In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers
in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered
robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small objects.
Svein Richard Brandtzæg has been named chief executive of Norsk
Hydro ASA, following the resignation of Eivind Reiten, effective March 30,
2009. Reiten has informed the Board of Directors that he wishes to step down
after nearly eight years heading the company.
To advance its science mission that focuses on critical national challenges,
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction start of the
state-of-the-art National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven
National Laboratory.
A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the
Max
Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report
the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in
semiconductors.
The reincarnation of discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles
into Valox iQ* resin from SABIC
Innovative Plastics epitomizes Cradle to CradleSM design, an innovative
paradigm from the internationally renowned sustainable design firm, McDonough
Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC).
Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offe...
DuPont recently received the European Bioplastics Product Line
Strategy Award from Frost and Sullivan -- a leading market consulting
company -- for its accomplishments in rapidly developing an extremely diverse
range of high-performance materials based on renewable sources.
Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven
exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule
computer components, trigger even greater growth in c...
Advanced amine-based scrubbing technology from The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is expected to be used in a pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant built by Alstom Power, Inc. (Alstom) at the Belchatow Power Plant in ...
Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL) today announced the release of Materials Studio(R) 4.4, the newest version of its materials modeling and simulation platform. Materials Studio 4.4 extends its multiscale modeling capabilities...
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