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BBVA Foundation Honors Berkeley Lab Chemist with Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Gabor Somorjai, a chemist who has been hailed as the "father of modern surface chemistry," and who holds joint appointments with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, has won a "Frontiers of Knowledge Award" from Spain's BBVA Foundation.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 31 Jan 2011

Lots of Interest In Malvern's Application Note on Particle Size Analysis

Materials characterization company Malvern Panalytical is known for the breadth and accessibility of the educational offering on its website. By far the most popular document is ‘Basic Principles of Particle Size Analysis’, that has been downloaded more than 7500 times in the past three years.

From Malvern Panalytical 30 Jan 2011

Study on Microstructures That Influence Strength of Metallic Surfaces

Structured surfaces have special properties. It would be desirable to make these properties switchable.

29 Jan 2011

Leica Microsystems Signs Agreement with Digital Surf

Leica Microsystems and Digital Surf announced the signature of an agreement whereby Leica Map surface imaging and metrology software based upon Digital Surf's Mountains Technology® will be used with the Leica Application Suite (LAS) for Leica industrial microscopes.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 28 Jan 2011

Color Change Experiment Confirms New Method of Energy Harvesting from Sunlight

Professor Richard Watt and his chemistry students suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy – similar to what chlorophyll does during photosynthesis.

28 Jan 2011

Purdue Researchers Invent New Technique to Create Microfluidic Devices

Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis.

27 Jan 2011

University of Manitoba to Characterize Liquid Crystal Nanoparticle Composites

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen by the Chemistry Department of the University of Manitoba to characterize liquid crystal composites conjunction with SAXS.

27 Jan 2011

Scientists' New Work on Organic Molecules Help to Refine Atmospheric Weather

The fresh scent of pine has helped atmospheric scientists find missing sources of organic molecules in the air -- which, it could well turn out, aren't missing after all. In work appearing in this week's Proce...

25 Jan 2011

Micromeritics to Hold Free Materials Characterization Workshop

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011, Micromeritics will hold a Materials Characterization Workshop that will cover topics of importance to scientists, laboratory supervisors and technicians in industry and academia where knowledge of the physical characteristics of powders and solids is essential.

From Micromeritics International Sales 24 Jan 2011

New Findings Show That Nano-Texturing of Surfaces Can Prevent Ice Formation

People living in older buildings often hear pounding noises in their plumbing or radiator pipes — it’s a well-known effect called a water hammer, which can occur when a valve is suddenly opened or closed in a pipe carrying water or steam, causing a pressure wave to travel down the pipe with enough force that it can sometimes cause the pipes to burst.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 24 Jan 2011