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Optical Chips - Computer Chips that Transmit Data Using Light Rather Than Electricity

Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir Stojanovic and Rajeev Ram ...

25 Nov 2009

Dow Corning Open Solar Solutions Application & Business Center in California

Dow Corning Corporation today opened a Solar Solutions Application & Business Center in Newark, California that will serve as its West Coast hub for customer sales, product evaluation and the development of commercialization strategy.

From Dow Corning 25 Nov 2009

Corus Panels and Profiles Switch to Automated Telephone System

Corus Panels and Profiles is now operating successfully from its new business location in Shotton, alongside Corus Colors, manufacturer of Colorcoat. From Monday 23rd November we will switch to a fully automated tele...

25 Nov 2009

Aluminum Wheels to Help Coca Cola Reduce Environmental Impact

Renault Trucks and Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium (CCEB) are joining forces to reduce their environmental impact, and Alcoa wheels are playing a part.

25 Nov 2009

Particle Beams On Again at World's Largest Particle Accelerator

Particle beams are once again zooming around the world’s most powerful particle accelerator—the Large Hadron Collider—located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. On November 20 at 4:00 p.m. EST, a clockwise circulating beam was established in the LHC’s 17-mile ring.

25 Nov 2009

Arkema Recognise Academic Excellence in the Field of Paper Science

For the fifth consecutive year, Arkema is to reward the author of the best graduation project in the field of paper fibers, bioresource valorization, and improvement of environmental balance of paper processes, among 3rd...

25 Nov 2009

Bayer Showcase Thermal Insulation Solutions at Big 5 Trade Fair in Dubai

From November 23 to 26, 2009, Bayer MaterialScience will be represented at the BIG 5 trade fair in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by its regional polyurethane systems house joint venture BaySystems Pearl. The company's...

24 Nov 2009

Carbon Nanotube Coating Helps Protect Ocean Vessels and Reduces Drag

The Norwegian company Advanced Marine Coatings based in Gamle Fredrikstad specializes in the development of environmentally compatible, heavy-duty anti-corrosion coatings for sea-going vessels. The "Green Ocean Coat...

24 Nov 2009

Next Generation Biofuel Production Technology Wins Energy Institute Award

The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) microchannel reactor combined with a new highly active FT catalyst developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group and designed to enable the distributed production of next generation biofuels was named ...

24 Nov 2009

Freiburg Materials Research Center Celebrates 20th Anniversary

The Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding in 2010. The center will commemorate the occasion by co-organizing three symposia in February, March, and June. The festivi...

24 Nov 2009

Using Piezoelectrics to Generate Electricity from Moving Vehicles

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into elec...

24 Nov 2009

Continued Downward Pressure on Steel Prices

Purchasing activity remains subdued in the Turkish market. Downward pressure has continued to be exerted on negotiated finished steel prices. Market participants are presently trying to maintain manageable inventory leve...

24 Nov 2009

Film on Fusion Energy Wins Award

The latest film made by the European fusion community, entitled "Energy of the future - Fusion 2100", won the 2009 EuroPAWS MIDAS Prize for New Media. The prize recognises the best European new media production...

24 Nov 2009

Safe and Repeatable Method for Preparing Elemental Analysis Samples

The Oxygen Flask Combustion Unit (OFCU-1) from Exeter Analytical provides a safe and repeatable method for preparing samples for elemental analysis of Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Sulphur, Phosphorus and a number of metals using the Schöniger flask method.

24 Nov 2009

Discounts Continue for A2 Technologies FTIR Spectrometers

A2 Technologies has announced that the popular Educational Institution Pricing Program on its ML FTIR spectrometer system will continue through to March 31, 2010. This special pricing program allows academic institutions to purchase the ML FTIR spectrometer, with integrated single reflection diamond ATR sampling system.

24 Nov 2009