News tagged with lubrication
Supercharged safflower
This scientific achievement has produced safflower seed oil that contains more than 90 per cent of this valuable fatty acid, the highest level of purity of an individual fatty acid currently available in any ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Improved lubrication without oil
Running nicely – this applies even more to aqueous biopolymer solutions than to oil. These solutions are used as a cooling lubricant for machining hard metals and for tool-making machinery on which tools ...
May 10, 2012 |
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US firm to make pay-out for China oil spill: report
ConocoPhillips and its Chinese partner will pay around 305 million yuan ($48 million) to fishermen in a northern port city over a major oil spill last year, a state-backed newspaper said Monday.
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes may serve as ideal probing tips to study friction, lubrication and wear at the microscale
Studying microscopic interactions at single asperities is vital for the understanding of friction and lubrication at the macroscale. Surface probe instruments with carbon nanotube tips may enable such investigations, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Study reveals that solidified lubricants do not change back to liquid form
A new study by GW Professor Yongsheng Leng, assistant professor of engineering and applied science, and postdoctoral scientist Yajie Lei, reveals that solidified lubricants in tight pores do not change back to a liquid form. ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Re-formulation of microbicidal lubricants will help protect from HIV
Microbicides can be used to protect against HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases, either on their own or with the added protection of a condom. New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal AIDS Re ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Study examines effect of water-based and silicon-based lubricant
A new study by sexual health researchers at Indiana University found that women who used lubricant during sex reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction and pleasure.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Lubricating the knee cartilage after ACL repair may prevent osteoarthritis
An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is fairly common, especially among young athletes. While it can often be corrected through surgery, the injury can lead to increased risk of developing degenerative joint ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 05, 2010 |
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IRMA: Research on lubricant safety very past due
Do some currently available lubricants used for anal sex actually make it easier for HIV to be transmitted?
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 25, 2010 |
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Nanotechnologists reveal the frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets (w/ Video)
A team of nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Green industrial lubricant developed
A team of researchers from the University of Huelva has developed an environmentally-friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives, according to the journal Green Chemistry. The ne ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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