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DSM Now Offers Piezoelectric Actuators for Motion Control in Non-Magnetic and Vacuum Environments

Dynamic Structures and Materials (DSM) has expanded its portfolio of customizable FlexFrame PiezoActuators™. DSM's FlexFrame PiezoActuator™ product family can be custom-configured for unique geometric...

18 Jan 2009

Exhibitors Cramming for Space at UK Micro Precision and Nano Manufacturing Event

Following the highly successful first edition of MM Live 2008, the UK Micro Precision and Nano Manufacturing Event, demand for exhibition space has proven extremely high. With nine months still to go before the doors o...

16 Jan 2009

New Liquid Crystal Technology Will Allow Creation of New Optical Components

Dr Tim
Wilkinson from the Cambridge
University Department of Engineering's Photonics Research Group has made
an exciting breakthrough. He has combined liquid crystals with vertically grown
carbon nanotubes to create a reconfigurable three-dimensional liquid crystal
device structure.

16 Jan 2009

UK Aluminium Smelter Expected to Stop Production Later This Year

Anglesey Aluminium Metal, jointly owned by Rio Tinto Alcan (51 per cent) and Kaiser Aluminum (49 per cent), anticipates that it will end smelting operations at the end of September 2009 when its current power contract ex...

From Kaiser Aluminum 15 Jan 2009

BASF to Close Korean Butanediol and THF Plant

BASF
plans to permanently close its production facility for 1,4-butanediol (BDO)
and tetrahydrofuran (THF) in Ulsan, which has been temporarily shut down since
August 2008, and the company will continue to supply related customers via its
global network. BASF’s PolyTHF plant in Ulsan will continue to operate
with feedstock from the network accordingly.

15 Jan 2009

Methane Discovered on Mars

A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active. The team f...

15 Jan 2009

mPhase Provide Update on Smart Nanobattery Development

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News) today provided updated information on the Phase II development project it is working on for the United States Army STTR Program. In September 2008, mPhase was contracted ...

15 Jan 2009

Qatar to Get Aluminium Research and Training Center

Hydro
will establish a research and training center in Qatar, called the Hydro Technology
Center. The center will be located at the Qatar Science & Technology Park
in Doha, and is scheduled to open this spring. An agreement between Hydro and
Qatar Science & Technology Park was signed on Wednesday.

15 Jan 2009

Inventors Seek Patent for Microfluidics Reaction Technology

Microfluidics has filed for a patent on its Microfluidics Reaction Technology (MRT), which will enable companies and research organizations to develop and manufacture smaller-sized nanoparticles than previously possible ...

15 Jan 2009

Finance Secured for High Performance Electric Motor Technology

Austin-based KLD Energy Technologies, Inc., developers of a high-performance electric motor system technology, announce the completion of a $1 million financing round from a private investment group. The company leverage...

15 Jan 2009

SkyRay Release New Handheld XRF Analyzer

Skyray XRF
has officially released the newest version of their Handheld XRF Analyzer to
the North American market. The Pocket-III builds upon the strengths of previous
versions with the addition of various features and application capabilities.

15 Jan 2009

Dow Corning Education Center Awarded Eco-Center Status

An education center at Dow
Corning’s manufacturing site in the UK has been awarded Eco-Center
status because of the high level of sustainability practices it follows.

From Dow Corning 15 Jan 2009

Thai Chemists Win Award for Journal Publication

Global publisher John
Wiley & Sons, Inc, announced today that two
outstanding young Thai chemists have been selected as the recipients of the
Wiley-CST Award for Outstanding Publication 2008.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 15 Jan 2009

Is Sprintronics the Future Replacement for Electronics?

Many hopes are pinned on spintronics. In the future it could replace electronics, which in the race to produce increasingly rapid computer components, must at sometime reach its limits. Different from electronics, where ...

15 Jan 2009

BASF Showcase Sustainable Construction Technologies in Abu Dhabi

As a leading global partner to the construction industry, BASF
is exhibiting at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
from January 19 to 21, 2009. The event is hosted by the project organization
for the future city of Masdar, which aims to set new standards with a zero-carbon
energy supply system. Masdar is scheduled to be ready for occupation by 50,000
people in 2016.

15 Jan 2009