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  • Conference to Address the Use of Thermoplastic and Thermoset Underground Pipes
    News - 7 Nov 2007
    Plastics are increasingly being used in major pipe systems in place of traditional pipe – these materials generally offer flexibility, durability, abrasion and chemical resistance. Underground...
  • Clothes that Glow in the Dark
    News - 30 Oct 2007
    Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed high-tech textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark. The yarns have been developed by The William Lee Innovation...
  • Timken Chase Improved Performance and Growth
    News - 14 Aug 2007
    The Timken Company today announced changes to align the company around continued improvement in operational performance and acceleration of profitable growth. Under the new model, Timken will...
  • Is Glass a Solid or a Liquid?
    News - 11 Aug 2007
    When most people look at a window, they see solid panes of glass, but for decades, physicists have pondered the mysteries of window glass: Is glass a solid, or merely an extremely slow moving...
  • Zamil Steel Takes Part Civil Engineering Awareness Day
    News - 22 May 2007
    Zamil Steel was proud to be chosen as a participant at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Civil Engineering Department Awareness Day, held on May 13 -14. The awareness day was held to...
  • Goodyear Introduce Fuel Efficient Tires for Trucks
    News - 26 Aug 2006
    In a dramatic move to lower trucking fleets' and owner-operators' total operating costs, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today introduced a new fuel-efficient commercial tire technology...
  • Carbon Fiber Cars Could Solve Many Problems
    News - 8 Mar 2006
    Highways of tomorrow might be filled with lighter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in part from recycled plastics, lignin from wood pulp and cellulose. First, however, researchers...
  • Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford
    News - 9 Jan 2006
    It should come as no surprise that driving at night poses an increased risk. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 20 percent of all fatal accidents occurred between...
  • Smart Concrete May Improve Construction of Levees
    News - 26 Sep 2005
    The failure of levees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina points out the need for new technologies to strengthen levees and monitor their reliability, according to Deborah D. L. Chung, Ph.D., a...
  • Friction and Adhesion at the Atomic Level
    News - 30 Jun 2005
    Physicists have a pretty good idea of what to expect when friction and adhesion occur in the visible world. You jam on the brakes, for instance, and your tires and the highway interact to stop your...

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