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Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford

It should come as no surprise that driving at night poses an increased risk. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 20 percent of all fatal accidents occurred between midnight and 6 a.m. -...

9 Jan 2006

U.S. to Launch Fastest Spacecraft

The U.S. is poised next week to fire an unmanned spacecraft toward Pluto at a speed of 10 miles per second, the highest velocity any space mission has ever been rocketed from Earth, Aviation Week & Space Technology r...

9 Jan 2006

Mawson Stakes Swedish Uranium Rare Earth Project

Mawson Resources Limited has announced the staking of a 100% interest in the 5047.5 hectare Tasjo uranium - rare earth element ("REE") - phosphate ("P2O5") project. Tasjo is located in the Jamtland an...

9 Jan 2006

First Air-Breathing, Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel-Powered Scramjet Engine to Fly

Before the sun had even risen over Wallops Island, Va., on 10 December 2005, a joint Office of Naval Research/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency vehicle achieved a world first. At an altitude of 63,000 feet, the F...

9 Jan 2006

New Particle X1835 Discovered

An international research consortium announced on January 6 the observation of a resonant state at the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer (BESII). The discovery, which was reported in the Dec. 31, 2005 Issue of the Physical R...

9 Jan 2006

Brush Engineered Materials Subsidiary to Acquire CERAC

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Williams Advanced Materials Inc., has acquired privately held CERAC, incorporated, a leading domestic provider of physical vapor depositio...

9 Jan 2006

Boeing Ends 2005 with New Records for Airplane Orders

The Boeing Company recorded 1,002 net commercial airplane orders during 2005, setting a new Boeing record for total orders in a single year. The 2005 total surpasses the previous Boeing record of 877 net orders in 19...

9 Jan 2006

BASF Makes All-Cash Proposal To Acquire Engelhard

BASF Aktiengesellschaft has made an all-cash proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey, USA, a Fortune 500 company and leading supplier of goods for catalysis...

9 Jan 2006

£46 Million MOD Harrier Technical Support Contract Awarded to BAE Systems

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a Joint Integrated Technical Support (JITS) contract valued at some £46 million to BAE Systems in support of the UK's Joint Force Harrier fleet that operates from bo...

9 Jan 2006

TDK Begin Shipping Mass Produced Blu-Ray Discs

TDK Corporation has begun shipping mass production samples of its bare, cartridge-free BD-R (write-once) and BD-RE (rewritable) Blu-ray Discs. The four new products include the BD-R25 (single-sided, single-layer, 25GB) a...

6 Jan 2006

Panasonic Develops World's Largest 103" Plasma Screen

Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, today announced it has developed a prototype of a 103-inch plasma display panel (PDP) with 1080p (progressive) HDTV resolutio...

6 Jan 2006

Shell Award Contract for 750ktpa Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) Plant

Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd ("SEPL") has appointed Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation (MEC) and Foster Wheeler Energy Limited (FWEL) for the basic design engineering package for a 750,000 t/a mon...

6 Jan 2006

Ashland Expands Service to the Indian Metal Castings Industry

Service to the metal castings industry in India has improved thanks to an expansion there by Ashland Casting Solutions, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc. “India is an imp...

6 Jan 2006

Smorgan Steel Sign Agreement to Supply EAF Dust to Intec

Smorgon Steel Group Ltd and Intec Ltd have entered into a Heads of Agreement for the initial and ongoing supply of Electric Arc Furnace Dust (EAF Dust) from Smorgon Steel to INL for use in INL’s Hellyer Metals Proj...

6 Jan 2006

Novel Laser Sensor Allows for Precise Tip Clearance and Vibration Measurements of Turbo-Machines

The Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have cooperated in developing a novel laser sensor which measures two quantities that are important for turbine engineering more ...

6 Jan 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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Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford

U.S. to Launch Fastest Spacecraft

Mawson Stakes Swedish Uranium Rare Earth Project

First Air-Breathing, Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel-Powered Scramjet Engine to Fly

New Particle X1835 Discovered

Brush Engineered Materials Subsidiary to Acquire CERAC

Boeing Ends 2005 with New Records for Airplane Orders

BASF Makes All-Cash Proposal To Acquire Engelhard

£46 Million MOD Harrier Technical Support Contract Awarded to BAE Systems

TDK Begin Shipping Mass Produced Blu-Ray Discs

Panasonic Develops World's Largest 103" Plasma Screen

Shell Award Contract for 750ktpa Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) Plant

Ashland Expands Service to the Indian Metal Castings Industry

Smorgan Steel Sign Agreement to Supply EAF Dust to Intec

Novel Laser Sensor Allows for Precise Tip Clearance and Vibration Measurements of Turbo-Machines

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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

High-Resolution Industrial X-Ray CT Scanner

The TABER V-5 Stiffness Tester

The PinAAcle 900 Spectrometer Series: Cutting-Edge Precision for Atomic Absorption

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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

1Bilayer Graphene Reveals New Secrets of Lithium-Ion Storage

2Active Lamb Wave Energy Analysis of Debonding Defects in Polymer-Rubber Structures

3Sustainable Ammonia Production Using Copper-Based Catalysts

4Chemical ‘Chameleon’ Boosts Rare Earth Purification

5Revealing the Underlying Mechanism of Battery Self-Discharge

6A Novel Photo-Rechargeable Supercapacitor With Enhanced Performance

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