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The Latest Advances in Solid State Hydrogen Storage

Central to the development of hydrogen as a major alternative energy source is its safe, efficient and viable storage. In order to benefit from the highly efficient and low emission producing fuel cell consideration need...

17 Oct 2008

New Book Reviews Materials Used for Making Fuel Cells

Highlighted by their utilisation in the automotive industry, fuel cells are fast gathering pace as an important alternative to the power produced from fossil cells. Fuel cells offer benefits in terms of efficiency and lo...

17 Oct 2008

Woodhead Publishing Form E-Book Deal for Scientific, Technical and Medical Content

MetaPress®, the world’s largest primary host of scientific, technical and medical content, is very pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with Woodhead Publishing Limited (Woodhead Publishing), a leadi...

17 Oct 2008

Comprehensive Review of Fabric Testing Procedures

Testing is central to the assessment of any fabric, results of which can be
used for both determining quality or to meet industry standards. As consumers
develop a heightened awareness of the ethical issues associated with textile
manufacturing it is important for reassurances to be made which inevitable demands
a greater level of testing. Fabric Testing provides a comprehensive review of the tests available for fabrics.

17 Oct 2008

Corning Optical Fibre Receives R+D 100 Award

Corning Incorporated will receive R+D Magazine's respected 2008 R+D 100 Award for its innovative ClearCurve(TM) optical fiber at a ceremony this evening in Chicago, Ill. The award recognizes the 100 most technologica...

17 Oct 2008

Biologically Inspired Textiles - Using Nature to Create Better Textiles

We are all aware that advances are being made in the textile industry, clothes
are lighter and ironing is minimal but were you aware that these advances have
been made not only from the discovery of new materials but nature has also played
a part.

17 Oct 2008

Samsung Demonstrate World's First Carbon Nanotube-based Color Active Matrix Electrophoretic Display (EPD)

The e-paper device uses a carbon nanotube (CNT) transparent electrode developed by Unidym.

16 Oct 2008

Corning Epic System Provides Label-free Drug Screening Services to European Drug Discovery Researchers

Corning Incorporated today announced that Actar AB, a part of the Karolinska Institutet innovations system, confirmed their ability to provide label-free drug screening services via the Corning® Epic® System. Act...

16 Oct 2008

Natural Nanofibers Leads to New Generation of Biocompatible Bandages

Scientists in Israel are reporting the first successful spinning of a key natural protein into strong nano-sized fibers about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair.

16 Oct 2008

Photosynthetic Wonders Acquires Advantageous Genes to Thrive in Today's Oceans

Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence on climate, producing 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe by capturing atmospheric carbon and in so doing, countering the greenhouse effect.

16 Oct 2008

Metallic Silane Could Lead to High-Temperature Superconductivity in Hydrogen

An international research team led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has used theoretical calculations to understand a high-pressure structural phase transition in silane which could gives rise to metallizat...

16 Oct 2008

Siemens Upgrade Steel Production Plant for China

A two-strand rod mill originally designed to produce low carbon and medium carbon steel for Wuhan Iron & Steel has successfully been upgraded by Siemens VAI. The mill designed to produce 700,000 tons of steel per yea...

16 Oct 2008

Timken to Supply Special Grade Steel for Freedom Tower Construction

The Timken Company announced today that it has supplied special bar quality steel for use in constructing the antenna tower for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York City.

From The Timken Co. 16 Oct 2008

DuPont New Super-Fast Thermoplastic Polyester Cuts Down Cycle Time

Molders now can cut cycle time for polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) parts up to 30 percent with new super-fast (SF) grades of DuPont™ Crastin® PBT thermoplastic polyester.

16 Oct 2008

Reduction in "Super-Polluters" Can Reduce Nanoparticle Pollution by 25%

If the “super-polluters”, the high-polluting vehicles, such as certain buses and lorries in a poor condition, were removed, pollution from nanoparticles could be reduced by up to 25% and 48%

16 Oct 2008