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Applied Materials Release New Tool for Reducing the Cost of Solar Cell Manufacturing

Applied Materials,
Inc. today released its Applied HCT MaxEdge™ wire saw, a new platform
for slicing ingots into ultra-thin wafers that can help customers drive down
the cost of manufacturing photovoltaic (PV) cells by up to $0.18 per watt.

From Applied Materials Inc 16 Mar 2009

BASF Starts New Plant Producing Insulation Material

BASF
is starting up a new plant for the insulation material Neopor® in Ludwigshafen,
Germany. Neopor is an expandable polystyrene (EPS).

16 Mar 2009

Helmholtz Association Inaugurates Three New Units for Materials Research

Three new experimental units for conducting materials research are being inaugurated today at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt. The units have been set up alongside the GSI’s accelerator...

16 Mar 2009

Goodyear Make Fortune 500's Most Admired List

The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company has once again been recognized as one of the most admired
companies in the world by Fortune magazine.

16 Mar 2009

International Team Discovers Transparent Metal

An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of
the element sodium (Na).

16 Mar 2009

Breakthrough Shows Interaction between Shockwaves Created by High Pressure Supersonic Fuel Jets

Shock waves are a well tested phenomenon on a large scale, but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators from Wayne State University and Cornell Univers...

16 Mar 2009

Handheld Device Helps Prevent Machine Failure

On show for the first time in the UK at this year’s MAINTEC industrial
maintenance and asset management exhibition, the new Machine Condition Advisor
(MCA) from SKF,
the knowledge engineering company, is an easy-to-use, ergonomically designed,
handheld device designed to simplify machine maintenance and prevent costly
failures.

16 Mar 2009

Materials Scientists and Medical Device Designers to Benefit from ASM Seminars

To help fill the knowledge gap between the innovators who design medical devices
and the engineers who best understand materials and their capabilities, ASM
International has announced its schedule of intensive seminars on Materials
and Processes for Medical Devices.

From ASM International 15 Mar 2009

Brazing and Soldering Professional to Meet in Orlando

Every three years, brazing and soldering professionals, scientists and engineers
gather for the International Brazing and Soldering Conference (IBSC), sponsored
by the American Welding Society (AWS) and ASM
International, the materials information society.

From ASM International 15 Mar 2009

Flame Retardant Plastic and New Bioplastic Materials Win Clean Technology Competition

A technology developed by FRX Polymers, Inc. for producing engineering thermoplastics
that are inherently flame retardant and environmentally friendly has received
the first-place award in the Clean Technology Business Forum and Competition.

15 Mar 2009

Aluminum Extruder Introduces Extremtech Anodizing Line

Alexandria Extrusion Company (AEC) is a supplier of precision aluminum extrusions, including advanced engineering services and innovative value-added operations including but not limited to machining, fabrication, and al...

15 Mar 2009

First High-Resolution Images of Bone Formation

They used the world’s most advanced electron microscope to make three-dimensional images of the nano-particles that are at the heart of the process. The results provide improved understanding of bone, tooth and shell formation. For industrial applications, they promise better materials and processes based on nature itself.

15 Mar 2009

Greener Way to Turn Propane into Industrially Necessary Propylene

The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory devised a gree...

15 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology-Based Engine Oil Lubricant Help Reduce Automobile Fuel Consumption

ApNano Materials, Inc., a cleantech company and provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that vehicle tests carried out by independent automotive test centers and car fleets, including field tests of ca...

15 Mar 2009

New Method to Replace Platinum Catalyst with Stainless Steel

Platinum is highly desired in jewelry and as a catalyst, but in both cases it is expensive. Now, Penn State researchers have found a way to replace the platinum catalyst in their hydrogen generating microbial electrolysi...

15 Mar 2009