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OIPT to Co-Host Several Seminars and Workshops - Mark These Dates in Your Calendar

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology will hold co-host several seminars & workshops this year in conjunction with key research institutes & universities - these will be on a variety of topics. Speakers will come ...

From Oxford Instruments 5 Mar 2010

New Book on Thermal Analysis of Rubbers and Rubbery Materials

iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Thermal Analysis of Rubbers and Rubbery Materials.

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 4 Mar 2010

Replacements for CFCs Might Protect the Ozone Layer, but They Create Acid Rain

Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s — the hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer — may be making another problem — acid rain — worse, scientists are reporting.

3 Mar 2010

Commercial Production of Nanostructured Microspheric Chrome-Aluminium Catalyzers

Commerical production of nanostructured microspheric chrome-aluminium catalyzers for dehydrated isoparaffins KDI-90 and adsorbents for desiccant drying of olefin-containing feedstreams will be conducted within the the fr...

3 Mar 2010

Experiment Detects Protons Colliding with Unprecedented Energy

CERN has been able to take the first measurements of collisions between particles with the highest energy ever generated. These collisions were performed at CERN’s new LHC accelerator and recorded with the CMS Experiment.

3 Mar 2010

Hiden Launch New MAXIM SIMS-SNMS Workstation

Hiden Analytical announce the new MAXIM SIMS/SNMS Workstation combining high-sensitivity surface measurement by both secondary ion and sputtered neutral mass spectrometry, all under integrated PC control.

From Hiden Analytical 3 Mar 2010

Arkema to Showcase Plastics for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres

Technical plastics, used as construction materials and modern linings or coatings have become essential features of plant engineering. The Munich International Congress on March 10th and 11th 2010 will review these mater...

3 Mar 2010

Morgan Advanced Materials Research Project to Build Energy Harvesting Demonstration System

Leading manufacturer of ceramic components, Morgan Advanced Materials, is undertaking a Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership (sKTP) project with Glyndŵr University. The project, which will last 26 weeks, is to des...

From Morgan Advanced Materials 3 Mar 2010

ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy to Concentrate Foundry Coke Business in Europe

ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH plans to concentrate its foundry coke business activities increasingly in Europe in the future. In this connection the Essen-based energy specialist has now signed a 10-year agreement with Pol...

3 Mar 2010

Siemens Expands Temperature and Control Applications Range

With two new signal modules for simple temperature measurement and control applications, Siemens Industry Automation Division has expanded its Simatic S7-1200 compact controller family. The RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector) and the TC (Thermocouple) signal modules each offer four inputs channels and are provided in compact 45mm wide housings.

From Primetals Technologies Limited 3 Mar 2010

Boots Therapy Bath gets Stylish New Bottle Thanks to RPC

A stylish custom bottle manufactured by RPC Containers Llantrisant has given Boots Therapy Bath a fresh look that gives its foam bath product range a new relaxing lease of life.

3 Mar 2010

Podcast Explores the Fture of Chemical Testing

In the latest installment of The Researcher's Perspective podcast series, Dr. Robert Kavlock, director of the U.S. EPA National Center for Computational Toxicology, talks about the agency's ToxCast project. The R...

3 Mar 2010

Printing System Produces 3D Images from 3D Digital Camera

FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) has announced the development of the new “3D Print System” which achieves high-quality and natural 3D print captured with a 3D digital camera.

3 Mar 2010

Fujifilm Launch World's First Anti-Counterfeit Label

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigetaka Komori) launches “ForgeGuard”, the world's first anti-counterfeit label which can be seen full-color images or text clearly with a special viewer on March 3, 2010.

3 Mar 2010

Hyundai i-flow Concept Car Features Liquid Metal Coating

Hyundai and BASF – The Chemical Company are presenting their jointly developed i-flow concept car at the Geneva Motor Show. Visitors can get a first-hand view of the technologies and materials involved at Hyundai’s booth 1031 in Hall 1. These innovations have not been combined in automobiles to date and illustrate possibilities for mobility in the future. For example, the interior of the i-flow offers a revolutionary seating concept, and the high-gloss Liquid Metal coating is not only eye-catching but also environmentally friendly thanks to the use of a waterborne paint system.

From BASF Corporation 3 Mar 2010