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Could Organometallics be Used to Treat Tumors?

Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometalli...

13 Jan 2009

New Concrete Containing 90% Recycled and By-Product Materials with No Sacrifice in Properties

Ekocrete, Inc. today announced the availability of a new "green" concrete that uses 90% recycled and by-product materials without sacrificing strength or durability. "Previous so-called green concretes...

13 Jan 2009

New Type of LED Offers Improved Performance and Energy Efficiency

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode
(LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency.

13 Jan 2009

Environmentally Friendly Biomass Fuels Could Replace Fossil Fuels with No Changes to Infrastructure

University of Oklahoma researchers believe newer, more environmentally friendly fuels produced from biomass could create alternative energy solutions and alleviate dependence on foreign oil without requiring changes to c...

13 Jan 2009

Photonic Crystals Tame Terahertz Cascade Lasers

Terahertz cascade lasers are a new family of semi-conductor lasers which emit in the frequency range of the terahertz, or 1012 hertz. Because of their potential applications, they currently raise considerable interest, d...

13 Jan 2009

Siemens Win Contract to Supply Components for Steam Generators in India

Siemens Energy received a contract from its Indian licensee Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) for the supply of components for two steam turbine-generators. The customer is the state-owned energy utility National Ther...

13 Jan 2009

Magnetic Nanotubes May Help Treat Sufferers of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases

University
of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve
growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. The results
from in vitro studies show that magnetic nanotubes may be exploited to treat
neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's
disease because they can be used as a delivery vehicle for nerve growth factor.

13 Jan 2009

Gold Nanocages Prove Invaluable for Breast Cancer Patients

Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients. For the first time, Lihong Wang, Ph.D., Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor in th...

13 Jan 2009

Inexpensive Process for Orienting Nanotubes

Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers.
wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but
actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods is notoriously like herding
cats.

13 Jan 2009

DuPont Take on Air, Water and Industrial Filtration Applications

DuPont Nonwovens Vice
President and General Manager Barry Granger recently delivered the keynote speech
at Filtration 2008: International Conference and Exhibition, in Philadelphia,
Pa. Barry spoke to more than 100 people in the air filtration value chain. He
talked about how DuPont's commitment to sustainability and energy efficient
products led to filtration, a market segment where DuPont can help make a difference
through technology that eliminates tiny particles in our air, water and industrial
fluids.

13 Jan 2009

Air Products Complete Construction of Carbon Monoxide Coldbox for Chinese Petrochemical Company

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading supplier of industrial gases and equipment, has completed the manufacturing of a world-scale carbon monoxide (CO) coldbox at its cryogenic equipment manufacturing facility in Caojing, ...

13 Jan 2009

Metal Nanotube Sensors Detect Toxic Gases

In a recent paper, researchers at
the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) described a new method for creating gas detectors
so sensitive that some day they may be able to register these tiny emissions
from a single cell.

13 Jan 2009

Alcoa Receive the OK to Use Hydropower for Two of Its Smelters

Alcoa (NYSE:AA)
today announced it hosted New York Governor David A. Paterson to celebrate finalization
of a 30-year hydropower contract to supply the company’s two aluminum
smelters in Massena, NY.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 13 Jan 2009

EPA is Only Aware of a Small Portion of Potentially Toxic Nanomaterials

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged that its voluntary approach to reporting has yielded only limited information on a small fraction of the hundreds of potentially toxic nanomaterials already...

13 Jan 2009

Fundamental Polymeric Discovery Could Benefit the Electronics Industry

While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists
at the National Institute for
Standards and Technology (NIST) has made a fundamental discovery about
these materials that could improve methods of creating the stable crystalline
films that are widely used in electronics applications-and also offer insight
into a range of other phenomena.

13 Jan 2009