In response to the declining world economic climate Rio Tinto Alcan is taking steps to ensure it remains competitive. These measures are outlined below.
Key measures
A further six per cent reduction in aluminium...
Piezo systems specialist Physik
Instrumente will introduce the novel N-380 / N-381 NEXACT® ceramic
linear motor actuators at this year’s Photonics West conference in San
Jose, CA. The new actuator is based on the Piezo Walk principle and replaces
classical lead screw actuators combining high forces and long travel ranges
with sub-nanometer resolution in a small package.
Exposing silicon wafers to light during chip manufacture requires special fixtures called chucks. Novel electrostatic chucks made of glass ceramics are incredibly flat. This prevents structural distortions on the exposur...
Jeremy Gilbert, Ph.D. of Syracuse University will chair the organizing committee
for the 2009 Conference on Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD),
organized by ASM
International, The Materials Information Society. A call for papers has
been issued for the event, to be held Aug. 10-12 in Minneapolis.
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) has announced plans to reduce its production volume by 50 percent from an annual 1,650,000 tonnes, starting January 15. Alpart is a bauxite mining and alumina processing company opera...
By using magnetic nanoparticles,
the researchers were able to remove 96 % of the lead ions from blood samples
mixed with lead in vitro.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode
(LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency.
A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the
Max
Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report
the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in
semiconductors.
NexTech Materials, Ltd. recently appointed Haiku Tech of The Netherlands as an authorized reseller for Europe and India. Haiku Tech will distribute NexTech products sold under the branded name Fuel Cell Materials. Additi...
Biomaterials have been at the forefront of discussions regarding medical
advances with noticeable success in heart valve replacement, hip implants, dental
applications and contact lenses offering benefits such as encouraging adhesion
and healing.
Terms
While we only use edited and approved content for Azthena
answers, it may on occasions provide incorrect responses.
Please confirm any data provided with the related suppliers or
authors. We do not provide medical advice, if you search for
medical information you must always consult a medical
professional before acting on any information provided.
Your questions, but not your email details will be shared with
OpenAI and retained for 30 days in accordance with their
privacy principles.
Please do not ask questions that use sensitive or confidential
information.
Read the full Terms & Conditions.