Science and Enterprise

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  • Nanomaterial Reduces Fumes from Imported Drywall

    A company in Manhattan, Kansas has adapted a nanotech material developed to counter toxic waste into a product that cuts down on sulfur fumes given off by imported drywall installed in homes throughout the U.S.  The company, Nanoscale Corporation, uses its FAST-ACT product, which breaks down and removes the corrosive sulfur compounds, thus reducing the…

  • New Study Assesses Potential of Nanotech in Construction Industry

    The use of new materials based on nanotechnology can spread widely through the construction industry, where they offer significant advantages over traditional materials. But their widespread use in building materials comes with potential environmental and health risks that cannot be ignored. These findings were published in a study appearing this month in the journal ACS…

  • Packaging, Insulation Produced from Agricultural Byproducts

    Ecovative Design of Green Island, New York, is producing a new packaging material (pictured left) made from inedible agricultural waste and mushroom roots. The company is also developing a process for sterilizing this material based on spice oils rather than steam. The technology to create this composite, marketed under the name Eco-Cradle, requires one-eighth the…

  • Academic-Business Partnership Proposals Sought by NSF

    National Science Foundation (NSF) wants innovative ideas on energy, sustainability, and the education of next generation entrepreneurs from small business and academic institutions, and is prepared to pay $7 million for those ideas. This NSF program, called Partnerships for Innovation, aims to produce academic scientists better able to adapt their findings to practical applications and…

  • U.S. R&D Companies Employ 27 Million Worldwide

    More than 27 million people worldwide worked at U.S. companies in 2008 that fund or conduct research and development, according to new statistics from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Solid majorities of the 27.1 million employees in those companies worked in the U.S. (68%) or for manufacturing companies (60%). In these companies, however, just under…