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Nanofiltration - An Overview of Technology Development Status and Trends

Research and Markets, leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Frost + Sullivan's new report "Nanofiltration - An Overview of Technology Development Status ...

30 Jun 2009

Drug-Delivery Technology Involving Microcapsules and Nanocoating

Combat-related injuries have long plagued the military in part because of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Imagine being able to spray a compound fracture with microcapsules that deliver a drug to bolster the immune system,...

30 Jun 2009

New Insight into High-Temperature Superconductivity

A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors.

30 Jun 2009

Research May Ultimately Track The Uptake Of Drugs by the Body's Cells

Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles and may ultimately help track the uptake of drugs by the body's cells.

30 Jun 2009

JEOL Demonstrates New Ultrahigh Resolution Analytical Thermal Field Emission SEM at Semicon West

JEOL, a leading supplier of electron microscopes for ultrahigh resolution imaging and analysis, will demonstrate its new ultrahigh resolution, analytical Thermal Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the JSM-7600F, via live remote viewing and control from Semicon West, San Francisco, July 14-16.

30 Jun 2009

New Sensor Technology For Biomedical Analysis And Other Applications

A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest innovation from researchers at t...

30 Jun 2009

New Scientific Challenges To The Design And Manufacture of Future Ultra-High Density Data Storage Devices

A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected finding.

30 Jun 2009

Novel Ion Trap Could Usher in a New Generation Of Application

Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could usher in a new generation of applications because the device holds promise as a stylus for sensing very small forces or as an interface for efficient transfer of individual light particles for quantum communications.

30 Jun 2009

High Strength UV Curing Adhesives from Master Bond

Master Bond adds a significant strength advantage to a new UV adhesive compound combining high strength bonds with the well established benefits of UV cure namely; high productivity, improved performance and environmental compliance. Master Bond UV10TK40 is a modified epoxy adhesive offering a unique tensile strength of 8300 psi and a shore D hardness greater than 75, forming high surface hardness.

From Master Bond Inc. 30 Jun 2009

Steel is the Most Sustainable Construction Material

Steel is the most sustainable construction material. The basic raw material – iron – is the most abundant of all the earth’s elements. It is an infinite resource as steel can be recycled indefinitely without any loss of property or performance.

30 Jun 2009

BASF Reorganizes Petrochemicals Business

BASF reorganizes its Petrochemicals division effective July 1, 2009. The future organization consists of four (formerly six) business units. The optimized organizational structures will lead to higher efficiency and effe...

From BASF Corporation 30 Jun 2009

Linde Pioneers Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacture

Pioneering the European electronics industry's efforts for sustainable manufacturing of semiconductors, Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, has installed Europe's first CE-marked on-site electronics grade...

30 Jun 2009

Web Site Promotes Sustainablility of Aluminum

The International Aluminium Institute has launched a website that sings, scientifically, about aluminium's sustainability. Hydro headed the website project.

30 Jun 2009

$Sales of Malvern Mastersizer Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzers Top 10,000$

Sales of Malvern Mastersizer Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzers Top 10,000

Sales of Malvern Panalytical’ Mastersizer systems have exceeded the 10,000 instruments mark, a major milestone in the company’s history. Now used by more than 90% of the world’s leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies, Mastersizer laser diffraction particle size analyzers have become the systems of choice in companies of all sizes across many different industries.

From Malvern Panalytical 30 Jun 2009

Web Enabled Silicone Marketplace gets Expanded Product List and Functionality

The XIAMETER® web-enabled marketplace from Dow Corning launched today an expanded business model and new website to provide more products, better functionality, and an easier method to order silicone-based products.

From Dow Corning 30 Jun 2009