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Engineering Expert Available to Talk About How Materials Impact Everyday Life
Newswise - We live in a materials world. Everyday objects are made of materials designed to have specific properties and perform in certain ways.
Piranha-Proof Fish May Build Better Body Armor
The arapaima's outer scales are mineralized bio-material, while the inner ones are made of collagen fibers that form a flexible laminate, almost like a woven cloth.
Microscopy Explores Nanowires' Weakest Link
Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors-quantum nanowires.
On a wafer far thinner than hair, a Drexel researcher saw ruggedly beautiful landscapes.
engineers weld nanowires with light
One area of intensive research at the nanoscale is the creation of electrically conductive meshes made of metal nanowires.
Molecular carpet: Startling results in synthetic chemistry
The team of scientists from ETH Zurich and Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, succeeded for the first time in producing regularly ordered planar polymers that form a kind of "molecular carpet" on a nanometer scale.
ORNL Microscopy Explores Nanowires' Weakest Link
Newswise - OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 13, 2012 -- Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors-quantum nanowires.
Domestic consumption main contributor to Africa's growing E-waste
In the five countries studied in the report Where are WEEE in Africa? , between 650,000 and 1,000,000 tons of domestic E-waste are generated each year, which need to be managed to protect human health and the environment in the region.
ORNL's Zinkle Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Newswise - Steven J. Zinkle, a senior materials researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering .
Two Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Northwestern professors Tobin J. Marks, a world leader in materials chemistry, chemical catalysis and nanotechnology, and Samuel I. Stupp, renowned for his research in self-assembly and regenerative medicine, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering .
Paramount Industries, Inc. Acquires Eosint P 800 Laser Sintering System
The P 800 will increase Paramount's additive manufacturing capacity to support the growing demand for direct part manufacturing and high temperature laser sintering composite parts.
Cookson Group plc - Strategy and SWOT Report - new company profile report published
The report covers the companys structure, operation, SWOT analysis, product and service offerings and corporate actions, providing a 360A view of the company.
Nanowires welded into a mesh, using light
Some day, meshes made from nanowires could be used in devices such as video displays, LEDs, thin-film solar cells, and touch-screens. According to research performed so far, such meshes would be very electrically conductive, cost-effective, and easy to process.
Their work could lead to innovative electronics and solar applications. To succeed, they called upon plasmonics.
Economizing chemistry, atom by atom
Figure 1: A scandium catalyst can catalyze the addition of a phenylsilane to anisole to give cleaner products, using fewer reagents, than achieved previously.
ORNL, Partners Earn FLC Honor for Cookstove Technology
Newswise - Envirofit International, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Colorado State University have won a Federal Laboratory Consortium award for excellence in technology transfer for a clean-burning cookstove designed for the developing world.
Alfred U. professor tapped as senior member of international optics...
S.K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science in Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, is one of 166 researchers world-wide selected for senior membership in SPIE, an international society for optics and photonics.
TMS Announces Editor of "Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation"
Newswise - February 1, 2012 - Warrendale, PA - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society has named Charles Ward, Ph.D., as the first editor of "Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation" , an Open Access journal scheduled to debut in March.
Innovative ink draws national, UI interest
Imagine an ink that was particle-free, fast to make and could print through 100-nanometer nozzles.
Have Your Cake And Eat Its Package
Picture an orange. It's encased in a biodegradable shell - the peel's even somewhat edible, as marmalade fans can attest.
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