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Microbes Make Nanowires to Dump Off Excess Electrons to Generate Electricity

Engineers at Stanford have devised a new way to generate electricity from sewage, using naturally occurring "wired microbes" as mini power plants, producing electricity as they digest plant and animal waste.

17 Sep 2013

Promising Environmentally-Friendly Electronic Alloy for Next-Generation ‘Phase-Change’ Memory Devices

A new, environmentally-friendly electronic alloy consisting of 50 aluminum atoms bound to 50 atoms of antimony may be promising for building next-generation "phase-change" memory devices, which may be the data-storage technology of the future, according to a new paper published in the journal Applied Physics Letters, which is produced by AIP Publishing.

16 Sep 2013

MassTLC Honors Nectar Mobile Power System with 2013 Innovative Technology of the Year: Mobile Award

On September 12, Lilliputian Systems’ Nectar Mobile Power System was named the winner of Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s (MassTLC) 2013 Innovative Technology of the Year: Mobile Award, before a crowd of more than 700 senior tech executives at the annual Awards Gala at the Westin Waterfront in Boston, MA.

16 Sep 2013

RIPE Places Additional Purchase Order for LiqTech’s SiC Membranes

LiqTech International, Inc. (“LiqTech”) is pleased to announce that it has received an additional purchase order from RIPE (Huzhou), a Chinese membrane system integrator. The purchase order was the third placed by RIPE in 2013 – significant order sizes of 256 sq. meters, 256 sq. meters and latest 480 sq. meters of membrane product. The three membrane systems ordered were for the same end-user (one of the largest dairy producers in the world) to treat agriculture wastewater.

16 Sep 2013

UC Student Presents Studies on Engineered Nanoparticles-Biofilm Interaction at ACS Conference

Hengye Jing, University of Cincinnati environmental engineering doctoral student, presented his studies on the interaction between engineered nanoparticles (NPs) and biofilm. Biofilm is a group of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other on a surface and these cells are usually embedded within a self-produced cluster of extracellular polymeric substance (or EPS—often referred to as slime). He presented research at the American Chemical Society conference Sept. 8-12.

13 Sep 2013

Scientists Discover One Molecule Thick Sheet of Glass

At just a molecule thick, it’s a new record: The world’s thinnest sheet of glass, a serendipitous discovery by scientists at Cornell and Germany’s University of Ulm, is recorded for posterity in the Guinness Book of World Records.

From Cornell University - NanoScale Facility 13 Sep 2013

Research on Thermal Degradation of Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites Presented at ACS Meeting

Caroline Akinyi, University of Cincinnati environmental engineering master’s student, presented her research titled “Thermal Degradation of Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites” at the American Chemical Society Sept. 8-12.

13 Sep 2013

New Opel Adam Features Freudenberg's Flexible Printed Circuit Board Technology

From starry headliners and new weight-saving engine components to air-intake and cabin filters, Freudenberg products are featured on a variety of vehicles exhibited at the International Auto Show (IAA) in Frankfurt from September 12 to 22.

12 Sep 2013

Cost-Effective Method Transforms Standard Paper into Moveable, Flexible Display

Recently at the 2013 IFA international trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances in Berlin, major electronics manufacturers displayed new types of displays that are thin, and even curved, but expensive.

12 Sep 2013

Researchers Grow Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers Using Airbrushing Techniques

Researchers from North Carolina State University used airbrushing techniques to grow vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on several different metal substrates, opening the door for incorporating these nanofibers into gene delivery devices, sensors, batteries and other technologies.

From North Carolina State University 12 Sep 2013