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Could a Computer Program Replace the Post-It Note

Researchers at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer
Science (ECS) and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology have developed a computing application which
could replace the Post-It note.

12 Feb 2009

Researchers Look for Simple Detection and Treatment Method for Uranium Poisoning

The use of uranium as a nuclear fuel and in weapons increases the risk that
people may come into contact with it, and the storage of radioactive uranium
waste poses an additional environmental risk. However, radioactivity is not
the only problem related to contact with uranium.

12 Feb 2009

Self Sanitizing Plaster for Walls

Scientists in China are reporting development and testing of new self-sanitizing plaster with more powerful antibacterial effects than penicillin.

12 Feb 2009

Downloadable Thermal Models for Computing LED Designs

Once again, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
is demonstrating its high level of customer support by providing for the first
time thermal models for computing different LED designs as downloads.

12 Feb 2009

Noliac Offer Quick One-to-One Replacement for Piezo Stacks

Noliac offers a unique manufacturing flexibility conceding a quick one-to-one replacement of your specific piezo stack or component. Combined with our broad piezo technology expertise, we grant you full stroke at low ope...

12 Feb 2009

Hydro Continue to Cut Aluminium Production

Hydro
has decided to continue the production curtailment process at its primary aluminium
plant in Neuss, Germany, due to weak market conditions and high energy costs
for the smelter.

12 Feb 2009

New Process May Revolutionize How Nano-Devices are Manufactured

Yale engineers have created
a process that may revolutionize the manufacture of nano-devices from computer
memory to biomedical sensors by exploiting a novel type of metal. The material
can be molded like plastics to create features at the nano-scale and yet is
more durable and stronger than silicon or steel.

12 Feb 2009

Veeco Announce 7th Annual Seeing at the Nanoscale Conference

Veeco Instruments
Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs)
to the nanoscience community, announced today that it will host the “Seeing
at the Nanoscale VII” conference at the University of California, Santa
Barbara (UCSB), July 28–31, 2009.

From Veeco 11 Feb 2009

New Technique for Transforming Raw Biomass into Biofuel

Taking a chemical approach, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process, which is described in the Wed...

11 Feb 2009

Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cells

Questions about the ability to increase the energy output of solar cells have
prompted Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers to reassess carrier multiplication
in extremely small semiconductor particles.

11 Feb 2009

Sustainable Way to Reduce Dependence on Petroleum

An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030. ...

11 Feb 2009

Huntsman Cease Work on New Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) Plant

Huntsman
Corporation today announced it has suspended work on design
and feasibility studies for its planned investment in a new methylene diphenyl
diisocyanate (MDI) plant at its site in Rozenburg, the Netherlands.

11 Feb 2009

Dow Corning Purchase Enough Wind Energy to Run Corprate Headquarters

Dow Corning
Corporation announced an agreement to purchase more than 14,000 megawatt
hours of wind generated renewable energy through Consumers Energy’s Green
Generation program, making Dow Corning one of the largest private purchasers
of renewable energy in the State of Michigan.

From Dow Corning 11 Feb 2009

Chemtura Strategizes to Weather Economic Storm

Chemtura Corp. (NYSE: CEM) today summarized recent strides to improve liquidity as well as its strategy to weather the current economic climate as a viable, strong competitor in the specialty chemicals marketplace. C...

11 Feb 2009

New Technique to Stabilise Materials that only Previously Existed at High Pressures

Scientists from the Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Materiales [Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies in Materials] (IMDEA Materiales) – in collaboration with a research group from CENIM, CSIC and ...

11 Feb 2009