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HP Certifies Masterpiece Graphix Materials for Use with Industrial Roll Press

Hewlett-Packard has certified two Masterpiece Graphix materials for the HP Indigo WS6000 industrial roll press: Masterpiece Premium 18 pt C1S Board Stock (R1275) and Masterpiece Premium 100# Calibration Paper (R1341). Bo...

14 Dec 2009

Vistec Joins Electron Beam Lithography Project with MIET

Vistec Electron Beam GmbH is pleased to announce that it has stepped into a joined electron-beam lithography project with the renowned Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET). MIET, one of the most advanced Univ...

14 Dec 2009

Kobe Steel Supplies Technology to Voestalpine so They can Produce Fingerprint Resistant Steel

Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it is providing Austria's voestalpine Stahl GmbH, with technology to produce fingerprint-resistant electrogalvanized steel sheet. This material is highly applicable for use in appl...

From Kobe Steel 14 Dec 2009

Nanowire Sensors Used to Measure Cancer Biomarkers

A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online publication of Nature Nanotechnology, could dramatically simplify the way physicians test for biomarkers of cancer and other diseases.

14 Dec 2009

Scientists Discover the Secret behind Superinsulation

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials to completely block the flow of electric current at low temperatures. The essence of the mechanism is what the authors termed "multi-stage energy relaxation."

14 Dec 2009

Russian Steelmaker Commences Environmental Protection Program at Sinter Plant

Novolipetsk Steel has begun a new environmental protection project at its sinter plant, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of the main production facility in Lipetsk. Environmental pollution will be reduced as...

14 Dec 2009

Vac Aero Plant Undergoes Green Renovation

VAC AERO's Oakville Thermal Processing Division recently completed an extensive plant re-organization based on lean and green manufacturing concepts. The project included building renovations to create more production space, the addition of new work-handling and production capacity, safety enhancements and energy efficiency improvements in lighting and power consumption. Lean manufacturing techniques that were implemented in the re-organization included Kanban systems, 5S and visual signals.

From VAC AERO International Inc. 11 Dec 2009

SABIC Innovative Plastics Increase Commitment to Healtchcare Industry

Continuing to demonstrate its clear leadership in the medical device market, SABIC Innovative Plastics has created a comprehensive healthcare product policy - including over 50 high-tech healthcare materials designed wit...

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 11 Dec 2009

PPG Volunteer to reduce Energy Consumption

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now LEADER Program, reinforcing the company’s voluntary efforts to significantly reduce its industrial energy intensity.

From PPG Industries Inc. 11 Dec 2009

PPG to Donate Ultra Clear Glass to Restore Architectural Masterwork

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will donate more than 1,900 square feet of Starphire ultra-clear glass to restore 319 windows at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterwork in Mill Run, Pa.

From PPG Industries Inc. 11 Dec 2009

TMK Begin Shipping Longitudinally Welded Pipes for Baltic Pipeline System

TMK, one of the world's leading manufacturers of steel pipes for the oil and gas sector, announces today that it began shipments of longitudinal welded large-diameter pipe to Transneft for the construction of the sec...

11 Dec 2009

Researchers Successfully Grow Silicon-Germanium Semiconducting Nanowires for Next Generation Transistors

Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals. Now, researche...

11 Dec 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Help Make up Computer Chip with Most Advanced Computing and Storage Elements

Stanford engineers have built what they believe is a chip with the most advanced computing and storage elements made of carbon nanotubes to date by devising a way to root out the stubborn complication of nanotubes that cause short circuits.

11 Dec 2009

Exciting Finding Shows that Tetrahedrons can Spontaneously Arrange into Quasicrystals

In a study that elevates the role of entropy in creating order, research led by the University of Michigan shows that certain pyramid shapes can spontaneously organize into complex quasicrystals. A quasicrystal is a ...

11 Dec 2009

Outotec Makes take Bid for Ausmelt

Further to our earlier announcement regarding the acquisition by Outotec Oyj of Finland of a 19.9% interest in Ausmelt shares from Dr John Floyd, Ausmelt has now received an unconditional (other than prescribed eve...

10 Dec 2009