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New Technique Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Production and Storage Less Complicated

An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system.

5 Feb 2010

WRAP Funds Plastic Packaging Recycling Facility

Research launched last summer demonstrated the commercial and technical viability of recycling and re-processing non-bottle household plastic packaging, in addition to the environmental benefits. Marcus Gover, Direct...

5 Feb 2010

DVD Manufacturer Loses Contract with Warner Home Video

Cinram International Income Fund (TSX: CRW.UN) announced today that it has received written notice from Warner Home Video Inc. ["WHV"] that WHV has exercised its option to terminate its service agreements on Ju...

5 Feb 2010

Sheet Metal Shop Use MIE Solutions Software to Manage Their Business

Fab 2 Order is one of MIE Solutions many valued customers. They purchased MIE Dashboard in December of 2009. MIE Dashboard features include, document management, chat, task management, journals, calendars and many more b...

From MIE Solutions 5 Feb 2010

Harcon Precision Use MIE Dashboard to Manage Sheet Metal Fabrication Business

Harcon Precision is one of MIE Solutions many valued customers. They purchased MIE Dashboard in December of 2009. MIE Dashboard features include, document management, chat, task management, journals, calendars and many m...

From MIE Solutions 5 Feb 2010

Noliac Exhibit at Key Research Event

Noliac’s distributor Ralf Stamm exhibited at the DESY/HASYLAB Users’ Meeting, benefiting from connecting with the European project participants as well as the scientific user community. An eye-catching booth attracted many visitors.

4 Feb 2010

Stork Materials Testing to Host Technology Day in March

Over 8,000 postcards were mailed in December, inviting engineers, manufacturers, technicians, designers, and industry leaders to an all-day technical experience at Stork Materials Testing & Inspection in Rancho Domin...

From Element Materials Technology 4 Feb 2010

Oxford University Press Prints First Comprehensive Guide to Nanocience

Stuart Lindsay, Arizona State University Regents' professor and director of the Biodesign Institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, has just released the first comprehensive guide to a tiny world a milli...

4 Feb 2010

World's Most Accurate Atomic Clock Built from an Aluminum Atom

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom.

4 Feb 2010

Ability to Manipulate Molecules in Liquid Crystals May Have Wide Ranging Effects

A new method for manipulating the molecules of liquid crystals in ways previously unachieved could result in more effective industrial sealants, improved food packaging and even enhanced electronic displays, says Zhengdong Cheng, a Texas A+M University assistant professor of chemical engineering.

4 Feb 2010

Third Generation Artificial Retina Could Restore Sight to Millions

Scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are now developing the electronics for a third-generation artificial retina as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to produce an "epiretinal prosthesis" that could restore vision to millions of people around the world suffering from eye diseases.

4 Feb 2010

Kruess Introduce Four New High Accuracy Digital Density Meters

Quality assurance: digital density meters recording up to five digits after the decimal point enable precise measurements of the density, relative density or concentration of aqueous solutions.

From A.KRÜSS Optronic GmbH 4 Feb 2010

Ellwood Mill Purchases Seco Warwick Furnace to Heat Treat Steel Forgings

Ellwood Mill Products has recently purchased a clam shell/tip-up type furnace used for heat treating long, concentric steel forgings for their New Castle, PA facility. The primary furnace function will be to heat to quen...

4 Feb 2010

Unison Develop Tube Bender for U-Shaped Heat Exchange Components

Unison has developed a novel bending cell for tube and pipe manufacturer RathGibson to serve the growing demand for U-shaped heat exchanger components. A version of Unison's servomotor-based tube bending machine uses...

4 Feb 2010

DuPont Open Solar Energy Research Lab in Geneva

DuPont opened the Meyrin Photovoltaic (PV) Application Laboratory at the European Technical Center in Meyrin, Switzerland, this week to meet the needs of the fast-growing solar energy market. This lab expands capabilities at the leading European R&D hub for DuPont teams developing next-generation products.

4 Feb 2010