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NEI Corporation to Develop Self-Healing, Anti-Corrosion Coatings

NEI Corporation and its collaborator, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, were awarded an SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop self-healing, anti-corrosion...

From NEI Corporation 1 Apr 2010

Scientists Address 'Wrinkles' in Transparent Film Development

A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research* conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and North Dakota State University (NDSU)-research that also may help scientists iron out a solution.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Mar 2010

NIST Physicists Built and Tested Device for Trapping Electrically Charged Atoms

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms (ions) that potentially could process dozens of ions at once with the most versatile control of any trap demonstrated to date.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Mar 2010

New Instrument Can Delicately Pull Chain of Atoms Apart

How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of-let's say-gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms?* It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that questions that once would have interested only physicists or chemists are now being asked by engineers.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Mar 2010

DMU Research Team Explores Potential of Gold Nanoparticles for Use in Memory Devices

Medicine bottles that alert you when a prescription needs updating and computer screens which can be rolled up to fit in a briefcase are a step closer thanks to research led by a De Montfort University (DMU) academic fro...

31 Mar 2010

Celebration to Mark Milestone Acheived by CERN's LHC Particle Accelerator

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is celebrating March 30, 2010 as "World TeV Day" in recognition of the major milestone achieved at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at approximately 1:06 p.m. CEST ...

31 Mar 2010

Innovative Materials for Long-Range Day and Night Flights Powered by Only the Sun

Bayer MaterialScience has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project. Its founders Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are developing the first manned aircraft aiming to fly around the world day and night without fuel, propelled by solar energy only.

31 Mar 2010