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Dow Corning Recognized as One of the World's Most Ethical Companies

Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicones and silicon-based technology and innovation, was recently recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010. Among a re...

From Dow Corning 23 Mar 2010

Sapphires to Help Turn Coal into a Clean Energy Source

Sapphire, a brilliant blue gemstone most familiar in jewelry, may soon play an important part in making coal a cleaner fuel source. Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are investigating sapph...

23 Mar 2010

Corning Celebrates 40 Years of Optical Fiber

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today launches a year-long anniversary celebration of the company's world-changing invention of low-loss optical fiber. Corning's 1970 breakthrough made the theoretical promise of...

From Corning Incorporated 23 Mar 2010

Biodegradable Surgical Screws that Encourage Bone Growth

Screws used in surgical operations are often made of titanium. They usually have to be removed after a while or replaced by new ones. A new biomaterial makes this unnecessary. It promotes bone growth and is biodegradable.

23 Mar 2010

Sensors of the Future are Printable

In future every home will have one: electronic devices that you can control just by pointing a finger. To turn this vision into reality the 3Plast research consortium is developing special sensors that can be printed onto plastic film and affixed to objects.

23 Mar 2010

New Grade of ARPRO Expanded Polypropylene Containing Recycled Content

A new grade of ARPRO offering recyclate content with no performance loss or additional cost has been announced by JSP. The first EPP of its kind, it uses 15 percent recycled ARPRO content allowing users to fulfil recycle...

23 Mar 2010

WITec Extends alpha300 Microscope Range to Suit Customer Requirements

WITec introduces a line extension of the alpha300 microscope series. Building on the system's inherent modularity, WITec has added several new microscope versions in order to meet all the diverse and multi-faceted cu...

From WITec GmbH 23 Mar 2010

Ultra Compact Lathe Inspection Touch Probes from Renishaw

Renishaw's new RLP40 and OLP40 lathe inspection touch probes offer a choice of signal transmission technologies, radio or optical, to make part set-up and inspection on turning centres accurate, simple and reliable.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 23 Mar 2010

Russian Steel Maker Commissions 4 mtpa Ladle Furnace

Novolipetsk Steel has commissioned a high-capacity 4 mtpa ladle furnace that will enable the company to produce new steel grades for automotive, white goods and electrical engineering applications. The project is bei...

From Primetals Technologies Limited 23 Mar 2010

Netzsch Laser Flash Analysis Now Available up to 2800°C

For more than a decade, the NETZSCH LFA 427 has been known as one of the most versatile and precise measuring systems in Laser Flash Analysis. Until recently, the temperature range of the LFA 427 had been restricted to a maximum of 2000°C. Now as of 2010, a new version is available which allows measurements up to 2800°C.

From NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 22 Mar 2010

MaterialViews has New Features to Help Materials Scientists Keep up with the Latest Research

MaterialsViews.com, the news service from Wiley covering the latest developments in materials science, chemistry, and physics, has been updated with new features that help materials scientists keep up with the latest res...

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 22 Mar 2010

Arkema to Showcase Specialty Resin and Organic Ranges for Electric and Electronic Cabling

Arkema will showcase its specialty resin and organic peroxide ranges for electric and electronic cabling at the Düsseldorf Wire & Tube international tradeshow from April 12 to 16.

22 Mar 2010

Carbon Fiber Swimming Goggles do More Than Just Reduce Weight

The first use of carbon fiber reinforcement for the frames of swimming goggles has made it possible to cut the weight, reduce the drag, and improve the comfort of this critical component of the gear used by athletes in professional, triathlon, and other high-performance competitions.

22 Mar 2010

Corning Long Haul Optical Fibres Extend Reach of 40G and 100G Networks

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) will demonstrate the robust performance and extended reach capability of its long-haul optical fiber products in 40 gigabits per second (G) and 100G network systems with Ciena Corporation ...

From Corning Incorporated 22 Mar 2010

Veeco to Host Seeing at the Nanoscale VIII Conference

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today that it will host the "Seeing at the Nanoscale VIII" conference at the Congress Center, Basel, Switzerland, August 30-September 1, 2010.

From Veeco 22 Mar 2010