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From Printed Flexible Solar Cells to Biomedical Products, CSIRO Celebrates Breakthrough Technology

Flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury are just some of the research breakthroughs being developed by the new CSIRO National Research Flagship for Future Manufacturing launched today

1 Oct 2009

Chemical Management Reform Discussed by US EPA Administrator

In a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration's goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law

1 Oct 2009

Air Products Signs Supply Contract for Thin Film Photovoltaics Plant

Air Products today announced it has signed, through its subsidiary Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd. in Taiwan, a long-term contract to provide nitrogen to NexPower Technology Corporation (NexPower), at its new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan

1 Oct 2009

Applied Materials Comments on The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Applied Materials, the world's largest supplier of equipment to the solar industry, released the following statement in support of the "The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" a bill introduced today by Senator John Kerry and Senator Barbara Boxer

1 Oct 2009

US EPA Launches Strategy Into Understanding Possible Environmental Harm Caused by Nanomaterials

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment

30 Sep 2009

Flu Drug, Tamiflu, Found Polluting River Water and Sewer Discharge of Japan

In a study published September 24th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-influenza drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), in samples of sewage discharge and river water collected near Kyoto City

29 Sep 2009

Environmentally Friendly But Powerful 'SKY-G' and 'SKY-D' Engines to be Showcased by Mazda at Tokyo Motor Show

Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of its next-generation engine lineup and automatic transmissions at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show

29 Sep 2009

Traditional Materials May Be The Environmentally Friendly Materials of the Future

Plaster made from lime is environment-friendly, repairable and sustainable. Despite this, lime plaster on historic buildings has been replaced in modern times by plaster containing Portland cement – which has caused severe damage to historic buildings

29 Sep 2009

Researchers Turn Bananas Into Plastics

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast are pioneering a new technique for the use of banana plants in the production of plastic products

29 Sep 2009

Siemens Wins Order for Operation and Maintenance of PV Systems

Siemens Industry has won an order from the Madrid-based company Eolia Renovables for the technical operation and maintenance of four photovoltaic systems with a total power output of over 45 MW. Spanning a period of more than 20 years, the service and maintenance contract has a volume of approximately EUR40 million.

27 Sep 2009

Royal DSM's KhepriCoat Achieving Highest Energy Conversion

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces today that its KhepriCoat™ anti-reflective coating system has contributed to achieving the highest energy conversion ever of a full-size solar module.

27 Sep 2009