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New TPE Wire and Cable Products Combine Flare Retardance and RoHS Compliance

A new series of Elexar® thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds for wire and cable and molded products provides a combination of RoHS compliance, UL-V0 flame retardance, and excellent performance over a wide range of end use conditions, it was announced today by the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division of Teknor Apex Company.

From Teknor Apex 12 Nov 2009

The Search is on for Improved Pressure Suit Gloves for Astronauts

Reporters and the public are invited to attend the 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge on Nov. 19 at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., near NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The $400,000 prize challenge is a ...

12 Nov 2009

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Licenses Carbon Nanotube Desalination Technology

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has exclusively licensed to Porifera Inc. of Hayward a carbon nanotube technology that can be used to desalinate water and can be applied to other liquid based separations. Carb...

12 Nov 2009

Measuring the Electrical Current Flowing between Two Buckyballs

The performance of modern electronics increases steadily on a fast pace thanks to the ongoing miniaturization of the utilized components. However, severe problems arise due to quantum mechanical phenomena when conventional structures are simply made smaller and reach the nanometer scale. Therefore current research focuses on the socalled bottomup approach: the engineering of functional structures with the smallest possible building blocks single atoms and molecules.

12 Nov 2009

Photosynthesis May be the Way to Produce Clean, Sustainable Hydrogen

In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an intensive, high-energy process that outweighs the benefits of not using petroleum to power vehicles.

12 Nov 2009

Novel Nanomaterials to Head into Orbit on Space Shuttle

Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

12 Nov 2009

Outstanding Polymer Researchers Win SPSJ Wiley Award

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), announced today that two outstanding researchers have been selected as the recipients of the seventh annual "SPSJ Wiley Award", which Wiley organizes in conju...

12 Nov 2009

Nanometrics Receives Multiple Orders for Metrology Tools from HB LED Manufacturers

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs,...

12 Nov 2009

New iPhone App Reveals which Products Contain Nanotechnologies

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nan...

12 Nov 2009

BASF Launches Polyurethane Solutions Brand

The BASF brand is about to become more visible now for BASF's polyurethane customers all over the world. With the launch of the new Polyurethane Solutions brand and associated harmonization of branding across European affiliates, BASF showcases the benefits of the global Verbund for PU customers: Polyurethane Solutions stands for customer focus, innovation, flexibility, consulting and problem solving expertise, and excellent product quality from a global network of more than 35 BASF system houses.

From BASF Corporation 12 Nov 2009

Powder Coating Technolgy Wins PPG R+D Award

Duranar powder coatings by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) have earned a 2009 R&D 100 Award. The honor recognizes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced in the past year as selected by an independent ...

From PPG Industries Inc. 12 Nov 2009

Rio Tinto Form Mining Technology Development Alliance

Rio Tinto and CODELCO have entered into the "Río de Cobre" (River of Copper) technology alliance agreement. The new alliance allows both companies to jointly pursue next generation copper mining and proces...

12 Nov 2009

BASF Offers a New Biodegradable Plastic

BASF is now offering a new biodegradable plastic. It goes by the name Ecovio® FS and it has joined the existing Ecovio product line. BASF has optimized this new plastic for two specific applications: for coating paper and for manufacturing so-called shrink films, which serve to easily wrap packaged goods

From BASF Corporation 12 Nov 2009

OSRAM LEDs Used in Micro Projectors that can be Attached to Mobile Phones

The diversified technology company 3M is including OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ LEDs in its new micro projectors, which can be connected to mobile phones and cameras. The small, bright, energy-saving diodes are the key to developing micro projectors, which could not be implemented with other light sources.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 12 Nov 2009

Utilize the Unexpected Optical Properties of the Metallic Nanostructures

Metals are opaque: they reflect light almost completely. For that reason they are utilized as mirrors; as films deposited onto a glassyou find them in any bathroom. If the metal film is very thin, the mirror is semitrans...

12 Nov 2009