Medical implants in the human body often have to combat against Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that form a biofilm on the device. These bacteria are difficult to treat as they are mostly resistant to antibiotics.
By Nick Gilbert
25 Jun 2012
Vorbeck Materials and its partners Princeton University and Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL) have won the R&D 100 Award, an annual award instituted by R&D Magazine in honor of 100 most important technological and scientific products and innovations of the year.
By Nick Gilbert
25 Jun 2012
CEMEX, an international building materials company, has unveiled the Ecoperating seal, which will recognize the services and products from the company’s range of building solutions that possess an exceptional sustainability performance.
By Nick Gilbert
25 Jun 2012
Vacumet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scholle, has introduced innovative compostable metallized packaging papers. These packaging papers have been tested and certified to be environmentally-friendly products in a managed composting plant. These papers meet ASTM D-6868 standards.
By Nick Gilbert
25 Jun 2012
A multi-institute team of researchers has imaged and shown the propagation of surface plasmons on graphene using an infrared light beam and demonstrated a way to control them utilizing a basic electrical circuit.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2012
Using carbon nanotubes, Rice University scientists, Bruce Weisman and Satish Nagarajaiah, have developed a new class of paint named ‘strain paint,’ which is capable of detecting strain in airplanes, bridges and buildings.
By Nick Gilbert
22 Jun 2012
Innovative Plastics business of SABIC received Green Material Innovative Application Award from Plastics Technology (China), an influential plastics publication. This award was given in order to honor Valox iQ resin of the company.
A study carried out at the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, revealed the potential of flattened carbon nanotubes. Labeled as closed-edged graphene nanoribbons, they are the result of carbon nanotubes collapsing during growth.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2012
Graphene is a single-layer sheet of carbon atoms. The structure of graphene consists of six-member carbon rings, resembling a honeycomb. The single layer, two dimensional structures imparts the properties unique to graphene such as transparency, flexibility, strength, electrical and thermal conductivity.
By G.P. Thomas
22 Jun 2012
Research carried out at North Carolina State University to identify better methods for genetic material packaging to aid in gene therapy has led to findings that could significantly impact gene therapy research and DNA-based electronics.
By Nick Gilbert
22 Jun 2012
Research groups in Spain have succeeded in imaging light confined on graphene. Graphene is a single-layered sheet of carbon atoms. The imaging confirms the long-standing theory that graphene can be used as a medium to confine and manipulate light efficiently and also provides scope for merging the fields of nano-optics and nano-electronics.
By Nick Gilbert
22 Jun 2012
NETZSCH announce the release of the first NETZSCH App available for iPhone, iPad and Android Smartphones and Tablets.
Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC), an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, has launched a new high gain, high power gallium nitride (GaN) hybrid IC (HIC), TGM9398-25.
By G.P. Thomas
22 Jun 2012
Enterprise Products Partners, a provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals in North America, has planned to construct a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant on the Texas Gulf Coast.
By Nick Gilbert
22 Jun 2012
Master Bond EP36AO combines high thermal conductivity with thermal stability. This flexible, heat resistant epoxy has superior mechanical properties specifically formulated for electrical potting and encapsulation applications.