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Loughborough Uni Awarded £200K to Develop Tailor Made Facial Implants

Loughborough University researchers have been awarded more than £200,000 to develop state-of-the-art tailor made implants for people requiring facial reconstructive surgery. The Department of Health’s &lsq...

30 Aug 2004

World’s First Polymers that are Magnetic at Room Temperature

The world's first plastic magnet to work at room temperature has passed the elementary test of magnetism. Its creators at the University of Durham in the UK have used it to pick up iron filings from a laboratory benc...

27 Aug 2004

DuPont Opens $130m Facility That Will Produce Nonwoven Fabrics for the Composites Industry

DuPont today opened a new $130 million facility here to produce innovative nonwoven fabrics born from a revolutionary composite technology that provides users with advanced levels of both comfort and protection. DuPon...

26 Aug 2004

Toyota Central Develop Ultra High Quality Silicon Carbide Single Crystals

Mr. Daisuke Nakamura and colleagues in Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc. developed ultrahigh-quality silicon carbide single crystals which has fewer dislocation density by two to three orders magnitude than the conventi...

26 Aug 2004

Altair Nanotechnologies Begin Work on Next Generation Capacitors

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., today announced that it has begun work on a development project entitled “SBIR Phase l: Carbon-Coated Nano-Structured Electrodes for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Ultra Capacitors.&rdquo...

25 Aug 2004

Bomb and Impact Resistant Buildings Developed by Uni of Missouri-Rolla

If terrorists strike again, lives and buildings could be spared with bomb- and impact-resistant buildings constructed using concepts being developed by researchers at UMR. “Such designs will reduce, and in some ...

24 Aug 2004

Microwave Drying of Timber Could Revolutionise Industry

The development of a new microwave technology for drying wood could revolutionise the timber industry and lead to cheaper wood in the future. The revolutionary wood drying technology, which has been developed by scien...

24 Aug 2004

Cornell University Find Complex Oxides are an Alternative to Silicon Insulators

Time is fast running out for the semiconductor industry as transistors become ever smaller and their insulating layers of silicon dioxide, already only atoms in thickness, reach maximum shrinkage. In addition, the thinne...

24 Aug 2004

UK Allocate £15m to Funding Nanotechnology Projects

Nanotechnology, the engineering of materials and working devices at the scale of atoms and molecules, was given a major boost by the Department of Trade and Industry today. Twenty five projects throughout the country ...

24 Aug 2004

ATK Win Composites Contract Worth a Potential $18.5m

ATK Advanced Propulsion and Space Systems (APSS), the company’s newest business group, has received a series of advanced technology contracts valued at $8.5 million. Follow-on options could bring the total value to...

24 Aug 2004

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Materials Research News

Loughborough Uni Awarded £200K to Develop Tailor Made Facial Implants

World’s First Polymers that are Magnetic at Room Temperature

DuPont Opens $130m Facility That Will Produce Nonwoven Fabrics for the Composites Industry

Toyota Central Develop Ultra High Quality Silicon Carbide Single Crystals

Altair Nanotechnologies Begin Work on Next Generation Capacitors

Bomb and Impact Resistant Buildings Developed by Uni of Missouri-Rolla

Microwave Drying of Timber Could Revolutionise Industry

Cornell University Find Complex Oxides are an Alternative to Silicon Insulators

UK Allocate £15m to Funding Nanotechnology Projects

ATK Win Composites Contract Worth a Potential $18.5m

Decoding Catalytic Processes: Advancing FTIR Research with Iso-Potential Operando Spectroscopy

Simplifying Mass Spectrometry Workflows for Routine Testing

Creating High Entropy Alloys and Other Advanced Materials

Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox from ZEISS

UltraCLAVE Microwave Digestion System from Milestone

PELCO® easiCore™ Rotary Disc Cutter for TEM, Semiconductors, and More

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Finding New Ways to Utilize Lignin and Lignosulfonate

Karl Fischer Titration for Battery Production

Optimized Flow Measurement for Hydrogen Applications

Exploring the Imaging of Perovskite Catalysts Bearing Exsolved Active Nanoparticles

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Materials Research News

Decoding Catalytic Processes: Advancing FTIR Research with Iso-Potential Operando Spectroscopy

Simplifying Mass Spectrometry Workflows for Routine Testing

Creating High Entropy Alloys and Other Advanced Materials

1Biochar-Based Slow-Release Fertilizers: A Step Toward More Sustainable Agriculture

2DNA Hydrogels: Advancing Biohybrid Material Production

3Revolutionizing Energy Storage: The Role of Bi2O3/rGO in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

4New Semiconductor Design Center Strengthens Wales’ and UK’s Leadership in Chip Design

5Sealing Solutions from Parker Prädifa Enhance Efficiency and Safety of Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells

6Breakthrough Transforms Chemical Manufacturing – Boosting Speed, Safety and Sustainability

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