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Shimadzu GC Program Now Includes the GC-2014 Gas Chromatograph

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments updated its existing System GC Program to include the GC-2014 gas chromatograph. In addition, the program now offers new streamlined systems for natural gas, transformer gas and greenhouse...

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 21 Oct 2009

Creating High Efficiency, Affordable Solar Cells from Carbon Nanotubes

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are studying how to create inexpensive, efficient solar cells from carbon nanotubes, which are sheets of carbon rolled into seamless cylinders 1-nanometer in diameter. Many researchers are studying how to use nanotubes for mechanical and electronics applications, but Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Michael Arnold is one of the first to apply them to solar energy.

21 Oct 2009

New Materials Permits Data Storage Far Exceeding Today's Memory Systems

North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far exceeding the st...

21 Oct 2009

Controlling Atomic Interactions with Radio Waves

Investigating mysterious data in ultracold gases of rubidium atoms, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland and their collaborators have found that properly tuned radio-frequency waves can influence how much the atoms attract or repel one another, opening up new ways to control their interactions.

21 Oct 2009

Novellus Introduces an Advanced Copper Electroplating System

Novellus Systems (NASDAQ: NVLS) today introduced the SABRE Excel, an advanced copper electroplating system designed to provide industry-leading fill and defect density performance for the 22nm technology node and beyond....

21 Oct 2009

Charged, Self-Assembling Molecules Used to Make Patchy Particles

Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules that may one day serve as d...

21 Oct 2009

adidias Golf to Use Ion Mask Liquid Repellent Nano-Coating

adidas Golf has signed up to use P2i's revolutionary ion-mask™ liquid-repellent nano-coating, to create a new generation of high-performance golf footwear that will transform traditional expectations of comfort and performance.

21 Oct 2009

BASF to Reduce the Use of Refrigerant Chemicals

BASF Corporation has agreed, under a Clean Air Act settlement filed today in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to reduce the use of refrigerant chemicals that destroy the earth's stratospheric ozone layer, the Justic...

From BASF Corporation 21 Oct 2009

Air Liquide Pursues Hyrogen Market

Air Liquide continues to grow its hydrogen business in the U.S. to reliably supply refiners with this essential gas used to convert heavy crude oil into diesel, jet fuel and gasoline and to further remove sulphur from th...

21 Oct 2009

University of Delaware Researcher Receives $727K for Directed Self-Assembly of Soft Materials

Eric Furst, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received two grants totaling $727,000 for his work on directed self-assembly of soft materials.

21 Oct 2009

CNano Technology Earns ISO 9001 Certification for Chinese Operation

CNano Technology Limited (CNano) announced that it received a certificate of registration for the International Standard ISO 9001:2008 for R+D, production and services of carbon nanotubes through its subsidiary in China....

21 Oct 2009

Leading Solar Cell Producer Installs Applied Materials Production Equipment

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that Motech Solar, one of the world's leading producers of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, has installed and qualified an Applied Baccini back-end line for double printing applications at its volume production facility in Tainan, Taiwan. Applied's recently announced Esatto Technology on the Baccini system will be used to manufacture Motech Solar's new c-Si solar cell design.

From Applied Materials Inc 21 Oct 2009

Freeman Technology to Present Work on Low Friction Materials for Pharmaceutical Processing

In a poster presentation at the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition (8-12 November 2009; Los Angeles, USA), materials scientists from Freeman Technology will describe collaborative work with machinery manufacturer Harro Höfliger. The joint development project was established to address the challenges of specifying low-friction materials of construction for pharmaceutical powder processing plant.

From Freeman Technology 20 Oct 2009

Chemical Weapons Disposal Factory Starts Using Mercury Capture Equipment

Workers at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) today began using a new $33 million filtering system designed to safely capture mercury from furnace exhaust gas streams generated while processing mustard a...

20 Oct 2009

Unusual Metals Could Form the Basis of Cancer Treating Drugs

Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed immunity to other drugs, according to research at the University of Warwick and the University of Leeds.

20 Oct 2009