Project Self-Sufficiency honors supporters with Mosaic Awards

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald – Mary Jo and Chuck Mathias, at right, are awarded into the Circle of Leaders under the umbrella of the Louise E. Murphy Center for Volunteerism during Project Self-Sufficiency’s Mosaic Awards dinner on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Newton. Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald – Jim Hoffman and members of the Newton High School robotics team Liam Oakes, center, and Katie Nelson, right, are recognized for the assistance in the Season of Hop Toy Drive by helping assemble toys during Project Self-Sufficiency’s Mosaic Awards dinner on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Newton.

Artist Creates Cherry-Scented Vanta…

Well, a cherry-scented pigment that’s described as “the world’s mattest, flattest, blackest art material,” is the new black. In March 2016 artist Anish Kapoor secured the exclusive artistic rights to Vantablack, which was originally created by Surrey Nanosystems for use on military and astronomy equipment.

Nanotech Firm Develops Coatings for Metals

A New Jersey-based nanotechnology company is in the process of receiving full patents on two new coating developments that it says could be of use to those who paint bridges and other metal structures. In a Feb. 8 press release , the Somerset-based NEI Corp. said it received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, an important step in the process to full patent protection.