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En mai 2024, le gouvernement sénégalais tout juste installé suspendait les chantiers de construction dans le pays, le temps de faire des audits pour assainir le secteur. La mesure devait durer deux mois, mais les chantiers n'ont pas repris. Depuis, ce secteur crucial pour le pays – plus de 4% du PIB et plus de 200 000 emplois directs – a plongé dans la crise. Des dizaines de milliers d'emplois sont perdus et la population s'impatiente. De notre correspondante à Dakar,Chaque matin, au rond-point de Keur Massar en banlieue de Dakar, des centaines d'ouvriers attendent, outils à la main, que des camions viennent les chercher pour aller travailler. Mais depuis un an et la suspension des chantiers par les autorités, le travail se fait rare. « Tu viens à 5h du matin, tu vas rester jusqu'à 10h et puis rentrer, se plaint Ida Faye, maçon. Le lendemain, tu reviens encore, tu avais espoir de gagner quelque chose, mais tu rentres encore bredouille. Ça fait des mois que ça dure ! »15 000 emplois formels perdusAu Sénégal, beaucoup de ces jeunes ont voté pour le nouveau président Bassirou Diomaye Faye avec l'espoir du changement, mais leurs conditions de vie se sont détériorées. « Avant, avec l'ancien régime, on pouvait gagner 10 000 ou 11 000 francs CFA par jour, se souvient Rane Dieng, ouvrier du bâtiment. Mais maintenant, on a du mal à gagner ne serait-ce que 5 000. Ça fait un an qu'ils sont là et ils n'ont rien fait pour le pays. Il faut qu'ils arrêtent de faire, d'auditer, de suspendre tout, il faut qu'ils travaillent ».Insa Coly, ferrailleur et père de famille, est en colère et n'arrive plus à penser à son avenir. « Si tu trouves 300 000 francs aujourd'hui, tu prends la pirogue pour rentrer en Espagne. Tu fais l'Espagne trois mois et tu achètes un terrain ici à Dakar. Mais tu travailles ici pendant 20 ans et tu ne peux même pas acheter un terrain. Nos États doivent penser à cette jeunesse-là, sinon nous tous, on va mourir dans la mer ! »Quinze mille emplois ont été perdus dans le secteur formel suite à la suspension des chantiers, selon les syndicats. Certains ouvriers qui avaient des contrats sont au chômage technique. Dans le secteur informel, c'est impossible à chiffrer, mais bien plus élevé selon les représentants de la profession, qui s'impatientent. « Au début, on disait qu'il y avait des audits à faire, qu'il y avait une situation du secteur dont on voulait vraiment avoir une maîtrise, reconnaît Oumar Gueye, du Syndicat national de la construction et du bâtiment, affilié à la Confédération nationale des travailleurs du Sénégal (CNTS). Mais j'avoue que là, on ne comprend plus. »Absence d'accompagnement de l'ÉtatD'autant que l'État sénégalais a accumulé de nombreux impayés auprès des entreprises de construction, pour 300 milliards de francs CFA, soit plus de 450 millions d'euros. « Dans une République normale, même s'il y a des décisions qui doivent être prises, l'idéal serait au moins qu'on puisse nous appeler autour d'une table, juge Oumar Gueye. Si, par exemple, on nous avait payés à l'avance sur la dette intérieure, on aurait au moins pu préparer ces situations-là. Mais du jour au lendemain, on est confronté à cette situation d'arrêt des travaux, on n'a plus de nouveaux marchés, on n'est pas payés, les chantiers qui étaient gagnés ne sont pas exécutés. Donc ça fait mal. »Au dernier trimestre 2024, le chiffre d'affaires du secteur sénégalais de la construction a reculé de près de 10% par rapport à la même période en 2023. Sollicitées, les autorités n'ont pas donné suite à nos demandes d'interview.
Send us a text One of our favorite bands that we met at Mohave Pride 2024 returns to Kingman at Black Bridge Brewery to join us again on the podcast. We absolutely love this band. Kalen Lander, synth + vocals and Bentley Monet, drums + backing vocals come back to talk to us about their new single dropping October 8 “ Decompose In Your Basement “, Green Day in Phoenix , producing and mixing their own music,their touring plans for the rest of the year and 2025, touring cross country in a van, booking shows around the world, touring Europe, dogs & hair ties, how the band formed , shutting down during the pandemic and reinventing their brand, how the hot sauce reviews came about, thoughts on P-Diddy, and playing shows with Green Jelly. Check them out on all their socials and Snailmate.com for your dates and merchandise
Em 2012, o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) do Brasil tomou uma decisão histórica ao reconhecer que o aborto de fetos anencéfalos não é crime, atendendo à Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental (ADPF) nº 54 ajuizada pela Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Saúde (CNTS). A anencefalia é uma condição congênita grave e incompatível com a vida após o nascimento A decisão final do STF representou um avanço significativo nos direitos reprodutivos das pessoas com útero, reconhecendo a autonomia sobre seus próprios corpos.
#THATSWHATUP Show! ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL w#Trista4SenateGov&Prez! #comedy #music #politics
Sentencing will be July 11th where he could get probation jail time or maybe a conversion "STORMY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF INCARCERATION"! LOL
It is fun to stumble across music. It's like opening a mystery box. What will I hear when I play this album? I had many thoughts about what was on here but never thought it would sound like it did. Tune in to hear my thoughts on the new album by CNTS. CNTS - Thoughts & Prayers https://open.spotify.com/album/0yuydortyNTUrLyJ4Fgyf3?si=07Gay0TZS7WNHnCCHsL2YA Discord https://discord.gg/4BRr3TWbC2 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/livelistenerased/ Twitter https://twitter.com/Livelisteneras1 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/380146857215506/ #cnts #thoughtsandprayers #music #review #musicreview #5minutereview #livelistenerased #podcast #youtube #discord #trending
We highlight some of punk & metal's trippier bands like Butthole Surfers, Gost, Godflesh, More Fiends, & Feederz, celebrate Jesse's old friend & bandmate Mike Sexx/The Criminals/The Frisk, visit the East Bay Punk scene with Psycotic Pineapple, Rancid, The Bonstones, & Tim Timebomb, and spin NEW tunes from The Members, Diablofurs, Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders, Mouses, CNTS, Gaffa Tape Sandy, Neon Kittens, & JJ And The A's! You'll also hear classics from UK Subs, Chelsea, Zolar X, Motörhead, Pinch Points, Fear, Zeke, City Mouse, CIV, D.I., G.L.O.S.S., G.B.H., Angelic Upstarts, and the Luscious Listener's Choice! Diablofurs- A Spider's View Of The World Pat Todd And The Rank Outsiders- Lies, Lies, & More Lies Members- The Boy From Knowhere Chelsea- t's Friday U.K. Subs- C.I.D. City Mouse- Grave 13 JJ And The A's- Generation Angelic Upstarts- Teenage Warning G.B.H.- Sick Boy G.L.O.S.S.- The Outcast Stomp Frisk- East Coast Funeral Criminals- Stopgap Funeral CIV- So Far, So Good… So What For Vision- Close Minded Gaffa Tape Sandy- Dead To Me D.I.- Venus De Milo Bonstones- East Bay Elegy Tim Armstrong- Into Action Psycotic Pineapple- Hammer Down Rancid- Lady Liberty Neon Kittens- Don't Get Me Started Feederz- Psychward More Fiends- Mad At Everyone Butthole Surfers- The O-Men Gost- Widow Song Godflesh- Weak Flesh CNTS- Drown Zeke- Zeke You Fear- Beef Bologna Motorhead- Eat The Rich Mouses- Fiends Pinch Points- Reasons To Be Anxious Zolar X- Parallel Galaxy
Join DJ Jesse Luscious as he highlights Dammit Records & Say-10 Records punk bands Bastard Face, The Phantim, Square Toys, Cato Street Conspiracy, Devon Kay & the Solutions, & Ewy. Hear new tracks from The Chisel, The Promised End, Gel, Girls In Synthesis, Aerial Salad, Brux, SÍntesis, CNTS, The Hawkmen, and classic punk & indie from Gang Of Four, The Fall, Ramones, Eryx London, Black Cat Music, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Dwarves, Radio Birdman, The Creamers, The Queers, Snap-Her, Penetration, The Clash, Jeff Rosenstock, Dead To Me, Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, The Smugglers, Sham 69, Android Amaker, & The Dead Milkmen! Chisel- Living For Myself Promised End- Worth Gel- Attained Girls In Synthesis- I Know No Other Way Aerial Salad- Tied To Pieces Of Paper Gang Of Four- Damaged Goods Brux- Fills De La Nuit Fall- Crap Rap Síntesis- Vacaciones En Tel Aviv Android Amaker- Lights Out Sleep Cycle On Ewy- Capital Letters Jeff Rosenstock- Scram Devon Kay And The Solutions- Fresh Dead Milkmen- Philadelphia Femdom Joan Jett And The Blackhearts- Bad Reputation Ramones- Beat On The Brat CNTS- Thoughts And Prayers Bastard Face- Show Some Respect Phantim- I Wanna Believe Square Toys- Straight To Hell Cato Street Conspiracy- Entitlement Sham 69- Ulster Dead To Me- Special Professional Smugglers- Rock And Roll Was Never This Fun Hawkmen- What's The Worst Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros- Arms Aloft Clash- Garageland Penetration- Don't Dictate Snap-Her- I Wanna Beevis You Dwarves- Terrorist Queers- Born To Do Dishes Creamers- Father Christmas Radio Birdman- Man With Golden Helmet Black Cat Music- Wine In A Box Eryx London- Last Song For A.
Shares of the ride hailing soared more than 60% on a mistake. (00:21) Ricky Mulvey and Tim Beyers discuss: - Airbnb's $6 billion share buyback. - Lyft's earnings mistake and business fundamentals. - Why Uber and Lyft aren't as close as investors may think. Plus, (15:03) Dylan Lewis, Deidre Woollard, and Mary Long join Ricky for a Valentine's Day themed roundtable about finding red and green flags for investments. Stocks discussed: ABNB, LYFT, UBER, CNTS, ECL, ULTA, CRM, MELI, TDOC, AAPL Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Tim Beyers, Dylan Lewis, Deidre Woollard, Mary Long Engineers: Dan Boyd, Tim Sparks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We celebrate the music of Brother Wayne Kramer of MC5 with tracks from across his career- including a rare 2010 live song. Truly a proto-punk & rock legend! We also spin new tracks from Payphones, Elukas, CNTS, Pisser, Loose Articles, & Baabes, classics from The Clash, X Ray Spex, Gang Of Four, Year Of The Fist, Imploders, Fleshies, CONFLICT, More Fiends, Official Motörhead, Suicidal Supermarket Trolleys, The Offspring, Social Distortion, NY Loose/Brijitte West, Jim Carroll Band, Buzzcocks, and the Luscious Listener's Choice! Payphones- The Truth Year Of The Fist- Undertow X-Ray Spex- I Am A Cliché Imploders- Vertagogo Imploders- Dimwit Elukas- Naturaalne Narker Fleshies- Meatball More Fiends- Time-Warp Bio-Feedback Amphetamine Nightmare Conflict- The Ungovernable Force CNTS- Smart Mouth Motorhead- Enter Sandman PI$$ER- Report 001 PI$$ER- A New Droid In Town Suicidal Supermarket Trolleys- Beer! Offspring- Jennifer Lost The War Social Distortion- Telling Them MC5- Shakin' Street MC5- The Human Being Lawnmower MC5- Kick Out The Jams MC5- Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) Wayne Kramer- Crack In The Universe Wayne Kramer- Bomb Day In Paris Wayne Kramer- The Harder They Come Wayne Kramer- Bad Seed NY Loose- Pretty Suicide Jim Carroll Band- It's Too Late Loose Articles- I'd Rather Have A Beer Buzzcocks- Sixteen Baabes- Baby Have You Seen My Gun Gang Of Four- Natural's Not In It Clash- Police And Thieves
In this Report with Australia Day 2024 fast approaching on January 26 Richard states that those who want to move the day are cnts and if you don't like Australia Day you can fk off out of the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pwoblèm san nan peyi a lakoz anpil moun pa ka jwenn swen ki pou sove lavi yo a tan. Selon direktè Centre National Transfusion sanguine lan, si CNTS te ka pwodwi 60 000 jiska 80 000 pochèt san pa ane, yo t ap ka kouvri 90% nan demand popilasyon an aloske reyèlman yo poko janm ka pwodwi 30 000. Kisa ki lakòz? Ann tande Direktè a, Ernst Noë l nan emisyon AyiboLab sa a
With almost 60% of all plastic ever produced still polluting our planet, there are enormous issues posed by the massive volume of plastic waste present in our environment. However, by repurposing this massive stockpile of plastic waste into something more valuable we can turn this problem into a solution that benefits us all and paves the way for a brighter, cleaner future In this episode, in discussion with Dr Sam Blaxland, Dr Alvin Orbaek White, formerly an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, unveils the incredible power of plastic waste. As one of the world's foremost experts on nanoengineering, Dr. Orbaek White discusses the ground-breaking potential of waste plastic, and how it can be transformed into valuable materials such as hydrogen gas and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). These powerful and versatile materials are the future of innovation, used in everything from cables and batteries to MRI scanners. Dr Alvin Orbaek White is formerly an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering and former Welsh Government Sêr Cymru II Fellow at Swansea University. He is also an entrepreneur having recently started up his own company TrimTabs to commercialise the sustainable energy knowledge that he has discovered.
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.03.29.533880v1?rss=1 Authors: Kishore, A., Chakraborty, S., Vasnik, S., Ghosh, S., Raees, M., Sikdar, S. K. Abstract: The diverse electrical, chemical and structural properties of the functional derivatives of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown biomedical possibilities for neuroprosthesis or neural interfaces. However, the studies have been generally confined to metallic CNTs that affect cell viability unless chemically functionalized for biocompatibility. Here, we explored the effects of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (ssw-CNT), on the active electrical properties of dissociated hippocampal neurons in-vitro using multielectrode array, calcium imaging and whole-cell patch clamp recordings. The findings show that ssw-CNT treatment regulates neural network excitability from burst to tonic firing by changing the calcium dynamics. However, at a single neuronal level, ssw-CNT increases neuronal excitability. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.10.10.511573v1?rss=1 Authors: Zheng, H., Lopez-Ferreras, L., Krieger, J.-P., Fasul, S., Cea Salazar, V., Valderrama Pena, N., Skibicka, K. P., Rinaman, L. Abstract: Objective: The glucagon gene (Gcg) encodes preproglucagon, which is cleaved to form glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) and other mature signaling molecules implicated in metabolic functions. To date there are no transgenic rat models available for precise manipulation of GLP1-expressing cells in the brain and periphery. Methods: To visualize and manipulate Gcg-expressing cells in rats, CRISPR/Cas9 was used to express iCre under control of the Gcg promoter. Gcg-Cre rats were bred with tdTomato reporter rats to tag Gcg-expressing cells. Cre-dependent AAVs and RNAscope in situ hybridization were used to evaluate the specificity of iCre expression by GLP1 neurons in the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) and intermediate reticular nucleus (IRt), and by intestinal and pancreatic secretory cells. Food intake was assessed in heterozygous (Het) Gcg-Cre rats after chemogenetic stimulation of cNTS GLP1 neurons expressing an excitatory DREADD. Results: While genotype has minimal effect on body weight or composition in chow-fed Gcg-Cre rats, homozygous (Homo) rats have lower plasma glucose levels. In neonatal and adult Gcg-Cre/tdTom rats, reporter-labeled cells are present in the cNTS and IRt, and in additional brain regions (e.g., basolateral amygdala, piriform cortex) that lack detectable Gcg mRNA in adults but display transient developmental or persistently low Gcg expression. Compared to wildtype (WT) rats, hindbrain Gcg mRNA and GLP1 protein in brain and plasma are markedly reduced in Homo Gcg-Cre rats. Chemogenetic stimulation of cNTS GLP1 neurons reduced overnight chow intake in males but not females, the effect in males was blocked by antagonism of central GLP1 receptors, and hypophagia was enhanced when combined with a subthreshold dose of cholecystokinin-8 to stimulate gastrointestinal vagal afferents. Conclusions: Gcg-Cre rats are a novel and valuable experimental tool for analyzing the development, anatomy, and function of Gcg-expressing cells in the brain and periphery. In addition, Homo Gcg-Cre rats are a unique model for assessing the role of Gcg-encoded proteins in glucose homeostasis and energy metabolism. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by PaperPlayer
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.09.29.510103v1?rss=1 Authors: Onwukwe, C., Ji, Y., Smith, J., Laub, H., Posa, L., Keller, A., Masri, R., Cramer, N. Abstract: The parabrachial complex (PB) is critically involved in aversive processes, including pain. We have reported that chronic pain is associated with amplified activity of PB neurons in rodent models of neuropathic pain. Here we demonstrate that catecholaminergic input from the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTScat)--a stress responsive region that integrates intero- and exteroceptive signals- causes amplification of PB activity and their sensory afferents. Using a virally mediated expression of a norepinephrine (NE) sensor, NE2h, and fiber photometry in anesthetized mice, noxious mechanical and thermal stimuli caused prolonged NE transients in PB that far outlast the noxious stimulus. Similar NE transients in PB were evoked by focal stimulation of the superficial cNTS, a region that contains the noradrenergic A2 cell group that projects densely upon PB. In vitro, optical stimulation of cNTScat terminals depolarized PB neurons and increased their frequency of spontaneous excitatory synaptic inputs. A dual opsin approach showed that sensory afferents from the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (SpVc) are potentiated by cNTScat terminal activation. This potentiation was coupled with a decrease in the paired pulse ratio, consistent with an cNTScat mediated increase in the probability of release at SpVc synapses. Together, these data suggest that A2 neurons of the cNTS generate long lasting NE transients in PB which increase excitability and potentiate responses of PB neurons to sensory inputs. These reveal a mechanism through which stressors from multiple modalities may potentiate the aversiveness of nociceptive stimuli. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by PaperPlayer
Cada 14 de junio se conmemora el Día Mundial del Donante de Sangre, y este año tocó a México ser anfitrión de las actividades que se realizaron para concienciar a todo el mundo sobre la necesidad de disponer de sangre y productos sanguíneos seguros para transfusiones, así como la crucial contribución que efectúan los donantes de sangre voluntarios y no remunerados a los sistemas nacionales de salud. El tema de la campaña este año es “Donar sangre es un acto de solidaridad. Súmate al esfuerzo y salva vidas”, que tuvo como propósito destacar la importancia de la contribución esencial de los donantes de sangre para salvar vidas y fortalecer la solidaridad en las comunidades. Al respecto, el Dr. Jorge Trejo Gómora, Director general del Centro Nacional de la Transfusión Sanguínea, CNTS, señaló que en el 2020 se logró una gran participación de personas que actuaron de manera altruista donando sangre y plasma para pacientes que requerían transfusiones. Aun con las restricciones por la movilidad y las medidas sanitarias en los centros de salud, la respuesta fue superior a la esperada y de allí que se haya registrado un importante incremento en la donación voluntaria.
Cette semaine dans le magazine santé, on se penche sur la question du don de sang et son importance et on en parle avec Yao Séna Tété, responsable de l'équipe mobile du CNTS, le Centre national de transfusion sanguine au Togo.
Premiere episode part two! Pass the Tic Tacs. We're freaking out over Maddy's Guy Fieri's entrance look, and we're talking about the contestants that jump out to us. Bless another stupid photo challenge and we get to enjoy more of the CNTs.
In this episode of COL Drag Race ‘T-Time', Gary and Damon are back back back again!! And this time, they're changing it up! As 14 new queens come together once again to snatch that glorious crown, the guys are shaking up their format to bring a new show to you. Instead of recapping every episode, … Continue reading COLDR: S14E01-03: Big Openings & A Pair of Balls →
Omar Fabian: It's summer and film director James Cameron has just dropped another scorching hit. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, we find mother-son duo Sarah and John Connor running for their lives, and for the lives of all humankind, with the help of a bad cyborg turned good played by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are so many undoubtedly cool visual features to take away from this iconic film. Little known fact: it actually won four Academy awards for its sound and visual effects. But if you ask around, more than likely, you'll find that the coolest has to be the T-1000: the liquid-metal robot sent from the future to destroy John Connor and ensure victory for our machine overlords. Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz: You have this robot that, it's not electronic but it's still a robot and it's because somehow that material that made it is self-healing and it's animated in some ways that we couldn't understand back then.[OF]: That's Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz, a professor in the Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology at the Technical University of Denmark. You might remember him from a previous episode of our podcast, where he described how his group is developing stretchy, eco-friendly electronics they describe as “fleco”—[ADP]: “So flexible and eco, fleco”.[OF]: Now, they're back with a new material that stretches, conducts electricity, and perhaps most astoundingly, heals itself—not unlike the T-1000 from Terminator 2, which Dolatshahi-Pirouz admits was the inspiration for his lab-work. The team calls their new wonder material CareGum.
Markus Buehler of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and editor of the Impact section of MRS Bulletin interviews Desirée Plata, the Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT about her group's development of new methods toward functionalization of carbon nanotubes with heteroatoms, which enables covalent attachment, opening up a world of potential materials structures. This research is relevant because common functionalization techniques for carbon nanotube materials (and other, similar nanostructures) are often hazardous, and have adverse environmental impacts, and lack precision. The research group evaluated an in situ functionalization technique utilizing oxygen-containing alkyne precursors, which offers a novel, more sustainable pathway for bottom-up engineering. Through a detailed assessment of the mechanisms by which nanotubes form, the researchers were able to direct new pathways toward bottom-up design of materials while considering sustainability, and especially environmental health, as a parameter during optimization and design. Their work is published in MRS Bulletin (https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-020-00019-7)
Few materials in our world gather so much interest and excitement from the scientific community as carbon nanotubes. Their simple structure, yet wide range of mechanical and electrical properties, make them useful in biomedicine, the internet of things, and even quantum computing. While CNTs have already revolutionized materials science, their true potential is yet to be discovered. Before we introduce today's guest, check out our MSE-themed merchandise if you want to support us or simply show off your love of materials science! Today's guest is Dr. Mark Hersam, a Materials Science and Engineering professor at Northwestern University. In this episode, he dives into the world of carbon nanotubes. In this conversation, we discuss the following topics: The manufacturing of carbon nanotubes Using carbon nanotubes in biochemical processes The cost and waste in CNT manufacturing Carbon nanotubes in fiber optics How can CNTs improve energy storage? Carbon nanotubes in the Internet of Things Will CNTs lead to personal quantum computing? Special thanks to Matmatch for sponsoring this episode! Visit their website at www.matmatch.com Also, check out our free professional development guide for materials scientists and engineers! Join our Discord community! You can meet other passionate materials scientists and engineers from around the world, discuss the latest breakthroughs in MSE, share materials-related memes, and get career advice from experts in the field. For shorter segments and full video podcasts, subscribe to our channel on YouTube. For bloopers, audiograms, and interesting materials science articles, follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Feel free to message us on our social media platforms if you have any feedback or recommendations for future episodes, or email us directly at itsamaterialworldpodcast@gmail.com. Finally, reach out to David Yeh and Punith Upadhya on LinkedIn if you'd like to chat about the latest breakthroughs in MSE! Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed by either guests or hosts in this show are their own, and do not represent the opinions of the companies or organizations for which they are affiliated.
In this episode, Dr Stephanos Nitodas, a chemical engineer, entrepreneur, now member of the Faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering (Stony Brook University, NY), and a specialist in nanomaterial hybrids (carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, polymers) discusses: · vital aspects of carbon-based novel materials at the nanoscale and their hybridisation, · nanomaterials importance to the renewables ecosystem by providing superior properties to energy systems, · engineers becoming entrepreneurs as they are gifted with a can-do attitude, managing projects and solving complex problems, willing to learn and gain customers' trust, · the benefits of collaboration of SMEs with large companies and the importance of supporting SMEs to design the future economy, · the continuous added value of chemical engineers to the society and the economy and · giving confidence to young chemical engineers while preparing them to face reality. Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad Source: Storyblocks
What is Biomimicry? Biomimicry is when scientists solve problems by copying nature. Today, we learn 10 biomimicry examples. How did the kingfisher inspire the Japanese Shinkansen 500 bullet train? What strategies have sharks evolved through natural selection to lower their water-resistance? Enjoy 3D animations and HD videos while listening to the English narration. Welcome to Biomimicry 101! Follow me on social media and support me on Patreon for video requests: https://www.soundcloud.com/science-talk-tv https://www.patreon.com/ScienceTalkTV https://www.sciencetalktv.com https://www.facebook.com/ScienceTalkTV/ https://www.twitter.com/ScienceTalkTV1 https://www.youtube.com/ScienceTalkTV timestamps: 0:00 - Biomimicry introduction 0:32 - Biomimicry definition 0:56 - Evolution and natural selection 1:59 - Biomimicry examples 2:04 - Shinkansen 500 bullet train (Kingfisher) 4:11 - Bird-safe glass (Spider webs) 5:22 - Ship hull coating / swimwear (Shark) 6:34 - B-2 stealth bomber (Peregrine falcon) 7:18 - Pain-free needles (Mosquito) 8:32 - Lighting round! (Namibian beetle, Humpback whale, Burs, Maple seeds, Geckos) 9:51 - Other biomimicry applications 10:07 - Social innovations 10:23 - Sustainability 10:48 - Future biomimicry applications 11:01 - Support Science Talk TV General Credits: Videos: Property of Science Talk TV or StoryBlocks Standard License Animations: Science Talk TV Music: Youtube Audio Library Creative Commons Photos: Pixabay, wikimedia commons, and Canva Sound Effects: https://www.zapsplat.com Creative commons photo credits: 1. Samara Drone, University of Queensland http://robotics.itee.uq.edu.au/dokuwiki/samara 2. Peregrine Falcon diving, Lassannn on imgur https://theaviationist.com/2013/03/19/b2-bird/ https://imgur.com/t/lassannn/ 3. Gecko pad structure, Keller Autumn, AMerican Scientist 2006 http://www.akronascent.com/tech-blog/2019/1/gecko-inspired 4. Microview Gecko Tape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Micro_view_of_Gecko_Tape.jpg 5. Gecko foot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhacodactylus_ciliatus_foot.jpg 6. Micro View Syntehtic Setae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Micro_view_of_CNTs_synthetic_setae.jpg 7. Beetle collecting water https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:عکس-اصلی-11.jpg 8. Onymacris unguicularis https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onymacris_unguicularis.jpg 9. The Ohio State University- Bhushan, Kumar, Guerra https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-mosquitos-painless-microneedles.html #ScienceTalkTV #ScienceNews #ScienceEducation
Global Positioning System, or GPS is perhaps the best known of the satellite navigation systems, helping us find our way every day. Back in the 1970's Bradford Parkinson and Hugo Fruehauf were two of the inventors who miniaturised atomic clocks and launched them in Earth orbit satellites. This was part of the US Department of Defense's plan to track ships and aircraft and guide targeted missiles. In the intervening years, Brad and Hugo had no idea just how far the civilian applications of GPS would go. Alongside Richard Schwartz and James Spilker, they have just been awarded the prestigious the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. The age of silicon chip based computing could be coming to an end. Difficulties in shrinking silicon transistors, or switches, into ever smaller processors led researchers at MIT to search for alternative semiconducting materials to replace them. Cue carbon nanotubes, tubes of carbon atoms many tens of thousands of times narrower than a human hair. Electrical engineer Max Shulaker and his team have overcome spaghetti-like tangles of CNTs and varying levels of conductivity to create a 16bit processor. He says that rather than a straight forward replacement to silicon, the initial hope is that CNT chip technology can be added to existing silicon wafers. Steven Strogatz and Monty Lyman have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize this year. In "Infinite Powers", Professor of applied maths at Cornell University, Steven Strogatz tells Adam Rutherford the story of calculus and why his book has a warning saying "this book is dangerous, it will make you love mathematics!" And in "The Remarkable Life of the Skin" Dr. Monty Lyman takes Claudia Hammond on an intimate journey across our surface. They discuss advances in skin treatments, new research on the importance of our diet and our skin and the vital role our largest organ plays in our lives. Producer - Fiona Roberts Presenter - Gareth Mitchell
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Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie - Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU - Teil 05/06
A variety of electronic and optoelectronic devices based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been implemented during the last two decades. For their optoelectronic characterization, diffraction-limited techniques such as photocurrent (PC) and electroluminescence (EL) microscopy were employed. However, for the full characterization of these nano-devices, novel techniques providing nanoscale spatial resolution are desired. This work presents antenna-enhanced optoelectronic probing as a new scanning probe technique for the investigation of nanoelectronic devices. Based on tip-enhanced near-field optical microscopy, sub-diffraction spatial resolution is achieved by employing an optical antenna for the focusing of light. It is applied to study PC and EL signals with a spatial resolution better than 40 nm for the first time. Complemented with antenna-enhanced Raman and topography images, new insights into the optoelectronic properties of CNT based devices are gained. In the first part of this thesis, an antenna-enhanced photocurrent microscopy study is demonstrated. The signal enhancement mechanism of PC signals is investigated and compared with expectations based on theory. While in spectroscopic applications both the excitation AND the emission rate is enhanced, in optoelectronic applications either the excitation OR the emission rate is affected by the antenna. Theory predicts therefore a weaker total signal enhancement and a lower spatial resolution of optoelectronic signals compared to Raman scattering by a factor of √2, which is experimentally confirmed. Then, two applications are presented. First, CNT-metal interfaces are studied and an exponential decay of the band bending at the contacts with a decay length of about 500 nm is revealed. Second, sub-diffraction potential modulations along the CNT channel of another device are probed that remain undetected using confocal microscopy. Combined with high-resolution spectroscopic images of the Raman signal, defects can be excluded as the cause for these modulations. Correlating the PC with the topographic profile reveals charges associated with a particle on the sample substrate as the possible origin. In the second part, antenna-enhanced electroluminescence microscopy is introduced. The EL emitted by a heterogeneous CNT network is studied with a resolution better than 40 nm. For the first time, pinning of the EL emission to a point-like region of smaller than 20 nm is observed. This strong localization occurs at a junction of at least one metallic and one semiconducting CNT. By probing the PC signal at this junction, the presence of a strong local electric field is revealed, probably caused by a Schottky contact. This allows to identify impact excitation as the most likely origin of the EL emission. A second device, based on a single CNT, was investigated and, in contrast to the network device, the size of the EL source is extended over a length of more than 100 nm.
Fakultät für Physik - Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU - Teil 04/05
Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit a chirality depended band structure of a one-dimensional lattice. Due to the radiative recombination of excitons CNTs emit photoluminescence in the near and mid infrared ranges depending on the tube diameter. Excitons are subject to diffusion along the tube before radiative recombination. Thereby they probe sites that give rise to spin-flips or non-radiative decay, or, at cryogenic temperatures, they localize in zero-dimensional quantum dots at the minima of the local energy potential landscape. Thus, the optical spectroscopy of individual CNTs probes not only the intrinsic exciton dynamics, like diffusion and intrinsic life-time, but also disorder of the CNT lattice and its environment. Intrinsic and extrinsic inhomogeneities and impurities may give rise to photoluminescence quenching, brightening of dark exciton states or generation of charged exciton complexes. In the framework of this thesis the physics of excitons in CNTs was investigated in two ways: On the one hand their environment was varied with an static electric field, on the other hand the CNTs were isolated from their environment. A comprehensive set of optical spectroscopy techniques was used to study individual CNTs at low temperatures. This included photoluminescence excitation, (time-resolved) photoluminescence, and photon correlation spectroscopy. This work identified exciton localization as predominant feature of individual CNTs at cryogenic temperatures. CNTs on substrate exhibited asymmetric line shapes at low temperature and temperature dependent shifts on the PL energy. Moreover for constant temperature, PL energies were subject to spectral diffusion, which arose - in analogy to compound semiconductor quantum dots - from interaction with a few close charge fluctuators in the dielectric environment. In addition, evidence for exciton localization was provided by the non-classical photon emission statistics of cryogenic CNTs. The main focus of this thesis was the study of individual CNTs in a static electric field. A metal-oxide-semiconductor device was used to probe for the transverse polarizability of excitons. In consequence, the PL energy of CNTs exhibited red-shifts as a quadratic function of the perpendicular electric field. However, a subclass of CNTs was characterized by satellite peaks in the emission profile. By their energy splitting they were assigned to PL emission from dark exciton states, e.g. triplet and k-momentum excitons, and resulted presumably from impurity induced symmetry breaking. As a function of the electric field, CNTs with a broken symmetry featured linear shifts of the PL energy of bright and triplet excitons. A third energy scale in the exciton fine structure was manifested by CNTs that exhibited the emergence of a satellite peak as a function of the electric field. These satellites were assigned to the PL of trions generated by doping of individual CNTs with charges from close oxide states. Presumably such close charge states played also an important role in the variation of the excitation spectra of individual CNTs, which was observed as a function of the applied electric field. This variation could be mediated by switching of charge states, which varied the localization potential of excitons. Finally, the extrinsic effects of the surrounding dielectric medium were contrasted by the remarkable optical properties of as-grown suspended CNTs. Freely suspended CNTs featured isolated localized excitons with narrow linewidths, intrinsic exciton lifetime and a significantly increased quantum yield. Moreover, they lack signatures of spectral diffusion or intermittency even on the shortest timescales.