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Phelps Dodge Completes Sale of Columbian Chemicals

Phelps Dodge has announced it has completed the sale of its Columbian Chemicals Co. subsidiary, a leading manufacturer of rubber and industrial carbon-black products, to a company owned jointly by One Equity Partners LLC...

20 Mar 2006

TCR Starts Material Testing Laboratory in Kuwait

TCR Engineering Services, a reputed and independent ISO 17025 certified material testing laboratory, today expanded its boundaries by initiating a joint venture in Kuwait. The new company will be called "TCR-KIL Kuw...

20 Mar 2006

World's First Completely Transparent Integrated Circuit from Inorganic Compounds

Researchers at Oregon State University have created the world's first completely transparent integrated circuit from inorganic compounds, another major step forward for the rapidly evolving field of transparent elect...

20 Mar 2006

Newly Identified Process Could Play Key Role in Secure Sub-Seabed Storage of CO2 Produced by Fossil-Fuelled Power Stations

A natural physical process has been identified that could play a key role in secure sub-seabed storage of carbon dioxide produced by fossil-fuelled power stations. With EPSRC funding, a team at the Centre for Gas Hyd...

20 Mar 2006

Siemens to Supply Texas with 70 New Wind Turbines

Siemens Power Generation’s (PG) wind power division has received an order for 161 megawatts (MW) of wind turbines for the Wildorado Wind Ranch which will be located near Amarillo, Texas. These turbines have the pot...

17 Mar 2006

Eastman Introduces Scented Glass Polymer

Eastman Chemical Company has introduced Chocolatine, a new marketing concept using The Glass Polymer specialty copolyester, to deliver encapsulated fragrances in packaging for the cosmetics and personal care markets. Cho...

17 Mar 2006

Smorgon Steel Group Acquires the Operating Assets of Australian Colour Coaters

Smorgon Steel Group has agreed to acquire the operating assets of Australian Colour Coaters (ACC) for an undisclosed consideration. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on 31 March 2006. Under Smorgon Steel...

17 Mar 2006

Corus to Sell Aluminium Rolled Products and Extrusions Businesses to Aleris International

Corus Group and Aleris International have announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent for the proposed acquisition by Aleris of Corus’ downstream aluminium rolled products and extrusions businesses for a gro...

17 Mar 2006

Boeing Selects Goodrich for 787 Dreamliner

Boeing has selected Goodrich Corporation to supply the flight deck lighting system and cabin attendant seating for the 787 Dreamliner. Very few work packages remain to be awarded on the 787 program. "Goodrich und...

17 Mar 2006

Basell Now Licensing Metocene PP Technology

Basell has announced the company will start licensing on a worldwide basis its Metocene PP technology, which is used in the production of polyolefins based on single-site catalyst systems. “Metocene PP technolog...

17 Mar 2006

Industry Commits to Eliminate Added Mercury in Button Cell Batteries

Mercury deposits that build up in lakes and streams develop into methylmercury, which can accumulate to harmful levels in fish and the people and animals that consume them. Depending on the level of exposure, methylmercu...

17 Mar 2006

Optical Fiber and Silicon/Germanium Combined

Optical fiber helped bring us the Internet, and silicon/germanium devices brought us microelectronics. Now, a joint team from Penn State University and the University of Southampton has developed a new way to combine the...

17 Mar 2006

Advances in Use of Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy in the Study of High-Tc Superconductors

In the twenty years since the discovery of high-temperature (Tc) superconductors, scientists have been trying to understand the mechanism by which electrons pair up and move coherently to carry electrical current with no...

17 Mar 2006

Malvern Particle Size Analyzer Wins Innovation Award

The Malvern ALISS at-line particle size analyzer has been named winner of the Powder/Bulk Solids 2005 Innovation Award in the Processing category. According to the organisers, the award recognizes the quality and efficie...

17 Mar 2006

How to Create a Low Carbon Economy

How we exploit world leading technologies that deliver a low carbon economy for the UK is the challenge facing hundreds of opinion formers from the worlds of science, industry and government who are gathering in London t...

16 Mar 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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Phelps Dodge Completes Sale of Columbian Chemicals

TCR Starts Material Testing Laboratory in Kuwait

World's First Completely Transparent Integrated Circuit from Inorganic Compounds

Newly Identified Process Could Play Key Role in Secure Sub-Seabed Storage of CO2 Produced by Fossil-Fuelled Power Stations

Siemens to Supply Texas with 70 New Wind Turbines

Eastman Introduces Scented Glass Polymer

Smorgon Steel Group Acquires the Operating Assets of Australian Colour Coaters

Corus to Sell Aluminium Rolled Products and Extrusions Businesses to Aleris International

Boeing Selects Goodrich for 787 Dreamliner

Basell Now Licensing Metocene PP Technology

Industry Commits to Eliminate Added Mercury in Button Cell Batteries

Optical Fiber and Silicon/Germanium Combined

Advances in Use of Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy in the Study of High-Tc Superconductors

Malvern Particle Size Analyzer Wins Innovation Award

How to Create a Low Carbon Economy

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Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

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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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Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

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