Alcoa, one of the producers of primary and fabricated aluminum, announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with China Power Investment (CPI), an integrated energy group, to establish a joint venture (JV) for producing high-end aluminum fabricated products in China. The new partnership will also leverage the existing capabilities of CPI and Alcoa.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Natcore Technology has received a patent from the US Patent Office for a solar cell that utilizes carbon nanotubes to enhance its performance. The patent no. 7,999,176 B2 was approved in April 2011 and issued on August 16 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Fractal Antenna Systems’ research team has reported new measurements that verify its claims of a functioning ‘invisibility cloak’, which uses advanced metamaterial layers produced from self repetitive designs known as fractals.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Pyrosales were recently involved with Australia’s largest road infrastructure project, BrisConnections.Thiess John Holland, the Head Contractors, approached Pyrosales to deliver a solution for monitoring temperature during concrete curing.
CESEP 2011 in Vichy, France, features Micromeritics sponsoring discussions on carbon innovations for energy storage and environmental applications.
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo, one of the core companies of Tanaka Precious Metals, has introduced seven new electron beam welding materials for use in automotive sensors.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Porvair Filtration Group, a global leader in the development and marketing of porous materials and solutions for filtration and separation applications, has performed testing on its Fluorofil Plus gas sterilizing filters and demonstrated excellent resistance to high temperature sterilization.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Romeo RIM, one of the leading producers of reaction injection molding (RIM) technology in North America, announced that the company’s VP of business development, Paul Condeelis will deliver a presentation on long fiber injection (LFI) technology at the SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Novelis, a global producer and supplier of aluminium rolled products and aluminium can recycling, has been chosen to supply aluminium sheets for Jaguar Land Rover’s new Evoque model. Evoque is the first lightest and high fuel-efficient Range Rover designed by the British automaker.
BASF is celebrating 50 years of manufacturing and distribution of the Cellasto brand of polyurethane finished parts for the automotive industry.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
A research team led by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zabel of Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum (RUB) has for the first time experimentally confirmed the spin pumping effect, an important physical phenomenon, in magnetic layers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have found that nanoblades, a unique nanomaterial, can store and discharge hydrogen exceptionally quickly and at relatively low temperatures when compared to similar type of materials. They can also be recharged several times.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Brussels will host the largest European Event in Graphene from 10th until 13th of April 2012 at Brussels44Center. A plenary session with internationally renowned speakers, extensive thematic workshops in parallel, an important industrial exhibition carried out with the latest Graphene nanotrends for the future will be some of the features of this event.
At the 2011 Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition, R&D Engineer Charles Mangeot made a presentation on advances in piezoelectric actuator technology for defense systems. Lightweight amplified actuators and precise actuator drives were in focus as modern defense systems require high performance, fast-acting, lightweight actuators.
The introduction of live microscopy into the classroom is enabling primary school children to understand more about everyday objects. The children at Longworth Primary School in Oxfordshire were treated recently to the sight of everyday objects from the world around them in exquisite detail, thanks to a live microscopy workshop organised by Carl Zeiss.