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ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit

Sep 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to ...

HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

Chemistry / Polymers

Jul 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS ('hybrid inorganic polymer system') are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.

HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

Chemistry / Materials Science

Jun 25, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system’) are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.

New Nanotube Coating Enables Novel Laser Power Meter

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

May 06, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to a novel nanotube-coated power measurement ...

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Living buildings could mop up carbon dioxide

Other Sciences / Other

Nov 27, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with 'living' materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.

Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn researchers have developed a tiny wireless device that can be inserted under a patient?s skin to monitor blood glucose levels over a period of several months.

Nanotechnology: A risky frontier?

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 05, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Inside a cramped back room at Rushford Hypersonic, a start-up headquartered in southeastern Minnesota, sits a cube-like machine that throws a mean atomic fastball. At the push of a button, the reactor hurls atoms toward a ...

3-D system based on optical fiber could provide new options for photovoltaics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 02, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 0

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs.

Eco-friendly metal coating replacement for chromate

Chemistry / Materials Science

Oct 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has developed a novel coating technology, "Quench Coat", to protect galvanised products from 'white rust' ? the form of zinc oxide that tarnishes freshly galvanised coatings, making ...

New methods are changing old materials

Technology / Engineering

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A company that makes steel for bearings used in heavy trucks had a big problem. The trucks travel through harsh, perilous environments such as Siberia, and an unexpected bearing failure on ...

Biologists reveal structure of cell nucleus 'gatekeeper'

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Oct 27, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists led by associate professor Thomas Schwartz (MIT) have worked out a rudimentary architectural plan for the nuclear pore complex (NPC), the gatekeeper of the cell's nucleus.

Improved Electric Propulsion Could Boost Satellite Lifetimes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Oct 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems used to control ...

Long carbon fibers could improve blast resistance of concrete structures

Chemistry / Materials Science

Oct 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Jeffery Volz, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and his team have received $567,000 to explore ...