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Morgan Advanced Materials Supply Parts for Europe's Space Mission to Mercury

Morgan Advanced Materials is supplying ceramic/metal assemblies for the solar-electric propulsion system used in BepiColombo, Europe’s first spacecraft mission to Mercury, which is expected to launch in 2014.

From Morgan Advanced Materials 10 Feb 2010

Producing Defect Free Metal Components

When metals are shaped, the materials they are made of are often damaged in the process. One cause of this is excessive press force, which cracks and perforates the material. By running simulations on a PC, research scientists can now calculate how to avoid component defects.

9 Feb 2010

DuPont to Debut Twelve Engineering Polymers Designed for the Healthcare Industry

Twelve new grades of DuPont engineering polymers that meet demanding requirements for use in health care products and equipment are making their debut at the MD&M West exposition in Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 8 - 11. ...

9 Feb 2010

Breakthrough Discovery in Spintronics

Just as the heartbeats of today's electronic devices depend on the ability to switch the flow of electricity in semiconductors on and off with lightning speed, the viability of the "spintronic" devices of the future -- technologies that manipulate both the flow and magnetic "spin" of electrons -- will require similarly precise control over semiconductor magnetism.

9 Feb 2010

Exotic Form of Carbon Possesses an Extra Large Nucleus

An exotic form of carbon has been found to have an extra large nucleus, dwarfing even the nuclei of much heavier elements like copper and zinc, in experiments performed in a particle accelerator in Japan. The discovery is reported in the current issue of Physical Review Letters and highlighted with a Viewpoint by Kirby Kemper and Paul Cottle of Florida State University in the February 8 issue of Physics.

9 Feb 2010

Making Brittle Materials Ductile

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile -- yet stronger than ever -- simply by reducing their size.

9 Feb 2010

Ultratech Introduces New Lithography System for Semiconductor Manufacturers

Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today introduced its newest lithography system, the Sapphire 100 for high-brightne...

9 Feb 2010

The Most Environmentally Friendly and Resource-Sparing Energy Supply for the Future

Hydrogen-powered fuel cells and solar energy are the best hope for a more environmentally friendly and resource-sparing energy supply in the future. A combination of the two is considered to be particularly “clean”: the production of hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight.

9 Feb 2010

SINTEF get Major Surface Analysis Boost

Scientists at SINTEF/NTNU and the University of Oslo have been awarded NOK 25 million by the Research Council of Norway for investments in equipment for surface analysis. "This will be one of the biggest and mos...

9 Feb 2010

Airgas Board Reject Take Over Bid from Air Products

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously determined that the unsolicited proposal from Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) ("Air Products") announced on Febr...

From Air Products PLC 9 Feb 2010

First Advantages of Dual Gate Transistors Exploited

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Holst Centre, imec and TNO present a dual-gate-based organic RFID chip with record data rate and lowest reported operating voltage. For the first time,...

9 Feb 2010

Hexion Specialty Chemicals to Build Cardura Monomer Plant in Korea

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., today announced that its board of directors has approved construction of a manufacturing plant in Onsan, Korea, to produce Cardura monomer, a Versatic Acid derivative used as a key raw m...

From Hexion Inc. 9 Feb 2010

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Takes Full Advantage Malvern Particle Characterization System's Capabilities

Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Marietta, GA, USA) was the first company in the United States to install the innovative Morphologi G3 image analysis-based particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical. They have since taken full advantage of the system’s ability to generate comprehensive particle shape as well as size information.

From Malvern Panalytical 9 Feb 2010

New Medical Grade Elastomers Available from Teknor Apex

A series of advanced medical-grade elastomers provide the first fully practical alternative to PVC for many tubing applications, it was announced today by Teknor Apex Company at MD&M West (Booth 2115).

From Teknor Apex 9 Feb 2010

New Company Launched to Supply High Performance Lubricants in the UK

Industrial Speciality Lubricants is a new company launched to supply Whitmore's high performance range of lubricating products in the UK. Based in the Midlands at the heart of UK industry, ISL has been appointed e...

9 Feb 2010