The annual results of the Industry Sales Survey published by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute shows a 2.7% increase in the total US paver sales and a 7% increase from 2010 to 2011 in Canadian paver sales. The municipal/commercial market symbolizes 21.3% and residential sales is 78.7% of the total sales.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
NanoSteel, the provider of nano-structured steel designs, has bagged the R&D 100 Award for the development of a new nano-structured powder metal alloy for use in large-scale manufacture of industrial components. This award is the fifth such R&D award for NanoSteel. Dubbed as the “Oscars of Innovation”, The R&D 100 Awards is into its 50th year of recognizing and honoring the most technologically noteworthy products developed and launched in a given year.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
Researchers at Rice University have carried out a study to highlight the similarities in plasmonics and polymer behavior that could pave the way for building smaller and better computing systems and antennae.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Jul 2012
A research team comprising Drs. Takaaki Mano, Yoshiki Sakuma and Masafumi Jo from the Photonic Materials Unit of the National Institute for Materials Science is involved in the development of a sophisticated self-assembling technology known as droplet epitaxy for semiconductor quantum dots.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
The Paris-Est Créteil University in France hosted the Conference on Multiphase Polymers and Polymer Composites Systems: Macro to Nano Scales on June 7-10, 2011.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
Ryerson, a North American distributor and processor of metals operating globally in China, North America and Brazil, has declared that its service center based in Columbus, Ohio will be significantly expanded and renovated. The potential and capacity of the center will be further enhanced by its investment in sophisticated plate processing machinery.
Advanced materials company, AeonClad Coatings has reported the expansion of a new state-of-the-art research and development facility situated in Austin, Texas.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, announced that it will be hosting its 23rd Annual International Light Scattering Colloquium (ILSC) ...
A multi-institute research team has developed a hybrid porous scaffold with improved osteoinductivity.
By Nick Gilbert
13 Jul 2012
Dow Corning, a provider of silicone and silicon-based solutions, has achieved positive results for its silicone structural sealants that were used on the platform screen doors of the Shanghai Metro Line. The Shanghai Metro Project is part of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan to sustain growth in the face of opportunities and problems resulting out of the country’s rapid urbanization.
Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., a manufacturer of scientific sensors, instruments, and systems for precise measurement and control, introduces the new Model CRX-6.5K cryogenic probe station, an affordable, general purpose cryogen-free probe station that is both cost effective and convenient to use.
AREVA has signed three contracts with the German utilities RWE1 and EnBW2 for the supply of fuel assemblies.
The first two contracts signed with RWE cover the manufacture and the supply of ATRIUMTM and HTPTM 3 fuel as...
A team of engineers led by Harvard presented a plan to develop self-thermoregulating nanomaterials, which can be customized in order to maintain a set pressure, pH, or any other required parameter by fulfilling the ecological alterations with the help of chemical feedback response.
By G.P. Thomas
12 Jul 2012
Alcoa has inked new multi-year supply contracts to supply its aerospace aluminum plate, sheet and hard alloy extruded products to Airbus. The products use Alcoa’s next-generation aluminum lithium alloys. Both the companies signed the contracts at the Farnborough Air Show, this week. The value of those agreements is considered to be about US$1.4 billion.
SGL Group’s subsidiary, HITCO Carbon Composites has reported that it has received a contract from Boeing Commercial Airplanes to manufacture and deliver 777 Empennage Rib Chords.