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3/18/10
| News
In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, Univ. of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles.
Mar 16 | News
Metallic glasses are emerging as potentially useful materials at the frontier of materials science research. They combine the advantages and avoid many of the problems of normal metals and glasses, two classes of materials with a very wide range of applications.
Mar 15 | News
Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less brittle, pound for pound, than steel. Now scientists at MIT have unraveled some of their deepest secrets in research that could lead the way to the creation of synthetic materials that duplicate, or even exceed, the extraordinary properties of natural silk.
Mar 19 | News
A port strike that shut down most of Finland's foreign trade has ended, National Conciliator Esa Lonka said Friday."It's over," Lonka said. "Dock workers will go back to work as soon as possible."Stevedores began the strike on March 4, disrupting about 80 percent of foreign trade in the highly...
Mar 19 | News
Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) installations reached a record high of 6.43 gigawatt (GW) in 2009-a 6% Y/Y growth, according to the latest Marketbuzz 2010 Report from Solarbuzz, an international solar energy market research and consulting company, and a division of The NPD Group.
Mar 19 | New To Market
At the AudiologyNOW! 2010 show in San Diego next month, UK-based coatings company P2i will display their relatively new Aridion liquid-repellant nano-coating. Designed for exposure to humidity or sweat, the polymer layer is applied by a pulsed ion gas process that lower’s the hearing aid’s surface energy, coaxing water away from delicate components.
Mar 19 | News
A carbon-nanotube-infused ink for ink-jet printers first developed in the Rice Univ. lab of James Tour has been used to make thin-film transistors in radio-frequency identification tags that can be printed on paper or plastic. The transmitter can be invisibly embedded in packaging, instantly sharing far more information than a bar code.
Mar 19 | News
Scientists already know that some types of bacteria can alter uranium (VI)—a radioactive, toxic, and water-soluble relic of the Cold War era—into uranium (IV)—insoluble, stationary, and less harmful. Argonne Lab studies are beginning to unlock this pathway, but because bacteria interact with so many other elements, harnessing their abilities will prove difficult.
Mar 19 | News
Huntsman Corp. has completed a $350 million offering of senior subordinated notes due 2020, and will incur about $9 million in charges in the first quarter related to paying off some debt early.The notes were offered through wholly owned subsidiary, Huntsman International.The chemical maker...
Mar 18 | News
The Appaloosa Branch Library, Scottsdale, Ariz., is the first building constructed with color-shifting Duranar VARI-Cool coatings by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG). Duranar VARI-Cool coatings contain p...
Mar 18 | News
Advanced Composites Group Ltd, part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, will be co-exhibiting with Umeco's structural and process materials companies, J.D. Lincoln, GRPMS, and Richmond Aerovac, o...
Mar 18 | News
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), a member of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is proud to cosponsor 38 year old skier Sean Rose in his bid to win a gold medal in the Paralympics Alpine Skiing...
Mar 18 | News
Oxford Instruments has received an order for state-of-the-art high field magnet from Diamond Light Source for ultra high vacuum experiments. This order is for a 14 T split pair superconducting magnet,...