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Degradation of Cement Research Wins Prize

For the seventh year running, the Elhuyar Foundation has organised the Thesis Prize and today the Judging Panel has made the winners' names known. The three prizes have gone to researchers at the University of the Ba...

15 Jun 2009

World's Longest Sofa Ever Built is Environmentally Friendly

The world’s longest sofa was built this weekend in Sykkylven, Norway. More than 800 metres long, seating 1500 persons. It is also the greenest sofa so far that got an environmental product declaration. In the future you can read on a tag that comes along with the price tag whether the sofa of your choice has a large environmental impact, or not.

15 Jun 2009

Multi-Sert, A Direct Replacement for Discontinued Metal Thread Inserts

Yardley Products Corporation a manufacturer of precision engineered threaded metal insert fasteners, today announced the offering of the Yardley Multi-Sert, a direct replacement press-in metal insert for the discontinued Southco 71 and 72 series threaded inserts.

15 Jun 2009

New Self Consolidating Concrete Mixes Available from iCrete

iCrete, a clean technology leader and the world's premier concrete technology company, announced today the introduction of a new family of advanced self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixes. Said iCrete's Presid...

15 Jun 2009

Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Demands Answers

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is now saying, "based on our intake from homeowners, the toxic Chinese drywall situation is getting worse by the week. This week we added Kentucky & Iowa to our list, and Texas & the West Coast scare us to death."

15 Jun 2009

Construction Aggregates Company Takes Ownership of Joint Venture

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM), announced today that it has acquired three quarries plus the remaining 49% interest in an existing joint venture from CEMEX, Inc. The purchase price for the assets of the three...

15 Jun 2009

Innovative Escalator Design Allows Mobility Impaired People to Travel

People with impaired mobility who move around in wheelchairs, people who are transporting bulky loads and all other users will be able to travel upwards and downwards without assistance using the innovative escalator designed by Jesús Sánchez, a student at the School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

15 Jun 2009

Sunoco Complete Purchase of Ethanol Manufacturing Facility

Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) announced today that it has completed the previously announced purchase of a 100 million gallons-per-year ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York from Northeast Biofuels, LP for $8.5 mi...

15 Jun 2009

Prototype Surface Mountable Supercapcitor Demonstrated by CAP-XX

CAP-XX Limited (LSE:CPX), developer of thin-form supercapacitors which deliver burst and back-up power in space-constrained electronic devices, has demonstrated prototypes of surface-mountable supercapacitors at its Lane...

15 Jun 2009

Unprecedented AFM Image Quality Now Possible Thanks to CNT Probes

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced the availability of two new atomic force microscope (AFM) probes types with carbon nanotube (CNT) tips. The CCHAR (carbon core high-aspect ratio) and CCHR (carbon core highresolution) CNT probes offer quantum improvements for AFM imaging, substantially improving results, reducing overall cost of operation and opening new avenues for research.

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Nanotech Company Receives Funding to Manufacture Devices from Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced that they have raised $400,000 in Series A funding from a group of private investors led by Vance Nau, company CEO. C|D|I has developed a patent pending process for...

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Ambios Non-Contact Optical Interferometer Available from LOT Oriel

The Xi-100 Non-Contact Optical Interferometer from Ambios Technology quickly and accurately measures the 3D topography of surfaces at the nanometer level.

15 Jun 2009

New Generation Mini Laser Bars produce Exceptional Brilliance from 910 to 1020 nm

The new generation of mini laser bars from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors offers exceptional brilliance in the wavelength range from 910 to 1020 nm. Their output and beam parameters have been closely matched to one another so that the enormously powerful light beam, which leaves the small laser aperture at a defined angle, can be perfectly coupled into a small fiber core diameter with a restricted acceptance angle.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 15 Jun 2009

Mazda Launch High Performance, Environmentally Friendly Paint Technology

Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the successful launch of the newly developed Aqua-tech Paint System for vehicle body painting at its Ujina Plant No.1 in Japan.

15 Jun 2009

New Range of Improved Cell Ageing Ovens for Polymers from Elastocon

22 years ago Goran Spetz started Elastocon, the Swedish test instrument company, with a range of cell ageing ovens for polymers which offered major improvements in the control of temperature ( uniformly throughout the co...

15 Jun 2009