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UltraCell Awarded Contract for Advanced Manufacturing of Fuel Cells

UltraCell Corporation, a leading producer of reformed methanol fuel cells (RMFCs) for mobile power applications, today announced that the company has received a three-year, competitively-selected, cost-shared grant from ...

8 Dec 2008

Findings Show Public Divided on Nanotechnology

Public opinion surveys report that the small fraction of people who know about nanotechnology have a favorable view of it. This finding has led many to assume that the public at large will respond favorably to nanotechno...

8 Dec 2008

IBM Teams up with Harvard Researcher to Develop Organic Materials for Energy Efficient Solar Cells

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking effort will u...

8 Dec 2008

OSRAM Awarded German Sustainability Prize for Innovative Range of Energy Efficient Products

OSRAM was awarded the German Sustainability Prize on 5th December for its large product portfolio of energy efficient products and its exceptional research and development performance in this field.

8 Dec 2008

Micromeritics to Market Auxiliary Instruments to Compliment Its Own Range of Particle Characterization Products

Micromeritics
Instrument Corporation recently announced it will begin marketing an auxiliary
selection of OEM laboratory instruments to complement its line of particle characterization
products. These products will be sold under the umbrella brand, Particulate
Systems, in order to unite them under a single identity.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 8 Dec 2008

New Report Predicts the Future of the Organic Photovoltaics Market

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new addition to its lineup of solar industry research reports. The new report, “Organic Photovoltaics Materials Markets: 2009-2016” will be rele...

8 Dec 2008

New Report Examines New Technologies for Printing Organic Electronics

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new addition to its lineup of industry research reports. The new report, “The Future of Organic Electronics Manufacturing” will be released late...

8 Dec 2008

Nanomarkets to Release Industry Report on Conductive Coatings

NanoMarkets, NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new addition to its lineup of industry research reports. The new report, “Conductive Coatings Markets: 2008-2015” will be released ...

8 Dec 2008

The Future of CIGS Photovoltaics to be Released in January

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new addition to its lineup of solar industry research reports. The new report, “Materials Markets for CIGS Photovoltaics” will be released in la...

8 Dec 2008

New Report Outlines Opportunities for Catalysts in The Refining Petrochemical Industry

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new addition to its lineup of industry research reports. The new report, “Opportunities for Catalysts in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries: An...

8 Dec 2008

Porsche Design to be the First to Utilise Lithium Reserve Battery

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: XDSL.OB) released an 8-K statement announcing that it has signed a contract with the Porsche Design Studio to design a premium version of the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight. The Alway...

8 Dec 2008

Ford Takes Plastic Resins from Concept to Production to Increase the Efficiency of Its Cars

In order to help automotive OEMs meet key environmental challenges such as
fuel economy and emission targets, high-performance Noryl GTX* resins from SABIC
Innovative Plastics are moving from Ford concept vehicles into series production.

8 Dec 2008

Tough Economic Times Will See Dow Axe 5000 Jobs and Close 20 Facilities

The Dow Chemical
Company today announced a series of aggressive actions to accelerate
its transformational strategy in light of current economic realities.

8 Dec 2008

New Report Predicts Global Market for Conformal Coatings for Electronics will be Worth $9.1 Billion in 2013

According to a new technical market research report, CONFORMAL COATINGS IN
THE GLOBAL ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (IFT009D) from BCC
Research, the global market for conformal coating technology in electronics
is expected to be worth $6.6 billion in 2008. This will increase to over $9.1
billion in 2013, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8%.

8 Dec 2008

A Precious Metal May Hold to Key to Curing Cancer

A precious metal which has never before been used in a clinical setting is being developed as an anti-cancer agent by University of Warwick researchers. The metal, osmium, is closely related to platinum, which is wid...

8 Dec 2008