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Lockheed Martin Partner to Develop Thin Film Thermoelectric Materials

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), have entered into a cooperation agreement to develop new products ...

28 Jul 2009

Arkema to Build Acrylic Production Plant in China

In order to sustain the growth of the specialty acrylic polymer market in Asia, Arkema announces the construction of a production plant at its Changshu site (China). " This investment of some €15M will prov...

28 Jul 2009

UK Aims to Strengthen Aero Engine Supply Chain with Rolls Royce Lead Consortium

Rolls-Royce are set to play centre stage in an investment programme totalling £40m that aims to strengthen the supply chain for the UK's aero-engine industry and accelerate the development and introduction of l...

28 Jul 2009

High Tech Armoured Foam Created by Freeze Frying Polymer Particles

Chemists and engineers at the University of Warwick have found that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying can create a high-tech armored foam that could be used for...

28 Jul 2009

Using Image Analysis to Validate Particle Sizes of Porous Silica HPLC Media

Malvern Panalytical has published work demonstrating how the Sysmex FPIA-3000 image analysis-based particle characterization system provides a reference method for validating particle size measurements of the porous silica materials used in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns.

From Malvern Panalytical 28 Jul 2009

Oxford Instruments Win Order for PECVD and Batch Etch Tool

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), leader in etch, deposition and growth processes and systems, today announced an order from Bridgelux, Inc., for a System800 Plus Batch PECVD and a System133 ICP 380 Batch Etch tool.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 28 Jul 2009

Producer of Eco-Friendly Design Materials Signs New Distributor

Kirei USA LLC, producer of eco-friendly design materials, announces a new partnership with leading lumber and green building materials distributor Metro Hardwoods to stock and represent Kirei products throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas.

28 Jul 2009

Small Yet Powerful LEDs from Dominant are Ideal for Automotive Lighting and Signage

Small in size, providing a powerful performance - that is DOMINANT Semiconductors’ new series product, K Nova 3W AlInGaP. Its package measures just 7.2 mm x 7.2 mm but in terms of luminous efficacy the LED is joining or even passing the market leaders by offering an impressive brightness of typical 90lm at 700mA. This LED is the ideal choice for exterior automotive lighting, general lighting and signage.

28 Jul 2009

Mixing PET and PLA in Plastics Recycling Not the Best Approach

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today refuted the premise that polylactic acid (PLA) containers can be successfully mixed in to the existing stream of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PE...

27 Jul 2009

Combining Nanoparticles for Multifinctional Medical Applications

Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses - imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers at the University of Washington have combined two nanoparticles in one tiny package.

27 Jul 2009

Nanodiamonds Help Battle Bacterial Infections

Bacterial infection is a major health threat to patients with severe burns and other kinds of serious wounds such as traumatic bone fractures. Recent studies have identified an important new weapon for fighting infection...

27 Jul 2009

Nanoparticles are Revolutionizing Printing Technology

With nanoparticulate functional materials and innovative printing pro-cesses, researchers from BASF SE, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) and Darmstadt Technical University are revolutionizing printing technolo...

27 Jul 2009

Work on Spintronics, Magnetic Sensing, Memory and Logic Devices Wins Researecher A Valuable Award

At the International Conference on Magnetism today in Karlsruhe, Germany, IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin received the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Magnetism award and the Louis Neel Medal for his pioneering work and fundamental contributions to the development of spintronic nano-materials and nano-devices for magnetic sensing, memory and logic devices.

27 Jul 2009

Transparent Aluminium Created

Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.

27 Jul 2009

FT-IR Microscope Wins R+D100 Award

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific Nicolet iN10 MX FT-IR microscope has been selected as an R+D 100 award winner by an independent judging panel and editors of R+D Magazine.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific 27 Jul 2009