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An Impressive Increase in People's Interest in Picosun Package

AVS ALD 2008, the 8th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition
held in Bruges, Belgium, became a convincing step forward for Picosun
Oy, the Finnish Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) re...

Tips for Applying Stain to Concrete

Stain manufacturers differ on when to apply stain. Some say that a new slab must cure for 28 days before work is started. Others suggest 14 days. Installers sometimes prefer to do their work as soon a...

Wacker Honors Researchers for Developing Highly Reactive Alpha-Silanes

Yesterday, Wacker Chemie AG honored Dr. Volker Stanjek, Dr. Wolfram Schindler and Dr. Thomas Kammel with this years Alexander Wacker Innovation Award for their pioneering work in organofunctional sila...

Leading Korean-Based LCD Manufacturer Emerges from Receivership

TFT-LCD manufacturer BOE HYDIS is finally out of court receivership after its application in May of last year, and is making efforts to regain its position through management normalization.
BOE HYDI...

BHP Billiton Concludes Iron Ore Negotiations with Major Chinese Steel Manufacturer

BHP Billiton today announced it had reached agreement with China's Baosteel on the price for iron ore deliveries for the contract year commencing 1 April 2008. The following prices apply to all of its...

Polyurethane Noise Reduction Solution for Railway Traffic

The passenger and freight traffic on rail is helping to prevent other transportation routes from becoming overloaded. It is also helping to conserve finite, natural energy resources, and thus to prote...

The 2010 World Powder Metallurgy Congress and Exhibition Heads to Italy

The 2010 World Powder Metallurgy Congress Exhibition was officially launched at the Italian Embassy, on 10th June. Over 100 prominent figures from the world Powder Metallurgy (PM) community were invi...

Unusual Hydrogen Bonding Arrangement May Open Doors to Hydrogen Storage

RIKEN scientists,
along with an international team of co-workers based in the US, UK and France,
have spotted a hydrogen atom simultaneously bonding to four metal atoms, a highly
unusual arra...

Advances in car navigation

Researchers are developing a new in-car navigation system which informs motorists about traffic jams and advises on the best route for their journey before they reach the congestion.

Unusual Compound Sees Hydrogen Bonded to Four Metal Atoms

RIKEN scientists,
along with an international team of co-workers based in the US, UK and France,
have spotted a hydrogen atom simultaneously bonding to four metal atoms, a highly
unusual a...

Influence of Oxygen on the Electrons May Explain Unusual Properties

In the emerging field of oxide electronics, electronic devices are based on
oxide materials rather than conventional materials such as silicon. One of the
most promising candidates for this ap...

Acoustic Waves Promise to be Useful Probes of Nanostructures

Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people
to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials,
with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, ...

A New Way to Alter Shape and Size of Microscopic 3-D Structures

A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional
structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason
Shear and his former graduate student...

Report Examines Materials for Fuel Cells

Research
and Markets has announced the addition of the Materials for Fuel Cells
report to their offering.
A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy
of a...

Nanostructures at Implant Surface Enhances Bone Formation

Titanium implants were successfully introduced by P.-I. Brnemark and
co-workers in 1969 for the rehabilitation of edentulous jaws. After 40 years
of research and development, titanium is curre...

WACKER Opens Institute for Silicon Chemistry

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) officially opened an Institute of Silicon Chemistry in Garching, near Munich, this Wednesday evening. The instit...

3M Completes Acquisition of Dental Implant Company

3M announced today that it has completed its acquisition of IMTEC Corp., a manufacturer of dental implants and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanning equipment for dental and medical radiology ...

Cereplast Secures Patent for Compostable resins

Cereplast, Inc., manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, secured patent protection for its Cereplast Compostable resin family of products from the United States Patent and Tradema...

Destructive Testing of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Horizontal Stabilizer Completed

Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The test took place at Alenia's Pomigliano plant in Na...

Evonik and BASF to Co-Develop Ceria-Based Slurries for Computer Chips

Evonik Industries AG and BASF have agreed to collaborate on the development of ceria-based slurries for fabricating computer chips. The agreement will leverage BASFs chemical expertise, global marketi...

Polycarbonate Chromosome Graces Hospital Foyer

It takes a certain degree of imagination to identify the shape of a chromosome in the massive, four-meter-high sculpture by painter and sculptor Matthias Hintz. For his work Chromosom
- now on disp...

ArcelorMittal Invest in Steel Products for the Nuclear Industry

Today, in the village of Le Creusot and before Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic, Anne Lauvergeon, Chairman of AREVAs Executive Board and Aditya Mittal, Chief Financial Officer of Arce...

A Rubber Anaconda May be the Key to Wave Powered Electricity Generation

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.
Invented in the UK, the ‘Anaconda’ is a totally innovative wave energy co...

Surrey Nanosystems Sell Tool for the Development of Hybrid Solar Cells

Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into the fabrication of hybrid solar cells.
The tool will be used...

Master Bond Introduce Two Component Room Temperature Curing Epoxy Adhesive

Master Bond Inc., Hackensack, N.J. has introduced Supreme 11AOHT, a two component room temperature curing epoxy adhesive with high thermal conductivity and excellent electrical insulation properties. ...

Ludwig-Maximilians University Look to Fabricate Hybrid Solar Cells with New PVD Acquisition

Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into the fabrication of hybrid solar cells.
The tool will be used...

Self Locking Threaded Fasteners Open Up New Opportunities for Electrical Engineers

For electrical engineers combating seismic, shipping or operational forces while working in soft materials prone to stripping or joint failure, self locking threaded fasteners and thread locking self ...

ASM Takes Materials Education to High and Middle Schools

For five days at Case Western Reserve University, local high school and middle school teachers learned a new way to teach science and mathematics to their studentsusing ingenuity, creativity and a lot...

BASF to Strengthen Its Position in the Turkish Automotive Market

BASF has signed an agreement with Turkish company Yasar to acquire Yasars shares in the 50-50 joint venture Yasar BASF Automotive Coatings Ltds., which markets automotive OEM and refinish coatings in ...

Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence: Tools for Teaching and Learning

Colleges and universities around the world have embarked on a new era of assisting teachers with their classroom manner and organization. The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Pennsylvania State University has created this site to give educators access to a wide range of excellent teaching and learning tools. The materials and resources here are divided into the following sections: "

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