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Tetra Pak to Purchase Renewable HDPE from Baskem

Tetra Pak has reached agreement with the largest Brazilian petrochemical company, Braskem SA, to purchase limited volumes of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) derived entirely from a renewable feedstock. The agreement rep...

30 Nov 2009

Home Builder Magazine Recognizes Weyerhaeuser's Superior Engineered Wood Products

iLevel by Weyerhaeuser has long been a leader in innovation and technology in the structural frame products industry. From products such as Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lumber in the 1920s to Trus Joist company's invention ...

30 Nov 2009

Deadline Fast Approaching for Toxic Drywall Complaints

For 100,000's of thousands of US Citizens living with toxic Chinese drywall, this will not be a very good Thanksgiving weekend. According to Americas Watchdog's Chinese Drywall Complaint Center," there has n...

30 Nov 2009

Leading Urethane and Polyurethane Manufacturer Launches New Website

Sunray, Incorporated - one of the leading urethane and polyurethane manufacturing companies in North America - recently unveiled a completely revamped website: www.sunray-inc.com. The new site extends the company&#39...

30 Nov 2009

Leading Online Diamond Jeweller Bans Diamonds from Zimbabwe

DiamondGeezer.com, a leading online fine diamond jeweller has implemented an immediate trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields due to severe human rights violations. The ban does not apply ...

30 Nov 2009

Innovative Authorized Installer Program Offered by Metal Building Fabricator

VersaTube® Building Systems has announced the launch of a new Authorized Installer Program designed to link local contractors with building installation experience to its customers in need of installation services. For many licensed construction contractors and handymen, this program represents an opportunity to add a new revenue stream in an otherwise challenging economic market.

30 Nov 2009

Polymers Used to Clean Cooling Water from Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Power could solve our energy problems but it has rather nasty by-products: radioactive waste. And this does not only concern the old core rods whose disposal causes a lot of problems. Reactor operation also bring...

29 Nov 2009

Multiferroics Make More Compact and Energy Efficient Digital Memory Possible

Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of CNRS and CEA researchers has recently demonstrated that it is feasible, thanks to a new class of materials known as multiferroics, which combine unusual electric and magnetic properties.

29 Nov 2009

Measuring Large Objects with High Degrees of Accuracy

Engineers at the University of Bath have opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory that allows them to measure very large objects, such as aeroplane wings, to within a fraction of a millimetre.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 29 Nov 2009

EPMA to Launch Hot Isostatic Pressing Group

Hot Isostatic Pressing of metal powders is a dynamic industry sector with many of its leading companies based in Europe. As a result of discussions between members of the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) who...

29 Nov 2009

Scientists Find Evidence of Confinement Using Neutron Scattering

The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind together to form protons and neutrons. Now Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin tog...

29 Nov 2009

Technology to Help Create Integrated Circuits of the Future

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create future integrated circuits.

29 Nov 2009

Confinement of Spinons Helps Describe the Fundamental Interaction of Quarks

An experiment has confirmed that spinons, particle-like magnetic excitations, can be confined in a magnetic insulator similar to the way elementary quarks are confined within individual protons and neutrons. The finding,...

29 Nov 2009

Semiconducting Nanowires Bring New Generation Electronics Closer to Reality

A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers at IBM, Purdue University and the University of California at Los Angeles.

26 Nov 2009

Nanostructures Could Make Tap-Proof Data Transmission Possible

Würzburg physicists are global leaders in the creation of sophisticated nanostructures. The fruits of their research could make tap-proof data transmission a possibility in the future.

26 Nov 2009