awesome public relations array? Cool! Hand those guys an infinite grant!



31 posted on 02/26/2017 10:33:50 PM PST by golux
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To: HandyDandy
Actually, no.

The correct formulation is:

... has been shown to be an effective decay-preventive dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in an applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care.

Your failure to quote the original advertisement is as silly as your failure to make a clear conceptual distinction between the Dirac points D, and D'. Concerning the latter, M.O. Goerbig (2011) has noted:

Although they [Dirac points] are situated at the same position in the first Brillouin zone [BZ], it is useful to make a clear conceptual distinction between the Dirac points D and D', which are defined as the contact points between the two bands, and the crystallographic points K and K', which are defined as the corners of the first BZ.

Concerning the former, lawyers for Crest® will be contacting you shortly.

32 posted on 02/26/2017 11:10:00 PM PST by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come 'round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: FredZarguna

You are making the very common rookie mistake of not taking into consideration the valley degeneracy of gv = 2. Elsewise you may shortly be hearing from Colgate with new MFP fluoride.


33 posted on 02/26/2017 11:16:07 PM PST by HandyDandy (Are we our own rulers?,.......or are we ruled by the judiciary?)
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To: HandyDandy

Pffftt! MFP? I’ve been threatened by experts. I once got unLucky, and heard from LSMFT.


34 posted on 02/26/2017 11:25:26 PM PST by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come 'round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: House Atreides
“Al Fahim who is the Head of Corrective Action Programme at Nawah.”

I'm glad I saw this article as I received an email with this goofy name and I figured it was just one of those cons. But I guess it is legit:

To whom it may concerned:

As to your acquaintance I have knowledge of your concern in science field. My colleague Dr. Al Fahim (CAP, Nawah) has development of breakthrough. You must realize importance and it needs of funding. Please at your earliest date provide us with devotion of interest and we will deposit dh $1,000,000 in your account upon receipt of your numbers.

Regards-

35 posted on 02/26/2017 11:41:25 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No HDMI, I’m out.


36 posted on 02/27/2017 1:38:58 AM PST by DAC21
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To: Enchante

Did you say cold Fusion?
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/compact-fusion.html
One of the Skunk Works products now...


37 posted on 02/27/2017 1:46:03 AM PST by Mechanicos
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Graphine is a carbon allotrope and is the thinnest compound known to man”...they claimed, before consulting with Hair Club for Men...

Anyway, it is a “Carbon Trope”...


38 posted on 02/27/2017 2:16:07 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Bob434

“At the Speed of Lie!”


39 posted on 02/27/2017 2:17:23 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

bkmk


40 posted on 02/27/2017 2:28:19 AM PST by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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