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The Latest on How Cells Respond to Biomaterials

Biomaterials have been at the forefront of discussions regarding medical
advances with noticeable success in heart valve replacement, hip implants, dental
applications and contact lenses offering benefits such as encouraging adhesion
and healing.

9 Jan 2009

Making Fake Moon Dust

If you listen closely, you might hear a NASA
project manager singing this song. Lately, Marshall Space Flight Center's Carole
McLemore has been working at the end of a sledge hammer opposite a big pile
of rocks, so she has good reason to sing the song Tennessee Ernie Ford made
famous.

9 Jan 2009

Plants Could Replace Petroleum-Based Butanol

As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in everything from brake fluid, to paint thinners, to plastics. According to a University of Illinois researcher, butanol made from plant material could displace bu...

9 Jan 2009

Major Step Towards Producing GaN Power Devices Beyond the Limits of Silicon

IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth of high-qua...

9 Jan 2009

Holiday Season = Record Revenue for Nanotech Coating Manufacturer

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company experienced record high revenues for its patented Nansulate® energy saving coatings during t...

9 Jan 2009

Scientists Produce Nanobristles

From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical
forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike.
Researchers at the Harvard
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a way
to synthesize and control the formation of nanobristles, akin to tiny hairs,
into helical clusters and have further demonstrated the fabrication of such
highly ordered clusters, built from similar coiled building blocks, over multiple
scales and areas.

9 Jan 2009

Semiconducting Inks for Use in Flexible Electronics and Photovoltaics

Using a simple chemical process, scientists at Cornell
and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension
in a semiconducting "ink," which can then be printed into such thin,
flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials.

9 Jan 2009

Dow Corning to Showcase Silicone Products in China

Dow Corning
Corporation will feature its proven Dow Corning® brand silicone water-based
additives, resins and intermediates, and fluorosilicone coatings at China Coat.
The company also will offer a presentation on fluorosilicone coatings during
China Coat Congress.

9 Jan 2009

Creating Carbon Nanotubes Suited for Use in Plastic Electronics

Scientists at DuPont
and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have used a simple chemical process
to convert mixtures of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes into solely
semiconducting carbon nanotubes with electrical characteristics well-suited
for plastic electronics.

9 Jan 2009