Lumerical Solutions, Inc., a provider of nanophotonic design software, today announced the immediate availability of FDTD Solutions Release 6.5. Release 6.5 continues to build on the proprietary framework of earlier rele...
Two Princeton University researchers have made a major advance in addressing a twist in the packing problem, jamming more tetrahedra -- solid figures with four triangular faces -- and other polyhedral solid objects than ever before into a space. The work could result in better ways to store data on compact discs as well as a better understanding of matter itself.
A total of six lamps with the latest LED technology from OSRAM demonstrate street lighting of the future in Fürth near Nuremberg, Germany. The city's traffic and energy supply company infra fürth GmbH, lumi...
Thirteen companies have been shortlisted for the 2009 ICIS Chemical Business Innovation Awards, lead sponsored by Dow Corning.
Winners in each category and an overall winner will be announced in the October 19 issue ...
To move your arm or leg, certain muscles need to change shape, to either lengthen or contract. Now scientists have made liquid-crystalline particles that can change shape in a similar way, but which are only micrometers across. Professor Rudolf Zentel and his colleagues at the Universities of Mainz and Strasbourg have prepared these tiny shape-changing materials out of elasticized liquid crystals, taking advantage of a continuous fluidic device for fabrication.
Insulating the average domestic loft properly could save up to £150 on fuel bills and cut carbon emissions by 800kg per home per year. In fact, if all UK households topped up their loft insulation to 270mm, around £520m ...
A regeneration project at London's Wood Lane Underground Station, including the complete refurbishment of the station interior, platform and concourse, has been recently completed. The predominant feature of this pro...
For existing internal lighting systems with conventional control gears there are now two more energy-efficient alternatives. New OSRAM T8 Lumilux ES fluorescent lamps and compact Dulux D ES fluorescent lamps enable energy costs to be reduced by up to 10 percent compared with the corresponding conventional lamps.
Nissan's plan to build 5,000 short-haul electric cars with a range of 100 miles will get a boost from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The laboratory will help to provide a solar powe...
Rockwool, the world’s leading manufacturer of non-combustible stone wool insulation, has implemented a new, proprietary production process to reduce the space taken up by a number of its products – providing environmental and cost benefits for itself and its supply chain.
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