Material in Biological Technology

Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

The technology of storing electronic information from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades. Low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory could be the long-term result of collaborative research led by Cornell materials scie...

Connecting Materials Science With Biology, K-State Engineers Create DNA Sensors That Could Identify Cancer Using Material Only One Atom Thick

MANHATTAN, Kan., April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material. Vikas Berry, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is leading research combining biological materials with graphene, a recently developed ...

MIT: New material could lead to faster chips

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster. The key to the superfast chips is the use ...

New organic material may speed Internet access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes will have filled every vacant space between and around the bricks. What you...

DuPont Launches Innovative Renewably Sourced Material for Carpet Cushion

A key element of Carpenter's EnviroStep™ carpet cushioning technology, DuPont's™ Active Layer RS moisture barrier film is laminated to the top surface of the cushion to prevent spills or liquids from soaking in. Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) December 3, 2008 -- DuP...

New solar energy material captures every color of the rainbow

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power: it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way that makes them easier to capture. Ohio State University chemists and their colleagues combined ...

A new material could act as a nanofridge for microchips

In the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integrated devices has become one of the frontier fields in new material science and technology. The significant reduction achieved in these devices often is accompanied by new discoveries in how they behave pr...

New graphene-based material clarifies graphite oxide chemistry

AUSTIN, Texas A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airpla...

New carbon material shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy

Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renew...

API and Raw Material Supply Concerns Focal Point of Pharma ChemOutsourcing Conference September 8-9 in New Jersey

LONG BRANCH, N.J., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- When pharmaceutical and biotech chemistry sourcing management gathers in Long Branch, NJ in September to meet at the Pharma ChemOutsourcing Conference & Exhibition, areas of special interest will be starting materials and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredien...

Sigma-Aldrich Achieves Double Accreditation as a Certified Reference Material Producer Following ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO Guide 34

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich(TM) (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced that its laboratory for the production of Certified Reference Materials (CRM) in Buchs, Switzerland, received double accreditation following ISO/IEC 17025 "General requirements for the competence of testing...

Palatin Technologies Refutes Competitive Technologies Contention of Material Breach

CRANBURY, N.J., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Palatin Technologies, Inc. (Amex: PTN ) stated today that the press release issued on September 11, 2007 by Competitive Technologies, Inc. (Amex: CTT ) relating to a material breach and termination of a license agreement was false and mislea...

Cordex Completes Production of ATPace(TM) Clinical Trial Material

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cordex Pharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CDXP) announced today that it has successfully completed the production of the ATPace(TM) clinical trial material (CTM) in preparation for planned pivotal clinical trials. The protocol of these clinical tr...

Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to the nano requires finding a means to dissipate the heat output of this tiny gadgetry. In ...

Osteotech Receives FDA Clearance for its Next Generation Grafting Material

EATONTOWN, N.J., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative healing, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for its next gen...

Researchers develop darkest manmade material

Troy, N.Y. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man. The material, a thin coating comprised of low-density arrays of loosely vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes, absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light and one day c...

UW scientists study strange material with communications potential

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are taking another look at some long-held ideas about physics. For one, the Doppler effect. That's what scientists call the way sounds change as you speed toward and away from them. On a highway, for example, a jackhammer or a siren will sound hi...

Manufacturers concerned with rising material costs

Madison, Wis. - Most Wisconsin manufacturers polled in a recent survey say that concerns about rising raw materials costs and pricing pressures outweigh anxiety about offshore competition. The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership , a nonprofit consulting organization for small and mi...

Detection of Platinum Species in Plant Material by Preparative Isotachophoresis Using the Model 491 Prep Cell, Rev A

Contributed by J. Messerschmidt and F. Alt, Institut fr Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie, Bunsen-Kirchhoff- Str. 11, D-44139 Dortmund, Germany Abstract An isotachophoretic method is presented for the separation of platinum ...

Eppendorf UVette Material Compatibility

Eppendorf UVette Material Compatibility KEY: AStable after 24 hours BProperties of UVette affected CNot Compatable ...

DOE awards $377 million in funding for 46 energy frontier research centers

... in systems for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) $19.5 million for five years to study complex material structures on the nanoscale to identify key features for their potential use as materials to convert solar energy and heat to electricity. Univers...

KV Pharmaceutical Announces Stockholder Action to Amend By-Laws is Invalid

...troductions result in litigation, agency action or material damages; (18) the possibility that the findings of...n other of the Company's SEC filings, could have a material impact on the Company's financial results; (19) th... the Company manufactures, as well as the expected material adverse effect on the Company's revenue, assets an...

American Oriental Bioengineering Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...margin was 58.4%, compared to 67.9% in the prior year's period, reflecting continued revenue mix shift to CCXA's generic product sales, increasing raw material prices and low margin distribution business. Operating income in the second quarter of 2009 was $18.3 million compared to $18.7 million in the ...

Synthetech Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results

...mix; improved throughput and efficiencies; and raw material and other cost reductions. Additionally, gross in...culties in prior quarters; higher than average raw material costs on certain projects; and low margins on material purchased for direct resell. The first quarter of...

InterMune Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Highlights

...DA and MAA filings. Further analyses of the CAPACITY results will be conducted in the future and additional observations may be made which may lead to material change in the company's current regulatory strategy for pirfenidone, including a decision by the company not to proceed with either or both of its reg...

One of the Nation's Leading Analytical Testing Laboratories is Now Easier to Access -- Pace Analytical Launches New Web Site to Showcase Its Three Business Divisions

...rket share growth in recent years. Their extensive portfolio of analytical laboratory and related services - including Analytical Testing, Product and material Testing, Field Sampling Services, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Microbiology and Medical Device Testing Services, Professional Staffing Services, Lab Equi...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009

...ters are implanted in the inferior vena cava and are designed to catch clot material to prevent it from reaching the lungs, while allowing blood to continue to ... the product easier for a physician to use, and the use of non-thrombogenic material which reduces the risk of blood clots occurring in the filter. We also beli...

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

... to record the properties. As the microscope traces back and forth over a solar cell, it records the channels and bubbles that were created as the material was formed. Using the microscope in conjunction with the knowledge gained from the current research, Ginger said, can help scientists determine quickl...

VIASPACE Pursuing Renewable Energy Business in Asia

...y for renewable and alternative energy that reduce or eliminate dependence on fossil and other high-pollutant energy sources. The Company provides raw material for cellulosic biofuels and develops and markets fuel cell cartridges, products and technology. VIASPACE subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporat...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals announces launch of Quill SRS product codes for laparoscopic gynecology procedures

...e operating room time needed, or the total cost of material needed, to complete such surgical procedures. An...es are available in our polydioxanone (PDO) suture material in size -0- with 7 cm by 7 cm and 14 cm by 14 cm l...Further evolution and incorporation of this suture material into clinical practice seems inevitable," said Dr....

Zeus Expands International Support With New Hires

... ORANGEBURG, S.C., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus, Inc., a global leader in material science and high performance polymer extrusions, has expanded its internati...eus, Inc. is headquartered in Orangeburg, SC USA. Zeus is a world leader in material science and the production of high-performance polymer tubing used in deman...

ETC Biomedical Announces Chamber Sale in India

...actors. Some of these risks and uncertainties, in whole or in part, are beyond the Company's control. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a material difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2009, i...

Rapid heating prepares energy-saving zeolite for greater role in industrial separations

...zeolite crystal domains. After heating the zeolite to 700 degrees C, the researchers hold it at that temperature for up to 2 minutes and then cool the material rapidly to room temperature. The researchers believe the rapid rise in temperature may cause bonding between the crystal domains. "This could possi...

America's Organic Home-Fueling Movement Begins in Los Angeles

...tion-column technology, the appliance-sized unit produces ethanol and pumps it directly into the consumer's vehicle. The GreenHouse team delivers raw material and maintains the home-based unit as part of the service package it offers. E-Fuel 100 is produced from carbohydrate waste products from plentifu...

PDI Appoints Gerald P. Belle as Lead Independent Director

..., biotechnology and life sciences industries; early termination of a significant services contract or the loss of one or more significant clients or a material reduction in service revenues from such clients; the ability to obtain additional funds in order to implement PDI's business model; the ability to suc...

Ricardo Launches Consortium to Evaluate Lubricant Challenges of Future Low Carbon Engine Technologies

...sequent issues for soot in oil, wear and sludge formation); the chemical impacts on lubricants of biofuel dilution; advanced component designs and new material applications, and; the drive towards thinner, lower viscosity lubricants for reduced friction. The work of the consortium will be structured into a se...

Sanofi-aventis Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

...purchase accounting to acquisitions, primarily that of Aventis The material effects of the application of purchase accounting to acquisitions, primaril...ccines and Other"). Use of this indicator will not give rise to any material difference as compared with the performance measure currently used by sanof...

SAFC Biosciences(R) Defines Hydrolysate Components That Enhance Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cell Line Protein Production

...Fusion marks the Company's continued focus on raw material characterization ( http://www.safcbiosciences.co...FC Biosciences Director of Marketing, states: "Raw material understanding and characterization is a leading co...L CD Hydrolysate Fusion is proof that greater raw material definition is possible through advanced analytical...

1 nano-step closer to weighing a single atom

...ese nanoparticle systems could be interrogated and characterized. Moreover, the researchers separated out the portion of damping that is due to the material itself and that surrounding liquid for which they developed a parameter-free theoretical model that quantitatively explains this fluid damping. ...

Charging ahead: University of Houston team revealing secrets of electricity-producing materials

...ity, at the nanoscale, allows you to coax ordinary material to behave like a piezoelectric one. Perhaps more i... titanate can be increased by 300 percent when the material is reduced to a 2-nanometer-beam and pressure is a...ied. "Thus, you'll take an ordinary piezoelectric material and really give it some juice," he says. Sharma...