Ceramic foam for efficient thermal insulation

The Institut for Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials develops ceramic foams intended for use as energy-efficient thermal insulations in blast furnaces, as bone substitutes and for the controlled release of active ingredients in medicine.

Nanosys Opens Korean Facility to Support Recent Expansion in the Asian Market

Nanosys Korea will continue the development of architected materials for electronics manufacturers and support the company's growing Korean and Asian customer base.

Zinc oxide snowflakes

Modelling zinc oxide nanoparticle formation could provide new insights into how snowflakes form as well as aiding nanoscale device research, say Chinese scientists.

Electronics from a printer - of electronic radio tags and lighting wallpapers

Glucose meters and the appropriate test strips for diabetics are expensive. This however might change, since scientists at the Institute of Printing Science and Technology (IDD) at TU Darmstadt are working on a sensor making the electronic devices considerably cheaper. The new sensor is not based on silicon as conducting material, but on plastics.

Mapping state lines

A network of filamentary conducting paths is behind the transition between insulating and conducting states in complex oxides.

May 27, 2010 09:00PM

Flexible Glass for Brighter, Lighter Displays

Electronics printed on flexible glass could challenge LCDs in many devices.

May 05, 2010 09:00PM

Room-Temperature Microlasers

A thin layer of glass makes "sub-wavelength" lasers more practical.

May 31, 2009 09:00PM

Getting Arsenic Out of Water

IBM is developing a membrane that is more effective at ridding drinking water of arsenic contaminants.

May 27, 2009 09:00PM

First Acoustic Superlens

An ultrasound lens could be used for high-resolution clinical imaging.

Apr 26, 2009 09:00PM

Print-on-Demand Power

Flexible carbon-nanotube supercapacitors could give more power to cell phones and other electronics.