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Gold Nanocages Prove Invaluable for Breast Cancer Patients

Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients. For the first time, Lihong Wang, Ph.D., Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor in th...

13 Jan 2009

Inexpensive Process for Orienting Nanotubes

Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers.
wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but
actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods is notoriously like herding
cats.

13 Jan 2009

DuPont Take on Air, Water and Industrial Filtration Applications

DuPont Nonwovens Vice
President and General Manager Barry Granger recently delivered the keynote speech
at Filtration 2008: International Conference and Exhibition, in Philadelphia,
Pa. Barry spoke to more than 100 people in the air filtration value chain. He
talked about how DuPont's commitment to sustainability and energy efficient
products led to filtration, a market segment where DuPont can help make a difference
through technology that eliminates tiny particles in our air, water and industrial
fluids.

13 Jan 2009

Air Products Complete Construction of Carbon Monoxide Coldbox for Chinese Petrochemical Company

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading supplier of industrial gases and equipment, has completed the manufacturing of a world-scale carbon monoxide (CO) coldbox at its cryogenic equipment manufacturing facility in Caojing, ...

13 Jan 2009

Metal Nanotube Sensors Detect Toxic Gases

In a recent paper, researchers at
the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) described a new method for creating gas detectors
so sensitive that some day they may be able to register these tiny emissions
from a single cell.

13 Jan 2009

Alcoa Receive the OK to Use Hydropower for Two of Its Smelters

Alcoa (NYSE:AA)
today announced it hosted New York Governor David A. Paterson to celebrate finalization
of a 30-year hydropower contract to supply the company’s two aluminum
smelters in Massena, NY.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 13 Jan 2009

EPA is Only Aware of a Small Portion of Potentially Toxic Nanomaterials

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged that its voluntary approach to reporting has yielded only limited information on a small fraction of the hundreds of potentially toxic nanomaterials already...

13 Jan 2009

Fundamental Polymeric Discovery Could Benefit the Electronics Industry

While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists
at the National Institute for
Standards and Technology (NIST) has made a fundamental discovery about
these materials that could improve methods of creating the stable crystalline
films that are widely used in electronics applications-and also offer insight
into a range of other phenomena.

13 Jan 2009

Chemically Triggered Robotic Hands Move Small Objects

In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers
in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered
robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small objects.

13 Jan 2009

Flexible Light Sensitive Material Could Revolutionise Photography and Banish Telephoto Lenses

Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past. University of Wisconsin-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma and colleagues hav...

13 Jan 2009

How Can the FDA Regulate Nanomaterials in Dietary Supplements with Limited Information

The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety
of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information,
lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority in certain critical
areas, according to a new expert report released by the Project
on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

13 Jan 2009

Scientists to Turn Boson Atoms into Supersolids that Behave as Solids and Superfluids

Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland
have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold "boson" atoms-the ingredients of
Bose-Einstein condensates-into a "supersolid," an exotic state of matter that
behaves simultaneously as a solid and a friction-free superfluid.

13 Jan 2009

Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Could be Used as Interconnects in Future Electronic Devices

Metallic carbon nanotubes have been proposed as interconnects in future electronic
devices packed with high-density nanoscale circuits.

13 Jan 2009

OMAX Sells 16 Waterjet Cutters to US Air Force

OMAX Corporation,
the industry leader in abrasive waterjet machining, is pleased to announce the
sale of 16 units of its 55100 JetMachining® Center to the United States
Air Force. The sale, estimated at $3.75 million, was completed in partnership
with Phillips Corporation.

From OMAX Corporation 13 Jan 2009

Reell Releases First in a Range of Stainless Steel Friction Hinges

Reell Precision Manufacturing, a world leader in custom hinges and hinge design
of small package torque hinge solutions, has released the first in a series
of 316 Stainless Steel Friction Hinges. These Stainless Steel Friction Hinges
expand Reell's diverse catalog products and opens up opportunities for Reell
to further expand into the marine, medical and food industry markets.

13 Jan 2009

Materials Science News

Gold Nanocages Prove Invaluable for Breast Cancer Patients

Inexpensive Process for Orienting Nanotubes

DuPont Take on Air, Water and Industrial Filtration Applications

Air Products Complete Construction of Carbon Monoxide Coldbox for Chinese Petrochemical Company

Metal Nanotube Sensors Detect Toxic Gases

Alcoa Receive the OK to Use Hydropower for Two of Its Smelters

EPA is Only Aware of a Small Portion of Potentially Toxic Nanomaterials

Fundamental Polymeric Discovery Could Benefit the Electronics Industry

Chemically Triggered Robotic Hands Move Small Objects

Flexible Light Sensitive Material Could Revolutionise Photography and Banish Telephoto Lenses

How Can the FDA Regulate Nanomaterials in Dietary Supplements with Limited Information

Scientists to Turn Boson Atoms into Supersolids that Behave as Solids and Superfluids

Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Could be Used as Interconnects in Future Electronic Devices

OMAX Sells 16 Waterjet Cutters to US Air Force

Reell Releases First in a Range of Stainless Steel Friction Hinges

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