nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. For comparison purposes‚ “A very fine human hair is about 10‚000 nanometers wide‚ which is the smallest dimension we can see with the naked eye.” (Cook‚ 2005) Before research could begin‚ researchers had to first invent a machine that could work with such small particles. Their goal was to manipulate atoms and molecules into a particular configuration – a configuration capable of performing functions similar to a microprocessor. The technology prior to nanotechnology
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Cara Skelley In both Dreaming in Cuban and Forgetfullness I believe the characters are living in history. They are holding onto to something that already happened‚ in hope that it hadnt. In both books I feel as if the characters continue to refer to past relationships‚ feelings‚ and situations. Characters are faced with the challenge of facing what happened in their lives‚ forgetting it‚ and moving on from it. In Dreaming in Cuban‚ Celia lives her life in seperation. "Celia cannot decide
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In The Heights Review Lights up on Washington Heights I sit down in my comfy red seat at Academy of Theatre Arts in Williamsville‚ NY. I look around and see that the house is full. Not one seat was empty. In those seats I see people of all ages with happy‚ excited expressions on their faces. This got me very excited for the show that was about to be presented for me. I am very anxious for the show to start and suddenly the lights dim‚ the overture music begins and the curtain opens… In the Heights
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movie called “Breakin’”. My uncles would practice their moves in a Kentucky Fried Chicken parking lot on cardboard boxes. My uncles would teach my brother and I some moves. I had so much fun with them. Pop music brings me back to a memory with my Abuela (Grandmother). She used to love listening to the song “Rhythm of the Night” by El DeBarge. We would sing and dance in her living room almost everyday. I correlate dance music to Diana Ross. She was my favorite singer. Kids were mean to me when I was
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The culture in Mexico is very different from other culture’s around the world. It’s a culture that is very festive and very strict on what they do. Their culture consist of food‚ celebrations‚ work ethnics‚ home’s and government. Mexico is a very interesting country to learn about‚ and I hope you learn something. In Mexico‚ the main tradition is that the mothers and grandmothers take care of the house and kids and cook very big meals for their family’s. Not all women in Mexico do that though. Most
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University collaborated to invent a new search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin named their new search engine BackRub because its purpose was designed to determine the amount of back links leading to the websites. David Filo‚ a prior user of BackRub convinced Page and Brin to leave Stanford in 1998 and focus on making their search engine the best internet company of all time. BackRub was then renamed Google which was inspired from the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. In 1998 a Stanford professor
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In a short run‚ firms may earn profit or loss or zero economic profit. On the other hand‚ in a long run‚ firms will earn economic profits due to the higher barriers of entry. Since the patents and copyrights of a brand‚ as well as the name recognition of a firm‚ are very hard to obtain a reputation among
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I was struck by a big idea. This idea is: Basic Assumption: The universe is only spacetime. This idea will be taken as a basic assumption for the remainder of this book. If this simple starting assumption is correct‚ it should be possible to invent a model of the universe that uses only the properties of 4 dimensional spacetime. Ultimately‚ all matter‚ energy‚ forces‚ fields and laws of physics should logically be obtainable from just 4 dimensional spacetime. This is a large project that
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Riley Swortz Leslie Michael English 107 4/22/15 Essay 1‚ Word Count: 971 The play “The Cuban Swimmer” seems to be a run-of-the-mill coming of age story‚ where a young girl finds her confidence to be herself‚ and shows her family that she can handle her life on her own. However‚ it is not just Margarita who is coming into herself in this play. Her younger brother‚ Simon‚ deals with a crisis of his own in this story. His sister goes missing at sea‚ and suddenly‚ he cannot imagine what
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IN 1996‚ ELECTRIC CARS BEGAN TO APPEAR ON ROADS ALL OVER CALIFORNIA. THEY WERE QUIET AND FAST‚ PRODUCED NO EXHAUST AND RAN WITHOUT GASOLINE. TEN YEARS LATER‚ THESE CARS WERE DESTROYED. TEACHER’S GUIDE “A QUIETLY SHOCKING INDICTMENT OF OUR GAS-GUZZLING AUTO COMPANIES AND THE PETRO-POLITICIANS WHO LOVE THEM.” –KAREN DURBIN‚ ELLE MAGAZINE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2006 • TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2006 WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? NOTE TO THE TEACHER Who Killed the Electric Car? is
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