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Liquid repellent coating (Joseph Xu, University of Michigan) Materials scientists at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Air Force Research Lab at Edwards Air Force Base in California developed a new coating material that can repel virtually any liquid from a surface. The team led by Michigan engineering professor Anish Tuteja reported . . . → Read More: Nanotech Coating Provides Liquid-Repellent Surface  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Joint ventures/collaborations, New products  chemistry, engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, physics, university, water The vial at left holds microscopic particles of graphene oxide in a solution. At right, graphene oxide is added to simulated nuclear waste, which quickly clumps for easy removal. (Credit Anna Yu. Romanchuk/Lomonosov Moscow State University) Researchers at Rice University in Houston and Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia developed a lab process . . . → Read More: Graphene Oxide Absorbs Radioactive Material in Wastewater Comments are closed New products, Regulations chemistry, energy, engineering, Europe, nanotechnology, physical sciences, Russia, university, water Michael Tsapatsis (University of Minnesota) Engineers and materials scientists at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop membrane technology for energy-efficient separations in a range of process industries. The three-year, $1.8 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) aims to adapt lab research . . . → Read More: Membrane Technology to be Studied for Industrial Processes One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products biofuels, chemistry, energy, engineering, entrepreneurs, grant, licensing, manufacturing, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university, water Marjolein Helder, left, and David Strik (Plant-e) An environmental scientist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands designed a fuel cell that can generate electrical power from living plant roots and soil bacteria found in natural wetlands or vegetation on green roofs of urban buildings. Wageningen’s Marjolein Helder defends her doctoral dissertation today describing . . . → Read More: Fuel Cell Generates Power from Green Roofs, Wetlands 4 comments - (Comments are closed) New products agriculture, cleantech, energy, engineering, entrepreneurs, Europe, life sciences, patent, physical sciences, university, water Morpho butteryfly Engineers at Ohio State University in Columbus devised and tested material surfaces that clean themselves and reduce drag, based on models in nature such as shark skin and butterfly wings. Mechanical engineering professor Bharat Bhushan and doctoral candidate Gregory Bixler recently published their findings online in the journal Soft Matter (paid . . . → Read More: Self-Cleaning Surfaces Tested that Emulate Natural Models One comment - (Comments are closed) New products engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university, water On a surface patterned with tiny pillars (white squares), and with a coating of a lubricant liquid that fills the spaces between the pillars, dome-shaped droplets of water condense but remain free to move quickly across the surface. (Varanasi Lab, MIT) Engineering researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a technique for accelerating . . . → Read More: Lubricated Textured Surfaces Boost Condenser Water Movement One comment - (Comments are closed) New products energy, engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university, water Natural gas wells (Alfred Eustes, Colorado School of Mines) An engineering research team at University of Colorado in Boulder will study the balance between natural gas development and its effects on ecosystems and communities. The five-year, $12 million study is funded by National Science Foundation under its Sustainability Research Network initiative. The Colorado . . . → Read More: NSF Grant to Fund Natural Gas Development Impacts Study Comments are closed Finance, Regulations energy, engineering, grant, NSF, physical sciences, university, water Levitating drug solution (Dan Harris, Argonne National Lab) Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy in Illinois, developed techniques making it more feasible to create drugs that are more soluble, and thus more effective in lower doses. X-ray physicist Chris Benmore led the study that uses levitation . . . → Read More: Levitation Technique Devised to Create More Soluble Drugs One comment - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property, New products biomedical, engineering, licensing, patent, pharmaceuticals, physical sciences, physics, water Francesco Stellacci (EPFL) Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois developed a nanoscale process to test for heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium in water and fish. Their findings appear onlne in the journal Nature Materials (paid subscription required). The process created by . . . → Read More: Nanotech Process Developed to Detect Heavy Metal Pollution Comments are closed New products, Regulations chemistry, engineering, Europe, life sciences, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university, water Medical researchers and clinicians at University of Rochester with public health officials from local, state, and federal agencies discovered a manufactured tattoo ink caused rashes from bacterial infections among tattoo customers in Rochester, New York. The results of their investigation appear online in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study reports 19 cases in . . . → Read More: Tattoo Infections Traced to Bacteria in Premixed Ink One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, health care, life sciences, university, water |
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