CelluForce, a Canada-based joint venture between Domtar and FPInnovations, will deliver a presentation about its novel nanocrystalline cellulose material and its performance-enhancing capabilities at the forthcoming BioPlastek 2012 Forum.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Jan 2012
A research team from the Northwestern University has found that one-dimensional materials such as individual gallium nitride nanowires demonstrate powerful piezoelectricity, a three-dimensional phenomenon caused by the application of mechanical stress.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Jan 2012
Intertek Cantox, a company offering regulatory and scientific consulting services, has developed a novel method called the Nano Study Score method to support superior-quality nanotoxicology studies in order to assess the safety of nanomaterial- and nanotechnology-based products.
Arizona Polymer Flooring (APF) offers concrete coating systems and high-performance flooring products. It has declared the introduction of VaporSolve Moisture Remediation Systems, which is an advanced epoxy coating system, that has been developed to offer an effective solution for moisture related problems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Scientists from the Purdue University, Melbourne University and University of New South Wales have fabricated the smallest silicon-based wire in the world, with a current-conducting capability equivalent to that of copper wires. The silicon wire has four-atom width and one-atom height.
Using quantum mechanical calculations, a research team at the University of Houston has demonstrated that a graphene sheet can be converted into a piezoelectric material by producing holes in a specific pattern onto it.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Rice University have discovered that when stress is applied, graphene does not rip apart randomly like paper but follows the least resistance path resulting in new edges that provide remarkable properties to the wonder material.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Pioneer Surgical, a company specializing in medical devices, has announced the start of human clinical study of its three-dimensionally shaped bone graft product called nanOss Bioactive 3D that consists of a proprietary collagen-based biopolymer and nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite to support the growth of bone in the posterolateral spine.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
A research team led by Dr. Christian Russel from the Otto-Schott-Institute for Glass Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, has developed a novel glass-ceramic material with a nanocrystalline structure, which can be used in dentistry applications thanks to its optical properties and superior strength.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
UBM has declared results from the InnoPack event for novel pharmaceutical packaging concepts, which was held from 25 to 27 October 2011 at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. InnoPack featured more than 100 new exhibitors and people attended from over 152 countries.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
It is very common that while opening new foam products customers come across a distinct odor.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Researchers from BRAIN AG and RWE Power have created exclusively-engineered micro-organisms that consume flue gases containing CO2 from power stations powered by lignite and these even grow at 60ºC temperatures.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Pratt & Whitney has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense an undefinitized contract award (UCA) for F135 production engines not more than $1,122,306,649 to drive the F-35 Lightning II.
Scientists have identified an improved approach for removing major greenhouse gas such as carbon dioxide that causes global warming from the air containing moisture and smokestacks. The report of this new process in achieving increased CO2 removal capacity from the atmosphere is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Jan 2012
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology has received an order from the Hanwha Group’s Santa Clara entity for its PlasmaPro System100 multi chamber cluster tool. The cluster tool consists of a combination of sputter modules and PECVD.