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Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Could Dramatically Improve Lithium-Ion Battery Performance

A new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications from hybrid vehicles to portable electronics.

15 Mar 2010

New Band Excitation Technique Results in 8 New Grants for SPM and AFM Users

Asylum Research, the technology leader in Scanning Probe and Atomic Force Microscopy (SPM/AFM), has announced eight new grants for early adopters to explore the capabilities and applications of the unique new Band Excita...

15 Mar 2010

LG Premium Mobile PC gets the Gorilla Glass Treatment

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that Corning's Gorilla glass has been designed into the LG X300, a newly released premium mobile PC. This lightweight device packs portable computing technology into an...

From Corning Incorporated 15 Mar 2010

PPG to Promote Water-Based Coatings at Northeast 2010 Tradeshow

With volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions regulations expected to be mandated soon for the Northeast (OTC) region, PPG’s display will highlight industry-leading Envirobase High Performance and Aquabase Plus waterborne coatings products. Seminars on the PPG “Convert with Confidence” process will demonstrate the ease of switching to PPG waterborne coatings. An MVP Solutions “Lean Six Sigma” seminar also will be presented.

From PPG Industries Inc. 15 Mar 2010

New McLaren F1 Cars get Innovative New Lubricant and Fuels Package

ExxonMobil, Technology Partner to the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team since 1995, has introduced an innovative new lubricant and fuels package for use in the Mercedes-Benz FO 108X engines of the 2010 Vodafone McLaren Merc...

15 Mar 2010

mPhase Technologies to Participate in NanoBusiness Alliance Roundtable

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL), the global leader in the development of nanotech-based reserve battery technology, today announced that its executives will attend the Ninth Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Washingto...

15 Mar 2010

PPG Automotive Refinishing Helps U Bobsled team Win Gold

PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive refinish business is pleased to congratulate the U.S. Olympic four-man bobsled team on winning the gold medal during the Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The victory, achieved in the PPG-painted Bo-Dyn Night Train bobsled, was the first four-man bobsled Olympic gold medal the United States has won since the 1948 games.

From PPG Industries Inc. 15 Mar 2010

Developments in Pipeline Coatings

The economic crisis has affected pipeline construction as with many other industries, because of the lack of availability of finance for new projects, and because of the drop in oil and gas prices. However, oil prices ar...

15 Mar 2010

Quick and Easy Semi Quantitative Atomic Absorption Measurements Possible with ContrAA

The ContrAA series of high resolution continuum source atomic absorption spectrophotometers from Analytik Jena UK allow semi-quantitative measurements to be made quickly and easily. The availability of all atomic absorpt...

15 Mar 2010

Materials Scientists Harvest Small Amounts of Energy and Convert it into Usable Hydrogen

Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel. The process is simple, efficient and ...

15 Mar 2010

Linde Team Up to Develop Packaging Solutions for Flexible Displays

The technology group, The Linde Group, and leading Chinese engineering university, Shanghai University, announce today their partnership to explore and develop new advanced packaging solutions for flexible displays to en...

From Linde plc 15 Mar 2010

CPFilms Introduce New Window Tinting Film with Improved UV Absorption and Heat Rejection

CPFilms Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), and the world's leading producer of professional window films for automotive, residential and commercial markets, proudly introduces its newest aut...

15 Mar 2010

Siemens to Supply Five Strand Comb-Caster to Chinese Steelworks

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply a five-strand combi-caster to Handan Steel Works, part of Handan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., China. The new plant will be capable of producing a total of 1.45 million tons of beam blanks and blooms per year and is scheduled commence production operations in the summer of 2011.

From Primetals Technologies Limited 15 Mar 2010

Linde to Consolidate Customer Services Operations of Electronics and Specialty Gases

The Electronics and Specialty Gases business of Linde North America will consolidate its customer services operations in a state-of-the-art facility in Stewartsville, New Jersey, beginning 12 March 2010. Linde North ...

15 Mar 2010

PartTec to Manufacture Neutron Detector Systems Developed by ORNL

PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Nationa...

15 Mar 2010