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New Bathroom and Kitchen Finishes Based on Recycled Glass

Vetrazzo, the original Recycled Glass Surface, unveils four gorgeous new earth-tone colors today that showcase the intersection of high design and respect for the environment.

3 May 2009

More Piezo Stage Options for Super Resolution Microscopists from Physik Instrumente

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. -- the inventor of Piezo-Z nanofocusing drives—has extended its line of piezo stages for super-resolution microscopy.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 3 May 2009

General Dynamics Awarded Contract to Construct Combat Trimaran for the US Navy

The U.S. Navy today awarded a contract to a Bath Iron Works-led team for the construction of Coronado (LCS 4), the second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to feature an innovative, high-speed trimaran hull. The 419-foot surfac...

3 May 2009

Thermal Spray Conference Forges on Despite Swine Flu Epidemic

The International Thermal Spray Conference & Exposition (ITSC 2009) event will go on next week as planned, May 4-7 in Las Vegas. "We look forward to welcoming our colleagues from throughout the world to ITSC,&qu...

From ASM International 30 Apr 2009

Siemens to Supply Gas Insulated High Voltage Switch Gear for Nitrogen Plant in Abu Dhabi

Siemens Energy is to supply gas-insulated 220-kV high-voltage switchgear (GIS) on a turnkey basis for power supply to an air separation plant for nitrogen production at a plant currently being built by Linde Engineering ...

30 Apr 2009

Carbon Free Buckyballs Synthesized

There are seven different possible structural forms that have 80 carbon atoms in a symmetrical, spherical arrangement. Among the forms that are so instable they have not previously been produced is the icosahedral version (icosahedron= twenty-sided figure).

Instead, a team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg has now synthesized the first example of an inorganic, carbon-free C80 analogue.

30 Apr 2009

European Photonics Community Bands Together for the Greater Good

An umbrella group set up to give direction to Europe's emerging photonics community has proposed a programme of strategic research and is calling for action to address a looming skills shortage. The photonics ind...

30 Apr 2009

Alcoa to Sell Wire Harness and Electrical Distribution Business

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has agreed to sell its wire harness and electrical distribution business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity group. The terms of the sale were not disclosed.

30 Apr 2009

Northwest National Laboratory to get Multimillion Dollar Energy Research Center

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers announced earlier this week by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.

30 Apr 2009

SpectraFluids to Help US Army Develop Explosives Detectors

SpectraFluidics Inc., a company that specializes in developing trace level chemical detection technology, recently expanded its relationship with the U.S. Army to develop the next generation of handheld explosive detecto...

30 Apr 2009

First Ever Carbon Nanotube Device that Can Detect the Entire Visible Spectrum of Light

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created the first carbon nanotube device that can detect the entire visible spectrum of light, a feat that could soon allow scientists to probe single molecule transformations, study how those molecules respond to light, observe how the molecules change shapes, and understand other fundamental interactions between molecules and nanotubes.

30 Apr 2009