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Novelis to Consolidate Headquarters into Atlanta

Novelis Inc. announced today that approximately 80 professional positions will be moving to Atlanta as the company relocates its North American headquarters from Cleveland to its world headquarters here. This consolidati...

15 Feb 2010

BASF Begin Work on New Sodium Methylate Plant

BASF breaks ground for its new production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant will have a capacity of 60,000 metric tons per year and is primarily intend...

From BASF Corporation 15 Feb 2010

Replacing Batteries Could become a Thing of the Past

It can be inconvenient to replace batteries in devices that need to work over long periods of time. Doctors might have to get beneath a patient's skin to replace batteries for implanted biomedical monitoring or treat...

15 Feb 2010

Plantic Sign US Distribution Deal for Biopolymer Rigid packaging Materials

Plantic Technologies Ltd. announced today a new distribution agreement in the Americas for its line of the Plantic biopolymer rigid packaging films in an exclusive partnership with the Klöckner Pentaplast Group (Gordonsv...

15 Feb 2010

Linde Achieves Growth in Photovoltaics

Defying the impact of a depressed economy on market movements, the Linde Gases Division of The Linde Group closed 2009 with more than 6GWp (Gigawatt peak) of production capacity across its global photovoltaic (PV) custom...

From Linde plc 15 Feb 2010

Alcoa Provide Energy Efficient, Recyclable Materials for Vancouver Athlete's Village

Athletes participating in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games starting Friday in British Columbia will sleep, eat, and watch sporting events in buildings that include Alcoa’s energy–efficient, recyclable and colorful Reynobond® aluminum composite material (ACM).

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 15 Feb 2010

Air Products Win Pretigious Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Award

Air Products (NYSE:APD) has been awarded the prestigious Rushlight Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Award for its innovative Series 100 Hydrogen Fueling Station technology. The technology, which is helping break down barr...

From Air Products PLC 15 Feb 2010

Diamond-Based Nanowires bring Quantum Science and technology a Step Closer

By creating diamond-based nanowire devices, a team at Harvard has taken another step towards making applications based on quantum science and technology possible.

14 Feb 2010

Scientists Successfully Create Quantum States of Light

While many of us enjoyed constructing little houses out of toy bricks when we were kids, this task is much more difficult if bricks are elementary particles. It is even harder if these are particles of light - photons, w...

14 Feb 2010

Chlor*Rid Products Protect Steel

CHLOR*RID International, Inc., the world's leading source of soluble salt testing and soluble salt removal products, announced today at the PACE Show in Phoenix, that its Chlor*Rid line of salt testing and removal pr...

14 Feb 2010

Peratech Receive Funding to Commercialise Quantum Tunnelling Composite Technology

Further to its recent announcements of licensing agreements with Nissha and Samson Electro-mechanics for 3D input technology for mobile phones, Peratech Limited has announced that YFM Group managed Partnership Investment...

14 Feb 2010

Nortest Now Selling Dielectric Cure Testing Intrsuments from Lambient

Nortest are pleased to announce that they are now the UK representatives for Lambient Technologies a relatively new US manufacturer of dielectric cure monitoring systems for thermoset materials.

14 Feb 2010

Sniffer Sensor Developed with Unprecedented Sensitivity

By taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos Datskos is developing a chemical and biological sensor ...

14 Feb 2010

Nanofibers with Piezoelectric Properties Could Generate Electricity from Clothing

In research that gives literal meaning to the term "power suit," University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing and textiles.

14 Feb 2010

Researchers Demonstrate Transduction of Optical Radiation to Electrical Current

Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit. The system, an array of nano-sized molecules of gold, respond to electromagnetic waves by creating surface plasmons that induce and project electrical current across molecules, similar to that of photovoltaic solar cells.

14 Feb 2010