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Research on Paper Whiteness Attracts International Attention

Whiter paper and better color reproduction are examples of important competitive advantages on an international market. But how white is a paper? And why do vacation photos turn out so dark if you don’t buy expensive photo paper? Per Edström at Mid Sweden University has attracted international attention for his research.

22 Oct 2009

LyondellBasell Launch New Polyethylene Resin for Flexible Packaging Applications

LyondellBasell Industries today announced the commercial launch of a new polyethylene (PE) resin for potential use in a wide range of customer blown film applications. The new Lupolen GX 4081 grade features a superior ba...

From LyondellBasell Industries 22 Oct 2009

Morgan Advanced Materials Pioneers New Flow Modelling Technique for Ceramic Cores

Morgan Advanced Materials, Certech, has pioneered a new flow modelling technique for the design of ceramic cores used in the manufacturing process of high performance parts for the aerospace, automotive and medical marke...

From Morgan Advanced Materials 22 Oct 2009

$6.5 million Grant to Develop Improved Electric Propulsion Systems for Satellites

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems used to control the positions of satellites and planetary probes.

22 Oct 2009

The Center for Nanoscale Materials Dedicates SPM Building

The Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new scanning probing microscopy building recently during its annual users conference.

22 Oct 2009

Ausmelt Provide Exclusive Due Diligence Period for Prospective Buyer

Further to the Company's announcement on 19 October 2009 of the receipt of an indicative non binding offer, Ausmelt has provided an exclusive due diligence period and entered into a "No Shop No Talk" obliga...

22 Oct 2009

UPM to Take Full Control of Uruguayan Pulp Mill

UPM, Metsäliitto Cooperative, M-real Corporation, and Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab (Botnia) have today signed an agreement according to which Metsäliitto's and Botnia's share of the Fray Bentos pulp mill and...

22 Oct 2009

NLMK Commission Another Hot Dip Galvanizing Line

NLMK has commissioned the fourth Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line (HDGL-4) with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes at the main production site in Lipetsk. The thinner galvanized steel (up to 0.22mm) will allow the Company to e...

22 Oct 2009

UCSB Order Atomic Layer Deposition Tool from Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a leading manufacturer of systems for etch, deposition and thin film growth, is pleased to announce an order from University of California Santa Barbara, (UCSB) CA, USA for its FlexAL Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) tool.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 22 Oct 2009

Wacker Inaugurates New Polymer Technical Center in Pennsylvania

Wacker Chemie AG inaugurated its new technical center in Allentown (Pennsylvania, USA) today. Equipped with lab facilities, the center will develop and test polymer products chiefly for applications in the construction, ...

From Wacker Chemie AG 22 Oct 2009

Carl Zeiss SteREO Discovery Microscopes Transform into Single Channel Zoom Niroscopes

The Carl Zeiss SteREO Discovery range of stereomicroscopes can now be transformed into a single-channel zoom microscope at the touch of a button with a coded, three-position nosepiece and motorized Y intermediate tube.

22 Oct 2009

PPG Breaks Ground on Chinese Resin Plant

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first resin production facility in mainland China at the Zhangjiagang Yangtze International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu province. Resins are ke...

From PPG Industries Inc. 22 Oct 2009

Kinking Nanowires Introduces More Functions

Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions.

22 Oct 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Could be Good for Agriculture

With potential adverse health and environmental effects often in the news about nanotechnology, scientists in Arkansas are reporting that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could have beneficial effects in agriculture.

22 Oct 2009

Green Glues Inspired by Spider Web Glue

With would-be goblins and ghosts set to drape those huge fake spider webs over doorways and trees for Halloween, scientists in Wyoming are reporting on a long-standing mystery about real spider webs: It is the secret of spider web glue. The findings are an advance toward a new generation of biobased adhesives and glues - "green" glues that replace existing petroleum-based products for a range of uses.

22 Oct 2009