Transforming polyethylene into heat-conducting material

Mar 8 | News

Most polymers—materials made of long, chain-like molecules—are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.

Underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds

Mar 3 | News

Like silkworm moths, butterflies, and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, Univ. of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during surgery.

Russian company Mechel completes offering

1 hour ago | News

Russian mining, metal and utilities company Mechel OAO said Tuesday that it completed placement of its interest-bearing commercial paper.The nominal value of the commercial paper is 1,000 rubles each ($34.02) and the total nominal value of the placed commercial paper is 5 billion rubles.The...

Domtar sells part of paper business to NewPage

6 hours ago | News

Domtar Corp. is getting out of the coated groundwood paper business and will sell its product lines to Ohio NewPage Corp. of Ohio, the companies said Tuesday.Domtar, based in Montreal, also said it will close its Columbus, Miss., paper mill, which employs 219 people, by the end of April.The...

Diamond wear surfaces

8 hours ago | Tools And Technology

Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) announced UNCD T30, a new addition to its growing UNCD family of diamond materials.

iSmithers Rapra Publishing Release Report on Polymers in Aerospace Applications

9 hours ago | News

iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Polymers in Aerospace Applications, the final report in the acclaimed series of Rapra Review Reports. The previous report on Polymers in Aer...

Michelman Introduce Water-Based Extrusion Primers for Flexible Packaging

9 hours ago | News

Michelman's Michem Flex Primers are water-based extrusion primers designed specifically for converters of flexible packaging substrates including paper, film and foil. The new Michem Flex P1852 grade ...

A golden bullet for cancer

10 hours ago | News

Magic bullets, also called silver bullets, because of the folkloric belief that only silver bullets can kill supernatural creatures, remain the goal of drug development efforts today. A team of scientists at Washington Univ. in St. Louis is currently working on a magic bullet for cancer. But their bullets are gold rather than silver.

Making cells feel right at home

10 hours ago | News

The film "Avatar" isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of scientists from Houston's Texas Medical Center this week unveiled a new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures, a technological leap from the flat petri dish that could save millions of dollars in drug-testing costs.

ArcelorMittal to Build a Steel Mini Mill in Northern Iraq

10 hours ago | News

ArcelorMittal announces it has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture with Turkish partner Dayen to build a steel mini-mill with electric furnace in Sulaimaniyah in Northern...

Corning Show Off Their Generation 10 LCD Glass Substrate Facility

10 hours ago | News

Investors got a first look today inside Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) new Generation 10 LCD glass substrate facility in Sakai City, Japan, and heard good news about worldwide LCD TV retail sales. ...

HEXPOL Acquire Leading European Manufacturer of Thermoplastic Elastomers

10 hours ago | News

HEXPOL has come to an agreement with the VITA Group to acquire VTC TPE Group. VTC TPE Group is a leading developer and manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomer compounds (TPE Compounding) and has pro...

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Much ado about next to nothing

Mar 15 | RDBlog

The recent review of the past 10 years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative--as presented by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--suggested the rise of nanomanufacturing as the near future of nanotechnology. But the actual proposed funding reflects a cautious approach, even about nanotech in general.

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Mar 5 | RDBlog

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

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Superhydrophobic Coatings

8/5/2009 | Videos

A transparent coating that is not just impermeable to water, but actually makes it bounce off a surface to help prevent corrosion, protect electronic and antiquities, or provide a new, more efficient surface to collect pure water.