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KTM in better shape than what Sepang MotoGP times suggest - Binder

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KTM had a relatively low-key showing in Malaysia as the new MotoGP season began in earnest with a three-day test this week, with Ducati stealing the limelight with a series of record-breaking lap times . Binder could put up no challenge to either the factory or the satellite Desmosedici riders as he ended up a distant seventh on the times heets on Friday with a best effort of 1m57.365s, losing six tenths in relation to reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia. However, the South African believes the test results didn't provide a true reflection of the com Pet itive order, having felt that KTM has made a step forward with the developments it has brought to the RC16. “It was a pretty good final day and a pretty good test overall,” he said. “We tried a ton of stuff and on the final day we were trying a whole lot of different things as well.  “Throughout the day we started to narrow down what was working and what was not, and what we liked and what we did...

World’s thinnest gold ‘just two ATOMS thick’ created in lab – and it’s a million times thinner than a finger nail

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The “world’s thinnest gold” is one million times thinner than a fingernail – and is so thin, it’s technically regarded as “two dimensional”. This image shows a gold “nanosheet” that is just two atoms thick The official measurement is 0.47 nanometres, made possible because the gold is made up of just two atoms sitting on top of each other. This revolutionary material could be used to create new Technology and speed up industrial processes, according to its creators at the University of Leeds. “Gold nanoparticles are used to speed up chemical reactions,” researcher Dr Sunjie Ye told The Sun. “This ultra-thin gold could be used in new medical devices that test for the early signs of disease or illness. This image from an electron microscope shows how the atoms of the gold nanosheet arranged themselves into a “highly organised” lattice pattern “It could also have uses in tran...