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Sandia Looks to Patent Material that Purifies Drinking Water

By substituting a single atom in a molecule widely used to purify water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a far more effective decontaminant with a shelf life superior to products currently on the...

21 Jul 2009

Photonics Developer Zecotek Receives Another Grant Payment from Singapore Government

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced it has received another grant payment under the prev...

21 Jul 2009

Malvern Particle Characterization System Finds Application in Allergy Research

Newly published data demonstrate how the Morphologi G3 automated particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical is being used to examine pollen in support of allergy research.

From Malvern Panalytical 21 Jul 2009

Germany Invest EUR 20 million in High Performance Battery Research

Development of high-performance batteries is an indispensable prerequisite for the economic efficiency of electric cars. For Germany to reach a top level in international electrochemistry research again, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is now funding a consortium of selected universities and non-university research institutions in southern Germany.

21 Jul 2009

New Fluorocarbon Tachnology from BASF Helps Fight the War on Stains

The "duo" boosts performance: BASF is launching two new fluorocarbon finishing systems - one for stain repellent and one for stain release - under the name Lurotex Duo System. Both of them are made up of two components: ...

21 Jul 2009

EPMA Launch Project on Ultrasonic Fatigue Testing of Hardmetals in the Gigacycle Regime'

The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) through its European Hard Materials Group (EHMG) is launching a new club project - 'Ultrasonic fatigue testing of hardmetals in the gigacycle regime'. This new pr...

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 21 Jul 2009

Rockwool Give Away over 200 Tonnes of Insulation Materials

Rockwool's great insulation giveaway has now finished with the company handing out, free of charge, more than 200 tonnes of loft insulation to 500 Welsh homeowners. The insulation given away through the scheme co...

21 Jul 2009

Veeco Launch New Series of Atomic Force Microscopes

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the launch of its Dimension® Icon® P-Series of Atomic Force Microscope Systems. Now, nanoscale researchers with limited budgets will have access to the latest generation of the world’s most utilized and flexible AFM platform.

From Veeco 21 Jul 2009

CEA-Leti Take Delivery of Mapper Electron Beam Platform

CEA-Leti and MAPPER Lithography announce today that MAPPER has delivered one of its massively parallel electron beam platforms to CEA-Leti. This delivery is part of the collaboration program between MAPPER and CEA-Le...

21 Jul 2009

ArcelorMittal Acquire Laser Welding Business

ArcelorMittal is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of Noble European Holdings B.V. ("Noble BV"), a Dutch private limited liability company engaged in...

21 Jul 2009

New Protein Characterization Technique Could Speed the Development of Biofuels

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a fast and efficient way to determine the structure of proteins, shortening a process that often takes years in...

21 Jul 2009

World Crude Steel Production Down 16% on June 2008

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 99.8 million metric tons (mmt) in June. This is 16% lower than in June 2008. China's crude steel product...

20 Jul 2009

New Website for Maxiem Abrasive Waterjets

MAXIEM, a division of OMAX, today announced the launch of its new website located at www.maxiemwaterjets.com. The site, which serves as a comprehensive resource for the recently debuted line of high performance, low-cost abrasive waterjets, will be updated regularly with new video content and product information.

From OMAX Corporation 20 Jul 2009

Siemens Commissions Vertical Slab Caster for Baosteel

In the Spring of 2009, Siemens VAI Metals Technologies started up and commissioned a new vertical slab caster at Baosteel's Special Steel Branch in Shanghai, China. This solution enables a wide range of highly critical steel grades to be continuously cast, which would otherwise not be possible to produce in a conventional bow-type caster.

From Primetals Technologies Limited 20 Jul 2009

Materials Research Projects at ORNL Win 8 R+D100 Awards

Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won eight R&D 100 Awards, which are presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most signifi...

20 Jul 2009