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Tunable Fluidic Lenses Go Where Conventional Lenses Can Not Go

Like tiny Jedi knights, tunable fluidic micro lenses can focus and direct light at will to count cells, evaluate molecules or create on-chip optical tweezers, according to a team of Penn State engineers. They may also pr...

11 May 2009

Innovative Web Tool Helps Industrial Users Select The Best Adhesive

Rapidly find the right adhesive for your application, get free samples and the chance to win – that’s the news from 3M, the diversified technology company. 3M’s Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division has launched an innovative web based tapes and adhesive selector, aimed at helping industrial users find which products are best suited to their own unique application.

11 May 2009

Super Dense Material Could be A Sustainable Alternative to Nuclear Power

A material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being produced at the University of Gothenburg. The scientists working with this material are aiming for an energy process that is both more sustainable and less damaging to the environment than the nuclear power used today.

11 May 2009

Lunar Blanket Protects Astronauts from Radiation

Alien creatures are the least of NASA's worries when it comes to moon travel. There are several potential threats to future missions - with space radiation at the top of the list. Now, a group of students at North Ca...

11 May 2009

Honeywell Aerospace Partner to Develop Functional Surfaces for Aerospace Applications

Nano Terra announced today a partnership with Honeywell Aerospace to develop functional surfaces for a variety of aerospace applications. Under the long-term agreement, the companies will work together to utilize Nano...

11 May 2009

Goodyear to Supply 100,000 Tires for US Army Military Transport Vehicles

With a 100-year history of serving the nation's military with key tire fitments, Goodyear broadens that business further with the announcement of its selection by BAE Tactical Vehicle Systems as the standard tire sup...

11 May 2009

LANL to Use Nanomaterials to Develop High Efficiency Solar Collectors

Solar- and nuclear-energy technology advancements from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) could help the nation in its quest to capture viable sources of alternative energy, thanks to funding from the U.S. Department ...

11 May 2009

Metals Play Key Role in Photosynthesis

A large, international collaboration between Arizona State University, the University of California San Diego and the University of British Columbia, has come up with a surprising twist to photosynthesis by swapping a key metal necessary for turning sunlight into chemical energy.

11 May 2009

Continental Carbon Company to Take over Carbon Nanotube Business

Arrowhead Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ARWR) announced that its Unidym, Inc. subsidiary, a leader in carbon nanotube (CNT) technology, and Continental Carbon Company ("CCC"), a global leader in carbon blacks, c...

11 May 2009

Contract Awarded for Development of Carbon Nanotube-Based Products for Aerospace

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy saving performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced that it has been awarded a research contact to further develop nanotech...

11 May 2009

Nanosys Licences Nanowire and Biosensor Technology

Nanosys Inc. and QuantuMDx Group (QMDx) today announced that QMDx has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Nanosys for several patents and patent applications related to the use of nanowires for biosensors. T...

11 May 2009

Creative LED Lighting Competition Entries Close on July 23

In the “LED - Emotionalize your light” competition of ideas from 8 May until 23 July entrants have the opportunity to create emotional lighting concepts and designs with LED technology and present them to the “light enthusiast” community. An expert jury chooses the best concepts following an interactive selection process. The winners can look forward to cash and non-cash prizes worth €7,000.

11 May 2009

European Powder Metallurgy Conference Technical Programme Available Soon

The 2009 Euro PM Congress & Exhibition will not only attract an audience of industry recognised decision makers, leading PM academics, researchers and business personnel, this year's event will take on another me...

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 11 May 2009

AIJU Uses Plastograph to Blend Lead Containing Polymer Reference Materials

The use of a polymer in product making generally requires it to be blended with other ingredients, which add certain special characteristics to the final product. Due to the high cost of plastic as well as the use of cer...

11 May 2009

BUSS MX Kneader Caters for All High Fill Temperature and Shear Sensitive Compounds

The new four-flight BUSS MX Kneader made in Switzerland by Buss AG, Pratteln, has proven highly successful in compounding applications ranging far beyond the original goal of HFFR cable compounds. BUSS has therefore expanded its applications to cover practically all high-fill temperature and shear sensitive compounds.

11 May 2009