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Economic Slowdown Impacts Development of Global Laser Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Laser Equipment and Processing Industry Report, 2013-2017" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 9 Dec 2013

New Feedback Method for Optimizing Laser Pulse Shapes in Chemical Reaction Control

In many ways, traditional chemical synthesis is similar to cooking. To alter the final product, you can change the ingredients or their ratio, change the method of mixing ingredients, or change the temperature or pressure of the environment of the ingredients. Like an accomplished chef, chemists have become very skilled at the manipulation of these parameters to produce many of the products that make our lives better.

9 Dec 2013

Novel Morphing Material, When Heated, Changes Shape in a Predetermined Pattern

Heating a sheet of plastic may not bring it to life – but it sure looks like it does in new experiments at Rice University.

9 Dec 2013

ABB Utilizes BASF Flame-Retardant PBT for DC Contactors in Railway Applications

The company ABB in Lyon has recently started to use the polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) Ultradur® B4450 G5 from BASF for its DC contactors. Since these contactors are used on railways, they must satisfy the stringent fire prevention requirements of the French Railway Standard NF F 16-101.

From BASF Corporation 9 Dec 2013

New Forecast Report on Global Glass Packaging Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Glass Packaging Market Report - Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 9 Dec 2013

Honeywell’s Black Laminate Film for Solar Panels Named Among Top 10 Most Innovative Materials in PVTOP50 Competition

Honeywell announced today that its laminate film designed to keep solar panels cooler and more efficient has been named one of the top 10 most innovative materials in a competition held in China.

From Honeywell International Inc. 9 Dec 2013

Jolt of Electricity Can Help Detect Corrosion in Steel Bridge Cables

Across the United States, more than 200 million trips are taken daily across bridges rated structurally deficient or in need of significant maintenance and yearly inspection. One major culprit: corrosion of reinforcing steel.

9 Dec 2013

Qualco Leti’s Sequential 3D Technology to be Assessed by Qualcomm to Assess CEA-Leti’s Sequential 3D Technology

CEA-Leti today announced an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to assess the feasibility and the value of Leti’s sequential 3D technology.

9 Dec 2013

Automotive Parts 3D Printed Using Low-Cost Titanium Powders

For the first time, low-cost titanium powders, developed by Metalysis, have been used to 3D print automotive parts.

From Metalysis 6 Dec 2013

‘Dislocation Controlled Wear in Single Crystal Silicon Carbide’ Study Wins Springer’s Cahn Prize

Springer’s Journal of Materials Science announced that it has awarded the 2013 Robert W. Cahn Best Paper Prize (Cahn Prize) to “Dislocation controlled wear in single crystal silicon carbide,” by researchers Maneesh Mishra and Izabela Szlufarska of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

6 Dec 2013

Saint-Gobain Seals Group Develops Rulon E2 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sealing Solution

Saint-Gobain Seals Group develops a new generation, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) sealing solution, Rulon® E2, for the latest and future European engine emission control standards (Euro 6 & 7), which required a significant investment in sophisticated test equipment to validate the performance of the new designs to meet the strict leakage limits for EGR valves and environmental requirements.

6 Dec 2013

Kaneka to Acquire BASF’s Vinuran PVC Modifier Business

BASF has signed a contract to sell its Vinuran PVC modifier business to Kaneka Belgium N.V., a subsidiary of Kaneka Corporation, Japan.

6 Dec 2013

STAR 48GXV Motor with Composite Case Successfully Tested for Solar Probe Plus Mission

ATK and NASA successfully tested a proof-of-concept STARTM 48GXV motor for the Solar Probe Plus mission, which will enter the sun's atmosphere to study the streams of charged particles the sun hurls into space.

6 Dec 2013

New Report on China Engineering Adhesive Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Engineering Adhesive Industry Report 2013" report to their offering.

6 Dec 2013

More Efficient Method to Predict Dissolution Rates of Crystalline Structures in Water

Scientists from Rice University and the University of Bremen’s Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) in Germany have combined cutting-edge experimental techniques and computer simulations to find a new way of predicting how water dissolves crystalline structures like those found in natural stone and cement.

6 Dec 2013