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Fulcrum SP Materials Signs Nanotechnology Collaboration Agreement with Arkema

Fulcrum SP Materials announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Arkema Inc. concerning the development of high performance composite parts with improved damage resistance. Arkema will contribute it...

16 Dec 2009

European Researchers Develop State-of-the-Art Nanowire 'Growing' Technology

European researchers have developed state-of-the-art nanowire 'growing' technology, opening the way for faster, smaller microchips and creating a promising new avenue of research and industrial development in Eur...

15 Dec 2009

Berkeley Lab Scientists Imaged Growth of Protein-Studded Mineral Surfaces

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Molecular Foundry have imaged the growth of protein-studded mineral surfaces with unprecedented resolution, providing a glimpse into key structural materials engineered by living systems.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 15 Dec 2009

Nanolithographic Technique Producing High-Res Patterns of Chemicals on a Single Chip

Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least three different chemicals on a single chip at writing speeds of up to one millimeter per second...

15 Dec 2009

Research Focuses on Characteristics and Composition of Ultrafine Particles from Engine

The Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of M. O. E, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in Shanghai, showed that the characteristics of ultrafine particles from a compression- ignition engine fueled with ...

15 Dec 2009

First-Ever Paper on LHC Proton Collisions Published Online in European Physical Journal

The first paper on proton collisions in the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - designed to provide the highest energy ever explored with particle accelerators - is published online this week in Springer's European Ph...

15 Dec 2009

NIST to Fund 20 New Research Projects Ranging from Unmanned Hovering Aircraft to Nanotechnology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced funding for 20 new research projects under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP), including projects ranging from unmanned, hovering aircraft fo...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 15 Dec 2009

Rare-Earth Metal Making Phosphate Glass Block UV Light

Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, according to Pen...

15 Dec 2009

New Technique that Could be Used to Diagnose and Develop Treatments for Age-Related Conditions

Chemists and biologists from the University of Bath have developed a new technique that could be used to diagnose and develop treatments for age-related conditions like Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and cancer.

15 Dec 2009

Professor Awarded Funding from ERC for Biofilm Research

Prof. Dr. Regine Hengge at the Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at Freie Universität Berlin has been awarded funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for her research project to investigate the...

15 Dec 2009