The blackest material known to science created from Nanotubes

BBC reports that researchers have produced the darkest known material to science by manufacturing "forests" of carbon nanotubes.

A team led by Dr. Pulickel Ajayan, (Now at Rice University in Houston, Texas), Dr. Shawn Lin and colleagues have reported this findings in the journal Nano Letters. This work was carried out at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

This promising discovery would help in making more efficient solar cells, or in any other applications where you need to harvest light.


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Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video - Final Video Released

The final video of Gmail's collaborative video campaign is out.

It depicts how an email message travels around the world in a creative way. The video clip features a red Gmail M-velope.

They have selected the final video clips from the numerous creative clips they have received from Gmail users around the world and it seems they had a tough time selecting clips for the final video!



Watch the final collaborative video here >>>


You can also check out all of the submissions on YouTube, and read more about it on the Official Gmail Blog.


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Result of Orkut's India Independence Day Poll

The result of Orkut's India Independence Day poll is out now. The poll received votes from more than 15,000 Orkut users.

Results:

Ex Indian President Abdul Kalam has been voted as the most inspiring Indian. Most of the users selected 'themselves' as their favorite global Indian. Hindi movie 'Sholay' been selected as the most popular movie. Majority of users believes that Poverty should be the most important focus area during the next 10 years, hope that India will have permanent UN Security Council seat by 2010. Also majority found that India is synonymous with a Global IT Center.



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