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Increasing Use of Aluminium by Car Makers

Novelis Inc., the world's leading producer of aluminum sheet for automobiles, has seen an increase of more than 20 percent in the number of automotive applications of its lightweight material compared to a year ago.

From Novelis Corp 7 May 2009

Sud Chemie and Linde Start Production of Lignocellulosic-Based Biofuels

Süd-Chemie AG, a leading manufacturers of catalysts and adsorbents, and The Linde Group, a leading global company in the sector of gases and engineering, have launched the production of climate-friendly biofuels bas...

7 May 2009

Toxic Chinese Dry Walling Investigation Expands Its Reach

Americas Watchdog & its Homeowners Consumer Center have been leading in a national investigation of imported toxic Chinese in Florida, and numerous other US states. "It's no longer a question of what US States have toxic Chinese drywall, its more like how many homes are affected. The group is now expanding its investigation into British Columbia, and the Western Provinces of Canada.

7 May 2009

Cleanroom Systems Complete Several Macro-Environmental Projects

Cleanroom Systems, a division of Air Innovations®, is marking its 26th year of operation with the completion of several macro-environmental projects for aerospace, metrology, medical device and general cleanroom original equipment (OEMs) manufacturers, said Michael Militi, division manager.

From Air Products PLC 7 May 2009

DuPont Chairman Wins International Palladium Medal

The Société de Chimie Industrielle-American Section has awarded the 2009 International Palladium Medal to DuPont Chairman Charles O. Holliday, Jr. for his "distinguished contributions to the chemical indus...

7 May 2009

VFS Ships Another Vacuum Furnace

A VFS vacuum furnace has shipped to a manufacturer located in the Northeast US. The new HIQ2624-10 Horizontal Internal Quench (HIQ) furnace was designed to address the customer's sintering process requirements. This ...

7 May 2009

Rare Ryberg Molecule Lives for 18 Microseconds

A rare "Rydberg" molecule discovered by scientists from the University of Stuttgart and University of Oklahoma upheld scientific theory predicting the molecule existed. The team used a gas of rubidium atoms coo...

7 May 2009

US DOE Develop Ultra Light, High Efficiency Solar Cells

A new class of ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded a national prize for the commercialization of federally funde...

7 May 2009

Commercial Sized Graphene Devices A Distinct Possibility

The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, according to a team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.

7 May 2009

Faster, Smaller Computer Chips not So Far Away

New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips. A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the firs...

7 May 2009

£1.7 Million Grant Awarded to Investigate How Nanotechnology can Improve Drug Effectiveness

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £1.7 million to investigate how nanotechnology could be used to improve the effectiveness of pharmaceutical drugs. Nanotechnology involves the manipul...

7 May 2009

Complex Material Known as Sodium Alanate Used Successfully in Hydrogen Storage

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate.

7 May 2009

Kennametal Complelete Acquisition of High Precision Boring Business

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of ROMICRON(R) from Industrias Romi S.A. Kennametal has been the global distributor of ROMICRON(R) for the past 14 years, and entered into an agre...

7 May 2009

Work on Nanomorphology Wins CSIRO Scientist International Award

CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics. The award acknowledges Dr Barnard as a world leader...

7 May 2009

Biosensor Can Detect Sexually Transmitted Disease

The Nanosensors group from the URV has created a biosensor, an electrical and biological device, which is able to selectively detect the Candida albicans yeast in very small quantities of only 50 cfu/ml (colony-forming units per millilitre).

7 May 2009