Virginia Commonwealth University has received a contract totaling $2.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, ARPA-E, to develop and design a new class of permanent magnets to be used in energy-efficient electric car motors or generators.
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on fossil resources, this ...
Formulators of waterborne and UV coatings can now consistently achieve good spreading and wetting - even at low addition levels - thanks to a new family of Dow Corning brand superwetting additives effective on difficult-...
Chinese steel producer Shanxi Zhongyang Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (ZISCO) contracted with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to add a high-speed mini finishing mill to each of its three rod mills. This will almost double the mills' production speed.
A research group led by ETH Zurich has now, for the first time, visualized the motion of electrons during a chemical reaction. The new findings in the experiment are of fundamental importance for photochemistry and could...
Formulators of solventborne, waterborne and UV coatings can now achieve excellent slip and hand feel performance without causing unwanted foam stabilization or decreasing recoatability thanks to a new family of Dow Corni...
Specialist aerospace laboratories operated by Exova, the global materials testing provider, have received a major investment.
Exova's laboratories in Plzen, Czech Republic, and Newcastle, UK, have shared a £...
ULVAC offers solutions for various kinds of solar cell manufacturing, including: a-Si thin film type, compound CIGS type, crystalline type, and flexible PV.
iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Practical Guide to Green Technology for Ground Engineering.
The INSEPLATEX project aims to develop technologies for providing insecticidal and repellent effects to different types of textiles and plastics. Tecnalia, Leitat and Aimplas are participating in this project, which is being led by Tecnalia.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Oct 2011
Hosokawa Micron, a provider of clean air technology, can now offer novel designs of downflow booths containing the latest 5D rigid containment screens, which can provide exceptional operator exposure levels down to <1 µg/m3 to powder handling operatives based on the applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Oct 2011
The Balver Zinn/Cobar Group has proclaimed that its US division, Cobar Solder Products will unveil Alpine OT2, a solder paste devoid of halide and halogen, at the SMTA International Conference & Exhibition to be conducted from 18 and 19 October 2011 at the Fort Worth Convention Center located in Fort Worth, Texas.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Oct 2011
MEPS, a provider of steel consumption, production, forecasts and prices, had revealed the under-reporting of China’s steel production in 2010, in its April edition of the ‘China Steel Insight’.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Oct 2011
New self-assembly technologies make nanoparticles to accumulate themselves in a controlled manner to produce unique materials with novel transport, mechanical, optical and electrical properties.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Oct 2011
Fractal Antenna Systems announced that it has filed a patent for a unique antenna technology called fractal plasmonic surfaces (FPS) to improve wireless antennas. This technology is an economical solution to offer wideband ability with other novel features.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Oct 2011