Nanotechnology fire protection coating for wood
Here is a nice lttlie video we found on YouTube - it apparently shows a nanotechnology fire protection coating for wood.
Aug 23rd, 2008
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Morphing Aircraft Materials, Mechanisms and Systems
Morphing Aircraft Materials, Mechanisms and Systems will take place from November 17-20, 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Aug 23rd, 2008
Read morePartnership accelerates research into new-generation plastics
A sustainable future for the plastics industry is a step closer to reality, thanks to a new agreement between The University of Queensland and Queen's University Belfast.
Aug 23rd, 2008
Read moreGraphene Week 2009
This conference in March 2009 will be devoted to the rapidly progressing science and technology of graphene.
Aug 23rd, 2008
Read moreMeasuring the performance of antimicrobial products against biofilms
Montana State University scientist Darla Goeres knows that there is more than one way to grow a biofilm, a fact that she uses to make sure that when a product claims it kills '99 percent' of bacteria, it really does the job.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreLeading edge medical technology on display in November in Germany
COMPAMED, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market of medical manufacturing opens its doors simultaneously to MEDICA from November 19 to 21, 2008 again in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreMilitary funds $35 million research program on traumatic brain injury
A consortium of physicians and scientists in the Houston region is now undertaking a research initiative to improve diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and develop innovative treatment strategies.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreRapid test for pathogens could be used to detect diseases used by bioterrorists
Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreProtein scanning breakthrough leads to easy to make biochips for disease detection
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new and fast method for making biological chips - technology that could lead to quick testing for serious diseases, fast detection of MRSA infections and rapid discovery of new drugs.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology work earns students $50k and $25k Davidson Fellowships
Two students working on carbon naotubes are among the 20 young people named as 2008 Davidson Fellows.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreNew technique allows direct observation of charge ordering of exotic electronic materials
Researchers have developed a technique for directly visualizing the distribution of charge within certain manganese oxides, which is a valuable tool for learning more about charge ordering in these and other materials.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreAn easy way to control electric polarization in multiferroics
A rare class of materials, known as multiferroics, holds great promise for future applications, for example as data storage devices or sensors. Researchers in Japan have now synthesized a multiferroic material in which electric polarization can be easily controlled by small magnetic fields.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreUS federal funding for science and engineering fields declines second year in a row
Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to recently released fiscal year 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreWeaponized anthrax is coated with silica nanoparticles
When bacillus anthracis spores are weaponized, the spores are coated with silica nanoparticles that look almost like lint under the microscope. The 'lint' makes the particles 'bouncier' and less likely to clump and fall to the ground.
Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreSolar, nanoscience, photonics, and optical engineering get attention at SPIE Optics+Photonics
SPIE Optics+Photonics drew 4,812 attendees this year, an impressive count for the even-year version of the symposium.
Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreMapping the unique smell of skin cancer
US researchers mapping the volatile chemicals emitted from skin cancers have found that the levels of just two compounds could differentiate diseased from healthy tissue.
Aug 21st, 2008
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