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OriginOil Announces Sponsorship of BioEnergy Summit to be Held at Harrisburg University

OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, is among the sponsors of the upcoming BioEnergy Summ...

24 Jan 2011

Recent Lab Tests Confirm Defog It Antifog's High Performance

In a recent field test study of Defog It antifog for fog prevention on safety glasses, 80% of surveyed employees at the Cristal Global Millennium Inorganic Chemical complex in Ashtabula, Ohio, said they wore their safety eyewear more when using the product, and 100% of them credit Defog It for helping them work more safely.

24 Jan 2011

Next Alternative to Increase Production of Lithium Ion Batteries for Transportation Industry

Robert Ireland, CEO of Next Alternative, Inc. has recently announced that the firm will increase its research on and production of Lithium Ion batteries in an effort to assist in the evolution of transport energies.

24 Jan 2011

Xyron Enhances Functionality of Creatopia Adhesive Application Tool

Creatopia by Xyron has a New Personality

24 Jan 2011

Comprehensive Report on Wood Preservative Chemicals Market in the U.S. and Europe

The US and Europe represent major markets for wood preservative chemicals. The markets witnessed a decline in demand during 2008-2009 primarily because of the slump in the macro economy. However, the markets bottomed ...

24 Jan 2011

New Spin Discovery in Curved Carbon May Have Big Impact on Future Nanoelectronics

A new scientific discovery could have profound implications for nanoelectronic components. Researchers from the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Japanese researchers, have shown how electrons on thin tubes of graphite exhibit a unique interaction between their motion and their attached magnetic field – the so-called spin.

24 Jan 2011

UH Chemists Develop Polymer Materials for Creating Sensors

Monitoring everything from explosives to tainted milk, materials for use in creating sensors for detection devices have been developed by a University of Houston (UH) chemist and his team. The findings recently appeared simultaneously in three journals.

24 Jan 2011

Fraunhofer Scientists to Demonstrate Nano-Enhanced Projector at Nano Tech 2011 Trade Show

Microscopically small nanostructured arrays of lenses that can record or project amazingly sharp images in brilliant colors are being demonstrated by Fraunhofer research scientists at the nano tech 2011 trade show in Tokyo from February 16 to 18.

24 Jan 2011

Praxair Electronics Receives Three New Solar Contracts in China

Praxair Electronics has won three new contracts with solar customers in China.

24 Jan 2011

New Report on Chinese Engineering Adhesive Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Engineering Adhesive Industry Report, 2009-2010" report to their offering. In 2009, the sales volume and value of engineering adhesives in China...

24 Jan 2011

RockTenn Enters Definitive Agreement to Buy Smurfit-Stone Container

RockTenn and Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have approved a definitive agreement under which Smurfit-Stone will become a wholly owned subsidiary of RockTenn.

24 Jan 2011

Clean Membranes Secures Funding to Develop Non-Fouling Membranes

Clean Membranes Inc, a New England based start-up developing a new generation of non-fouling membranes, announced today that it has concluded its Series A round of financing. The proceeds will be used primarily to tak...

24 Jan 2011

Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Commends LCIA Tribunal's Decision

The Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports welcomed today's London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) ruling that subsidies provided by the Ontario and Quebec governments to lumber manufacturers in their provinces ...

24 Jan 2011

Eastern Goldfields Completes Spin-Off of Vantage Goldfields

Eastern Goldfields, Inc. ("EGI") today announced the completion of its previously announced spin-off of Vantage Goldfields Limited ("VGO"), a gold mining and exploration company domiciled in Australia...

24 Jan 2011

Universal Steel Buildings Helps to Re-Build Keystone Foam's Manufacturing Plant in Pennsylvania

On August 2nd of 2007, a massive fire destroyed a 160,000 sq. ft. family owned manufacturing facility, Keystone Foam of Derry, PA, a small town east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

24 Jan 2011