FlyAshDirect and BASF have jointly developed a new chemical solution to treat powder activated carbon (PAC) tainted fly ashes in order to make them usable for concrete applications.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Jun 2012
NanoSteel, a provider of proprietary nano-structured steel material designs, has developed new, advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) with superior ductility and strength for use in automotive structures.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Jun 2012
The new SALD-2300 laser diffraction particle size analyzer from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments measures wet or dry materials to ensure outstanding product quality in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, ceramics and electronics industries.
A new white paper from Malvern Panalytical examines the different strategies open to anyone adopting on-line particle size analysis, providing guidance on its design and implementation and highlighting the economic and practical benefits of selecting an approach best suited to the project in hand.
A research team from the North Carolina State University has discovered that the bulkiness of ligands, which are organic molecules utilized in the synthesis of gold nanoparticles, determines the size of the nanoparticles, which means the larger the ligands, the smaller the nanoparticles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Jun 2012
Umeco leads the way in Out-of-Autoclave (OoA) prepreg processing technology for primary and secondary aircraft structures, and has its MTM®44-1, MTM®45-1, MTM®46 epoxy prepregs in use at major airframers, including Airbus
3M, a specialist in transparent ultra barrier film technology, has declared that it has expanded the facility that manufactures Ultra Barrier Solar Film in Missouri. Increasing demand for high-efficient photovoltaic (PV) modules will be supported by this facility extension.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels, a developer of biobutanol technology, has reported the joining of four new members to the Butamax Early Adopters Group.
By Nick Gilbert
19 Jun 2012
UPM ForMi biocomposite, a new pulp-based material has now replaced plastic, which was utilized as a microscope accessory for mobile phones. KeepLoop, a Finnish technology company, has tested the sustainable UPM ForMi material utilized in the manufacturing of mobile phone microscope and found that the material is extremely challenging.
By Nick Gilbert
19 Jun 2012
On September 11-12, 2012 in Rosemont, IL, the MedTech Polymers 2012 Conference will be held. The announcement was made by PlasticsToday and MD+DI. This event will give an opportunity to medical device and polymer industries to share their perspectives, respective goals, and challenges, and to push innovation of medical devices into the future.
By Nick Gilbert
19 Jun 2012
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduced the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 XRS UHPLC system. This newest member of the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 UHPLC+ family offers new UHPLC capabilities in solvent delivery and sample handling with a wide range of detector options for high-throughput laboratories.
The NanoSteel® Company, a leader in nano-structured steel materials design, today announced the development of new advanced high-strength steels with exceptional combinations of strength and ductility for automotive structures.
Freeman Technology’s new brochure provides an introduction to powders as well as full details of the company’s universal powder tester, the FT4 Powder Rheometer.
At Atlanta, a Global Research & Technology Center of 160,000 sq. ft. has been opened by Novelis, a recycler of aluminum beverage cans and producer of rolled aluminum. This center will be used for extending the company's R&D activities.
At the 2012 Nanotech Conference and Expo, SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT)’s Director of Research and Development, Ricardo Prada Silvy will deliver a presentation entitled, ‘Specialty Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Advanced Li-ion Battery Cathodes.’
By Nick Gilbert
18 Jun 2012