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Vorbeck Materials to Manufacture Conductive Graphene Based Inks

Vorbeck Materials Corp. announced recent EPA approval to manufacture graphene as a conductive additive for inks. EPA's approval, which was granted under the terms of the Low Exposure, Low Release Exemption Rule (LoRE...

16 Dec 2009

Work on Semiconductors Results in Prestigious Award for Viginia Tech Physicist

A Virginia Tech physicist is one of three faculty members from the College of Science who have been awarded prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

16 Dec 2009

North American Residential Roofing Materials Market to be Worth over $5 Billion by 2014

According to a new technical market research report, RESIDENTIAL ROOFING MATERIALS: THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET (AVM070A) from BCC Research, the North American market for residential roofing materials is worth an estimated $3.9 billion in 2009, but is expected to increase to more than $5 billion in 2014, for a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.3%.

16 Dec 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Wins Grants to Develop Carbon Nanotube Technology

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading manufacturer of single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT), has been awarded two prestigious grants from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Scie...

16 Dec 2009

Testing Solutions for the Solar Industry from Shimadzu

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments offers testing solutions for photovoltaic manufacturing processes and research and development that contribute to higher conversion efficiencies, reliability and yields from solar cells. ...

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 16 Dec 2009

80 Tonne Anchor Hopes to Hold Offshore Installations in Place

Maybe it looks like a giant arrow or a rocket, but this 13 metre-long, 80-tonne anchor is currently being tested as a new mooring concept for offshore installations.

16 Dec 2009

Resolve Optices Supply Rugged Lenses for Military and Civilian Applications

Resolve Optics Ltd has developed an international reputation for the design and supply of OEM quantities of custom rugged lenses for demanding military and civilian applications.

16 Dec 2009

Symyx Partner to Help Public Access to Scientific Databases

Symyx Technologies, Inc. and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases. The first joi...

16 Dec 2009

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Successfully Completes First Flight

Resolve Optics Ltd has developed an international reputation for the design and supply of OEM quantities of custom rugged lenses for demanding military and civilian applications.

16 Dec 2009

Biofuels from Forest Waste and Residues - A Sustainable Solution

Mitigating climate change is one of the driving forces behind the global demand for biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials. Cost competitiveness and environmental sustainability are key issues when developing new biomas...

16 Dec 2009

3M Now Provide Complete Range of Cold Shrink Kits for 68kV Lines

The new 3M Cold Shrink Joint Kits QS-III join the 3M Cold Shrink Termination Kits QT-III to complete 3M's line of 69/72,5kV cable accessories for power transmission and distribution, petrochemical, transportation and...

16 Dec 2009

NIST to Fund Research Projects Including Recycling Aerospace Materials and Nanomaterials for Batteries

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced funding for 20 new research projects under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP), including projects ranging from unmanned, hovering aircraft for in...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 16 Dec 2009

Ultracold Gases Expected to Contain New Type of Soliton

Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting waves are exotic enough, but theoreticians at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) , a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, and their colleagues in India and the George Mason University, now believe that there may be a new kind of soliton that's even more special.

16 Dec 2009

Study Looks at Nanoparticle Emissions from Diesel Engines

The Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of M. O. E, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in Shanghai, showed that the characteristics of ultrafine particles from a compression- ignition engine fueled with ...

16 Dec 2009

State-of-the-Art Nanowire Growing Technology Promises Smaller Microchips

European researchers have developed state-of-the-art nanowire 'growing' technology, opening the way for faster, smaller microchips and creating a promising new avenue of research and industrial development in Eur...

16 Dec 2009