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Optomechanical Crystals Could be Used in Information Processing and as Supersensitive Biosensors

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the same tiny space.

26 Oct 2009

Method Paving the Way for New Measuring Technology

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new measurement technology that makes use of optical resonances in nanoparticles. The method, which opens new possibilities in the field of catalytics, will be published in the journal Science for November and is already available in the Web edition Science Express.

26 Oct 2009

Converting Methane Gas to Liquid Fuel

Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making it more useful as a fuel and as a sou...

26 Oct 2009

Arkema to Take Part in 2nd International Carbon Composites Conference

Arkema will take part in the 2nd International Carbon Composites Conference from 27 to 29 October 2009 at the palais des Congrès in Arcachon, France. Arkema will have its own stand displaying its carbon nanotube ...

26 Oct 2009

Dramatic Ceramics Giving New View of Art History

The current 'scooters and espresso machine' view of 20th Century Italian design is being challenged in The Hockemeyer Collection: 20th Century Italian Ceramic Art, a book by a Kingston University Research Associate Fellow, Dr Lisa Hockemeyer.

26 Oct 2009

Brush Engineered Materials Acquires Barr Associates

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. (NYSE:BW) announced today that the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Williams Advanced Materials Inc. (WAM), has acquired privately held Barr Associates, Inc. The transacti...

26 Oct 2009

Cabot Expands Carbon Black Capacity in China

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) announced today the commissioning of 150,000 metric tons of manufacturing capacity at its carbon black facility in Tianjin, China, bringing the plant's annual production capacity to near...

26 Oct 2009

DuPont Shines at World's Largest Solar Energy Exhibition

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) recently highlighted solar energy initiatives at the 24th Annual European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference + Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. More than 40,000 people attended the e...

26 Oct 2009

DuPont Hytrel Stretches the Limits with 1 Million Boots

In 25 years, more than 1 billion DuPont™ Hytrel® thermoplastic elastomer constant-velocity joint (CVJ) boots have kept vehicles moving without material failure. Hytrel® boots can survive 150,000 miles of continuous flexing, pelting and thermal cycling while rubber boots last for about 50,000 miles.

26 Oct 2009

Linde Awarded Long-Term Contract to Supply Gases for Bosch Solar's New Manufacturing Site

Linde Nippon Sanso (LNS), a company of The Linde Group, has been awarded a long-term contract to supply gases for Bosch Solar's new manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany. Under the turnkey contract, Linde will provid...

26 Oct 2009

Alcoa Engineer Presents Sustainable Water Technologies at China America National Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Natural water technology systems have enabled Alcoa (NYSE:AA) to decrease water usage and to return more clean water to the communities in which the company operates, said Rajat Ghosh, Ph.D., a senior project leader in A...

26 Oct 2009

Study Reveals Renewable Fuels May Have Hidden Costs

A global push toward production of biofuels, advocated by many as a measure to curb greenhouse gas emissions, could have exactly the opposite effect unless adequate controls are put in place, a new study has found. Becau...

26 Oct 2009

Air Products Signs Long-Term Supply Contract with Monsanto

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced the signing of a long-term supply contract with Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) to build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to be loca...

From Air Products PLC 26 Oct 2009

Siemens to Supply Siroll Electrostatic Oiler for Slitting Line at Alcoa Samara Plant in Russia

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order to supply a Siroll Electrostatic Oiler for a slitting line at the Alcoa Samara (Alcoa SMZ) plant in Russia. This is the first Siroll Electrostatic Oiler sold into Russia by Siemens VAI.

From Primetals Technologies Limited 26 Oct 2009

LTK Industries Driving the use of SABIC Innovative Plastics' Eco-Progressive Flexible Noryl Resin into AWM Applications

SABIC Innovative Plastics has announced that LTK Industries, a leading Hong Kong-based wire and cable OEM and long-term customer, is driving the use of SABIC Innovative Plastics' eco-progressive Flexible Noryl* resin...

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 26 Oct 2009