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US Congress Woman Tours DuPont OLED Facility

Last month, U.S. Congresswoman Lois Capps (Calif.) toured the DuPont Displays facility in Santa Barbara, Calif., and met with business and technical leaders in the DuPont OLEDs (organic light emitting diode) business to learn about how DuPont is leveraging its innovative OLED technology for displays in the lighting market.

21 Feb 2010

E-Commerce Critical in Gaining a Competitive Edge According to Dow Corning

As manufacturers begin to ramp up production in anticipation of global economic recovery, e-commerce has become a critical tool in regaining a competitive edge by providing efficiencies for buyers and sellers throughout ...

From Dow Corning 21 Feb 2010

BNL Researcher Wins Award for Work on Particle Accelerators

The Asian Committee for Future Accelerators and the organizing committee of the 2010 First International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’10) have awarded Mei Bai, a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, a prize for her significant and original contributions to the field of accelerator research during her early career.

21 Feb 2010

More than 400 People Turn out for European Spallation Source Industry Day

The ESS Industry Day was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 400 representatives from European business and industry took part and gained information about how to get involved in the construction of the ESS. The E...

21 Feb 2010

Cracking the Termination Reaction in Radical Polymerization

Although radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of about half the world’s polymers, details of exactly what is going on in the reaction soup in complex industrial settings have been sketchy at best. As the materials enter our lives as, for example, drugs, coatings, fibers and solar cells, controlling their reactions and therefore their properties is extremely important.

21 Feb 2010

ACG to Help Design New Composite Material that Could Revolutionise Car Design and Manufacture

Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is engaged in a €3.4 million project with scientists to develop a new composite material which could revolutionise car design and ma...

21 Feb 2010

Australian Government Commit $38.2 million to Development of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology

The Rudd Government is introducing a comprehensive national framework to guide the safe development of new technologies such as nanotechnology and biotechnology as part of a $38.2 million National Enabling Technologies S...

21 Feb 2010

Architecture and Nanospace Lecture to be Given by Co-Discoverer of Buckminsterfullerene

Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and the Division of Research will present the 2010 Nobel Laureate Lecture on Friday, February 26 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Libby and Harry Dodson Audi...

21 Feb 2010

More Reflective Roofs and Pavements Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Increasing the reflectivity or "albedo" of roofs and pavements in urban areas could offset greenhouse gas emissions by a significant amount, according to a paper published last month in Environmental Research L...

21 Feb 2010

PI Collaboration Yields Big Leap Forward in Autofocus Responsiveness for Microscope Manufacturers

Partnership between specialists in automation can yield important benefits to research and OEM users. With each player bringing specific expertise, teamwork often surpasses what a single organization can achieve.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 21 Feb 2010

Optical Surfaces Invests in New Facility to Produce Metal Coatings on Mirror Substrates

Optical Surfaces Ltd., a leading manufacturer of high precision optics and optical systems, has announced investment in a coating facility that will allow the company, in future, to provide all standard metal coatings (A...

19 Feb 2010

HORIBA and Innov-X Launch High Performance Monochromatic XRF Analyzer

HORIBA Instruments and Innov-X (Woburn, MA) are pleased to announce the launch of the MESA 6000 Monochromatic XRF Analyzer. The MESA is a high performance MCXRF analyzer designed to measure the low atomic number elements Mg, Al, Si, P, S and Cl in petrochemical and hydrocarbon fluids.

From HORIBA 19 Feb 2010

Using a Needle and Thread to Join Microfluidic Devices

Scientists in Australia are reporting the first use of ordinary cotton thread and sewing needles to literally stitch together a microfluidic analytical device - microscopic technology that can transport fluids for medical tests and other purposes in a lab-on-a-chip.

18 Feb 2010

Nanoparticle Treatment Boosts Organic Solar Cell Efficiency

A German team of scientists has developed a technique to treat nanoparticle surfaces. This treatment boosts the efficiency of organic solar cells. Presented in the journal Applied Physics Letters, the work shows how 2% e...

18 Feb 2010

Collaboration Develops MEMS Micro-Mirror Device for Next Generation High Definition Displays

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and Silicon Quest, Inc., a US-based fab-less company, today announced their partnership in the de...

18 Feb 2010