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Case Western Reserve to Secure Funding for Mirror-Augmented Photovoltaic System Project

Case Western Reserve University will receive $899,818 for research, in collaboration with an Ohio company, aimed at using mirrors to increase light intensity on flat-panel modules for solar photovoltaic energy systems. ...

15 Feb 2011

New Study on Phenol Industry in China

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Chinese Markets for Phenol. China's demand for phenol has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years...

From Report Linker 15 Feb 2011

mPhase's Research Work Featured in the Journal of Porous Materials

mPhase Technologies, Inc., a leader in the development of Smart Surfaces and advanced battery technologies, today announced that an article describing research they are conducting in developing techniques for giving hydrophobic and superhydrophobic repelling properties to non-silicon materials, such as glass fibers, for use in potential applications or devices benefiting from microfluidic delivery and energy storage, have been showcased in a recent issue of the Journal of Porous Materials.

15 Feb 2011

Newly Discovered Magnetic Superhalogens May be Used to Advance Materials Science

An international team of researchers has discovered a new class of magnetic superhalogens – a class of atomic clusters able to exhibit unusual stability at a specific size and composition, which may be used to adva...

15 Feb 2011

Solutia Announces Expansion of LLumar Decorative Window Film Program

Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), a globally leading producer of specialty materials and performance chemicals, is pleased to announce the expansion of its LLumar(R) decorative window film program.

15 Feb 2011

LED Experts to Meet in Austria for International Symposium and Exhibition

The new, application oriented LED professional Symposium + Expo 2011 will bring international experts from the fields of research and industry together for the first time in Bregenz, Austria. An accompanying technical exhibition will present current LED Lighting technologies and their applications for industry and the end-user.

14 Feb 2011

Science Oxford to Open a £30 million Science Centre

Science Oxford has announced today that it is creating a new innovation centre to support entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Due to open in March, the 25,000 sq ft innovation centre is part of a site in the heart of t...

14 Feb 2011

The Fox Group Signs Another License Agreement for Its Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technology

The Fox Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a patent license agreement with a U.S. corporation for rights to patents in Fox Group's portfolio. This is the fourth non-exclusive and royalty-b...

14 Feb 2011

Advanced Composites Group to Exhibit at Reinforced Plastics Show in India

Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (ACG), part of Umeco Composites Structural Materials (UCSM) - a Division of Umeco plc, will be exhibiting at ICERP 2011 - India (International Conference and Exhibition on Reinforced Plasti...

14 Feb 2011

BASF to Showcase Comprehensive Range of Coatings at ECS in Europe

BASF will be presenting its products and services at the European Coatings Show 2011 (ECS) in Nürnberg, Germany, the leading trade fair for the international coatings industry, from 29 - 31 March. Specialists fro...

From BASF Corporation 14 Feb 2011

More than 52,000 Springer eBooks Available via Google eBookstore

Springer eBooks can now also be purchased via Google's eBookstore. Google currently holds the biggest collection of Springer eBooks with more than 52,000 books, which is a combination of physically scanned books publ...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 14 Feb 2011

EPMA to Hold Powder metallurgy Summer School in June

The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) is holding its 11th Powder Metallurgy Summer School at the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM in Dresden, Germany from Monday, 27th June to Friday, 1st July 2011. Professor Bernd ...

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 14 Feb 2011

Veeco Win Grant to Accelerate Development of CIGS Deposition Systems for Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it has been awarded $4.8 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the research and development and commercialization of its Copper, Indium, G...

From Veeco 14 Feb 2011

AU Optronics to Establish Solar Wafer Plant in Taiwan

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") announced today that AUO Crystal Corp. ("ACC"), one of AUO's subsidiary companies, will establish a solar wafer plant in Taiwan's Chungkang Export Processing Zone, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), to strengthen its strategic position for solar materials in the upstream and enhance technological developments.

14 Feb 2011

Applied Nanotech to Display New Carbon Nanotube-Based Composites at Nano Tech 2011

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce that it will showcase its new carbon nanotube-based composites and materials, which have been shown to dramatically improve the performance of golf clubs and racquets, at nano tech 2011, the 10th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference.

14 Feb 2011