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National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson |
More Government Agencies Using Challenge Prizes to Tackle Tough Technology Problems The Obama administration, with bipartisan support from Congress, has accelerated prize offerings, setting up the website Challenge.gov as a one-stop clearinghouse for all the prizes being offered by the federal government. |
Chemistry World December 9, 2014 Emma Cooper |
Plastic bottles recycled into cigarette filters A method to recycle the common plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from soda bottles into membranes for filtration, including cigarette filter tips, has been developed by scientists. |
Chemistry World December 8, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Designing blue organic LEDs from scratch A new, highly efficient fluorescent material for blue organic LEDs that is completely free of metals has been developed by researchers in Japan. |
Chemistry World December 5, 2014 Matthew Gunther |
Shining a light on rewritable paper Rewritable paper that does not use ink but instead uses dyes that respond to ultraviolet light has been developed by US scientists. |
Chemistry World December 2, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
3D nanoprinting pen A pen that performs 3D printing on the nanoscale has been developed by scientists in South Korea. |
Chemistry World December 2, 2014 Andrea Sella |
Maiman's laser Theodore Maiman (1927 -- 2007) was an American engineer who invented the first laser |
Chemistry World November 28, 2014 Matthew Gunther |
Graphene's showdown with the man with the golden gun Engineers in the US have created a miniature shooting range to show that multilayer graphene, 10 to 100nm thick, may make excellent body armor. |
Chemistry World November 27, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Cool idea for zero-carbon air conditioning that requires no power source A surface that cools in direct sunlight without a power source has been demonstrated by US researchers |
Chemistry World November 27, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Obama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers President Obama wants scientists and engineers that come to the US to study to stay and build successful businesses. |
Chemistry World November 24, 2014 Hepeng Jia |
China looks to alternative hydrocarbons to fuel its future China is quickening its efforts to explore alternative energy sources ranging from 'flammable ice' to shale gas, although technological bottlenecks and environmental concerns are hampering efforts to commercialize them. |
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