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United Spiral Pipe Dedicates New Plant in Pittsburgh

The new United Spiral Pipe (USP) facility, which is expected to create approximately 120 new full-time manufacturing jobs in Pittsburg, required about 320,000 hours of local building and construction trade labor to build...

2 Nov 2009

New Method for Manufacturing Nanowires

Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient so...

2 Nov 2009

Smart Gold Nanocage Designed to Deliver Drugs to Specific Locations

The smart nanocage is designed to be filled with a medicinal substance, such as a chemotherapy drug or bactericide. Releasing carefully titrated amounts of a drug only near the tissue that is the drug's intended target, this delivery system will maximize the drug's beneficial effects while minimizing its side effects.

2 Nov 2009

Solar Energy without the Need for Massive Solar Cells

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system.

2 Nov 2009

Scientists Develop New Material for Solar Cells

A series of joint sub-projects and work-packages has enabled the scientists to develop a new, less expensive grade of raw material for solar cells. And the best news is that the new modules are just as efficient as curre...

30 Oct 2009

Scientists Develop First Optical Frequency Comb

Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb—a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light-that actually looks like a comb.

29 Oct 2009

Physicists Shed Light on Material's Ability to Become Superconducting

Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer responsible for one such material's ability to become superconducting, i.e., carry electrical current with no energy loss.

29 Oct 2009

Inspired by Water-Resistant Lotus Leaves, the Pitt-Developed Solution Repels Freezing Rain

Preventing the havoc wrought when freezing rain collects on roads, power lines, and aircrafts could be only a few nanometers away. A University of Pittsburgh-led team demonstrates in the Nov. 3 edition of Langmuir a nano...

29 Oct 2009

Simulating Material Failure at the Nanoscale

Very tiny wires, called nanowires, made from such metals as silver and gold, may play a crucial role as electrical or mechanical switches in the development of future-generation ultrasmall nanodevices. Making nanodev...

29 Oct 2009

Recording and Process Information using Electron Spin

Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas A+M University physics professor.

29 Oct 2009

No Mix Epoxy Ideally Suited to Bonding Irregular Surfaces

Master Bond UV10TK40 is a UV curable, no-mix epoxy resin system with exceptional sealing and gap-filling properties. It excels in applications such as aligning parts and bonding irregularly shaped surfaces, especially in production environments where increased speed and reduced waste are paramount. Its very high surface hardness (Shore A >75) also makes it an excellent choice for clear coating.

From Master Bond Inc. 29 Oct 2009

Parker Develop Hydrogen Generator for Varian ICP-MS

Parker Domnick Hunter has developed a new hydrogen generator for operation with the Varian 820-MS model of Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). Varian, Inc., are a manufacturer of scientific instruments and vacuum technologies of which ICP-MS plays a lead role in the detection and measurement of ultra-trace elements.

From Linde plc 29 Oct 2009

Two CSIRO Scientists Wins Prime Minister's Prizes for Science

Two CSIRO scientists have been honoured at Australia's premier science awards - the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science.

29 Oct 2009

Why Bee Stings Hurt

Farfield has developed an application to better understand why bee stings hurt. Using their unique Dual Polarisation Interferometry (DPI) technology embodied in the Analight® 4D instrument range, the membrane - antimicrobial interaction can be studied.

29 Oct 2009

Konarka Look to Integrate Power Plastic into Shade Structure Projects

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company is collaborating with Enviromena Power Systems...

29 Oct 2009