Ultralight fractal structures could bear heavy loads. A team of researchers in Europe has shown that the density of large structures can be dramatically reduced, if they are designed using a fractal pattern.
The researchers have worked out a way to calculate an optimal “hierarchal structure” built from a certain material so that it can withstand a given load. They claim that using such techniques could help in building highly efficient load-bearing structures that could be used in solar sails, cranes or other lightweight-yet-strong constructs. A fractal is an object or a structure that is self-similar on all length scales. Fractal patterns are seen in nature at all scales – everything from a single fern leaf that resembles the entire plant, to clouds, snowflakes, blood vessels and cauliflowers shows a fractal pattern. A particular example that inspired this latest work is trabecular bone – the “spongy” bone that is found near joints in the human body. Build and repeat Strong structures The team designed a number of different structures. Dennismirandadelrosario.
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That astounding assertion will be tested Friday, when a federal district court in Alexandria decides whether it has jurisdiction to hear claims made by the American Tradition Institute that EPA researchers are exposing unwary and genetically susceptible senior citizens to air pollutants the agency says can cause a variety of serious cardiac and respiratory problems, including sudden death. During that time at those university laboratories, EPA-employed or -funded researchers have intentionally exposed a variety of people to concentrated levels of different air pollutants, including particulate matter (soot and dust), diesel exhaust, ozone and chlorine gas — the latter substance more recognized as a World War I-era chemical weapon than as an outdoor air pollutant.
EPA Human Medical Experimentation. What?
Since when does the EPA do human experimentation? That’s supposed to be illegal. Under the Nuremberg Trials. Remember those? There were a set of findings that became the basis of the International laws guiding human research. Water for Life - Urine Therapy - Distilled Water - J.W. Armstrong audio book. Where Are We Going? Alana Stewart is an actress, host, author and spokesperson.
She began her career by leaving her home state of Texas and heading to New York City to become a Ford model. Soon, she began her acting career appearing on such popular television series as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Bionic Woman, Hart to Hart, The Fall Guy, Masquerade and the mini-series Small Sacrifices and Lonesome Dove. Film roles include: Allan Carr’s Where the Boys Are, Jonathan Demme’s Swing Shift, The Ravagers with Richard Harris, the independent film Between which debuted at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, American Intellectuals, Dangerous Company, Medusa, Wasted in Babylon, Mom Can I keep Her and Delivered, which recently premiered at WorldFest-Houston, an international film festival.
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