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Alcan Reaches Agreement in Principle on sale of Mercus high Purity (5N) Activity

Alcan has announced that it has received an offer from Praxair, for the sale of the Company’s high-purity (5N) activity at the Mercus processing mill in France. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in No...

11 Oct 2005

Distributed Computing Power To Help Oil Industry

Oil companies could soon harness the power of distant supercomputers to tackle problems such as where to place equipment and how to clean up oil spills. For decades, the industry has used computers to maximize profit ...

11 Oct 2005

BP Agrees Sale of Petrochemicals Business to INEOS for $9 Billion

BP has announced that it is to sell Innovene, its olefins, derivatives and refining group, to UK-based INEOS. The $9 billion cash sale, subject to regulatory approvals, includes all Innovene's manufacturing sites, ma...

11 Oct 2005

NIST Improves Reliability of GPS Clocks

The average user may not notice, but the Global Positioning System (GPS) is more reliable today than it was several years ago. Widely used by the military, first responders, surveyors and even consumers, GPS is a nav...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 10 Oct 2005

Breakthrough in Solar Research

Imagine being able to paint your roof with enough alternative energy to heat and cool your home. What if soldiers in the field could carry an energy source in a roll of plastic wrap in their backpacks? Those ideas so...

10 Oct 2005

How Hydrogen Fuel is Made

Oxygen may be necessary for life, but it sure gets in the way of making hydrogen fuel cheaply and abundantly from a family of enzymes present in many microorganisms. Blocking oxygen's path to an enzyme's producti...

10 Oct 2005

Improving Airtightness of Buildings Can Save Energy Costs

U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by improving airtightness of their buildings' envelope, according to a recent National Institute of Standards and Te...

10 Oct 2005

Solar Cell Panels Made Out of Everyday Plastics

With oil and gas prices in the United States hovering at an all-time high, interest in renewable energy alternatives is again heating up. Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science ho...

10 Oct 2005

Abresist Kalflex Pipes Installed in Diverter Valves for Pneumatic Conveying of Carbon-Based Materials

Abresist Corporation’s Kalflex Flexible Wear Protection Pipe System provides a cost-effective solution to connect structural components that move due to vibration, thermal expansion, or as a result of intended move...

From Kalenborn Abresist Corporation 7 Oct 2005

BigHead Add Adhesives to Product Line Up

BigHead Bonding Fasteners have, for many years, been solving fastening problems across UK and international industry. More recently, the use of BigHeads has been greatly extended by the development of modern, ind...

From BigHead Bonding Fasteners 7 Oct 2005

Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries to Agree on Business Collaboration

Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding stating they will start studying the synergic effects of business collaboration. In the collaboration, the two com...

6 Oct 2005

EU Aims to Create Conditions for Manufacturing to Thrive

In the face of globalisation and intense international competition, the European Commission has today launched a new, more integrated industrial policy to create better framework conditions for manufacturing industries i...

6 Oct 2005

RTP Company Introduces Long Fiber Concentrate with 80% Glass Loading

RTP Company, has introduced a Long Fiber (LF) Concentrate with 80% glass-loading by weight, which is the highest LF concentrate available in the industry. "Increasing the glass-loading level decreases the amount ...

6 Oct 2005

Philips Invests EUR 35 Million in Lighting Plant

Philips Electronics has announced a new investment of EUR 35 million in its Turnhout Lighting plant. In recent years, Philips Turnhout has developed into the global centre of innovation and production for high-intensity ...

6 Oct 2005

Founding Document of Mathematics Published in Digital Form for the First Time

The oldest surviving manuscript of Euclid’s Elements, probably the most influential work in the history of mathematics, has been published in digital form for the first time thanks to a collaboration between the Un...

6 Oct 2005

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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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Alcan Reaches Agreement in Principle on sale of Mercus high Purity (5N) Activity

Distributed Computing Power To Help Oil Industry

BP Agrees Sale of Petrochemicals Business to INEOS for $9 Billion

NIST Improves Reliability of GPS Clocks

Breakthrough in Solar Research

How Hydrogen Fuel is Made

Improving Airtightness of Buildings Can Save Energy Costs

Solar Cell Panels Made Out of Everyday Plastics

Abresist Kalflex Pipes Installed in Diverter Valves for Pneumatic Conveying of Carbon-Based Materials

BigHead Add Adhesives to Product Line Up

Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries to Agree on Business Collaboration

EU Aims to Create Conditions for Manufacturing to Thrive

RTP Company Introduces Long Fiber Concentrate with 80% Glass Loading

Philips Invests EUR 35 Million in Lighting Plant

Founding Document of Mathematics Published in Digital Form for the First Time

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Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

High-Throughput Configurable Raman Probes for Versatile Applications

MX-Lab: Material Research & Alloying Machine

Using the LFA 717 HyperFlash for Light Flash Analysis

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Ensuring Accuracy and Long-Term Stability in qNMR Methods with External Calibration

Understanding Biological Indicators (BIs) in Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination

NIR Spectroscopy Analysis of Fruit Juices

The Role of Sulfur Analysis in Advancing Superalloy Performance

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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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Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

1Machine Learning-Optimized Graphene Metamaterial Solar Absorber Using Al-TiN-Fe

2Scientists Advance X-Ray Technology with Innovative Hybrid Materials

3A New Catalyst for Efficient CO2 Conversion

4New Electrolyte Design for Improved Li-S Battery Performance

5ABB Adds Variable-Speed, Multi-Motor And Additional Features to its NEMA Motors Energy Savings Calculator

6A Novel Approach for Treating High-Salinity Organic Wastewaters

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