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Appalachian State University Completes Installation of 100kW Wind Turbine

Appalachian State University with project partner Alteris Renewables, Inc. will today complete the installation of a largely student-funded 100 kW wind turbine at the highest point on campus just above the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center on the university's main campus.

25 Jun 2009

Spectroscopy Solutions Provider Launches New Website

ASD Inc., the world-wide provider of high-performance spectroscopy solutions, launched a brand new customer-focused website this month. The site, www.asdi.com, is designed to reflect ASD’s expertise in the measurement of non-homogenous natural resource materials, with particular focus on the Remote Sensing and Research, Mining, Forest Products, and Pharmaceutical markets.

24 Jun 2009

Mirel Bioplastic Certified as Compostable

Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX) announced that Mirel bioplastic resins produced by Telles, its joint venture with Archer Daniels Midland Company, have been certified compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BP...

24 Jun 2009

General Dynamics Win Radome Contract

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy's Naval Inventory Control Point for the refurbishment of radomes for the ...

24 Jun 2009

Injection Molder Demsonstrates products and Service to Help Clients become More Sustainable

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced that at NPE 2009, it is demonstrating a range of products and services to help customers be more competitive by increasing productivity and improving sustainability. Locate...

24 Jun 2009

Demands for Energy Efficient Building Materials Set to Soar

Nationwide changes to the minimum star energy efficiency rating requirements for residential homes and commercial properties in Australia, and upgrades to software that measures the thermal performance of a building, means demand for energy efficient building materials is set to soar.

24 Jun 2009

Husky to Help Raise Awareness of PET Packaging and Recycling

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced initiatives that will raise awareness about the benefits of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) as a packaging material. To support this goal, Husky is participating in severa...

24 Jun 2009

Chocolate Bayou Plant to Continue Producing High Density Polyethylene Longer than First Expected

LyondellBasell today announced that production of high density polyethylene (HDPE) at its Chocolate Bayou plant near Alvin, Texas will continue up to Sept. 30, 2009. The company had previously announced that production w...

24 Jun 2009

New Market Report Available on the Appications of Nanocatalysts

Research and Markets, leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Frost + Sullivan's new report "Nanocatalysts--Application Impact Analysis (Technical Insights...

24 Jun 2009

Nanoparticle Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes to be Commercialized

Jeff Bulte, an affiliated faculty member of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology and professor of Radiology in the School of Medicine, received a one-time $230,000 to commercialize a promising therapy for type 1 diabetes.

24 Jun 2009

How to Preserve the Life of Quantum Bits

Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers. These precarious bits, formed in this case by arrays of semiconductor quantum dots containing a s...

24 Jun 2009

Giant Rydberg Molecules Found with Massive Bonds

A group of University of Oklahoma researchers led by Dr. James P. Shaffer, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, have discovered giant Rydberg molecules with a bond as large as a red blood cell. Determining...

24 Jun 2009

Nano Researcher Wins Big Prize

For Professor Chad Mirkin, good things come in small packages - specifically one billionth of a meter in size. Yet, as director of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology, the impact of Mirkin's work is anything but small. A prolific inventor and entrepreneur, his innovations have the potential to transform the future of medical diagnostics and patient point-of-care and to ignite change across many industries from semi-conductors to healthcare.

24 Jun 2009

Salt that Stretches

To stretch a supply of salt generally means using it sparingly. But researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Pittsburgh were startled when they found they had made the solid actually physically stretch.

24 Jun 2009

Common Salt Displays Super Plastic Properties

Researchers in New Mexico are reporting the surprise discovery that common table salt - so brittle that it crushes easily between a thumb and forefinger - becomes a super plastic in the weird environs of the nanoworld.

24 Jun 2009