Coatings and specialty products company, PPG Industries has published a flyer or a document highlighting the performance data for its new SUNGATE 600 glass and details about its latest Insulating Glass Technology (IGU) for achieving R-5 insulating performance with dual-pane window construction.
The new recycling figures have been introduced by the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) for use in post-consumer steel packaging scrap.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
Sweden and the United States have reported that they have removed plutonium from Sweden successfully. This was announced in the Nuclear Security Summit conducted this year in South Korea.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
AkzoNobel has partnered with the American Chemical Society to launch a new science award in order to honor researchers at research institutes and universities, who play a significant role in materials science and chemistry research.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
The structural materials business of Umeco has announced that it was the Lead Partner in FibreCycle, a multi-partner UK project, which has obtained a JEC Innovations Award. Sigmatex has received this award for working in the FibreCycle program.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) has recognized PolyOne, a supplier of specialized polymer materials, solutions and services, with the 2012 Best Process Excellence Program award for the company’s Lean Six Sigma program. This program was introduced in 2008 and has been providing significant operational and financial advancements.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
Coperion has announced that it will exhibit the STS advanced series at Chinaplas, which will be held from 18 to 21 April 2012 in Shanghai. These advanced series are available in new and enhanced features.
3M Aerospace has launched enhanced polyurethane protective tapes to protect the wet areas of the aircraft, which is exposed to substructure corrosion. These tapes cover the seams present in the joints of the floor panels. Also, the company has introduced wide-area tapes for protecting bigger regions that are exposed to moisture.
At the American Chemical Society’s 243rd National Meeting & Exposition, a research team led by Paresh C. Ray from the Jackson State University in Mississippi has delivered a presentation on a gold nanoparticle-based method to rapidly detect the presence of Salmonella bacteria, particularly their multiple-drug resistant (MDR) strains in lettuce.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
A research team led by Qun Zhao from the University of Georgia has discovered that a combination of alternating magnetic fields and iron oxide nanoparticles is capable of destroying neck and head cancer cells in mice in 30 minutes without damaging healthy cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
Global Industry Analysts has released a market research report titled ‘Nanocomposites: A Global Market Report.’
Numerous projects across the globe have attempted to recycle and refine impure aluminium but have not been very successful. For over a decade, scientists at SINTEF have been working on their new apparatus to recycle and refine impure aluminium. They will however know the results by this May 2012.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
According to a new research presented at American Chemical Society’s 243rd National Meeting & Exposition, certain flame retardants, which are included in furniture upholstery, carpets, crib mattresses, plastics, cars, airline seats and other related products to curb flames, are in fact raising the risk of invisible poisonous gases that are the major cause of fire deaths.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
A research team directed by Robert Morris from the University of Toronto has developed eco-friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts with efficiency comparable to that of toxic, high-cost metal-based catalysts currently being used in a wide range of industries such as food, fragrance and drug.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
Zeta Instruments, Inc., a leading provider of cost-effective, precision optical profilers for micron-scale surface analysis, announced that ASYS Automation Systems, Germany, has selected its Zeta-200™ optical profiler to assure its screen printing systems meet the exacting requirements of its solar cell manufacturing customers.