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The World's First Light Truck Tire Made from Magnum SRI Custom Compound

This has been a truly historic month for the Magnum SRI Operations. We have for some time now been carrying out trials in laboratory scale, converting our activated compound into a "custom compound" tailored for blending with various high end applications. We have now successfully produced the custom compound in full commercial production scale.

21 Sep 2009

Graphene and Gallium Arsenide Brought Together by Scientists for the First Time

PTB has for the first time made graphene visible on gallium arsenide - A successful combination of two unique electronic materials It is the marriage of two top candidates for the electronics of the future, both exce...

21 Sep 2009

Australia and EU Set Strategies for Rating Energy Efficiency in Buildings

The United States can become more energy efficient and create more "green" jobs by adopting some of the strategies used by the European Union and Australia to rate and disclose the performance of commercial and...

21 Sep 2009

Largest PV Conference to Address Reduction of Carbon Footprint from Solar Cells

In a run up to the largest Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, is encouraging the thin-film PV industry to shift focus from grid parity to green parity. As the world tackles ...

21 Sep 2009

Revolutionary SEM Provide Simultaneous Nanoscale Imaging

A new scanning electron microscope capable of selectively imaging single atoms on the top surface of a specimen while a second, simultaneous imaging signal shows atoms throughout the sample’s depth.

21 Sep 2009

Innovative IT Services to Revitalize the Vehicle Industry

Despite the fact that the vehicle industry is currently described as an industry in crisis, there are high hopes that the development of future IT services for vehicles will drive development. However, for new technology...

21 Sep 2009

Air Liquide to Provide Gases for Solar Photovoltaic Industry in Solar Valley

Leading solar photovoltaic companies in Germany are increasingly focussing on the so-called thin film technologies for the production of solar cells. Due to their lower usage of substrate materials, these innovative appr...

21 Sep 2009

Novelis Selected as Supplier of Aluminium for the All-New Jaguar XJ

Novelis announced today that it has been selected as the sole supplier of aluminum sheet for the all-new Jaguar XJ sedan. Like its predecessor, this redesigned version of Jaguar's flagship vehicle features a lightweight ...

From Novelis Corp 18 Sep 2009

High Precision Processing System for Crystalline Silicon (c-Si) Solar Cells

Featuring proprietary hardware and software innovations, the Esatto Technology is designed to increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells by enabling the fabrication of advanced contact structures. The first of several applications of the Esatto Technology is for double-printed metal line deposition where it has been shown to raise absolute cell efficiency by as much as 0.5%.

From Applied Materials Inc 18 Sep 2009

Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries to be Install in Next Generation Volvos

ENER1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) , developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries to power the next generation of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles, is teaming-up with Volvo Car Corporation to prov...

18 Sep 2009

Scientists Look Closer at the Effect of Particle Size on the Development of Fuel Cell

Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market anytime soon, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are makin...

18 Sep 2009

A New Approach to Stabilizing Nanowires for Building Nanoelectronics

It's widely predicted that future electronics will largely depend on something really small -- nanomaterials used for building nanoelectronics. A key component of these tiny circuits is stable nanowires that work reliabl...

18 Sep 2009

For the First Time Scientists Observed Similar Properties of Gas to that of a Magnet

For the first time, MIT scientists have observed ferromagnetic behavior in an atomic gas, addressing a decades-old question of whether it is possible for a gas to show properties similar to a magnet made of iron or nickel.

18 Sep 2009

Zwick To Exhibit Latest Development at testXpo 18th International Forum for Materials Testing

Whether you are in Research & Development or in Quality Control, the Forum for Materials Testing in Ulm/Germany promises to be a must-attend event for everyone who conducts mechanical testing and is interested in gaining the latest knowledge in this field.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 18 Sep 2009

SWeNT Introduce “Specialty” Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube

SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT), a leading developer and manufacturer of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube materials, today introduced a new category of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) materials it refers to as “Specialty&rdquo...

17 Sep 2009