Abstract: The method for detecting vulnerabilities in a virtual production server of a virtual or cloud computer system of one or more virtual servers includes analyzing vulnerabilities in the virtual production servers by connecting to the virtual or cloud computer system; requesting the cloning of the virtual production server in order to obtain a clone or a disk copy of the virtual production server, which is created in the virtual or cloud computer system; connecting to the clone or to the disk copy; analyzing the vulnerabilities of the clone or of the disk copy; erasing the clone or the disk copy; and generating a report analyzing the vulnerabilities of the clone or of the disk copy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting vulnerabilities in a virtual production server of a virtual or cloud computer system, said system comprising one or more virtual servers. The invention comprises the following steps: a system for analyzing vulnerabilities in the virtual production servers is provided; the system for analyzing vulnerabilities connects to the virtual or cloud computer system; the system for analyzing vulnerabilities requests the cloning of the virtual production server in order to obtain a clone or a disk copy of the virtual production server; the clone or the disk copy is created in the virtual or cloud computer system; the system for analyzing vulnerabilities connects to the clone or to the disk copy; the system for analyzing vulnerabilities analyzes the vulnerabilities of the clone or of the disk copy; the clone or the disk copy is erased; a report analyzing the vulnerabilities of the clone or of the disk copy is generated.

Abstract: A method for securing data and/or applications within a cloud computing architecture is provided. According to the invention, a security module is provided, the security module being administered by the user of said virtual server(s) which is/are dedicated to said user; said security module is provided with one or more security policies to be applied to the data managed by the virtual servers dedicated to said user; said security module is provided with identifiers as well as keys to access the user's dedicated virtual servers; the security module accesses the user's dedicated virtual server; the security module exports the security policies, which have been provided to it, to the dedicated virtual servers; and the dedicated virtual servers apply the security policies, which have been provided to them by the security module, to the data they manage.

Abstract: A method for securing data and/or applications within a cloud computing architecture is provided. According to the invention, a security module is provided, the security module being administered by the user of said virtual server(s) which is/are dedicated to said user; said security module is provided with one or more security policies to be applied to the data managed by the virtual servers dedicated to said user; said security module is provided with identifiers as well as keys to access the user's dedicated virtual servers; the security module accesses the user's dedicated virtual server; the security module exports the security policies, which have been provided to it, to the dedicated virtual servers; and the dedicated virtual servers apply the security policies, which have been provided to them by the security module, to the data they manage.

Abstract: A structure includes a substantially non-conductive frame having an exterior surface. The structure defines a plurality of passages that open to the exterior surface. Mesoporous material is disposed in the plurality of passages and is supported therein by the frame. In a method for making a mesoporous nanocrystalline titania hybrid material, a templating agent, an acid, and a titania precursor is mixed into a template liquid. A frame that defines a plurality of passages is placed into the template liquid. A solvent is evaporated from the template liquid, thereby forming a titania gel encapsulating the templating agent. The gel is heated to remove substantially the templating agent from the non-conductive frame and the titania, thereby leaving a mesoporous titania material.

Abstract: A method is provided that includes heating a powder to a temperature that is below the melting point of the scintillator composition but is sufficiently high to form a coherent mass. The powder includes a scintillator composition. The coherent mass is polycrystalline and has a pulse height resolution that is less than 20 percent at 662 kilo electron volts; a light yield of more than 5000 photons per milli electron volt; or both a pulse height resolution that is less than 20 percent at 662 kilo electron volts and a light yield of more than 5000 photons per milli electron. A sintered body is provided also.

Abstract: A membrane structure is provided. A membrane structure has a top surface and a bottom surface. The membrane structure includes a plurality of sintered layers including an inner layer disposed between two outer layers. The membrane structure further includes a nonmonotonic gradient in pore size extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. A method of making a membrane structure is provided. The method includes the steps of providing at least one inner layer; providing a plurality of outer layers; and laminating the inner layer and the outer layers to obtain a membrane structure.

Abstract: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system having a vacuum vessel positioned about an imaging volume, one or more high temperature superconducting coils positioned within the vacuum vessel, and a cryocooler coupled to the vacuum vessel to operate the superconducting coil at a temperature above 10 K. At least one gradient coil is positioned between an imaging volume and the superconducting coil without any thermal shielding interposed between the gradient coil and the superconducting coil.

Abstract: A sensing element or detector activated by radiation comprising a first scintillator activated by gamma radiation; and a neutron sensing layer comprising a second scintillator activated by neutron radiation.

Abstract: A porous structure and method of making the porous structure is disclosed. The porous structure includes a substrate comprising at least one pore having an internal surface. At least a first portion of the internal surface of the at least one pore has a first fluid contact angle and at least second portion of the internal surface of the at least one pore has a second fluid contact angle. The difference between the first fluid contact angle and the second fluid contact angle has an absolute value of at least about 5 degrees and the second fluid contact angle is greater than about 40 degrees.

Abstract: A nanoreactor assembly and method for making the same are described. The nanoreactor assembly includes a ceramic structure with at least one opening, and a porous filler material having a plurality of regions and being disposed within the at least one opening. Each of the regions are architecturally engineered to include at least one specific pore architecture. Each of the specific pore architectures are chosen to enable a chemical process to be performed within said ceramic structure. The method includes providing a ceramic structure that has at least one opening, introducing a porous filler material into the at least one opening, and introducing at least one chemical to the nanoreactor assembly.

Abstract: A method for making a phosphor composition is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a first phosphor comprising a visible-light-emitting phosphor; providing a second phosphor having an average primary crystallite size of less than about 100 nm and disposing the second phosphor onto to the first phosphor. The second phosphor includes at least one phosphor selected from a group consisting of a visual light emitting phosphor, ultraviolet (VUV) light emitting phosphor and a quantum splitting phosphor.

Abstract: A method of making crystalline inorganic particles having an average size of up to about 200 nm is disclosed. The crystalline inorganic particles include at least one crystalline inorganic chalcogenide and combinations thereof. Each crystalline inorganic particle includes at least one crystallite. The method includes the steps of: providing an organometallic precursor, wherein the organometallic precursor includes at least one of a metal alkoxide, a metal carboxylate, and combinations thereof; decomposing the organometallic precursor at a first temperature for a sufficient time to form an inorganic amorphous material; and crystallizing the inorganic amorphous material at a second temperature for a sufficient time to form a crystalline phase. Also disclosed are crystalline inorganic particles made by the method.

Abstract: A structure includes a substantially non-conductive frame having an exterior surface. The structure defines a plurality of passages that open to the exterior surface. Mesoporous material is disposed in the plurality of passages and is supported therein by the frame. In a method for making a mesoporous nanocrystalline titania hybrid material, a templating agent, an acid, and a titania precursor is mixed into a template liquid. A frame that defines a plurality of passages is placed into the template liquid. A solvent is evaporated from the template liquid, thereby forming a titania gel encapsulating the templating agent. The gel is heated to remove substantially the templating agent from the non-conductive frame and the titania, thereby leaving a mesoporous titania material.

Abstract: A method of making a multi-cation ceramic having an average grain size of less than 1 micron is provided. The method includes the steps of providing at least a first material and a second material, wherein the first material comprises a first cation and the second material comprises a second cation, and wherein the first cation and the second cation are different from each other and each of the first material and the second material are nanopowders; forming a mixture comprising the first material and the second material; forming a green body from the mixture; and forming a dense multi-cation ceramic material comprising the first cation and the second cation, wherein the dense multi-cation ceramic material comprises a major phase comprising the first cation and the second cation and that is different from the first material and the second material. The multi-cation ceramic has a high density and high in-line transmission.

Abstract: A sensor for detecting gases, such as gaseous combustion products in a hot gas path. The sensor has at least one electrode pair that includes a plurality of nanostructures. The nanostructures comprise electrocatalytic material and have a porosity that permits gases to diffuse into interior spaces within the nanostructures. A sensor system that incorporates such sensors and controls combustion parameters based upon the output generated by the sensors, and a method of detecting gases using the sensors and sensor system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of making a luminescent nanomaterial having a plurality of nanoparticles. The luminescent nanomaterial includes at least one lanthanide group metal phosphate and at least one lanthanide series dopant, wherein each of the plurality of nanoparticles has a predetermined morphology. The luminescent nanomaterial has a high quantum efficiency and a high absorption value. The method yields a variety of morphologies and sizes of the plurality of nanoparticles. The particles size of the luminescent material varies from tens of nanometers to a few hundred of nanometers.

Abstract: A multiphase ceramic composite that retains nanostructural characteristics up to high temperatures. The ceramic composite comprises a mesoporous matrix and a plurality of crystalline inorganic nanoparticles, each of which having at least one dimension of less than about 100 nm, disposed throughout the mesoporous matrix. The mesoporous matrix comprises a ceramic matrix and a plurality of pores dispersed throughout the ceramic matrix and forming a mesoporous network. In one embodiment, the ceramic composite is thermally and structurally stable—i.e., it does no undergo any decomposition or melting—up to about 1000° C. Methods of making a ceramic composite and a ceramic composite article having such a mesoporous matrix are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is method for making a wire comprising contacting a first end of a first superconducting wire with a second end of a second superconducting wire, wherein the superconducting wire comprises a superconducting filament having a superconducting composition comprising magnesium diboride; heating the first end of the first superconducting wire with the second end of the second superconducting wire at a point to form a joint, wherein the superconducting filament having the superconducting composition is in continuous electrical contact with any other part of the superconducting filament after the formation of the joint.