Neo Material Technologies, a producer and developer of rare earths, neodymium-iron-boron magnetic powders and zirconium based engineered materials, has opened a gallium tri-chloride manufacturing facility in Hyeongok Industrial Zone, Korea.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has awarded two new patents to Metabolix, a provider of sustainable solutions to the energy, chemical and plasticsindustries for the new,efficient production of industrial chemicals and biobased polymers.
Materials scientists from MIT and Boston College are developing a novel nanotechnology design to increase the electrical conductivity of a bulk alloy semiconductor such as Silicon Germanium (SiGe) by 30 to 40%.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
A team of physicists from the Rice University, University of California, Los Angeles, and two Max Planck Institutes in Germany has discovered that electrons violate Landau-Fermi liquid theory only at quantum critical points (QCPs) but behave as explained by the theory on either side of a QCP.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
VINNOVA, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, has awarded a research grant worth SEK 3 million to Silex Microsystems, a pure-play MEMS foundry, to develop advanced ferromagnetic materials for MEMS devices for use in next-generation smartphones.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
Scientists have developed a new fabric coating that can actively shrug off dirt, acids, grease and other filthy matter. During testing they found that it had more water-repellent properties than Teflon or car wax.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
University of Southern California (USC) scientists have developed a method to produce stable, low-cost solar cells from nanocrystals.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
BASF, Foosung and Arsenal Capital Partners have declared that BASF has purchased Ohio-based Novolyte Technologies, a producer of electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries. BASF has acquired Novolyte Technologies from Arsenal.
Allegheny Technologies has inked a long-term sourcing contract with GE Aviation to provide Rene 65 alloy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
Shandong Chamboard Petrochemicals based in China has selected the UOP C3 and C4 Oleflex methods of UOP, a Honeywell company, in order to manufacture main petrochemicals.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
27 Apr 2012
UTC Power, which offers energy- efficient products and services, has declared that its PureCell stationary fuel cell system has been installed at 1211 Avenue of the Americas building located in New York City. The building is owned by an affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Apr 2012
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have performed a study on an organic photovoltaic material with superior performance and showed that the PV material performed better due to the presence of an uncommon bilayer lamellar structure.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Apr 2012
Stainless steel is an indispensable part of our everyday lives - at work, at home or at leisure. The foundations for its global use were laid 100 years ago in the Krupp's (now ThyssenKrupp) laboratories. On October 1...
Videojet Technologies has introduced three new inks for application in its 1000 series of ink jet printers: V413-D black returnable bottling ink, V438-D black heat-cure ink and V489-C pigmented black ink.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Apr 2012
Frost & Sullivan has honored Solutia, a performance materials and specialty chemicals company, with the 2012 New Product Innovation Award in the Automotive Glazing Material category.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Apr 2012