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Nanocoating Breaks Down Hydrogen Sulfide and Other VOCs Associated with Chinese Drywall

OxiTitan VLR: The cost-effective solution for homes affected by tainted Chinese drywall. Leading testing laboratory shows that the advanced transparent nanoparticle mineral coating breaks down hydrogen sulfide and other Volatile Organic Compounds associated with Chinese drywall.

2 Dec 2009

Oxford Instruments Deliver First High Field Helium Recondensing Magnets to World-Class Neutron Scattering Facilities

Oxford Instruments has collaborated with two World-class neutron scattering facilities, the ISIS Neutron Source (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot) and the ILL neutron facility (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble...

From Oxford Instruments plc 1 Dec 2009

Networks of Chitin Filaments are Integral Components of Diatom Silica Shells

Researchers at TU Dresden and the Max Planck Institute the Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden have now identified another component of the diatom cell walls. As the team led by Eike Brunner reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie, they found an organic network of crosslinked chitin filaments.

1 Dec 2009

Big Impact on Energy Storage Industry with the Tiniest of Particles

In leading the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's first technology spin-off, Charles Gibson, an inorganic chemistry professor, hopes to make a big impact on the energy storage industry with the tiniest of particles.

1 Dec 2009

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Announces Winners of DOE Science Poster Competition

Eighteen top national undergraduate science students, including one grand prize winner, have been named at the U.S. Department of Energy's second annual Science and Energy Research Challenge (SERCh,) held recently at...

1 Dec 2009

Research Revolutionizing the Field of Antenna Design

Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. Research from North Carolina State University is revolutionizing the field of antenna design - creating shape-shifting antennas that open the door to a host of new uses in fields ranging from public safety to military deployment.

1 Dec 2009

Innovative Way to Boost Output of Next Generation Solar Cells

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells. Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with c...

1 Dec 2009

Georgia Tech Awarded U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to Design Nanostructures for Energy and Adaptive Materials

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive processes of the modern warfighter.

1 Dec 2009

New Way to Introduce Magnetic Impurities in a Semiconductor Crystal

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal by prodding it with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 1 Dec 2009

New Research Offers Clues to How Shells Grow in Nature

Single crystals of the mineral calcite -- the chief material in limestone -- are predictable, homogeneous and, well, a little boring. But scientists have long marveled at how biological crystals of calcite grow together with other organic materials to form, for example, shells and sea urchin spines.

30 Nov 2009