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Digital Displays to get a Boost with New Class of Liquid Crystals

Chemists at Vanderbilt University have created a new class of liquid crystals with unique electrical properties that could improve the performance of digital displays used on everything from digital watches to flat panel...

5 Oct 2010

High Impact Face Shield Manufactured Using Eastman Tritan Copolyester

As the first manufacturer in the face protection market to leverage the inherent strength, chemical resistance and clarity of Eastman Tritan™ copolyester, Bullard® today introduced a high-impact faceshield application at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress & Expo 2010 in San Diego.

From Eastman 5 Oct 2010

AMSC Introduces Amperium High Temperature Superconducting Wire

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today introduced its Amperium wire, the new brand name for the company's proprietary second generation (2G) high temperature su...

From American Superconductor 5 Oct 2010

Groundbreaking Firefighting Suit Offers New Levels of Protection and Comfort

Teijin Techno Products Limited, one of the core companies of the Teijin Group’s aramid fibers business, announced today the development of a groundbreaking firefighting suit that offers the world’s highest levels of heat-barrier performance and comfortable, lightweight design.

From Teijin Limited 5 Oct 2010

Arkema Acquires Company that Deigns and Manufactures Electroactive Fluorinated Polymers

Arkema has announced the acquisition of French company PIEZOTECH which designs and manufactures electroactive fluorinated polymers, thereby enhancing its portfolio with a new range of ultra high performance materials. Th...

5 Oct 2010

Olympus Launches BX3 Upright Microscope

Olympus has today launched the new BX3 upright research microscope systems at Biotechnica, Hannover (5 – 7 October). Following on from the highly successful BX2 range, the BX3 systems provide users with a ‘blank canvas’ to fully define their own working environment.

5 Oct 2010

Wool Reinforcement Used to Create Strong Environmentally Friendly Bricks

Spanish and Scottish researchers have added wool fibres to the clay material used to make bricks and combined these with an alginate, a natural polymer extracted from seaweed. The result is bricks that are stronger and more environmentally-friendly, according to the study published recently in the journal Construction and Building Materials.

5 Oct 2010

Borouge Presented Innovative Plastic Solutions at 2010 EXPO in Shanghai

Borouge presented its innovative and value creating plastics solutions at the ADNOC and its Group of Companies exhibition held at the UAE Pavilion in the 2010 EXPO in Shanghai, China, from October 3 to 9, 2010.

From Borouge 5 Oct 2010

New Range of Reference Nanomaterials Available from LGC Standards

LGC Standards, Europe's leading supplier of reference materials, has launched a range of reference nanomaterials to aid research and testing into the applications and impacts of nanotechnology, which is widely regard...

5 Oct 2010

Graphene Work Produces Nobel Prize

The Swedish Nobel Committee has today awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester, UK, for "two-dimensional material graphene".

5 Oct 2010

Max Plank Society and UBC Collaborate for Advanced Materials Science Research

The University of British Columbia today forged a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany's foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes. UBC President Stephen Toope and Max Plan...

5 Oct 2010

Orthovita Secures FDA Approval to Market VITOMATRIX Bone Grafting Material

Orthovita, Inc., an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, announced that it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market VITOMATRIX Bone Graft Substitute as a bone grafting material in certain dental procedures.

5 Oct 2010

Fortress Paper to Supply Dissolving Pulp for Viscose Fibre Products Producers

Fortress Paper Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into dissolving pulp supply agreements with two producers of viscose fibre (rayon) products located in China, for the delivery of an aggregate of approximately 84,000 air dried metric tonnes ("ADMT") of dissolving pulp per annum at a purchase price based on prevailing market prices in China, subject to a minimum price of US$1,200 per ADMT and a maximum price of US$1,600 per ADMT.

5 Oct 2010

Green America Selects Salazar as Preferred Packaging Supplier

As part of their ongoing commitment to provide businesses and ih2dividuals with eco-friendly and sustainable resources, Green America’s Green Business Network has selected Salazar Packaging, Inc.as their preferred ...

5 Oct 2010

Codexis Introduces New Screening Kits

Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDXS) today announced the expansion of its line of Codex® Panels with the introduction of Codex® Screening Kits. The Codex® Screening Kits are developed from, and complement, the est...

5 Oct 2010