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Engineers Conduct Final Test-Firing of J-2X Powerpack for America's Next Heavy-Lift Rocket

NASA on Thursday took another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the J-2X powerpack assembly, an important component of America's next heavy-lift rocket.

15 Dec 2012

Energy-Efficient Semiconductor Solutions Company ZMDI to be Aired on TV Program

ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, is pleased to announce that it will be featured in a television program by The Environmental Report airing in the United States beginning December 15, 2012.

15 Dec 2012

NDSU and LLNL Collaborate on Computational-Based Modeling and Simulation Projects for Energy Applications

North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, Calif., announced that they have entered into a memorandum of agreement to collaborate on research and development projects involving computational-based modeling and simulation for energy and energy-related applications. NDSU President Dean Bresciani, and LLNL Director Dr. Penrose Albright finalized the agreement, which was announced by U.S. Senator John Hoeven at a signing ceremony at NDSU on Dec. 14.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 15 Dec 2012

LDK Solar Pleased with CIETAC’s CSI Arbitration Award

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar"), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products, today announced that the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) stated that the wafer supply contracts entered into in October 2007 and June 2008 between LDK Solar and Canadian Solar (CSI) and its China-based subsidiary affiliate are valid and effective through the duration and at terms and conditions related to quantities and prices set forth therein.

15 Dec 2012

Poster on Micron-Scale Voids on Path-Dependence of Steel Fracture Wins ASME-IMECE 2012 Award

Shamik Basu, a Ph.D. graduate student working under Dr. Amine Benzerga in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, won a best poster award at the ASME-IMECE 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Houston in November.

15 Dec 2012

Ceram and the Materials Knowledge Transfer Network host UK Geopolymer Technology Event

Ceram, the international materials technology company, and the Materials Knowledge Transfer Network (Materials KTN), the materials community network, hosted the first UK event around geopolymer technology* on Tuesday 04 ...

14 Dec 2012

Global Strategic Business Report on Aluminum Die Castings Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Aluminum Die Castings - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 14 Dec 2012

Recyclable Modified Atmosphere Package Tray from Clearly Clean Products

Clearly Clean Products, LLC, introduces what is perhaps the world’s first and only recyclable MAP (Modified Atmosphere Package) tray for meat, poultry, entrées and kebobs. The FDA-compliant tray utilizes a pat...

14 Dec 2012

Scientists Determine Magnesium Borohydride Structure

An international team led by Xiang-Feng Zhou and Artem R. Oganov, PhD, theoretical crystallographers in the Department of Geosciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, have established the structure of one of the most important high-energy-density materials, magnesium borohydride or Mg(BH4)2. Their findings, “First-Principles Determination of the Structure of Magnesium Borohydride,” have been published in the December 13 edition of Physical Review Letters.

14 Dec 2012

Alcoa Announces Opening of Art Aluminum Wheel Facility in China

Alcoa today announced that its Alcoa Wheel and Transportation (AWTP) business is opening a production facility in Suzhou, China, marking an expansion that creates a full wheel manufacturing, distribution, sales and service network in China.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 14 Dec 2012

Checkpoint Technologies Releases Unique Wafer Probing System

Checkpoint Technologies, LLC, noted supplier of laser scanning and photon emission microscopy systems for the failure analysis industry, announces the release of InfraScan™ TDM. This unique wafer probing system is capable of imaging the front-side and backside of the die.

14 Dec 2012

Bausch + Strobel, VITRONIC Partner for Filling and Packaging Machines

After multiple joint projects, machine vision experts VITRONIC/Germany and Il-shofen packaging machine manufacturer for the pharmaceu-tical industry Bausch + Ströbel/Germany have entered into a framework agreement for even closer cooperation in the fu-ture.

From VITRONIC 14 Dec 2012

Joining Technologies Announces Expansion of Laser Additive Production Capabilities

Joining Technologies, Inc., an innovator in industrial laser applications, announces that it has expanded its additive manufacturing capabilities to include internal diameter(ID) cladding. Together with its partners Fraunhofer ILT, Pallas Oberflaechentechnik GmbH & Co KG and Laserline, Inc.,Joining Technologies has installed a specialized ID cladding station.

From JoiningTechnologies, Inc 14 Dec 2012

UK Nuclear Regulators Approve Design of AREVA EPR Reactor

AREVA welcomes the decision of the UK’s official nuclear regulators to approve the design of the EPRTM reactor for use in the UK. The AREVA EPRTM reactor is thus the first and only generation III reactor design to have been awarded this certification in the UK.

14 Dec 2012

Research Grant to Develop Composite Materials

The Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp) at the University of Limerick has been granted over €1million in research funding by Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund for 3rd Level Researchers. The grant will fund three different research projects – all connected with composite material applications.

14 Dec 2012