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Growth in Oil and Gas Exploration Activities Increases Demand for Oil Country Tubular Goods

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global OCTG Market: Trends & Opportunities (2012-2017)" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 14 Jun 2013

Dutch National Chemistry Olympiad 2013 Won By Han Mertens

16 year-old Han Mertens from Malden in the Netherlands, a student at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Nijmegen, has won the 34th National Chemistry Olympiad (NCO), ahead of around 4000 other participants. Three other co...

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 14 Jun 2013

Closer to reality - a recent publication in Annalen der Physik.

A new microscopy setup, referred to as environmental scanning transmission electron microscopy (ESTEM), provides the possibility of imaging single atoms under controlled temperature and gas environment conditions. This enables more realistic catalyst reaction studies with Angstrom resolution.

14 Jun 2013

Zeiss to Acquire Xradia, Inc. the Innovative US 3D X-Ray Microscope Company

ZEISS, the international leader in the fields of optics and optoelectronics today announced the planned acquisition of the US-based Xradia, Inc. Xradia is an medium-size company providing innovative 3D X-ray microscopes ...

From ZEISS Microscopy GmbH 13 Jun 2013

European Powder Metallurgy Association Launches New Website

After over 6 months of development work the EPMA is launching a new website. The new EPMA website went live on the 10th June. The newly designed EPMA website will be underpinned by a Joomla! system enabling the content and services to be added more freely than the previous version.

13 Jun 2013

Songwon At K 2013 In Düsseldorf

At K 2013 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Songwon, the world's second largest supplier of additives to the global polymer industry, will demonstrate that being Salient in Additives has led them to be a prominent and pow...

From Songwon 13 Jun 2013

Bosch Packaging Technology to Acquire Tecsor Machines et Systèmes

Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of process and packaging technology, plans to acquire the assets of Tecsor Machines et Systèmes S.A.S., based in Meyreuil near Marseille, France. Agreements to this effect were signed on June 11, 2013.

13 Jun 2013

ThyssenKrupp’s Aerospace Materials and Services Provider Opens Facility in Tunisia

ThyssenKrupp Aerospace continues to expand its business. In Tunisia, the German technology group ThyssenKrupp’s aerospace materials and services provider recently opened its first facility on the African continent.

From ThyssenKrupp Aerospace USA 13 Jun 2013

Altair Partner Alliance adds Sixth Composites Partner, AlphaSTAR

The Altair Partner Alliance today announced the addition of its sixth composites partner, AlphaSTAR Corporation (ASC). HyperWorks users can now access its multi-scale progressive failure analysis (MS-PFA) software, GENOA, as well as the Material Characterization and Qualifications (MCQ) Composites Suite. GENOA and MCQ are applicable in many industries, including aerospace, automotive, wind energy and sporting goods.

13 Jun 2013

Students Create Disruptive Aviation Concepts for Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas Competition

Planes powered by body heat, luggage floating on a bed of air and even aircraft running on cow power (methane gas) - these are just some of the revolutionary ideas, developed by students from universities across the world, that could one day feature on the aircraft of the future.

13 Jun 2013

Marine Wood Borer’s Cellulose-Degrading Enzyme May Benefit Biofuels Industry

Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme from a marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata, commonly known as the gribble.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 13 Jun 2013

Plastics More Effective for Shielding Against Cosmic Radiation than Aluminum

Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel. The finding could help reduce health risks to humans on future missions into deep space.

13 Jun 2013