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American Superconductor Receives Order for Wind Turbine Electrical Control Systems

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, announced today that it has received an initial order for full wind turbine electrical control systems from China's Shenyang Bl...

1 Feb 2010

Craic Microscope Spectrophotometer Helps Develop OLED Displays

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) are being developed for the next generation of displays and light sources. The QDI 302™ microscope spectrophotometer, from CRAIC Technologies, is designed to measure and compare the spectral output, intensity and color consistency of each of the microscopic pixels commonly found in OLED devices.

From CRAIC Technologies 31 Jan 2010

Malvern Mastersizer Plays Key Role in the Production of Inks and Coatings

A Malvern Panalytical Mastersizer laser diffraction particle size analyzer is playing an important role in the development and evaluation of specialty mixing systems at the Test & Development Center of Charles Ross & Son Company (Hauppauge, New York). The company’s PreMax mixer with Delta rotor/stator improves pigment dispersion ahead of media milling operations in the production of inks and coatings.

From Malvern Panalytical 29 Jan 2010

Bayer MaterialScience Opens New Pilot Plant for Manufacturing Carbon Nanotubes

Bayer MaterialScience has opened a new pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at CHEMPARK Leverkusen. The company has invested some EUR 22 million in the planning, development and construction of t...

29 Jan 2010

Using Natural Phenomena in Self Assembly to Create Desired Forms

In the January 29th issue of Science, a team from Harvard led by Vinothan Manoharan and Michael Brenner, presents additional clues to how and why groups of atoms and molecules may favor less symmetrical and more complex, flexible geometric patterns.

28 Jan 2010

New Technique to Test Phase Changes Predicted by Theoretical Physicists

Phase transitions - changes of matter from one state to another without altering its chemical makeup - are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world. Water falls to the ground as snow, melts to a liquid an...

28 Jan 2010

New TEM Windows Designed for Nanoresearchers

Based on feedback from customers, TEMwindows.com is introducing several new TEM window formats to better meet the imaging and analysis needs of nanoresearchers. 100 micron thick frame formats are now available for many p...

28 Jan 2010

Optomec to Introduce Aerosol Jet Display Lab at FlexTech

Optomec announced today that the company will introduce its new Aerosol Jet Display Lab system at FlexTech in Phoenix, Arizona, February 2-4. The Display Lab is an ideal platform for developing next-generation display pr...

28 Jan 2010

Sysmex FPIA-3000 Flow Particle Image Analyzer Improves the Manufacture of Inhaled Medications

The Sysmex FPIA-3000 Flow Particle Image Analyzer from Malvern Panalytical is being used to help improve the manufacture of an inhaled drug product administered via a nebulizer.

From Malvern Panalytical 28 Jan 2010

Free Webinar on CPSIA Testing of Lead

Chemist Brad Tix of Stork Twin City Testing in St. Paul, Minnesota, is presenting a free webinar, "Updated CPSIA Testing for Lead, Phthalates, and ASTM F963 Conformance" on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The webinar is open to the general public and there is no cost to attend. This event will be of particular interest to makers and manufacturers of products designed for use by children, such as toys, games, furniture, and other articles.

From Element Materials Technology 28 Jan 2010

Free Technical Seminar on Aspects of Metallurgy in the Medical Device World

Stork failure analysis expert Dr. John Tartaglia of Stork Climax Research Services in Wixom, Michigan, is offering a free technical seminar, "Aspects of Metallurgy in the Medical Device World ."

From Element Materials Technology 28 Jan 2010

New Objectives Provide Optimal Chromatic Aberration for Materials Imaging

Olympus has introduced the new MPLAPON series of plan apochromatic objectives, which provide the ultimate level of chromatic aberration correction for materials imaging. Completing the Olympus UIS2 objective range, the MPLAPON objectives are available in 50x and 100x magnification.

28 Jan 2010

10000 Gallons of DOWFROST Heat Transfer Fluid Used in Aqua-Thermal System

Approximately 10,000 gallons of DOWFROST Heat Transfer Fluid is enabling a new aqua-thermal system at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) located near Midland, Michigan. Built into a 6.75 acre, 2.2 million gallon rete...

28 Jan 2010

New White Paper on Environmental Screening with XRF Available from Spectro

With 2010 as the "International Year of Biological Diversity", the UNO General Assembly has set a clear signal: Environmental protection and effective management are to remain in the public eye. Lawmakers aroun...

28 Jan 2010

New Surface Mount PTC Thermistors Available

TDK-EPC, a group company of the TDK Corporation, presents the new Superior series of EPCOS SMD PTC thermistors for limit temperature measurement. They are available in case sizes 0805, 0603 and 0402.

28 Jan 2010