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Continental Carbon Company to Take over Carbon Nanotube Business

Arrowhead Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ARWR) announced that its Unidym, Inc. subsidiary, a leader in carbon nanotube (CNT) technology, and Continental Carbon Company ("CCC"), a global leader in carbon blacks, c...

11 May 2009

Contract Awarded for Development of Carbon Nanotube-Based Products for Aerospace

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy saving performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced that it has been awarded a research contact to further develop nanotech...

11 May 2009

Nanosys Licences Nanowire and Biosensor Technology

Nanosys Inc. and QuantuMDx Group (QMDx) today announced that QMDx has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Nanosys for several patents and patent applications related to the use of nanowires for biosensors. T...

11 May 2009

Creative LED Lighting Competition Entries Close on July 23

In the “LED - Emotionalize your light” competition of ideas from 8 May until 23 July entrants have the opportunity to create emotional lighting concepts and designs with LED technology and present them to the “light enthusiast” community. An expert jury chooses the best concepts following an interactive selection process. The winners can look forward to cash and non-cash prizes worth €7,000.

11 May 2009

European Powder Metallurgy Conference Technical Programme Available Soon

The 2009 Euro PM Congress & Exhibition will not only attract an audience of industry recognised decision makers, leading PM academics, researchers and business personnel, this year's event will take on another me...

From European Powder Metallurgy Assn. 11 May 2009

AIJU Uses Plastograph to Blend Lead Containing Polymer Reference Materials

The use of a polymer in product making generally requires it to be blended with other ingredients, which add certain special characteristics to the final product. Due to the high cost of plastic as well as the use of cer...

11 May 2009

BUSS MX Kneader Caters for All High Fill Temperature and Shear Sensitive Compounds

The new four-flight BUSS MX Kneader made in Switzerland by Buss AG, Pratteln, has proven highly successful in compounding applications ranging far beyond the original goal of HFFR cable compounds. BUSS has therefore expanded its applications to cover practically all high-fill temperature and shear sensitive compounds.

11 May 2009

FMC Technologies Approve Use of Tungsten Carbide Based Hard Coatings

Hardide Coatings (AIM:HDD) has secured its first order from leading global energy services supplier FMC Technologies (NYSE:FTI) following approval of its proprietary tungsten carbide-based metal coating. Dan Wilson, ...

From Hardide Coatings 11 May 2009

New Guide on Incorporating Construction Consideration into Structural Design

David Ruby, founder of the structural engineering firm Ruby + Associates, long considered a pioneer behind the concept of constructability, can now say that he literally wrote the book on the topic. The publication, Cons...

10 May 2009

Major Advances Towards Low Cost Production of Biofuels from Cellulosic Biomass

Mascoma Corporation today announced that the company has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass. CBP avoids t...

10 May 2009

Corning and Portugal Telecom to Work on Next Generation Fiber Optic Networks

Portugal Telecom (NYSE: PT) and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today an agreement to work together to develop, test, and implement innovative and advanced Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology sol...

10 May 2009

TMS Start Accepting Abstracts for 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society launched the countdown to the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting & Exhibition with a call for abstract submissions on seven technical themes. The 139th installment of the annual g...

10 May 2009

Several Idel More Capacity Due to Poor Economy

OAO Severstal today announced that as a result of the continued deterioration of economic conditions and a further decline in customer orders, it will be making the following operational changes at its North American fac...

10 May 2009

Leading Russian Mining and Metals Company Completes Acquisition of Coal Business

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, today announced that its subsidiaries have closed the acquisition, which was reported on April 22 2009, of U.S. entities Bluestone Industrie...

10 May 2009

Innovative Reactive Power Compensation System for Wind Farms, Power Grids and Industry

Siemens Energy is expanding its product spectrum of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) with its new reactive power compensation system SVC Plus (Static Var Compensator). This system operates on the basis of innovative Voltage-Sourced Converter technology (VSC), with continuously variable control through high-power transistors (IGBT). The result is enhanced voltage quality and stability in the power system which allows grid access of fluctuating energy sources, such as offshore wind farms. Siemens is supplying the SVC-Plus system in space-saving, standardized and modular units.

10 May 2009