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Keen Interest in ESS Workshop on Particle and Medical Physics

More than 100 international scientists took part in the ESS Workshop on particle and medical physics. The participation exceeded the expectations, showing the very large interest for ESS as a unique research tool for fun...

7 Dec 2009

Rio Tinto Invest in Clean Technologies

Rio Tinto said today that it will be focussing the majority of its investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology on the Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) project, a proposed new hydrogen-powered electricity f...

7 Dec 2009

ExxonMobil will Demonstrate Expertise on Developing Energy Technologies

ExxonMobil will demonstrate its expertise and commitment to developing breakthrough energy technologies at the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference December 7-9, 2009, at the Sheraton Doha Resort and Conven...

7 Dec 2009

WACKER Asahikasei Silicone Co. Celebrates 10th Anniversary

WACKER Asahikasei Silicone Co., Ltd. is celebrating its tenth anniversary today. The company, headquartered in Tokyo and with a production facility in Akeno, was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Munich-based chemical group WACKER and Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation.

From Wacker Chemie AG 7 Dec 2009

Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Firm Up Details of Western Australian Iron Ore Joint Venture

On 5 June 2009, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton signed an agreement of core principles to establish a production joint venture covering the entirety of both companies' Western Australian iron ore assets. The companies hav...

From BHP 6 Dec 2009

Dow Corning to Highlight Eco-Solutions for Demin Finishing at AATCC Symposium

Dow Corning Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative silicone solutions for the textile industry, will present "Differentiate your garments using a green wash" at AATCC's Fashion Garment Washing Sympos...

From Dow Corning 4 Dec 2009

Dow Corning Win Innovation in Technology Award

Dow Corning was presented with an Innovation in Technology Award by the Aberdeen Group at the annual Chief Procurement Officer Summit held in Boston, MA. The award recognizes companies that maximize available technology ...

4 Dec 2009

Large Hadron Collider becomes World's Highest Energy Particle Accelerator

CERN's Large Hadron Collider has become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the p...

4 Dec 2009

Alcoa's Kawneer Business Launches Program to Reduce Energy Costs

Alcoa's Kawneer business has joined together with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change to launch Make an Impact, an interactive environmental program designed to help individuals manage their carbon footprint and ...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 4 Dec 2009

Air Products Signs Long Term Hydrogen Supply Deal with Shell

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it has signed a long-term agreement to supply hydrogen to Shell for one of the new units at its refinery complex near Rotterdam, the Netherl...

From Air Products PLC 4 Dec 2009

Air Products Completes Sale of Polyurethane Pre-Polymers Business

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today said it has completed the previously announced sale of the assets of its polyurethane pre-polymers business, marketed under the Airthane and Versathane tradenames to COIM USA Inc., a fully o...

From Air Products PLC 4 Dec 2009

Polymer Group Acquire Nonwovens Businesses from Grupo Corinpa

Polymer Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: POLGA; POLGB) (PGI) today announced it has completed the initial phase of the previously announced acquisition of the Barcelona, Spain-based Tesalca-Texnovo nonwovens businesses f...

4 Dec 2009

Thermoplastic Elastomer with Double the Adhesive Strength of Standard TPEs

Innovation by Teknor Apex Company has yielded thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds with double the adhesive strength of standard TPEs when over-molded onto high-density polyethylene (HDPE) substrates, it was announced today by the company’s Thermoplastic Elastomer Division. The new technology will be introduced by Teknor Apex at MD&M West in February 2010.

From Teknor Apex 4 Dec 2009

Peptides Assembled at the Nanoscale Form Self-Cleaning Surface for Windows and Solar Cells

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, details a breakthrough in assembling peptides at the nano-scale level that could make these futuristic visions come true in just a few years.

4 Dec 2009

A Single Phosphorus Atom in Silicon Used to Build a Transistor

Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University of Melbourne (Australia) have succeeded in building a working transistor, whose active region compos...

4 Dec 2009