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Specially Designed Dye-Containing Nanoparticles Allow Detailed Imaging within Cells

The more dots there are, the more accurate a picture you get when you connect them. A new imaging technology could give scientists the ability to simultaneously measure as many as 100 or more distinct features in or on a...

14 Apr 2009

New Microspectrophotometer Designed Especially for Thin Films from CRAIC

CRAIC Technologies,
the leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microscopes and microspectrometers,
is pleased to announce the QDI 2010 Film microspectrophotometer. The
QDI 2010 Film instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin
films of sub-micron sampling areas rapidly and non-destructively.

From CRAIC Technologies 14 Apr 2009

Some Whitening Systems Actually Weaken teeth

New research shows that human teeth lost some enamel hardness after the application

of several different products used in the home to whiten teeth. The study suggests

that future generations of such products might be reformulated in an effort

to reduce these side effects.

14 Apr 2009

Existing Regulatory Systems Failing to Keep Pace with Technological Developments

When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was founded, automobiles ran on leaded gasoline without catalytic converters, DDT (Dichloro-Diphenol-Trichloroethane) was one of the most widely used pesticides in the world...

14 Apr 2009

Nanoparticles Found to be Able to Enter in Mammalian Cells

Nanoparticles of tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide cobalt can enter cultured

mammalian cells. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers

from the University of Dresden, the Leipzig-based Helmholtz

Centre for Environmental Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic

Technologies and Systems in Dresden.

14 Apr 2009

Nanofilms Help Research into Ultra Thin Films and Molecular Electronics

With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven dif...

14 Apr 2009

Global High Speed Cutting Tool Market Expected to be Worth $6.2 Billion by 2015

Global high speed steel metal cutting tools market is projected to exceed
$6.2 billion by 2015. Asia-Pacific represents the leading market for high speed
steel (HSS) metal cutting tools.

14 Apr 2009

12.4 Million Tons of Plastic Bottles Expected to be Recycled by 2012

Increasing environmental issues are pushing the activity in the plastic bottle recycling industry to greater heights. Ability of the recycling business to add value to the materials has enabled the plastic bottle recycling market to cross 12.4 million tons by 2012.

14 Apr 2009

Industry First 10 Year Stain and Fade Resist Warranty for PVC Decking

Fiberon, a leading
manufacturer of PVC and composite decking, is so confident in the performance
of its Horizon composite and Sensibuilt PVC decking products that it now offers
the industry's first 10-year stain and fade resistance warranty.

14 Apr 2009

TMS to Collaborate with Canadian Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Society

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) has continued its global mission by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (...

14 Apr 2009

DoD Grant Awarded for Turning Wood and Corn Waste into Biofuel

The Department of Defense has awarded $1.9-million in funding to a biofuel research team led by chemical engineer George Huber at the University of Massachusetts Amherst so he and colleagues can turn wood and corn waste ...

14 Apr 2009

TMS and Brazillian Metallurgy Society to Hold Special Meeting

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) continued its global mission by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Associacao Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineracao (ABM) during a special meeting at...

14 Apr 2009

Prestigious Award to be Presented for Work on Graphene in Microelectronics

On Friday, April 17, 2009, the Körber Foundation will present the Korber European Science Award for 2009, worth 750,000 euros in prize money, to Andre Geim in Hamburg's city hall at 11:00 a.m. Graphene, the mira...

14 Apr 2009

Borouge Polyolefins Production Capacity Expansion on Track for 2010 Completion

Borouge 3 to come on stream in Q4 2013 to capture the additional feedstock
availability resulting from the upstream refinery and gas processing expansions
of ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) Approximately 2.5 million tonnes per
year (t/y) of polyolefins capacity to be added to support Borouge's growth in
the Middle East and Asia.

From Borouge 14 Apr 2009

Silicon-Based All-Optical Ultra-Fast Integrated Circuit Breakthrough

The April issue of the premier scientific magazine Nature Photonics has published
the first experimental proof of all-optical ultra-fast communication signal
processing with silicon-based devices for transmission speeds above 100Gbit/s.

14 Apr 2009