http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The first of six properties designed to show case state-of-the-art energy efficient housing will be officially opened on Wednesday January 30 2008 at The University of Nottingham. http://www.physorg.com/news120745742.html Technology Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:29:02 EST news120745742 There is considerable worldwide demand for new types of reactors for the rapid and well- controlled production of high value chemicals. Charl Stemmet has developed the porous foam reactor, which has an energy efficiency ten times higher than traditional reactors at comparable production rates. Industrial partners such as BASF, DSM and Shell will make use of the research results. The project was funded by Technology Foundation STW. http://www.physorg.com/news141643536.html Chemistry Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:25:36 EST news141643536 Smaller, faster, more efficient: BASF research scientists are helping to revolutionize the future world of telecommunications - with the aid of three-dimensional photonic crystals. http://www.physorg.com/news114777383.html Physics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:36:23 EST news114777383 (PhysOrg.com) -- Gypsum was used as a building material in antiquity and is still widely used as a binder in plaster, drywall, and spackling paste. Known as dihydrate in construction chemistry, gypsum is a water-containing calcium sulfate (CaSO4• 2 H2O). In various calcination processes, some of the water of crystallization is removed, resulting in calcined gypsum, or hemihydrate (CaSO4• 0.5 H2O). When this material comes into contact with water, it reabsorbs it and sets up. The structure and exact water content of hemihydrate have remained a matter of speculation. http://www.physorg.com/news159012528.html Chemistry Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:09:54 EST news159012528 The world's first piloted aircraft capable of taking to the air using only power from fuel cells took off in Germany Tuesday, producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, its makers said. http://www.physorg.com/news166191289.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:15:33 EST news166191289 From frizzy perms to over-bleached waves, "bad hair days" could soon become a less frequent occurrence. Chemists report the first detailed microscopic analysis of what happens to individual hair fibers when they interact with each other, an advance in knowledge key to the development of improved shampoos, conditioners, and other products for repairing damaged hair, the researchers say. They presented the study here today at the American Chemical Society's 236th National Meeting. http://www.physorg.com/news138185194.html Chemistry Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:46:34 EST news138185194 Using a diverse herbicide application strategy may increase production costs, but a five-year Purdue University study shows the practice will drastically reduce weeds and seeds that are resistant to a popular herbicide. http://www.physorg.com/news166717631.html Biology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:27:36 EST news166717631 This year's FARBE & LACK prize awarded by the German trade magazine of the same name has gone to BASF: Dr. Franca Tiarks and Dr. Jörg Leuninger from Polymer Research and Development Architectural Coatings in the Regional Business Unit Adhesives and Construction Industry Europe. The prize was awarded during this year's symposium of the coatings and pigments section (APi) of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh) held in Ulm, southern Germany. Franca Tiarks and Jörg Leuninger received their award for a paper entitled "Aqueous Nanocomposites - dispersions of nano-structured silica-acrylate particles - a new generation of binders", co-authored by Dr. Harm Wiese from BASF's Polymer Research and Dr. Bernhard Schuler, head of Development, Architectural Coatings and Construction Chemicals. http://www.physorg.com/news1423.html Nanotechnology Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:42:57 EST news1423 A novel class of hybrid materials made from metals and organic compounds is changing the face of solid state chemistry and materials science just 10 years after its discovery, with applications already in safe storage of highly inflammable gases such as hydrogen and methane. Europe is aiming to capitalise on core strengths in the field and build critical mass by combining the diverse range of skills required within a coherent research network, following a major workshop organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF). http://www.physorg.com/news122550710.html Physics Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:51:50 EST news122550710 For some people, "biodiesel" might seem like a novelty product for which only hybrid car-driving tree huggers wouldn't mind paying a premium. http://www.physorg.com/news163683933.html Technology Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:46:05 EST news163683933 Dutch researcher Karen Scholz has taken a careful look at the properties of a new type of catalytic converter found in cars. For this so-called NOx Storage Reduction (NSR) catalytic converter the fuel is alternately combusted in the engine under oxygen-rich (lean) and fuel-rich (rich) conditions. Such diesel engines and 'lean-burn' petrol engines are more economical than conventional engines. http://www.physorg.com/news102868231.html Chemistry Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:30:31 EST news102868231 Three million of them were built; they stimulated a boom in employment and turned a nation of shop keepers into a nation of home owners. The 1930s semi is an icon of its age but 80 years on it is about to undergo a green revolution. http://www.physorg.com/news128076030.html Technology Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:40:30 EST news128076030 (PhysOrg.com) -- A web browser that can understand technical terms in life sciences and automatically find additional resources and services has been developed by European researchers. It could lead to a new generation of intelligent search engines. http://www.physorg.com/news162052295.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 15:32:22 EST news162052295 Chemists at UCLA have designed new organic structures for the storage of voluminous amounts of gases for use in alternative energy technologies. http://www.physorg.com/news95617436.html Chemistry Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:23:56 EST news95617436 Capsules only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy goals for hydrogen production for 2015 just by dropping them in water. http://www.physorg.com/news70540915.html Nanotechnology Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:41:55 EST news70540915