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"Lucy in the sky with Diamonds?" - or on the roof tops?

It's fair to state that the re-release of the Beatles back catalogue has created slightly more of a stir than a couple of recent reports from the Royal Society and Institute of Mechanical Engineers on "Geoengineering".... [More]

So if I write on your wall who sees that?

"So, if I write on your wall, does that mean just you see it, or is it just my friends, or is it my friends your friends and their friends?" The above snippet of conversation between mother goose and 16 year old daugh... [More]

"It's a great scheme, you get out more than you put in, honest"

For hundreds of years the idea of a perpetual motion machine has been the scientific equivalent of the Bernie Madoff investment strategy. Unfortunately, the first law of thermodynamics always comes back to bite you. It'... [More]

High Strength Alumina Matrix Composite released by Morgan Technical Ceramics

Looks like a significant step forward in the Alumina Bioceramics area by Morgan. "Morgan Technical Ceramics has developed a new bioceramic material for surgical implant devices. Vitox AMC is an alumina matrix composi... [More]

You'd be crazy to build that out of iron…….

I've recently had the great joy of being on AZoM duties in the wonderful city of Bristol in the South West of England. A famous old port city with a less than salubrious past in relation to slave trading, the locals d... [More]

A Sticky Situation

"Why do we have to use nails and screws, why can't we just use glue?" As with many utterances from an inquisitive ten year old there are usually, two responses, the first one is the "nerdy Dad" angle which involves a ... [More]

The GFC moves from Wall Street to Materials Street - Bayer and Hydro feel the pain

Recent financials from Polymeric and Metallic bellwethers, Bayer and Hydro are not pretty. According to Bayer Chairman, Werner Wenning, "....the slump business at Material Science also left a distinct mark on sales and... [More]

Small Medium Business in USA to increase online Ad and Related Technology Spend

A recent report has found that Small Medium Businesses (SMB's) in the USA are now moving away from traditional Yellow Pages type spending to spend 11% of their advertising dollars online, up from 4% three years ago. ... [More]

The Irony of Economics

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness". Charles Dickens' tome, "A Tale of Two Cities", set against the backdrop of the French revolution and the ... [More]

IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report Conducted by PwC - well researched and informative resource

The IAB Report on Internet Advertising Revenues has just been released. I'd recommend this report to anyone who is involved in turning the "Marketing Supertanker" around in their organisation and who may be trying to c... [More]
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