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Unusual Crystalline Minerals May be the Key to Next Generation Computer Chips and Increased Data Storage

Two of The Florida State University's most accomplished scientists recently joined forces on a collaborative research project that has yielded groundbreaking results involving an unusual family of crystalline mineral...

14 Feb 2010

University Spin-Out Secures Funding to Commercialise Nano-Porous Adsorbent Hollow Fibre Technology

A green technology spin-out company from the University of Bath has secured funding of almost £750,000 from the Royal Society Enterprise Fund and local Business Angels including John Clough, former Chief Executive of Eaga Plc.

14 Feb 2010

Manufacturers of Photovoltaic Equipment will Found Individual Association Platform Companies join Competences to Strengthen the Industry

"The manufacturers of photovoltaic production equipment will found an individual association platform during the annual photovoltaics conference of the German Engineering Federation VDMA on March 30th in Frankfurt&q...

12 Feb 2010

FutureCarbon Develops Non-Dusting Carbon Nanotube Granulate

FutureCarbon has successfully completed development of a non-dusting carbon nanotube granulate that disperses by simple stirring. In its reaction and handling the granulate is comparable to soluble coffee. This development marks a breakthrough in the industrial use of carbon nanomaterials. FutureCarbon is marketing the product as CarboGran.

11 Feb 2010

IBM Build Solar Cell Using Readily Available Materials

IBM today announced it has built a solar cell -- where the key layer that absorbs most of the light for conversion into electricity, is made entirely of readily-available elements -- that set a new world record for effic...

11 Feb 2010

AirGas Board to Review Take Over Offer from Air Products

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) today confirmed that Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) has commenced an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding common shares of Airgas at a price of $60.00 per share in ca...

From Air Products PLC 11 Feb 2010

PowerProp Multicoat Proppant Trials produce Impressive Results

Santrol Oil and Gas Stimulation is receiving impressive results from early tests of its new PowerProp Multicoat Proppant. PowerProp is resin-coated sand designed to perform comparably to a lightweight ceramic. When te...

11 Feb 2010

New Sample Holders Increase Capabilities for World's Fastest Desktop SEM

Phenom-World BV announces the launch of a new collection of sample holders and inserts for the Phenom™ desktop scanning electron microscope (SEM). The new holders increase the range of possible samples while maintaining the Phenom’s market-leading time to image. Quick and easy sample loading ensures faster time to data.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom-World BV 11 Feb 2010

Linde Oxyfuel Technology HElps ArcelorMittal Win AIST Energy Award

Oxyfuel technology plus know how developed and deployed by Linde North America has helped ArcelorMittal win the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) 2009 Energy Achievement Award. The award recognizes A...

From Linde plc 11 Feb 2010

Hydro and Umicore Suspend Silicon Development Work

Hydro and the Belgian company Umicore have decided to put the research and development activities in the joint venture HyCore on hold.

11 Feb 2010

Air Products to Invest €75 million in Chinese Steel Industry

Air Liquide has signed long-term contracts with two steel producers in China and will invest €75 million overall to meet the needs of these new customers. This investment strengthens the Group's leading position...

From Air Products PLC 11 Feb 2010

VTT Develop Environmentally Friendly Pre-Treatment and Curing for Sol-Gel Processing

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed new pretreatment and curing methods that can be used with the sol-gel coating process. With the new pretreatment method, the adhesion of sol-gel coatings can be impr...

11 Feb 2010

New Understanding of How Catalytic Conversions Take Place

The oxidation of toxic carbon monoxide (CO) to carbon dioxide occurs every day in millions of cars. Despite being one of the most studied catalytic processes, the exact mechanism of interaction between the carbon monoxid...

11 Feb 2010

Trials Show Waste Polypropylene Carpet is Suitable for Recycling and Re-Use

Ground-breaking trials by Axion Consulting have shown waste polypropylene carpets can be recycled into good quality polymer pellet for re-use in new applications, such as injection-moulded products. The findings coul...

11 Feb 2010

SPE's Plastics Environmental Division Announce Winners of 2010 Environmental Stewardship Awards

The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) today announced the recipients of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2010 Environmental Stewardship Awards. Presentation...

11 Feb 2010