A senior research fellow at TNO, a Dutch research organization, Herman Schoo, has coordinated the Polymap program to ensure that funding for research on organic and large-area electronics (OLAE) is distributed and utilized effectively within the European research group.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
Physicists from Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland and the IFW Dresden in Germany have observed the breakdown of an electron into two new particles inside a solid.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
A consortium headed by Siemens VAI Metals Technologies secured a contract from Tiancheng Stainless Steel Products (TCSS) to provide an annealing and pickling line for the company’s Guanghan Works.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
Nitto Denko has inked an agreement to purchase Bento Bantçýlýk ve Temizlik Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret and its sales subsidiary, Bento Pazarlama ve Ticaret (Bento).
Cabot and China National Bluestar Group have reported that a new fumed silica extension project has been completed at the Spark Industrial Park, which is located in Jiangxi Province of China.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
Tata Steel has announced that an investment will be made in an additional zinc-pot operation at the company’s IJmuiden works located in the Netherlands.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
Hydro Green Aluminium Award was given to two key scientists from NTNU and SINTEF for their energy-efficiency related research work in aluminium billet heating during profile production in extrusion plants.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
An international team of scientists from the French National Center for Scientific Research and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has developed a new prototype lens using graphene.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
Industrial Nanotech’s patented mold resistant and thermal insulation coating called Nansulate Energy Protect has been chosen by BUILDINGS magazine as a top 2012 Money-Saving Product.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2012
Malvern Panalytical technical experts, Dr Stephen Ward-Smith and Martina Pfau, will contribute to the inaugural ‘Fundamentals of Formulation Science and Technology’ course.
In the 2012 / 2013 season the premier league club Heracles Almelo will be playing on an innovative synthetic turf pitch from TenCate, which is based on patented weaving technology.
This is the first official synthetic t...
The Materials Research Society (MRS) announced the winners of the Graduate Student Awards on Wednesday, April 11, during the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.
Twenty-three graduate students were recognized for...
A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has helped an international research team to verify the stability of an ultrathin membrane using near-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Apr 2012
Enable IPC’s subsidiary, SolRayo has received a National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer (NSF-STTR) Phase II grant worth $499,998 to develop nanoparticle oxide coatings for increasing the operating life of batteries.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Apr 2012
A team of researchers from the Tsinghua University and Rice University has demonstrated that a combination of carbon nanotube forests and a sulfide-based electrolyte can be used to fabricate high-efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) at a cost lower than that of conventional silicon-based solar cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Apr 2012