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Solar Catamaran Acts as Test Bed for Innovative New Lithium Battery Cells

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, is testing innovative lithium ion battery cells on board the solar catamaran "PlanetSolar". The boat is financed by the German ...

28 Feb 2010

Highly Efficient Chips Inspired by Cells

MIT's Rahul Sarpeshkar is now applying architectural principles from ultra-energy-efficient cells to the design of low-power, highly parallel, hybrid analog-digital electronic circuits. Such circuits could one day be used to create ultra-fast supercomputers that predict complex cell responses to drugs.

28 Feb 2010

MEMS Devices Manufactured by Stamping them into Plastics

MIT researchers have discovered a way to make microelectromechanical devices, or MEMS, by stamping them onto a plastic film. That should significantly reduce their cost, but it also opens up the possibility of large sheets of sensors that could, say, cover the wings of an airplane to gauge their structural integrity.

28 Feb 2010

Huntsman Joint Venture Complete Construction of Ethyleneamines Plant

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) and Zamil Group Holding Company today announced completion of their new ethyleneamines joint venture plant, at a ceremony held in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The 27,000 tonne/year plant, which w...

From Huntsman International LLC 28 Feb 2010

Air Products Issues Statement Following Rejected Take Over Bid for Airgas

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today issued the following statement in response to the rejection by the Board of Directors of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) of Air Products' fully financed tender offer for all the outstanding co...

From Air Products PLC 28 Feb 2010

New Aluminum Alloy for Armor Plating Makes its Debut

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today the development of a new aluminum alloy armor plate solution - C79A. Designed to better protect soldiers in combat environments, C79A will be introduced for military vehicle applications a...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 28 Feb 2010

New Fasteners for Defense Applications from Alcoa

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it will offer two new fasteners for the defense market - the Huck 360 and the Bobtail. Offering an unmatched durability, the fasteners will be introduced for military vehicle applicat...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 28 Feb 2010

Alcoa to Participate in Product Life Cycle Emissions testing Protocol

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it is among 60 corporations pilot testing a draft protocol for accounting and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across a product's life cycle. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol I...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 28 Feb 2010

European Project Looks to Develop Polymeric Nanocomposites for Curtain Walling

The CIDEMCO-Tecnalia Technological Centre is coordinating the FACOMP project, for sections of curtain walls based on polymeric nanocomposites.

28 Feb 2010

Scatterometry, A New Approach to Measuring Defects in 32nm Chips

This sudden reduction between the current and next generation chips has meant the technology used for measuring this and previous generations of chips may no longer be effective. The problem is that current technology involves looking at images of patterns on adjoining layers with a very powerful microscope.

28 Feb 2010

Thermo Fisher Complete Acquisition of Manufacturer of Portable Chemical Analysis Instruments

Ahura Scientific, Inc., the leader in field-deployed analytical instruments for human health and public safety, today announced the close of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s acquisition of the company. The acquisition...

From Thermo Fisher Scientific 28 Feb 2010

BASF Create Chemistry

BASF creates chemistry: This is the central idea of the company's new global image campaign that will be launched at the beginning of March. For the first time, BASF is combining its market communications and targeti...

From BASF Corporation 26 Feb 2010

Nanobubbles Observed to Prevent Water from Wetting Super Non-Stick Surfaces

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have obtained the first glimpse of miniscule air bubbles that keep water from wetting a super non-stick surface.

26 Feb 2010

Linde Certified to Supply Gas Reference Materials

Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced it has been granted important GBW certification by the Chinese State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, approving Linde's production of gas refere...

From Linde plc 26 Feb 2010

DuPont Plan to Increase Sales of Performance Polymers by 12% in 2010

At a Feb. 24 Investors Business Review, Diane Gulyas, president, Performance Polymers, highlighted plans to grow the business’ sales greater than 12% in 2010 while increasing the pre-tax operating income (PTOI) margin.

26 Feb 2010