News tagged with stainless steel

Engineers introduce 'beans' to cool and then maintain hot beverage temps

(PhysOrg.com) -- Buddies and mechanical engineers, Dave Petrillo and Dave Jackson, have, thanks to Kickstart.com, begun a business selling the Coffee Joulie (clearly a play on the word for joule, a unit of ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Antibacterial stainless steel created

Materials scientists at the University of Birmingham have devised a way of making stainless steel surfaces resistant to bacteria in a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council which culminated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Stainless Steel Catalyst Lowers Cost of Microbial Fuel Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny bacteria munching on and metabolizing biodegradable materials can produce electrons that could be harnessed by microbial fuel cells for energy. By taking advantage of the catalytic reactions ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog

With stimulus aid, scientists hope to mimic nature's dynamos

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

iPhone 4 review: Nice phone, too bad about antenna problem, lack of LTE

Apple's iPhone 4 is a beautiful device, one of the nicest in the growing field of amazing smartphones on sale this summer. The software gives its touch-screen controls a buttery smoothness, plus a few handy ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Sweet chemistry: Carbohydrate adhesion gives stainless steel implants beneficial new functions

A new chemical bonding process can add new functions to stainless steel and make it a more useful material for implanted biomedical devices. Developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alberta and Canada's ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

40 percent of surface disinfectants ineffective in eliminating viruses that cause gastroenteritis

Some 40% of commercial disinfectants used to clean surfaces are believed to be ineffective in eliminating noroviruses, a group of viruses responsible for more than half of all foodborne gastroenteritis outbreaks. According ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Copper can help in the battle against influenza A H1N1, scientist says

A leading microbiologist from the University of Southampton has told a conference that his research has found copper is effective in inhibiting the influenza A H1N1 virus.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Welders can breathe easier with chromium-free alloy

A new alloy promises to lessen welders' risk of breathing toxic fumes on the job.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows 'BPA-free' bottles live up to manufacturers' claims

The alarm caused by bisphenol A (BPA) presence in reusable plastic bottles resulted in a recent industry change, producing products made with supposed BPA-free materials.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New rearing system may aid sterile insect technique against mosquitoes

Scientists at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency have developed a larval rearing unit based on a tray and rack system that is expected to be able ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Killer stainless steel': New process

(Phys.org) -- Stainless steel is the icon of cleanliness for home and commercial kitchens, restaurants, hospitals and other settings, but it can collect disease-causing bacteria like other surfaces if not ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2