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New Filtering Technology Has Environmental, Industrial Applications
November 18, 2008 — Materials engineers have created a new type of membrane that separates oil from water and, if perfected, might be used for environmental cleanup, water purification and industrial ... > full story -
Keeping Bridges Safe: New Imaging Program Automatically Detects Irregularities in Bridges
November 17, 2008 — In order for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians to cross bridges safely, bridges must be regularly inspected for damage. An new image processing program automatically detects irregularities in the ... > full story -
Super-tough Sunshield To Fly On The James Webb Space Telescope
November 17, 2008 — Imagine sunglasses that can withstand the severe cold and heat of space, a barrage of radiation and high-speed impacts from small space debris. They don't exist, but Northrop Grumman engineers have ... > full story -
Cold Atoms Could Replace Hot Gallium In Focused Ion Beams
November 17, 2008 — Scientists at NIST have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a point as small as one nanometer, a versatile ion source that is expected to have broad application in ... > full story -
One Dozen At A Blow: Main Principle For Alloys Discovered
November 17, 2008 — Molecular metallurgists galvanize and gild atoms and discover main principle for alloys. In the neverland between molecule and metal they discovered a new family of ... > full story -
Nanowires Ideal For Electronics Manufacturing, Findings Suggest
November 17, 2008 — Researchers have discovered that tiny structures called silicon nanowires might be ideal for manufacturing in future computers and consumer electronics because they form the same way every ... > full story -
'Enlightened' Atoms Stage Nano-riot Against Uniformity
November 17, 2008 — Theorists say atoms in a crystal can be made to behave in an unexpected way, a way that can be exploited to create tiny computer components that emit less heat and new sensors to detect bio-hazards ... > full story -
Shellfish Inspire New Adhesives
November 17, 2008 — Adhesive shellfish proteins bind regardless of how many binding elements they contain. This has potential for the development of new kinds of binding ... > full story -
3D 'Nanobamas' Smaller Than A Grain Of Salt
November 16, 2008 — A professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them ... > full story -
New Nanocluster To Boost Thin Films For Semiconductors
November 15, 2008 — Researchers have synthesized an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor ... > full story -
Iron-based Materials May Unlock Superconductivity’s Secrets
November 14, 2008 — Researchers at NIST are decoding the mysterious mechanisms behind the high-temperature superconductors that industry hopes will find wide use in next-generation systems for storing, distributing and ... > full story -
Prototyping With Industrial Robots
November 14, 2008 — A shipping company must exercise patience whenever it needs a new a ship's propeller: its production is time consuming because a foundry workers must first fashion a model and a mold based on it. ... > full story
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