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Norilsk Nickel Makes Bid to Acquire LionOre

OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel today announced that it will make an all-cash offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of LionOre Mining International Ltd. at a price of Cdn$21.50 in cash per LionOre common share. ...

3 May 2007

Early Warning System for Detecting Fatigue Cracks in Aircraft

Today's aircraft are in service virtually around the clock and must operate reliably and safely at all times. An active sensor system helps to detect concealed fatigue cracks in aircraft bodies, thus reducing mainten...

3 May 2007

Acumentrics Launch New Web Site to Aid Fuel Cell Consumers

Acumentrics Corporation, a leading developer of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) for the distributed generation market, announced today that they have launched a new website to bette...

3 May 2007

Solar Power Turns Mobility Scooters Green

Solar powered mobility scooters could soon be on the streets thanks to the work of a student at The University of Nottingham. Matt Alvey, who is studying Architecture and Environmental Design, says the photovoltaic (sola...

3 May 2007

Metal Injection Molding Produces Tiny Inner Ear Implants

The stirrup, a small bone in the human ear, can be accurately replicated using established production processes. By means of injection molding, researchers can now produce such tiny implants from biocompatible materials ...

3 May 2007

Rohm and Haas Sell European Automotive Coatings Business to Mader

Rohm and Haas Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its European Automotive Coatings business, including its manufacturing site in Strullendorf, Germany, to the Mäder Group, a leading independent manufac...

3 May 2007

Littlejohn to Buy Intertape Polymer

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. and Littlejohn & Co., LLC announced today that an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Littlejohn Fund III, L.P. will acquire all of the Company’s outstanding common shares at a pric...

3 May 2007

Celanese to Build Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Plant in China

Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, announced today that it will co-locate a new Celstran® long-fiber reinforced thermoplasic (LFRT) plant at Celanese’s integrated chemical comple...

3 May 2007

Researchers to Gauge Effect of Jet Engine Emissions on Climate Change

As part of a larger consortium, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla has developed a test that will, for the first time, allow scientists to accurately gauge the impact jet aircraft emissions have ...

2 May 2007

Breakthrough in The Understanding of Antiferromagnets

Collaborative research between scientists in the UK and USA has led to a major breakthrough in the understanding of antiferromagnets, published in this week’s Nature. Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnol...

2 May 2007

Kennametal Complete Acquisition of High-Purity Specialty Metals Products Manufacturer

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Purity Metal Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, International Specialty Alloys, Inc. (ISA). ISA manufactures ...

2 May 2007

Mondragon University Inaugurate New Micromanufacturing Facility

The Higher Polytechnic School at Mondragon University has inaugurated their new micromanufacturing laboratories located at the Garaia Innovation Pole and which is set to be a benchmark for research in Europe. The laborat...

2 May 2007

Toxic Mercury Detected Using Gold Nanoparticles

With gold nanoparticles, DNA and some smart chemistry as their tools, scientists at Northwestern University have developed a simple "litmus test" for mercury that eventually could be used for on-the-spot enviro...

2 May 2007

Researchers Capture Radium for the First Time Ever Using a Magneto-Optical Trap

Argonne researchers have successfully laser-cooled and trapped atoms of radium - the first time this rare element has been captured in a magneto-optical trap - with an assist from an unexpected source. The group of p...

2 May 2007

Ultra Fast LightSource Helps Reveal The Inner Workings of Atoms and Molecules

Researchers in Italy have created an ultrashort light pulse?a single isolated burst of extreme-ultraviolet light that lasts for only 130 attoseconds (billionths of a billionth of a second). Their achievement currently re...

2 May 2007

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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Norilsk Nickel Makes Bid to Acquire LionOre

Early Warning System for Detecting Fatigue Cracks in Aircraft

Acumentrics Launch New Web Site to Aid Fuel Cell Consumers

Solar Power Turns Mobility Scooters Green

Metal Injection Molding Produces Tiny Inner Ear Implants

Rohm and Haas Sell European Automotive Coatings Business to Mader

Littlejohn to Buy Intertape Polymer

Celanese to Build Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Plant in China

Researchers to Gauge Effect of Jet Engine Emissions on Climate Change

Breakthrough in The Understanding of Antiferromagnets

Kennametal Complete Acquisition of High-Purity Specialty Metals Products Manufacturer

Mondragon University Inaugurate New Micromanufacturing Facility

Toxic Mercury Detected Using Gold Nanoparticles

Researchers Capture Radium for the First Time Ever Using a Magneto-Optical Trap

Ultra Fast LightSource Helps Reveal The Inner Workings of Atoms and Molecules

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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Reshaping Metallographic Sample Preparation

How Advanced Particulate Monitors are Transforming Real-time Air Quality Management

Overcoming Challenges and Perfecting Techniques for Accurate XRF Analysis

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3Atomic-Scale Platinum Clusters for Efficient Catalysis

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