Scientists from IBM and Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) published a breakthrough drug-delivery technique, demonstrating the first biodegradable, biocompatible and non-toxic hydrogel that can deliver ...
Tags: Cancer Drug, Medicine
Oerlikon announces the appointment of Dr. Brice Koch as Group Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Koch, who will assume the role during the first quarter of 2014, comes to Oerlikon following a successful career at ABB where he has been a member of ...
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Advances in materials science and nanotechnology have created several new functionalities in coatings, going beyond their original basic protective and decorative attributes. However, mismatched perceptions among coating developers and ...
Tags: Functional Coatings, Construction
NANOTECHNOLOGY is a hot topic in science. Not a day goes by without news of some clever device forged using components measuring billionths of a metre. But as is often the case, Mother Nature got there long before humans did. Living cells ...
Two Swedish scientists have won the 2013 AkzoNobel Science Award in recognition of their prominent research in the fields of materials and surface engineering. Lars Hultman, of Linköping University, and Per Claesson, from the Royal ...
Tags: Construction Material
Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. — a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of active outdoor performance products — has introduced a collection of alpine apparel featuring Switzerland-based Schoeller Textil AG's stretch-woven textiles ...
Tags: Textile
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti in Grenoble, France and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE Leti Soitec CPV Helmholtz, Electrical, Electronics
The latest research, technology, applications, and the overall direction of the technical textile and nonwovens industry will be presented by experts and leaders from around the world during the Techtextil North America Symposium being held ...
UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments is planning two seminars this year in India. BTNT 2013 will be held at Mohali (29 November) in association with "Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ...
Tags: OIPT Etch, Electrical, Electronics
Bio-X (S), a Singapore-based technologies and instruments company, is set to manufacture the Chilli sensor originally developed by Isis Innovation, the Technology Transfer Company of Oxford University in a bid to standardize heat across the ...
Tags: Bio-X, Food Applications
Bridgestone is a global leader in the tyre industry. Members of the Bridgestone Group supply a vast range of tyres in the Americas, in Europe, in Japan, in every region on the planet. Customer expectations of tyre performance vary greatly ...
Tags: Tyres, Auto Parts, Bridgestone
Ciaran Murphy, Head of Product Management at Malvern Instruments, will review the benefits and limitations of common nanoparticle sizing technologies in a presentation at Nanotechnology & the Coatings Industry 2013. This one-day conference, ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coatings
Nylstar, one of the leading suppliers of polyamide 6.6 and worldwide known by its brand Meryl, announces its participation at the September 2013 edition of Expofil in Paris, presenting its Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Trend Forecast. The ...
INDA's FILTRATION? International Conference and Exposition is returning to Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, November 12-14, 2013, and promises to be the most important three days on the 2013 calendar for the filtration industry. Over 130 ...
Tags: Textile
Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas invites submissions to the student poster program. The goal of this program is to provide a forum in which students can present and discuss their work during its early stages, meet some of ...
Tags: Techtextil, Textile