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New Report Outlines Environmental Impact of Alternative Fossil Fuels

Alternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be considered, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today....

9 Oct 2008

New Phase Changing Material Set to Define Future Memory Storage Devices

A research team at Singapore A*STAR's Data Storage Institute (DSI) has invented a new phase change material that has the potential to change the design of future memory storage devices. Phase change materials are ...

9 Oct 2008

Scientist Develop Bomb-Proof Thermometer for Explosion Measurements

NPL scientists have now designed a reusable bomb-proof thermometer to understand the physical and chemical processes that occur during the detonation and expansion phases of an explosion.

9 Oct 2008

Using DNA Technology to Produce Nanostructures with Living Cells

In the tiny realm of nanotechnology, scientists have used a wide variety of materials to build atomic scale structures. But just as in the construction business, nanotechnology researchers can often be limited by the amo...

9 Oct 2008

Creation of New "Nanofridge" Material for Super Fast Nanocomputers

The material has been developed by UAB and CSIC researchers and could be used to manufacture smaller and faster computers In the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integra...

9 Oct 2008

Innovative Engineering Techniques Receives National Awards

Technology that could reduce the environmental impact of oil drilling and a scientific technique that can be used to help map out oil deposits, improve the accuracy of carbon dating and even detect the use of illegal ste...

9 Oct 2008

Scientists Developing New Superconductors for the Aluminium Industry

Super conductors are materials that conduct current without resistance. For this reason, this field of research has always generated enormous interest, and considerable resources are utilised on techniques that can trans...

8 Oct 2008

Argonne Researchers Develop New Alternative to Conventional Seals

From petroleum to food and beverage to pharmaceuticals, most industries use mechanical pumps, and all these pumps rely on seals to reduce leaks and maintenance costs.

8 Oct 2008

Joint Development of Lightweight Fuel Cell Receives Defense Deparment $1 Million Award

The DuPont and Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC) M-25 portable fuel cell has won the U.S. Department of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) USD 1 million Wearable Power Prize in a competition held in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

8 Oct 2008

Applied Nanotech Announce Increase Funding for Development of Copper Inkjettable Inks

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. today announced that the third phase of its research project with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan, announced on September 29, 2008, has been expanded and the previo...

8 Oct 2008

Goodyear Receives Contract to Supply the Nation's Largest Transit Bus Fleet

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has been awarded a seven-year contract to supply tires and business solutions to New York City Transit, the nation's largest transit bus fleet. Goody...

8 Oct 2008

PPG Introduce New Optiblue Glass with Exceptional Solar-Control Characteristics

Solarban 80 coating also is available on a clear glass substrate with a clear interior lite. In this configuration, the glass exhibits a steel-jade appearance when shaded and a tranquil, reflective finish in direct sunlight. An LSG ratio of 1.98 makes it one of the the industry’s highest-performing solar-control, low-emissivity glasses.

From PPG Industries Inc. 8 Oct 2008

Sigma-Aldrich Signs Agreement for Global Supply of New Boronic Acid

Sigma-Aldrich is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign allowing Sigma-Aldrich to offer research quantities of powerful new boronic aci...

From Sigma-Aldrich 8 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Pioneer Sells off Proprietary Line of Microfine Titanium Dioxide

Particle Sciences announced today that it has sold T-COTE, its proprietary line of microfine titanium dioxide, to Sensient. With the sale, Sensient assumes all marketing and sales responsibilities and acquires the associ...

8 Oct 2008

NIH Awards Innovative Carbon Nanospheres Improving Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) agent

Luna Innovations Incorporated announces an award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the detection and diagnosis of brain tumors. Under this program, Luna will a...

8 Oct 2008