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Polymer Implants Successfully Coated with Bioactive Film

Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants – which are often used in spinal surgeries.

20 Feb 2013

Groundbreaking Contributions in Transition Metal-Based Catalysis Wins Norman Hackerman Award

The Welch Foundation today named Olafs Daugulis, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Houston (UH), as the 2013 recipient of the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research. The award pays tribute to Daugulis for his groundbreaking contributions in transition metal-based catalysis, recognizing his leadership, creativity and commitment to science as demonstrated through his research and teaching.

20 Feb 2013

Researchers Answer Most Important Questions about Formation of Crystals

Exactly how a crystal forms from solution is a problem that has occupied scientists for decades. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), together with researchers from Germany and the USA, are now presenting the missing piece. This classical theory of crystal formation, which occurs widely in nature and in the chemical industry, was under fire for some years, but is saved now. The team made this breakthrough by detailed study of the crystallization of the mineral calcium phosphate –the major component of our bones. The team published their findings yesterday in the online journal Nature Communications.

20 Feb 2013

Global Collaboration to Develop a System to Liquefy and Recover Liquid Helium

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the University of Zaragoza and the U.S. company GWR Instruments announced today that they have entered into a global collaboration agreement with Quantum Design International to license, commercialize and further develop a system to liquefy and recover liquid Helium used in research, industry and medical laboratories worldwide.

20 Feb 2013

New Report on Global Automotive Plastics Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Automotive Plastics - A Global Market Watch, 2011 - 2016" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 20 Feb 2013

SINOPEC Subsidiary Selects LP Oxo Technology for Anqing City Butanol Plant

Davy Process Technology Limited (DPT), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company announced that China Petrochemical International Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), China’s largest petrochemical company, has once again selected LP OxoSM Technology to produce 2-ethylhexanol, normal butanol and iso butanol in a plant in Anqing City, Anhui Province, China.

From Dow Chemicals 20 Feb 2013

Imec Demonstrates Intra-Cardiac Signal Processing Chip for Ventricular Fibrillation Detection at ISSCC 2013

Imec demonstrated a low-power (20µW), intra-cardiac signal processing chip for the detection of ventricular fibrillation at this weekfs International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2013) in San Francisco with Olympus. An important step toward next-generation Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy solutions, the new chip delivers innovative signal processing functionalities and consumes only 20µW when all channels are active, enabling the miniaturization of implantable devices.

From IMEC 20 Feb 2013

GKN Sinter Metals' Facility Achieves Major Milestone in Synchronizer Hubs

GKN Sinter Metals' state-of-the-art production facility in Bad Brückenau, Germany, has delivered its fifty-millionth synchronizer hub.

19 Feb 2013

NanoH2O to Deliver QuantumFlux Membranes to Palmachim Desalination Plant in Israel

NanoH2O Inc., manufacturer of the most efficient and cost-effective reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for seawater desalination, today announced that it has been selected by Via Maris Desalination Ltd. to provide QuantumFlux (Qfx) high rejection membranes for the expansion of the Palmachim desalination plant in Israel. Via Maris Desalination Ltd., owner and operator of the Palmachim plant, purchased QuantumFlux high rejection membranes for an existing 36,000 cubic meter capacity seawater RO train in 2012 and will commission two additional trains in 2013. These three trains will produce a combined total of 110,000 cubic meters of potable water per day.

19 Feb 2013

Berlin Packaging Acquires United States Container Corporation

Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, today announced it has successfully completed its integration of United States Container Corporation (USCC), a California-based distributor of industrial and rigid packaging. The milestone, which follows Berlin Packaging's October 2012 acquisition of USCC, ensures seamless and unified operations, sales and support procedures, and product and service offerings for all of the company's customers.

19 Feb 2013

Harsco Wins Multi-Year Contract from India's Stainless Steel Producer, JSL

Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation announced today a new multi-year contract valued at more than $100 million with India's largest stainless steel producer, Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL).

19 Feb 2013

Kraton Performance Polymers to Address Water Purification Challenges at ACS Workshop

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers is pleased to announce its sponsorship and participation in the "Advances in Materials and Processes for Polymeric Membrane Mediated Water Purification," workshop sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The event will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California from February 24-27, 2013.

19 Feb 2013

Researchers Detect Traces of Water in Lunar Sample

Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust obtained during the Apollo missions, according to a University of Michigan researcher and his colleagues.

19 Feb 2013

NXP Semiconductors Becomes Part of Mentor Embedded Nucleus Innovate Program

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that NXP Semiconductors has become part of the Mentor® Embedded Nucleus® Innovate Program. Participants in the Nucleus Innovate program now have access to board support packages for NXP Semiconductor microcontroller devices.

19 Feb 2013

Engineers Use 3-D Printing Technology to Make Plastic Airplane

President Obama highlighted 3-D printing in his recent State of the Union address, calling it the technology that “has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.”

19 Feb 2013