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Online Polyolefins Business Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

This year marks the fifth anniversary of LyondellBasell Industries’ unique no-frills, online polyolefins business channel, Alastian.

20 May 2009

LyondellBasell Expands Turkish Polyolefins Supply Network

LyondellBasell Industries announced today that its polyolefins supply network in Turkey will be expanded with the opening of additional product distribution facilities throughout the country. The network expansion is sch...

20 May 2009

Leading Plastics Solutions Provider Plans Major Expansion into China

Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, is gearing up its operations to support its customers all over China with major investments here and in Singapore and the Middle East. Borouge...

From Borouge 20 May 2009

Advanced Designs for Bridges of the Future

The TECNALIA Technological Corporation have taken part, through its Construction Unit, in the European research project, "Competitive steel and composite bridges by innovative steel plated structures - COMBRI",...

20 May 2009

Leading Turkish Steel Manufacturer to Implement SteelPlanner

Erdemir - the Turkish number one in steel production - and AIS - leader in Manufacturing Execution Systems and Advanced Planning and Scheduling Solutions for the steel industry - start a strong and long term collaboratio...

From Primetals Technologies Limited 20 May 2009

Novel Approach Estimates How Much Nano-Sized Titanium Dioxide is being Produced

Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being produced, it is almost impossible for scientists to determine if it poses any threat to the environment or human health.

20 May 2009

Coating Prevents Silver from Tarnishing

Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group Plc, the advanced materials company, announced that it has developed a 1nm thick, environmentally friendly Onto coating that acts to protect silver against tarnishing. The effect of atm...

20 May 2009

Custom Made Biomedical Devices Made with Origami and Nanotechnology

By combining the art of origami with nanotechnology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have folded sheets of DNA into multilayered objects with dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of a human h...

20 May 2009

Nanotechnology Leads to High Density Data Storage with Life Expectancy of a Billion Years

Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton. The denser you pack, the quicker it spoils. The 10 to 100 gigabits of data per square inch on today's memory cards has an estimated life expectancy of only 10 to 30 years.

20 May 2009

Permanent Antifogging Coating for Windscreens and Glasses

In an advance toward preventing car windshields and eyeglasses from fogging up, researchers in China are reporting development of a new way to make raspberry-shaped nanoparticles that can give glass a permanent antifogging coating.

20 May 2009

Invisibility Just got Easier with Tapered Waveguide Technology

Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before and possibly leading to practical applications in "transformation optics."

20 May 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Detect, Track and Kill Cancer Cells

Nanotechnology scientists at two Arkansas research institutions have developed a method of detecting, tracking, and killing cancer cells in real time with carbon nanotubes. The discovery opens the prospect of a new, m...

20 May 2009

Five Dimensional Disks that Store 2000 Times as Much as Current DVD

Futuristic discs with a storage capacity 2,000 times that of current DVDs could be just around the corner, thanks to new research from Swinburne University of Technology. For the first time researchers from the university's Centre for Micro-Photonics have demonstrated how nanotechnology can enable the creation of 'five dimensional' discs with huge storage capacities.

20 May 2009

New Lower Cost Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coating for Automotive Exhausts

Zircotec has developed a new lower cost derivative of its high performance ThermoHold based thermal barrier coatings. Performance and classic car owners wishing to use plasma sprayed thermal barriers but previously d...

20 May 2009

Repulpable Coatings Replace Wax Coated Boxes in Meat Packaging

Michelman is helping its meat packaging customers convert from waxed boxes to coated boxes with a variety of repulpable coatings.

From Michelman Inc 20 May 2009

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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Online Polyolefins Business Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

LyondellBasell Expands Turkish Polyolefins Supply Network

Leading Plastics Solutions Provider Plans Major Expansion into China

Advanced Designs for Bridges of the Future

Leading Turkish Steel Manufacturer to Implement SteelPlanner

Novel Approach Estimates How Much Nano-Sized Titanium Dioxide is being Produced

Coating Prevents Silver from Tarnishing

Custom Made Biomedical Devices Made with Origami and Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Leads to High Density Data Storage with Life Expectancy of a Billion Years

Permanent Antifogging Coating for Windscreens and Glasses

Invisibility Just got Easier with Tapered Waveguide Technology

Carbon Nanotubes Detect, Track and Kill Cancer Cells

Five Dimensional Disks that Store 2000 Times as Much as Current DVD

New Lower Cost Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coating for Automotive Exhausts

Repulpable Coatings Replace Wax Coated Boxes in Meat Packaging

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How to Assess the Thermomechanical Integrity of Thin Films and Nano-Interconnects

Navigating the EU Methane Regulations with LDAR Strategies

Reshaping Metallographic Sample Preparation

ultraWAVE 3: Single reaction chamber technology

The SF-10 Laboratory Pump: Key Features for Fluid Handling Excellence

Automated Sample Prep with ZEISS Crossbeam 550 Samplefab

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Preparation of Thin Sections for Mineral Samples

What FIFRA Means for Commercial Sterilizers using Ethylene Oxide

Composites for Stronger Seawall Replacements

Studying Triplet States and Singlet Oxygen Generation in Photosensitizers

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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How to Assess the Thermomechanical Integrity of Thin Films and Nano-Interconnects

Navigating the EU Methane Regulations with LDAR Strategies

Reshaping Metallographic Sample Preparation

1TANAKA to Provide Medals for the Tokyo Marathon 2025 That Represent All the Participants in the Event with Woven Lines

2New Alloy Beats Invar’s Thermal Stability

3Stable Lithium Plating and Stripping Mechanism in Anode-Less Lithium Batteries

4Jabil Recognizes Nordson Electronics Solutions with the 2024 Best Strategic Supplier Award

5Argonne Research Advances Solid-State Batteries

6New Bio-Based Thermoset Offers Durability and Recyclability

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