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Electric Car Seeks to Cut Carbon Emissions

A leading UK university and NHS Trust are piloting an exclusive electric car trail to help cut carbon emissions throughout the region. Aston University in Birmingham and North Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trus...

12 Jan 2009

Dow to Sell Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Business

As part of its strategy to become a consistent earnings growth company, The
Dow Chemical Company announced the sale of the primary assets from Dow's
Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) business to The Lubrizol Corporation. Financial
terms of the sale were not disclosed.

12 Jan 2009

Aluminium Manufacturer Hydro Get a News CEO

Svein Richard Brandtzæg has been named chief executive of Norsk
Hydro ASA, following the resignation of Eivind Reiten, effective March 30,
2009. Reiten has informed the Board of Directors that he wishes to step down
after nearly eight years heading the company.

12 Jan 2009

DuPont Innovation Centre Gets Solar Power

The completed renovation project of the Innovation Center at the DuPont
Experimental Station in Wilmington, Del., in mid-2008, included the installation
of a solar energy system which was funded in part by the State of Delaware’s
Green Energy Program. The photovoltaic (PV) panels of the system, which are
located on the roof of the building, collect solar energy and convert it to
provide 30 kilowatts of power each day. It provides enough electricity to power
all of the lights in the building. The system is expected to have a useful life
of at least 25 years.

12 Jan 2009

Approval Granted for Construction of State of the Art Synchotron Light Source II

To advance its science mission that focuses on critical national challenges,
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction start of the
state-of-the-art National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven
National Laboratory.

12 Jan 2009

US Air Force Looks to Robots to Refuel F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Air Force Research Laboratory's
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate officials here are developing an automated
aircraft refueling system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

12 Jan 2009

Boston Rack Adds Environmentall Friendly Conveyor Systems to Its Product Range

Boston Rack International, Inc., a leading provider of storage solutions in the U.S. and overseas, has announced the expansion of its line of environmentally-friendly products with the introduction of the AutoRoll™ conve...

12 Jan 2009

Engineering Firm Relocates to Green Premises

KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices in the Northeast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, has moved its Hunt Valley, Md., headquarters to a new green building located at the Highlands Office ...

12 Jan 2009

New Labor Agreement Ratified by AK Steel Subsidiary

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that members of United Steelworkers of America (USW) Local 1915 have ratified a new labor agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiary, AK Tube LLC, covering about 100 hourly production and ...

From Cleveland-Cliffs 12 Jan 2009

Collaboration Seeks to Refine and Validate Advanced Designs for E-Beam Solutions for 45 and 32nm Nodes

E-beam supplier Vistec, along with semiconductor research group CEA/Leti, and emerging design and software company D2S, today announced a collaboration focused on refining and validating advanced design-for-e-beam (DFEB)...

12 Jan 2009

Polymer Layers and Nanoparticles Provides Precise Targeted Drug Delivery Mechanism

A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide
drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body,
according to a team of chemical engineers.

12 Jan 2009

Manufacturer Turns to BASF to Retrofit Roller Shutter Casings

In order to retrofit roller shutter casings with thermal and acoustic insulation,
BOSIG GmbH, Germany, has turned to BASF's
Basotect. This lightweight, flame-retardant foam is used in the Rolaflex
system, which simply and cost-effectively provides built-in or walled-in roller
shutter casings with energy-efficient thermal and acoustic insulation.

12 Jan 2009

Attractive Plastics Help the Ford F-150 Scoop Prestigious Award

Contemporary automotive design has seen the growing importance of the lamp
bezel as a key styling feature. Whether the demand is for metallic, textured
or body-color, SABIC
Innovative Plastics' broad portfolio of special effects resins offers an
expanding selection of materials to help designs stand out from the competition.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 12 Jan 2009

Conventional Theories Cannot Explain Superconductivity in Iron Arsenide Materials

Scientists at U.S.
Department
of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering
to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors
cannot be explained by conventional theories.

11 Jan 2009

Infrared Technique Maps Strain in Semiconductors

A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the
Max
Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report
the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in
semiconductors.

11 Jan 2009