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Winged Car Gets Lift Off

A prototype of what is being touted as the world's first practical flying
car took to the air for the first time this month, a milestone in a project
started four years ago by students in MIT's
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

20 Mar 2009

New Materials Could See Microchips that Process Data Much Faster than Silicon Chips

New research findings at MIT
could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible
with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other communications
systems that can transmit data much faster.

20 Mar 2009

Using Buckyballs to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember Buckminster Fuller's distinctive

"geodesic domes" - soccer-ball-shaped structures that the late futurist

envisioned as ideal human domiciles. Tel

Aviv University chemists remember them too - and are now putting them to

use in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

20 Mar 2009

Overcoming the Challenges of Nanoparticulate Palladium for Fuel Cells

Even small devices need power, and much of that juice comes from fuel cells.

As these devices become even smaller, the rush is on to find more efficient

ways to power them.

20 Mar 2009

Researcher Dicover the Origins of Nanorod Diameter

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered the origins of nanorod diameter, demonstrating that the competition and collaboration among various mechanisms of atomic transport hold the key to nanorod s...

20 Mar 2009

Cheaper Alternative to Pure Helium as a Shielding Gas for Laser Welding

Fabricators looking for alternatives to using pure helium as a shielding gas
in high power laser welding now have more options: Linde
North America has introduced two new, LASGON H shielding gas mixtures that
lower operating costs and increase welding speed and product quality.

20 Mar 2009

RadiciGroup Offer Full Range of Services to Plastics Manufacturers

Plastics Area companies are able to offer their customers full 360-degree service: from processing to quality control, research and engineering development support. As development support is a vital element of its corpor...

20 Mar 2009

How Environmentally Friendly are Building Materials

Sustainability of construction materials from Woodhead
Publishing brings together a wealth of recent research on the subject.
A comprehensive analysis of a wide variety of construction materials ranging
from timber to glass reviews the issue of sustainability in context.

20 Mar 2009

Designing Seismic Safe Structures

Structural dynamics of earthquake engineering: theory and application using
Mathematica and Matlab from Woodhead
Publishing provides an overview of earthquakes and earthquake ground motion
to reinforce earthquake intensity and magnitude.

20 Mar 2009

Geopolymers Take on Cement in the Construction Applications

The primary application of geopolymer technology is in the development of
reduced CO2 construction materials. Recognised as an alternative to traditional
materials such as Portland based cements geopolymers represent a movement towards
more environmentally friendly engineering.

20 Mar 2009

New System Helps Refine Catalysts for Fine Chemicals and Petrochemical Industries

Symyx Technologies
Europe has announced the availability of the Symyx Screening Pressure Reactor
(SPR), a high-throughput research system that enables up to a 100-fold increase
in the speed of screening and optimising catalysts and catalytic processes.

19 Mar 2009

EU Steel Prices Continue to Slide

The EU mills continue to curb capacity but many market players question whether the cuts are sufficient. Distributors are still destocking because sales to end-users are so poor that the whole process is taking much long...

19 Mar 2009

EPCOS Release New PTC Components with Stainless Steel Packages for Liquid Level Sensing

EPCOS has developed two
new PTC components with stainless steel packages for sensing the level of liquids.

19 Mar 2009

Outdoor Wire Connnectors that Seal, Strip and are Waterproof

Outdoor wire connecting can be faster with a new connector from 3M that strips,
connects and seals wire in one step. The 3M Scotchlok Moisture Guard Connector
accommodates the thicker insulation used in irrigation controls.

From 3M Ceramic Textiles and Composites 19 Mar 2009