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New British Science and Technology Facilities Council Announced

The British Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Sainsbury, has confirmed that the new large facilities council would be called the "Science and Technology Facilities Council". The new name reflects th...

14 Nov 2006

De Beers Opens Canadian Diamond Display Centre

De Beers Canada has announced the opening of its Diamond Display Centre, the first of its kind in Canada and the first such permanent display outside of the Diamond Trading Company in London. The Diamond Display Centre, ...

14 Nov 2006

Rand Says Renewable Energy Could Play Larger Role in US Energy Future

Renewable resources could produce 25 percent of the electricity and motor vehicle fuels used in the United States by 2025 at little or no additional cost if fossil fuel prices remain high enough and the cost of producing...

14 Nov 2006

Biotechnology Applied to the Paper Industry

The principal raw material used for manufacturing paper pulp is wood. However, growing demand in the paper industry, at a time of dwindling forest resources, have compelled the sector to turn to other sources of raw mate...

14 Nov 2006

ALTRAN Unveils Three New Eco-Innovative Concepts

ALTRAN, the European leader in innovation and high technology consulting, unveiled at the EcoBuilding Performance Forum on the 8-9 of November in Paris, three new eco-innovative concepts, to enable the best use of energy...

14 Nov 2006

Electrostatics Could Lead to Smaller, Cheaper Laser Printers

Recent advances in the basic science of electrostatics could soon lead to color laser printers that are cheaper and up to 70 percent smaller than current models, a physicist reports at this week's AVS International S...

14 Nov 2006

Novel 3-Dimensional Magnetic Polymer Discovered

Up to now it has not been possible to fabricate magnets from organic materials, like for example plastics. Recently, however, experiments at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in collaboration with an international...

14 Nov 2006

Ferro Plans Closure of Ceramics Manufacturing Plant in 2007

Ferro Corporation announced today that it plans to close its Niagara Falls, New York, facility by the end of 2007. Approximately 150 employees are located at the facility, which supplies a range of dielectric and indu...

14 Nov 2006

Borouge Pipes Get Registered with International Traceability Coding

Three Borouge Borstar® PE pipe grades are now registered with the international Traceability coding (Traccoding) to fulfil the ISO12176-4 (2003). Traccoding is an encoding system for PE piping systems, covering r...

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Australian Coal Specialist Expands into Metals Industry by Acquiring Metal Services Group

After years of dominating the Australian coal infrastructure sector, engineering group Sedgman Limited is expanding into the broader metals industry with the $65 million acquisition of operations services group Pac-Rim. ...

14 Nov 2006

Hydro to Divest Automotive Components Operations

Hydro intends to divest its Automotive Components operations as part of the company's strategy to reduce engagement in downstream aluminium while investing in the repositioning of metal production operations. &ldq...

14 Nov 2006

Toshiba Develops Gallium Nitride Power FET with Superior Performance to Gallium Arsenide

Toshiba Corporation today announced development of a gallium nitride (GaN) power field effect transistor (FET) that far surpasses the operating performance of gallium arsenide (GaAs) FET widely used in microwave solid-st...

14 Nov 2006

RUSAL, SUAL and Glencore Seek Approval to Set Up Aluminium Giant

RUSAL, SUAL and Glencore have submitted a petition to the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service seeking approval for the united company to acquire the assets of RUSAL and SUAL. The United company RUSAL will include the...

14 Nov 2006

Diffraction Images of Non-Crystalline Materials Obtained for the First Time Using X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Flash

Using the unique soft X-ray free-electron laser FLASH at DESY in Hamburg, an international team of scientists achieved a world first by taking a high-resolution diffraction image of a non-crystalline sample with a single...

14 Nov 2006

ThyssenKrupp Committed to Acquiring Dofasco and Expanding into North America

On January 26, 2006, ThyssenKrupp AG concluded an agreement with Mittal Steel Company N.V. under which Mittal Steel undertook to sell the Canadian steel producer Dofasco to ThyssenKrupp at a price of CAD68 per share in t...

14 Nov 2006

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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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New British Science and Technology Facilities Council Announced

De Beers Opens Canadian Diamond Display Centre

Rand Says Renewable Energy Could Play Larger Role in US Energy Future

Biotechnology Applied to the Paper Industry

ALTRAN Unveils Three New Eco-Innovative Concepts

Electrostatics Could Lead to Smaller, Cheaper Laser Printers

Novel 3-Dimensional Magnetic Polymer Discovered

Ferro Plans Closure of Ceramics Manufacturing Plant in 2007

Borouge Pipes Get Registered with International Traceability Coding

Australian Coal Specialist Expands into Metals Industry by Acquiring Metal Services Group

Hydro to Divest Automotive Components Operations

Toshiba Develops Gallium Nitride Power FET with Superior Performance to Gallium Arsenide

RUSAL, SUAL and Glencore Seek Approval to Set Up Aluminium Giant

Diffraction Images of Non-Crystalline Materials Obtained for the First Time Using X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Flash

ThyssenKrupp Committed to Acquiring Dofasco and Expanding into North America

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Reshaping Metallographic Sample Preparation

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

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High-Throughput Configurable Raman Probes for Versatile Applications

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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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2Converting 2D Kaolinite into 3D Amorphous Cement

3Atomic-Scale Platinum Clusters for Efficient Catalysis

4Emerson Helps Oil and Gas Company Meet Emissions Standards with New Electric Dump Valves

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