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Aerogel has potential as tunable waveplate

By / June 22, 2009

A multinational team has published a paper that suggests aerogels could be used as tunable waveplates “in a broad spectral range.” Pradeep Bhupathi, Rodica M. Martin, Lukas Jaworski, David B.…

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Spheric Technologies, Incorporated

By Nick Schafer / June 22, 2009

4708 E. Van Buren St. Phoenix, AZ 85008 P: (602) 218-9292 F: (602) 218-9299 info@spherictech.com www.spherictech.com   Full line of high temperature computer controlled microwave furnaces. Continuous and batch production…

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Heinrich Ceramic Decal Incorporated

By Nick Schafer / June 22, 2009

150 Goddard Memorial DriveWorcester, MA 01603P: (508) 762-3356F: (508) 799-9365www.heinrich-decal.com American manufacturer of high quality custom waterslide and heat release decals for the glass and ceramic industry. Specializing in heavy metal…

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Proposal for new space heat shield

By / June 22, 2009

As NASA and other space agencies send space vehicles on missions that bring them closer and closer to the sun, one problem is finding improved heat shields. Recently, a group…

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Polymer capacitors to match Li-ion batteries?

By / June 22, 2009

New developments give hope for producing capacitors with the same energy density performance as lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at Eamex Corp. of Osaka, Japan, announced that they have produced a solid…

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[Endorsed Meeting] Electroceramics XII

By / June 22, 2009

Electroceramics XII, which will be held in Trondheim, Norway, June 14-17 2010.

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The world’s first controllable molecular gear

By / June 19, 2009

Researchers in Singapore have advanced the science of nanotechnology by becoming the first in the world to invent a molecular gear of only 1.2 nm in size whose rotation can…

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Center to leverage NC nanobiotech research

By / June 18, 2009

The Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology, located in North Carolina, is going to be using a new $2.5 million grant to bring to market some of the biotech discoveries being…

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Vertical-axis turbines may find a home inside transmission towers

By / June 18, 2009

Wind turbines aren’t exactly a “next generation” idea, but three French designers have introduced an innovative pairing of wind turbines and preexisting electrical-transmission towers. Architects Nicola Delon and Julien Choppin,…

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SNL’s Self-Assembling Process for Fabricating Tailored Thin Films

By / June 18, 2009

From Sandia National Lab, this video demonstrates what is a relatively simple, economical nanotechnology coating process that enables development of nanoparticle thin films with architectures and properties unattainable by any other processing method.

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