Researchers from Harvard
University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have measured, for
the first time, a repulsive quantum mechanical force that could be harnessed
and tailored for a wide range of new nanotechnology applications.
PANalytical,
the world's leading supplier of instrumentation and software for X-ray
fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry and X-ray diffraction (XRD), will contribute
to the 104th Gulf Coast Conference, Galveston, Texas on 20-21 January 2009.
The company will exhibit the latest additions to its range of systems designed
for the analysis of petroleum-based products.
The Linde
Group and its consortium partner Samsung Engineering, have been awarded
the contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant in Dahej, India. The plant has
been commissioned by the Indian company OPAL, . The contract is worth around 1.030
billion euro in total, of which Linde's share is 350 million euro. The plant
will be the largest of its kind in India and one of the largest ethylene plants
in the world.
A giant lightweight carbon nanotube with good strength and electrical properties
is desirable, all right. A micron-sized carbon tube is easier to exploit commercially
than any (so to speak) littler nanocousin. But is it still a nanotube?
Eastman
Chemical Company and SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. have signed a joint
venture agreement to form a company that will construct a cellulose acetate
tow manufacturing facility in Korea. The company will be named Eastman Fibers
Korea Limited.
Growth in manufacturing is expected to continue in Singapore, notably related
to the petroleum, petrochemical and chemical industries. Air
Liquide is making further investments in this key South-East Asian market,
through its wholly-owned subsidiary Singapore Oxygen Air Liquide Pte Lte (SOXAL).
Uhde has been awarded a contract by Risun Chemical Company of China to build an aromatics plant at Tangshan (Hebei Province), some 150km east of Beijing. The new plant will produce top-quality benzene, toluene and xylene...
A carbon nanotube-coated “smart yarn” that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.
“Curr...
Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power PlasticR, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has signed bilateral R and D and cooperation agreemen...
Teknor
Apex Company has signed a licensing agreement with Cerestech Inc. on a unique
method for blending relatively low-cost thermoplastic starch (TPS) with synthetic
polymers or other bioplastics while retaining high levels of key performance
properties, the companies announced jointly.
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