Stem cells – the body's master cells – demonstrate a bizarre property never before seen at a cellular level, according to a study published today from scientists at the University of Cambridge. The property – known as auxeticity – is one which may have application as wide-ranging as soundproofing, super-absorbent sponges and bulletproof vests.
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Sometimes engineers invent something before they fully comprehend why it works. To understand the "why," they must often create new tools and techniques in a virtuous cycle that improves the original invention while also advancing basic scientific knowledge.
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The ability to stick objects to a wide range of surfaces such as drywall, wood, metal and glass with a single adhesive has been the elusive goal of many research teams across the world, but now a team of University of Massachusetts Amherst inventors describe a new, more versatile version of their invention, Geckskin, that can adhere strongly to a wider range of surfaces, yet releases easily, like a gecko's feet.
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Michelman took home an Innovation Award from the Cincinnati Business Courier at an awards ceremony held April 10, 2014. The company received the award in the Engineering category. According to the Business Courier, “the winner achieved a significant milestone in advanced engineering – where technology is used to design a product.”
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Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced at Chinaplas® 2014 that halogen-free Fortron® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) CES50 for consumer electronics device housings offers superior mechanical properties over traditional polymer solutions.
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Global Information Inc. announces the addition of a new market research report "Protective Packaging (US Market & Forecast)" at GIIResearch.com
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of China's Market for Neutral Silicone Sealants" report to their offering.
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Polymers that exhibit shape-memory effect (SME) are an important class of materials in medicine, especially for minimally invasive deployment of devices. Professor Subbu Venkatraman and his group from School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University presented a review article surveying the clinical applications of the SME and addressing critically the question of its utility in implantable devices. Their work, entitled "Biomedical applications of shape-memory polymers: How practically useful are they?", was published in SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry.2014, Vol 57(4).
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Electrically controlled glasses with continuously adjustable transparency, new polarisation filters, and even chemosensors capable of detecting single molecules of specific chemicals could be fabricated thanks to a new polymer unprecedentedly combining optical and electrical properties.
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One strategy for addressing the world's energy crisis is to stop wasting so much energy when producing and using it, which can happen in coal-fired power plants or transportation. Nearly two-thirds of energy input is lost as waste heat.
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Berry Plastics Group, Inc.’s new nine-layer film for dry food packaging, recently earned the Company a Silver Award for Technical Innovation from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA).
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Plastic Processing Machinery Markets in China" report to their offering.
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Transparent conductive films (TCFs) -- used in touchscreens -- and sensors are currently the hottest sectors in printed, flexible and organic electronics, based on an analysis of start-up companies' performance, according to Lux Research.
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that American Semiconductor has chosen Cypress Foundry Solutions to develop and manufacture custom optical devices.
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PANalytical, the world’s leading supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray and related techniques, organizes a free webinar on total scattering technique and PDF analysis taken place on 29 April 2014, presented by Marco Sommariva, Application Specialist XRD, PANalytical B.V., the Netherlands.
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