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Using light to reduce skin wrinkles?

A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how two German researchers have discovered that high intensity light can reduce facial wrinkles this is the first item in this PressPac. This could lead to a potential alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles. The scientists applied...

Tags: Intensity, Researcher, Wrinkle, Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Roland Piquepaille, Skin, American Chemical Society, Scientist, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Lemon-filled odorless socks?

According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, Portuguese researchers have developed a new type of microcapsule filled with perfume and embedded in fabric for production of scented suits, socks, undergarments and other clothing. This PressPac contains a very short note titled 'Toward perfumed-clothing: Fabric-friendly microcapsules hide unpleasant...

Tags: Technique, Researcher, Agent, American Chemical Society, Productivity, Real Estate, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Nanotechnology-based self-cleaning fabrics

A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how Australian researchers have used nanotechnology to develop 'self-cleaning' wool and silk fabrics (scroll to article #4 in the PressPac). The researchers 'prepared wool fabrics with and without a nanoparticle coating composed of anatase titanium dioxide, a substance that is known...

Tags: Silk, American Chemical Society, Fabric, Fiber, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-12

New nanotechnology fabrication techniques

A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes an important advance toward industrial-scale production of nanodevices (scroll down to item #4). With this new technique, 'zinc oxide nanowires are grown in the exact positions where nanodevices later will be fabricated, in a way that involves a minimum number of...

Tags: Technique, Method, American Chemical Society, Nanotechnology, NIST, NW, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-13

Sunglasses changing color in a second

Wouldnt it be nice to wear sunglasses that change colors according to the weather or to your new skiing suit? According to the American Chemical Society ACS, scientists at the University of Washington have developed a new lens material that makes this possible. Their smart sunglasses can change color on...

Tags: University of Washington, polymer, American Chemical Society

Blog posts 2007-03-28

The moleculator gets a keypad lock

For your information, a moleculator is simply a molecular scale calculator, or a molecular system which can perform logic and arithmetic operations. Now, LiveScience reports in a brief article that chemists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have developed a molecule-size keypad lock. This lock is based on...

Tags: Defense &, Security, Science &, Nature, keypad, lock

Blog posts 2006-12-31

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Researchers use ordinary camera flash to create graphene

The production of graphene has just become a whole lot easier. Northwestern University scientists have demonstrated that graphite oxide can be converted instantly to graphene by exposing the material to a pulse of light from an ordinary camera flash. Laura J. Cote, Rodolfo Cruz-Silva, and Jiaxing Huang...

Tags: Northwestern University, Camera, Graphene, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-22

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?So, in the future......"Live Free or Die Hard" could end up being a prophetic sort of documentary. That blows.There's only one solution. FIX IT!RE: The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?All this while Obama...

Tags: obama, electrical grid, grid, critical asset, Hillary

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

The self medication debate returns

The self medication debate returnsWhen society acceptsdrugs as the only answer then society is asking to fail. Drugs mask the real problems in many cases. Sorry but ADHD is treatable without drugs. Diet, exercise both physical and mental and maybe some counseling. Those are the base items for curing a...

Tags: self medication, ADHD, medication, contention

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

What a difference one atom makes

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science...

Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Solar Cell, Polymer, Solarmer Energy Inc., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-01

A new way to recycle electronic circuit boards

You've probably read that China is one of the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases and not really concerned by the environment. In fact, this is not really true. China is involved in many eco-friendly research projects. A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how Chinese scientists have...

Tags: circuit board, board, recycling, material, printed circuit board, cu, nmp, mechanical-physical process, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-09

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warmingMaybeGeorgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact...

Tags: global warming, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Towards eco-friendly fireworks?

Many fireworks will be launched in July, at least in the U.S. and in France. A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how chemists are developing environmentally friendlier compounds for fireworks (scroll to article #5 in the PressPac). Current 'fireworks, flares and other so-called pyrotechnics commonly include potassium...

Tags: Pyrotechnics, Real Estate, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Secrets of a fresh beer

According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, scientists in Venezuela have found a way to keep beer taste fresher for long times. Here is a link to this PressPac, from which you'll be able to read a very short note simply titled 'Keeping beer fresher.' The researchers...

Tags: Beer, Maillard, Wiki, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Management, Manufacturing, Internet, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-03

A new robotic tasting device

According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, French researchers have developed an artificial mouth that chews apples like you and me. Here is a link to this PressPac, from which you'll be able to read a very short note titled 'Munch-o-matic: Scientists develop the artificial mouth.' The...

Tags: Food, Compound, Hre, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Shooting movies of molecules

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Argonne National Laboratory have developed techniques for creating movies of biological and chemical molecules. It has been done before for crystalline structures of salt or metals, but organic molecules are more complex, and more difficult to catch. Until now, researchers had to...

Tags: Argonne National Laboratory, Molecule, Biotechnology, Productivity, Research & Development, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Elementeo, a game for learning chemistry

At the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society ACS in New Orleans, Anshul Samar, a 14-year-old CEO, has introduced Elementeo, a trading card game intended to teach chemistry while having fun. The game is based on a 121-card deck of chemical elements, compounds and catalysts. And players have...

Tags: Card, Elementeo, Games, Personal Technology, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitterMicrosoft is a for profit entity...whose only agenda is to maximize the value of its stock.Philanthropy with any expected return is not philanthropy.Summing upMicrosoft's "charitable" contributions are the same sorts of things that other companies add to their marketing budget: promoting their products...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Free trade, Microsoft Corp., PIL, not-so

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Ordinary CD players to monitor our health?

Ordinary CD players to monitor our health?RE:CD-ROMs and DVDs and the hardware used to play these popular audio and video compact discs CDs have "enormous" potential as a new generation of portable, inexpensive instruments for home health monitoring and laboratory-based testing, scientists in Spain are reporting. CD technology could be...

Tags: health care, monitor, CD, disc, CD Player

Discussion threads 2008-01-20

A crystal as beautiful as a diamond

Why are diamonds so shiny and beautiful? A Japanese mathematician says it's because of their unique crystal structure and two key properties, called 'maximal symmetry' and 'strong isotropic property.' According to the American Mathematical Society AMS, he found that out of all the crystals that are possible to construct mathematically,...

Tags: Symmetry, Diamond, Property, Mathematician, Toshikazu Sunada, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-05