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Moon Dwellings Made from Lunar Bricks

Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

5 Jan 2009

Automotive Interiors Made from Coconuts

A team of Baylor University researchers who have identified a variety of low-cost products that can be manufactured from coconuts in poor coastal regions have now developed a way to use coconut husks in automotive interiors.

5 Jan 2009

Despatch Industries Receive Large Order for Photovoltaic Manufacturing Equipment

Despatch Industries, a leading process technology provider for the solar industry, announces their recent large volume sale of photovoltaic manufacturing equipment. The sale goes to a European customer and is for multipl...

5 Jan 2009

EMI Now Offering Carborundum Premier Red Abrasives

EMI Supply Inc. announces the addition of Carborundum Premier Red Abrasives to its product offering. Carborundum Premier Red abrasives set the standard for quality and performance for any sanding application. Constru...

5 Jan 2009

Aerospace Aluminium Caliper Covers Improve Brake Performance

MGP Caliper Covers
demonstrate how caliper heat can be reduced by 25 to 50 degrees using Caliper
Covers, improving braking performance by reducing brake fade. The covers are
made of aerospace aluminum and act as a heat sink, dissipating the heat from
the caliper more efficiently.

5 Jan 2009

Nanomaterials Developer Awarded Contract by NASA

NEI Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of nanomaterials, announced that it has been awarded a prestigious NASA Research Announcement contract. In the initial phase of the contract, the company will use it...

5 Jan 2009

Magnets Help Provide Support for Elderly and Disabled Women

Coventry University has helped to develop a new bra for older and disabled women which replaces traditional fastenings with magnets. Birmingham company Adaptawear has worked with the University’s Health Design an...

5 Jan 2009

Cookson Completes Sale of Ceramic Filters Business

Cookson Group plc ("Cookson"), a leading materials science company, announces that on 23 December 2008 it completed the disposal of its Hi-Tech Ceramic filters business ("Hi-Tech") to companies owned ...

5 Jan 2009

General Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Axle Components Manufacturer

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced today that it completed the acquisition of AxleTech International from The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm, in late December. The companies announced plan...

5 Jan 2009

Lubrizol Adds Polyurethanes Business to Its Polymers Business

The
Lubrizol Corporation announced today that it has acquired the
thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) business from The Dow Chemical Company, a $54
billion diversified chemical company. This acquisition, structured as a sale
and purchase of assets, will expand Lubrizol’s Estane® Engineered
Polymers business. The Dow TPU business had 2007 revenues of approximately $85
million.

5 Jan 2009

Surrey Wins Major Grant for Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded
a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of
their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'. The three year
project, led by Professor Ravi Silva, Director of the Advanced Technology Institute,
aims to utilise the nanotechnological expertise of the institute in the design,
fabrication and characterisation of the organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells.

5 Jan 2009