More aluminium than ever before is being used in North America-produced passenger cars and trucks. The light metal accounts for 8.6 percent of average vechicle curb weight this year, compared to 2 percent in 1970 and 5.1 percent in 1990.
Alcoa announced today that a range of its Kawneer architectural aluminum products are contributing to the “green” campus of the newly constructed $625 million Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The facility incorporates Kawneer products that maximize daylighting and thermal performance, including curtain wall, sunshades and thermally broken windows and doors.
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have been working with the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate and paint manufacturers on a new, low-emission, environmental hull paint based on a new principle called Post settlement inhibition (PSI). The paint is almost 100 percent effective in keeping barnacles away.
A recently launched field portable XRF/XRD instrument developed by inXitu Inc. has been awarded the Editors' Choice GRAND GOLD Prize as the most outstanding new product at the 2009 PITTCON conference and technical exhibition (March, Chicago, IL).
Hardide Coatings (AIM:HDD) has secured its first order from leading global energy services supplier FMC Technologies (NYSE:FTI) following approval of its proprietary tungsten carbide-based metal coating.
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Mascoma Corporation today announced that the company has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass. CBP avoids t...
Portugal Telecom (NYSE: PT) and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today an agreement to work together to develop, test, and implement innovative and advanced Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology sol...
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society launched the countdown to the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting & Exhibition with a call for abstract submissions on seven technical themes.
The 139th installment of the annual g...
Novelis Inc., the world's leading producer of aluminum sheet for automobiles, has seen an increase of more than 20 percent in the number of automotive applications of its lightweight material compared to a year ago.
Americas Watchdog & its Homeowners Consumer Center have been leading in a national investigation of imported toxic Chinese in Florida, and numerous other US states. "It's no longer a question of what US States have toxic Chinese drywall, its more like how many homes are affected. The group is now expanding its investigation into British Columbia, and the Western Provinces of Canada.
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