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New Solar Energy Material Overcomes All Obstacles to Produce Maximum Energy

Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power: it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way that makes them easier to capture. O...

17 Oct 2008

What Does the Future Hold for Concrete?

Concrete is the most widely-used construction material in the world, with this importance comes the necessity to constantly develop and improve this valuable commodity. Developments in the Formulation and Reinforcement o...

17 Oct 2008

Fibre Reinforced Comosites in Structural Applications

The repair of deteriorated, damaged and substandard civil infrastructures has become one of the most important issues faced by civil engineers worldwide. Strengthening and rehabilitation of civil infrastructures using fi...

17 Oct 2008

Should We Be Concerned about the Long Term Perfromance of Composite Materials?

Whilst the ageing of humans has been a popular point of discussion for many years we are now looking at the world around us to assess the damage that ageing can cause. Ageing of Composites from Woodhead Publishing addres...

17 Oct 2008

The Latest Advances in Solid State Hydrogen Storage

Central to the development of hydrogen as a major alternative energy source is its safe, efficient and viable storage. In order to benefit from the highly efficient and low emission producing fuel cell consideration need...

17 Oct 2008

New Book Reviews Materials Used for Making Fuel Cells

Highlighted by their utilisation in the automotive industry, fuel cells are fast gathering pace as an important alternative to the power produced from fossil cells. Fuel cells offer benefits in terms of efficiency and lo...

17 Oct 2008

Woodhead Publishing Form E-Book Deal for Scientific, Technical and Medical Content

MetaPress®, the world’s largest primary host of scientific, technical and medical content, is very pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with Woodhead Publishing Limited (Woodhead Publishing), a leadi...

17 Oct 2008

Comprehensive Review of Fabric Testing Procedures

Testing is central to the assessment of any fabric, results of which can be
used for both determining quality or to meet industry standards. As consumers
develop a heightened awareness of the ethical issues associated with textile
manufacturing it is important for reassurances to be made which inevitable demands
a greater level of testing. Fabric Testing provides a comprehensive review of the tests available for fabrics.

17 Oct 2008

Corning Optical Fibre Receives R+D 100 Award

Corning Incorporated will receive R+D Magazine's respected 2008 R+D 100 Award for its innovative ClearCurve(TM) optical fiber at a ceremony this evening in Chicago, Ill. The award recognizes the 100 most technologica...

17 Oct 2008

Biologically Inspired Textiles - Using Nature to Create Better Textiles

We are all aware that advances are being made in the textile industry, clothes
are lighter and ironing is minimal but were you aware that these advances have
been made not only from the discovery of new materials but nature has also played
a part.

17 Oct 2008

Samsung Demonstrate World's First Carbon Nanotube-based Color Active Matrix Electrophoretic Display (EPD)

The e-paper device uses a carbon nanotube (CNT) transparent electrode developed by Unidym.

16 Oct 2008

Corning Epic System Provides Label-free Drug Screening Services to European Drug Discovery Researchers

Corning Incorporated today announced that Actar AB, a part of the Karolinska Institutet innovations system, confirmed their ability to provide label-free drug screening services via the Corning® Epic® System. Act...

16 Oct 2008

Natural Nanofibers Leads to New Generation of Biocompatible Bandages

Scientists in Israel are reporting the first successful spinning of a key natural protein into strong nano-sized fibers about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair.

16 Oct 2008

Photosynthetic Wonders Acquires Advantageous Genes to Thrive in Today's Oceans

Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence on climate, producing 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe by capturing atmospheric carbon and in so doing, countering the greenhouse effect.

16 Oct 2008

Metallic Silane Could Lead to High-Temperature Superconductivity in Hydrogen

An international research team led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has used theoretical calculations to understand a high-pressure structural phase transition in silane which could gives rise to metallizat...

16 Oct 2008