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Alcoa Named The World's Most Admired Metals Company by Fortune

In addition to being the most admired metals company, Alcoa also took top position in innovation, social responsibility, and quality of products and services within the entire industry.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 10 Mar 2009

New Ice Material to Seed Clouds and Cause Rain

This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials

9 Mar 2009

The World's Most Advanced Electron Microscopes to Significantly Advance Nanomaterials

Arizona State University will be home to one of the world's most advanced electron microscopes, one that will enable researchers to do work essential to making significant advances in nanoscale aspects of solid state...

9 Mar 2009

Rio Tinto Finalize Sale and Purchase Agreement for Jacobs Ranch Coal Mine

Rio Tinto has signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell its Jacobs Ranch coal mine to Arch Coal, Inc. for a total cash consideration of US$761 million. Completion of the transaction remains subject to customary closin...

9 Mar 2009

Start-Up of the World's Largest Propylene Oxide (PO) Plant with Innovative HPPO Technology

BASF SE and The Dow Chemical Company announced that the world's largest commercial-scale propylene oxide (PO) plant and the first based on the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly...

9 Mar 2009

World's Largest Laser Gears Up for Experiments

Construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and highest-energy laser system, was essentially completed on Feb. 26, when technicians at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where the laser is located, fired the first full system shot to the center of the NIF target chamber.

8 Mar 2009

Report Offer Insight into Global Market and Applications for Nanocoatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Market and Applications for Nanocoatings" report to their offering. This 360 page report provides the most comprehensive market assessment yet ...

8 Mar 2009

First Measurement of Electric Current from Single Molecular Nano Wire

For the first time researchers ) have measured the ability of a single, very long molecular wire to carry electric current. Until now, there were only statistical measurements on a collection of wires a few nanometers long.

8 Mar 2009

Chemists Unlock Secret to Increasing the Luminescence Efficiency of Carbon Nanotube

Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and ot...

8 Mar 2009

Imatek Completes DWTT Installation for The Steel Industry

Imatek has recently completed the installation of a Drop Weight Tear Tester (DWTT) system at Rautaruukki (Ruukki) in Finland. Ruukki is a major supplier of metal based components to the construction and mechanical engine...

From Imatek Ltd. 8 Mar 2009

PC Technology Successfully Incorporated in Industrial Coating Thickness Measurement Instruments

The new generation FMP handheld range of coating thickness measurement instruments from Fischer Instrumentation (GB) Ltd offers a new approach to the coating thickness measurement world and the latest product releases fo...

8 Mar 2009

X-Ray Fluorescence Method Provide Fast and Simple Alternative for Plating Solution Analysis

Typically used for measuring coating thickness, the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) method is so versatile, that it also offers a fast, simple and unskilled analysis of plating solutions. The quality of the solution in a pl...

8 Mar 2009

New X-Ray Technique Allows Automatic Analysis of Bulk Materials and Coatings

Until now, sample analysis of unknown bulk material alloys or unidentified coatings has required certain knowledge of what to expect before accurate quantitative results could be obtained. A new X-Ray technique de...

8 Mar 2009

New Standardless XRF Analysis Package to be Launched at Pittcon 2009

PITTCON 2009 (8-13 March, Chicago, USA) will see the launch of PANalytical's
new standardless analysis package, Omnian. This latest module in the company's
proven SuperQ software suite is designed to be used with the Axios sequential
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer.

6 Mar 2009