In future, environmentally friendly electric energy storage devices will shape the energy supply in all areas. Currently, regenerative energies are expanding their market shares. Against this backdrop, the demand for hig...
Increasing demand and a shrinking supply of rare earth elements for magnets creates a perfect opportunity for a research team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Minnesota.
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd (Masteel) to supply a twin ladle furnace.
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF) - a joint venture of SGL Group and BMW Group - today officially opened its new state-of-the-art carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. The new facility is strategic for...
Mercedes-Benz will use its NANOSLIDE coating technology, an innovative twin-wire arc spraying technique, in the series production of its V6 diesel engines. Since 2006, the company has been utilizing the technology successfully in its 6.3-L AMG engines.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Sep 2011
Dais Analytic said that it has secured a US patent titled ‘Nanoparticle Ultracapacitor’ from the United States Patent Office. The company filed the patent on July 16 2007.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Sep 2011
Dr. Philip Nakashima, a researcher at Monash University, will receive the 2011 Barry Inglis Medal at an award ceremony to be conducted on September 5 2011 at the National Measurement Institute (NMI) located in Sydney.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Sep 2011
Eastman Chemical Company said that it has purchased Scandiflex do Brasil S.A. Indústrias Químicas, a Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil-based producer of plasticizers. Conditions of the deal were not revealed.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Sep 2011
3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division has unveiled the 3M Hi-Strength 94 ET Spray Adhesives with up to 50% less volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and Low VOC Aerosols to fulfill the environmental and air quality objectives of the customers.
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has launched the compact UV-2600 and UV-2700 UV-Vis spectrophotometers, which feature advanced optical systems and Shimadzu’s proprietary “Lo-Ray-Ligh” diffraction gratings.
A University of Arkansas physicist and his colleagues have found that ultra-thin films of superconductors and related materials don't lose their fundamental properties when built under strain when built as atomically...
Researchers at the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Iowa in the US replicate the stresses that affect the human voice. The team studies how vibration affects laryngeal cells, using a rotational shear rheometer from Malvern Instruments coupled with a piezo-electric driver to measure viscoelastic properties of soft tissues.
JEC Asia 2011, to be held in Singapore on 18-20 October 2011, is set to showcase the latest composites development in the Asia Pacific region. The JEC Asia Innovative Composites Summit (I.C.S.), to be held concurrently w...
smart has always been a pioneer in matters of urban mobility and with the smart fortwo electric drive the company is showing the direction of development in cities around the world. Together with BASF, the largest automotive supplier in the chemical industry, smart is demonstrating its leading role in the use of forward-looking technologies above and beyond the drive system.
A very successful merger. This is how most people would characterize the new company – Hydro Aluminium – born in Norway 25 years ago, on September 1, after the merger with ÅSV.