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Mechanical Shock to Composite Fairing Delays Launch of MetOp Spacecraft

EUMETSAT has announced that on Saturday 30 September the upper composite (comprising the MetOp spacecraft, the Fregat upper stage and the Soyuz fairing) experienced a slight mechanical shock. It was then decided to inter...

3 Oct 2006

Beckman Coulter Acquire Novel Detection Chemistries Business

Beckman Coulter, Inc., today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Lumigen, Inc., of Southfield, Michigan, for $185 million in cash, in a transaction that is expected to be accretive to margins and to repo...

3 Oct 2006

CERAM Website Has a New Solutions Focus

Solutions can be found at the touch of button thanks to the new look CERAM website: www.ceram.com. Visitors to the revamped site can discover how experts at CERAM have helped companies solve problems similar to ones they...

3 Oct 2006

Malvern to Focus on Process Line Particle Size Analyzers at easyFAIRS Solids 2006

The focus on the Malvern Instruments stand at easyFAIRS® SOLIDS 2006 (1-2 November 2006; Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK) will be the Insitec T on-line, and the Insitec ALISS at-line, particle size analyzers. These laser d...

3 Oct 2006

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon Steel Develop Technology to Use Higher Tensile Strength Strength in Supersized Container Ships

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Nippon Steel Corporation have jointly developed a technology to use higher tensile strength steel* (HTSS) with yield stress of 47 kgf/mm2 for the longitudinal strength member o...

27 Sep 2006

BASF Invests in New Energy Generation Technology

BASF Venture Capital America Inc., Fremont, CA, is investing $3 million in LUCA Technologies LLC, Golden, Colorado. LUCA develops biotechnology that uses microorganisms to reactivate or intensify the production of methan...

22 Sep 2006

Boeing to Develop Thermal Protection System for Next Generation Spacecraft

The Boeing Company has received a NASA contract to design and develop a thermal protection system (TPS) for the Orion crew exploration vehicle -- America's next generation spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the...

21 Sep 2006

World’s Largest Superconducting Solenoid Magnet Has Reached Full Field

The world’s largest superconducting solenoid magnet has reached full field. Weighing in at over 10,000 tonnes, the CMS experiment’s magnet is built around a 6-metre diameter, 13-metre long superconducting sol...

21 Sep 2006

NASA to Test New Type of Silicon Carbide in Space

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) has announced that it has delivered a suite of unique materials to NASA for testing on the International Space Station (ISS) sometime during the summer of 2007. The m...

20 Sep 2006

Construction Starts on Composite Fin for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner

Fabrication of the first composite stringers for the 787 vertical fin, Boeing's all new commercial airplane, began Sept. 13 at the Composite Manufacturing Center (CMC) at Boeing Frederickson in Pierce County, Wash. T...

20 Sep 2006

Editorial Highlights

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.

Materials Analysis News

Mechanical Shock to Composite Fairing Delays Launch of MetOp Spacecraft

Beckman Coulter Acquire Novel Detection Chemistries Business

CERAM Website Has a New Solutions Focus

Malvern to Focus on Process Line Particle Size Analyzers at easyFAIRS Solids 2006

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon Steel Develop Technology to Use Higher Tensile Strength Strength in Supersized Container Ships

BASF Invests in New Energy Generation Technology

Boeing to Develop Thermal Protection System for Next Generation Spacecraft

World’s Largest Superconducting Solenoid Magnet Has Reached Full Field

NASA to Test New Type of Silicon Carbide in Space

Construction Starts on Composite Fin for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner

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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The Role of Sulfur Analysis in Advancing Superalloy Performance

Thermogravimetric Testing of Plastic

FELTMETAL Enhances Soundproofing in Aerospace Applications

The Benefits of Omniseal® Polymer Seals for Aerospace Applications

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Materials Analysis News

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?

1A New Catalyst for Efficient CO2 Conversion

2Machine Learning-Optimized Graphene Metamaterial Solar Absorber Using Al-TiN-Fe

3Solid-Phase Recycling and Alloying of High-Strength Aluminum Scrap

4Novel Method for Accelerating Charging Rates in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

5New Membrane Technology Captures 99 % of Waste Aluminum

6High-Performance Zinc-Iodine Batteries with Ultra-Long Cycle Life

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