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3/18/10
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In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, Univ. of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles.
Mar 16 | News
Metallic glasses are emerging as potentially useful materials at the frontier of materials science research. They combine the advantages and avoid many of the problems of normal metals and glasses, two classes of materials with a very wide range of applications.
Mar 15 | News
Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less brittle, pound for pound, than steel. Now scientists at MIT have unraveled some of their deepest secrets in research that could lead the way to the creation of synthetic materials that duplicate, or even exceed, the extraordinary properties of natural silk.
17 hours ago | News
Master Bond Inc., Hackensack, NJ, is pleased to announce the development of a unique one component UV curable modified epoxy system called UV10TKLO-2. This formulation offers optical clarity, high phy...
17 hours ago | News
Bayer MaterialScience has launched a range of innovative biomaterials for medical devices under the new brand name Baymedix. On Stand 2348 in Hall 8 of the Medtec trade show in Stuttgart from March 23...
17 hours ago | News
A new adhesive for use in carpet tiles which has been developed at the University of York could help dramatically reduce their impact on the environment. The powerful adhesives currently used to bin...
19 hours ago | News
A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a breakthrough in the development of nanotubes—tiny "magic bullets" that could one day deliver drugs to specific diseased cells.
19 hours ago | News
Graphene—carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick—now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Univ. of Pennsylvania. The findings suggest stacks of graphene layers could potentially store hydrogen safely for use in fuel cells and other applications.
19 hours ago | News
Duke Univ. researchers have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules' properties as workhorses of biology.
21 hours ago | News
The owner of an Aurora ethanol plant has emerged from bankruptcy and now plans to complete a delayed expansion project at the eastern Nebraska site.Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. of Perkin, Ill., has a new CEO and improved balance sheet after reorganizing. It also was able to continue...
Mar 17 | News
Calgary-based mineral exploration company Golconda Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GA) says it has reached an agreement to acquire privately owned CorePro Drilling Inc. for $2.2 million.
Mar 17 | News
In December 2009 Uhde and its subsidiary, Uhde Corporation of America in Bridgeville, USA, signed a global hydrogen alliance agreement with the American company, Praxair, which is headquartered in Ton...