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May 7 | News
Researchers
in Switzerland have created a new nanocomposite that combines the best
features of graphene and protein fibrils, the two main ingredients of a
specialized type of paper. The material is created in much the same way
as normal cellulose paper, but the properties are far different. Shape
memory, electrical conductivity, and hydrophobia all offer interesting
application possibilities.
Mar 10 | News
After
touring the Rolls-Royce Crosspointe jet engine disc manufacturing
facility in Prince George, Va., on March 9, President Obama announced
his intention to build a network of up to 15 manufacturing innovation
institutes to serve as regional hubs of manufacturing excellence. The
move is intended to make U.S. manufacturers more competitive and
encourage investment.
Feb 24 | News
A
new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that the
rapid rise in low-wage manufacturing industries overseas has had a
significant impact on the United States. The disappearance of U.S.
manufacturing jobs frequently leaves workers unemployed for years, if
not permanently, while creating a drag on local economies and raising
the amount of taxpayer-borne social insurance necessary to keep workers
and their families afloat.
Feb 15 | Featured Articles
As integrated circuits and environmentally friendly technologies
emerged, R&D 100 Award winners set the pace.
12/9/2011 | News
With
the help of a Swiss violin maker, researcher Francis Schwarze has
created a type of with such extraordinarily good tonal qualities;
better, in fact, than even a Stradivarius. The innovation was achieved
with the bizarre introduction of a white-rot fungus that attacked and
destroyed spruce in just the right way.
11/16/2011 | News
The
100 top innovators have been ranked this week by the Thomson Reuters’
intellectual property (IP) consulting arm. The U.S. continues to lead
this list with a large share of innovators, and Asia and Europe place
second and third, respectively. However, China is not yet ranked because
of its practices regarding protecting IP and commercializing products
globally.
10/19/2011 | News
According
to a study out Wednesday venture capitalists invested more money in
more U.S. startups in the third quarter than they did a year earlier.
Though overall investments dropped from the second quarter, the software
industry showed especially big jumps in venture capital quarter to
quarter.
10/18/2011 | News
The European Union Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, published annually by the European Commission, tracks the world’s top 1,400 companies and ranks their investments in R&D. The report shows global R&D investment increased by 4%, but some regions are lagging behind others in investment growth.
8/15/2011 | RDBlog
The editors of R&D Magazine have opened the nominations for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards competition, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the awards. If your organization introduced a new product this year, or is planning to, you can begin the entry process now.
4/5/2011 | New To Market
A
measurement device developed by Finland’s Numcore Oy is based on
impedance tomography and produces a 3-D image in real time from the
inside of pipelines and tanks used by the process industries. According
to the company, the pulp and paper industry could benefit from its use
by optimizing its utilization of broke, the discard paper produced from
breaks in a continuous mill process.
