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Student Wins Award for Art with Glass

A Sydney College of the Arts student who makes surrealist objects out of exquisitely etched glass has been winning awards and accolades. Lee Mathers' work explores how people have been fascinated throughout history wi...

12 Mar 2008

Purdue Leads Center to Develop Advanced Simulations for Commercial and Defense Applications

The National Nuclear Security Administration will award a $17 million cooperative agreement for a research center at Purdue's Discovery Park to develop advanced simulations to perfect the devices for commercial and defense applications.

12 Mar 2008

Silicon Carbide-Based Ceramics Head into Space on Space Shuttle

A suite of materials developed at the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) are loaded and ready to lift off on the space shuttle Endeavor

12 Mar 2008

Rio Tinto Alcan to Develop Energy Saving Technology from Aluminum Smelting

Rio Tinto Alcan announced today at the TMS 2008 Conference in New Orleans, USA that it has begun development on the next generation of its AP Technology series. To be called AP-Xe, this new technology could potentially l...

12 Mar 2008

Globally More than 282 Million Cubic Meters of Wood Panel to be Consumed by 2010

The recent drop in new housing construction in the US has resulted in good bargains for structural wood panels and other engineered wood products as against the recent past, when demand and supply of such products had be...

12 Mar 2008

Bayer MaterialScience Develops High Tech Composite Seat Cushions for Luxury Yachts

Without a doubt, the "Kaϊdoz 31" from the French yacht manufacturer Kaϊdoz Plaisance embodies the spirit of its slogan "Vivre La Mer Autrement" ("A different approach to sailing"). In this innovative vessel, th...

12 Mar 2008

Report shows Building Materials to Top US$391 Billion by 2010 Globally

A sluggish demand scenario is expected for US with decline in housing starts, bulk inventories of unsold homes and strict economic regulations. The construction demand is gradually shifting towards emerging markets with ...

12 Mar 2008

Renault Acquire Fonderie Aluminum de Cleon from Bavaria Industriekapital

The aluminium high-pressure die-caster Fonderie Aluminium de Cléon (FAC) owned by BAVARIA Industriekapital AG ("BAVARIA") delivers transmission housings and engine blocks to Renault, PSA and Getrag Ford. B...

12 Mar 2008

EPMA Release New Revised Edition of their Flagship Document-Introduction to Powder Metallurgy, The Process and its Products

The 6th Edition of the European Powder Metallurgy Association’s ‘Introduction to Powder Metallurgy, The Process and its Products’ is now available to order from the EPMA website, Publications section. The original 19...

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 12 Mar 2008

Goodyear Recognized as Fortune's World Most Admired Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, North America's leading tire maker, has been recognized as the world's most admired motor vehicle parts company by Fortune magazine. Goodyear topped the list of leading companies i...

12 Mar 2008

U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory Partners with Science and Engineering Companies leading to Nuclear Fuel Test Success

David Petti, Sc.D., and technical director for the INL research, says the team used reverse engineering methods to help turn the fuel test failures from the early 1990s into successes in 2008. “We wanted to close this lo...

12 Mar 2008

Power Bolt Micro Thermal Generator Creates Electricity from Excess Heat

Micropelt GmbH, manufacturer of thin-film thermoelectric chip-like devices, announces the TE-Power-Bolt, a voltage adjustable thermal battery that uses excess heat to generate electrical energy for devices that consume only a few milliwatts (mW) of power, such as wireless sensor nodes.

12 Mar 2008