Market research website, Research and Markets has announced the release of, “Assessment of China’s market for Advanced Ceramics,” report for the year 2010.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Sep 2011
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the GCMS-QP2010 SE, its advanced standard gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Based on GCMS-QP2010S technology, the GCMS-QP2010 SE combines the benefits of economy, simple operation and enhanced performance.
PPG Industries and Pleotint, LLC, have agreed to jointly market a commercial window glass system that combines Sunlight Responsive Thermochromic, or SRT(TM), interlayer technology by Pleotint, with SOLARBAN(R) low-emissivity (low-e) glass and other glasses by PPG to control solar heat gain and reduce energy costs in buildings.
How can legislation be used to avoid hazardous waste being dumped where it could poison people and the environment in developing countries? Introducing producer responsibility could be one solution, says Panate Manomaivibool of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden, in a new thesis.
Norsk Hydro ASA has today entered into an agreement to divest its 35 percent interest in the Jamaican bauxite and alumina partnership Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) to UC Rusal for a cash consideration of NOK 250 million (USD 46 million).
EMAS Publishing releases a new book that provides an authoritative guide and practical handbook for advanced students, fracture mechanics practitioners and R&D specialists. The publication should provide an aid to both fracture mechanics experts and those engineers and scientists who use fracture mechanics in their daily work.
Fatigue tests are a vital element of quality assurance in machine and vehicle manufacturing. To further enhance its teaching in this field, HS Ulm (Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany) has developed a fatigue test stand for suspension forks as part of a study project, with support from Zwick in the form of equipment and expertise.
The first stock of steel plates is just arriving in Brown McFarlane Far East’s new Singapore stockholding facility and Kenny Lim, the company’s General Manager, is delighted to be already placing orders for more plate as he and his sales team have sold almost 40% of the opening stock within one week of its arrival.
James Tour, a lab chemist at the Rice University, has published two research papers that describe the novel production processes of superior-quality bilayer graphene on a large scale onto various insulating substrates directly.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have revealed the details of the photovoltaic process in ferroelectric materials using bismuth ferrite or BFO ultra thin films.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
A new study at the University of Leicester is utilizing a new technology to research the effects of volcanic ash on airplanes that fly across the volcanic eruption zones.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
MeadWestvaco (MWV) has introduced upgraded Natralock paperboard-based packaging for Berkley’s new NanoFil fishing line.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
Several million tonnes of waste glass are produced throughout Europe and only a part of it can be recycled.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
To address the growing demand from the automotive industry, Alcoa has planned to expand its aluminum rolled products manufacturing facility in Davenport, Iowa.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
Tata Steel announced that it has received a contract to supply high quality rail for a new track that runs between two French cities: Bordeaux and Tours.