News tagged with polyethylene

Spying on Plastic Production

(PhysOrg.com) -- Real-time monitoring of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) production is now possible. In an article in the journal Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Professor Rolf Mülhaupt and his studen ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Organic flash memory developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 3 weblog

Researchers discover novel method for detecting MIRCERA

Austrian researchers have successfully developed a new electrophoretic method for detecting MIRCERA® and other erythropoietins (EPO) in the blood. The technique, using SARCOSYL-PAGE, has specifically enhanced sensitivity ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers prolong the half-life of biopharmaceutical proteins

Many biopharmaceuticals comprise small proteins that are quickly eliminated from the body. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) combine such small proteins with a kind of molecular ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The perfect cut

You need the right tool to slice silicon blocks into paper-thin wafers: a several-kilometer-long wire wetted with a type of grinding paste. And all the parameters must be optimally adjusted -- only then can ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

'Writing' Patterns on Carbon Nanotubes With Polymer Chains

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes are at the center of the nanoelectronics research movement, with scientists making great progress toward getting nanotube-based electronic devices into the hands of consumers. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3 feature

Paper electrified by copper particles

The Polymer Chemistry Research Group at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles. When the size of particles is reduced to a nano-scale (one nanometre being one ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bristly Spheres as Capsules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amphiphilic molecules, which have one water-friendly (hydrophilic) end and one water-repellant (hydrophobic) end, spontaneously aggregate in aqueous solutions to make superstructures like ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Accidental discovery has potential for new applications in packaging

A recent discovery at Case Western Reserve University may help keep food and drugs safer and fresher longer and electronic equipment dryer and more secure than ever before - all at a lower cost.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2