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Microanalysis System for Rapid Mercury Detection

Water contaminated with mercury is very dangerous for both people and the environment, as mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals. Though laboratory analyses do deliver precise quantitative measurements, they require expensive equipment, take a long time, and cannot be carried out on-location.

22 Dec 2009

Crystallographer Selected to Receive Dana Medal

Ross Angel, research professor of geosciences and adjunct professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, has been selected to receive the 2011 Dana Medal from the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).

22 Dec 2009

Key Discovery Boosting Efforts to Use Carbon Nanotubes as Catalytic Supports in Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

Berkeley Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) provided the technology and a Visiting Scientist Fellowship that helped a Missouri State University researcher make a key discovery which should boost efforts to use carbon nanotubes as catalytic supports in direct ethanol fuel cells.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 21 Dec 2009

New Methods to Develop Amazing Materials that Could be Used for Nanoelectronics and Energy Storage

New results by scientists at Umeå University show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The information is helpful in...

21 Dec 2009

How to Make a Perfect Catalyst

Baking the perfect soufflé depends on timing, good ingredients and the right proportions. Exactly the same thing applies to catalysts - the materials that make a chemical reaction work faster or better. Dutch-sponso...

21 Dec 2009

Agreement to Intensify Collaboration in the Field of Fusion Research

Joint professorships / IPP fusion research to enhance TUM's new focus on energy sciences Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) at Garching and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have concluded an agr...

21 Dec 2009

Using Synthetic Form of DNA to Control the Assembly of Nanoparticles

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles - this time resulting in switchable, three-dimensional and small-cluster structures that might be useful, for example, as biosensors, in solar cells, and as new materials for data storage.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 20 Dec 2009

Using Unique Capabilities of Graphene

University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Balandin is leading several projects to explore ways to use the unique capabilities of graphene "quilts" as heat conductors in high-power electronics.

19 Dec 2009

Cooperation Transforms Scientific Know-How into Superior Applications and Products

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and BASF SE have founded "IP3" (innovative products, intelligent particles, integrated processes), a joint laboratory for process technology in Karlsruhe. JointLab is run by the two partners on an equal footing, initially for a period of five years.

18 Dec 2009

Sensor on a Chip that Can Detect and Measure Single Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology has already made it to the shelves of your local pharmacy and grocery: nanoparticles are found in anti-odor socks, makeup, makeup remover, sunscreen, anti-graffiti paint, home pregnancy tests, plastic beer bottles, anti-bacterial doorknobs, plastic bags for storing vegetables, and more than 800 other products.

18 Dec 2009