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Brookfield Powder Tester gets Sleek Compact Housing Thanks to ThermoFab

ThermoFab, a US-based thermoforming company, has completed the delivery of Brookfield Engineering’s Powder Flow Tester – helping Brookfield move from sheet metal to a plastic enclosure with a smaller footprint and more compact design.

14 Dec 2009

How to Care for Your Laminate Floor

Internet-based building materials sales innovator BuildDirect has published a page in the company Learning Center about 'How to Care For Laminate Floors'. The resource page is in place for anyone who owns laminat...

14 Dec 2009

LED Conversion Bulb for PAR 36 Incandescent Lamps

Grote Industries, a world leader in high-performance LED lighting technology for the transportation industry, introduced the newest member of its LED WhiteLight Work Lamp Portfolio today; the revolutionary Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight Conversion Bulb.

14 Dec 2009

Arkema Committed to Development of Eco-Technologies

Arkema today showcases its latest innovations at the service of sustainable development at the Palais de la découverte. Climate change, inadequate access to drinking water, dwindling natural resources, and incre...

14 Dec 2009

ON Semiconductor and California Micro Devices to Merge

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq:ONNN) and California Micro Devices (Nasdaq:CAMD) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which ON Semiconductor will acquire California Micro Devices (CMD) throug...

14 Dec 2009

General Dynamics to Produce Integrated Circuits for Navy Submarine Ballistic Program

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a contract by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to produce integrated circuits for the U.S. Navy's TRIDENT II (D5) submarine-launched ballistic missile pro...

14 Dec 2009

New Technology Could be Used to Move Tiny Onjects inside Microchips

A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering, in collaboration with researchers in Germany and Boston University, could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new insights into how cells and other objects are transported around within the body.

14 Dec 2009

New Report on the Global Nanotechnology Market for Energy Storage - Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Global Nanotechnology Market for Energy Storage - Ana...

14 Dec 2009

Market Report Predicts Photovoltaics Market to Bounce Back in 2010

After the shakeout of the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) industry this year, NanoMarkets LC, the leading provider of industry analysis and market and technology research services for companies competing for or interested...

From Linde plc 14 Dec 2009

Spectroscope Developed that can Detect Trace Gases in Real Time

A spectroscope with unrivalled performance, able to identify tiny amounts of trace gases in real time, has been developed by researchers from CNRS's Molecular Photophysics Institute (Laboratoire de Photophysique mol&...

14 Dec 2009

Mechanical Engineering Students to Use Nanotechnology to Build Skis

Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.

14 Dec 2009

ORNL Provides Massive Grant to Develop Nanostructured Lubricant Additive

The Office of Naval Research has awarded NanoMech, LLC a contract for approximately $770,000 to complete development of a new, nanostructured lubricant additive called NanoGlide®. The Navy aims to increase durability and improve energy efficiency of naval components and systems through use of this advanced technology.

14 Dec 2009

New Understanding of Light Behavior in Photonic Crystals Could Lead to Faster Computing

University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviours of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that...

14 Dec 2009

GM Sells Saab Production Assets to Chinese Manufacturer

Saab Automobile AB announced today that it had closed on the sale to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co. Ltd (BAIC) of certain Saab 9-3, current 9-5 and powertrain technology and tooling. Saab will assist BAIC to in...

14 Dec 2009

Lightweight Wiring Solution for Harsh Environments Suits Motorsport Applications

Motorsport wiring specialist BERU f1systems has developed a cost effective solution to allow 30 AWG lightweight wiring systems to be used in harsh environments. Developed in conjunction with Souriau, the new process doesn’t require special terminals or costly crimp tools, resulting in a wiring loom that is twelve percent lighter without the expensive component and tooling of competitor offerings.

14 Dec 2009