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Left Overs from Beer Making Used to Create Steam and Biogas

Wolfgang Bengel, the technical director at German biomass company BMP Biomasse Projekt, saw a business opportunity in solving the breweries' grain waste headache. He reasoned that the leftover grain could be used to ...

10 Jul 2009

Teachers go into Camp to Better Help Students Understand Materials Science

Twenty-seven teachers became students for a week in June during Materials Camp for Teachers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their goal was to learn how to help their pupils to better understand...

10 Jul 2009

Sandia gets Four New Solar Power Collection Dishes

Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). Called SunCatchers™, the new dishes have a refined design that will be used in commercial-scale deployments of the units beginning in 2010.

10 Jul 2009

Improved Undertanding of the Electrical Conduction through Single Molecules

Researchers from Graz University of Technology, Humboldt University in Berlin, M.I.T., Montan University in Leoben and Georgia Institute of Technology report an important advance in the understanding of electrical conduction through single molecules.

10 Jul 2009

Three New Fluorescence Attachments for Primo Star iLED Microscope

The Primo Star iLED microscope from Carl Zeiss is now available with three additional fluorescence attachments that allow users to work with different dyes such as FITC, Dapi and Rhodamine/Cy 3. This permits the use of the LED-based microscope for single fluorescence applications in training, routine procedures and basic research.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 10 Jul 2009

Researchers Measure Quantum Capcitance of Graphene for the First Time

In the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology Letters, Tao describes the first direct measurement of a fundamental property of graphene, known as quantum capacitance, using an electrochemical gate method. A better understanding of this crucial variable should prove invaluable to other investigators participating in what amounts to a gold rush of graphene research.

10 Jul 2009

Applied Nanotech to Manufacture Nano-Copper Inks and Pastes

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT) announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan for manufacturing and commercializing...

10 Jul 2009

New Details of Smart Nanobattery Released

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:XDSL) today released photographs of its six inch silicon based wafer that contains the key electrolyte separator membrane for the company's Smart NanoBattery.

10 Jul 2009

Nanovea Optical Profilometer Can Measure More than the Others

Unlike the others, Nanovea's White Light 3D Non-Contact Profilometers can precisely measure glass surfaces, light absorbing materials and wafer bowing with superior accuracy and speed.

10 Jul 2009

Unbreakable Polyurethane Optical Polymers Set New Standards for Luxury Eyewear

Trendsetters are gearing up for summer and gathering the latest accessories. As the ultimate functional accessory, eyewear makes a personal statement of self-expression. At a recently held Optical Products Seminar here, ...

From PPG Industries Inc. 10 Jul 2009

Conference on Rotomoulding to Take Place in November

Rotational moulding has grown increasingly popular worldwide as designers seek a simple and cheap way to manufacture new products, from pressure vessels to the latest playground toys. Custom rotomoulders are establishing...

10 Jul 2009

SABIC Introduce Bio-Based Composite Materials Using Sustainable Materials

SABIC Innovative Plastics is once again driving forward the development of eco-progressive materials as the race to replace finite resources, like petroleum with more impactful eco technologies, continues to accelerate. In its latest move, the company is helping customers create new sustainable solutions.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 10 Jul 2009

Environmentally Friendly Grease Based on Ricin Oil and Cellulose Derivatives

A team of researchers from the University of Huelva has developed an environmentally-friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives, according to the journal Green Chemistry. The new formula does not include any of the contaminating components used to manufacture traditional industrial lubricants.

10 Jul 2009

Arburg Pleased with NPE Exhibition

“We were very pleased with the outcome of the NPE. Our exhibition stand was well frequented on all five days of the exhibition and the quality of the discussions was extremely high,” summarised Friedrich Kanz, Manager of Arburg’s North American subsidiary. Visitors were particularly impressed with the five high-end exhibits.

From Arburg GmbH 10 Jul 2009

Applied Materials to Showcase Strategy to Make Solar Power More Affordable

Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest supplier of solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment, will showcase its strategy to make solar power affordable for everyone, everywhere, at the Intersolar North Am...

From Applied Materials Inc 10 Jul 2009