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Dow Corning Search for Technologies to Reduce Fuel Consumption

Dow Corning
scientists are stepping up their search for a technology solution that will
help improve fuel efficiency for millions of drivers worldwide.

18 Feb 2009

Eastman to Introduce Electronic Chemicals Sectors at SPIE

Eastman Chemical Company
will introduce its EastaPure™ electronic chemicals selector guide at SPIE
Advanced Lithography, Feb. 24-25 in San Jose, Calif.

From Eastman 18 Feb 2009

Corus Team Up to Develop High Strenhgth, High Ductility Steels

Corus and Salzgitter announce today their successful cooperation in the product development of High Strength and Ductility (HSD®) steels. The new HSD® grade will be developed for a variety of applications, in par...

18 Feb 2009

Innovative System Aims to Increase Reliability of Aircraft Assembly and Maintenance

Researchers at the CEIT-IK4 technological centre have developed an innovative support system for the assembly and maintenance of aircraft for the EADS-CASA aeronautics consortium. The new technique will particularly have...

18 Feb 2009

EU Steel Prices Set to Drop Even Further

Market sentiment remains depressed. The slightly more positive attitude witnessed at the start of 2009 has evaporated a month later. Producers failed to achieve the first quarter price rises they had hoped for, due to co...

18 Feb 2009

Konarka Secures $5million for Job Creation in Solar Plastic Films

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has received $5 million in financing in c...

18 Feb 2009

Commercial Production of World's Largest Photovoltaic Modules Starts

T-Solar Global S.A. announced today that it has begun volume production of
the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) modules using a SunFab™ Thin
Film Line.

From Applied Materials Inc 18 Feb 2009

Applied Materials Announce STrategy to Navigate through Economic Crisis

Applied Materials
today held its 2009 financial analyst day in New York City. Applied's executive
team discussed the company's plans for preserving its strong financial position
in the current economic crisis while investing hundreds of millions of dollars
in R+D to extend its leadership in semiconductors, LCD display, crystalline
silicon and thin-film solar, and other energy and environmental products.

From Applied Materials Inc 18 Feb 2009

Short Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Replace Traditional Engineering Materials

Short fiber reinforced thermoplastic (SFT) composites are becoming the material of choice for replacing traditional materials such as steel, aluminum and engineering plastics. Compared to traditional materials, SFTs have...

18 Feb 2009

UPM Offer Paper and Printing Courses

UPM is arranging six different types of technical courses during 2009. The focus is on printing and paper in general, but also more specialised print process trainings are available. The first course, UPM Printing Sch...

18 Feb 2009

Diamond Films Help Probe the Outer Reaches of the Solar System

Diamond-like carbon films created at Sandia
National Laboratories are helping probe the far boundaries of the solar
system as part of a NASA mission to study how the sun's solar wind interacts
with the interstellar medium - the matter that exists between the stars within
a galaxy.

18 Feb 2009

New Imaging Technique Reveals the Structure of Single Nanocrystals

A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (l...

18 Feb 2009

Nanoparticles Called Cornell Dots Highlight Tumors for Removal

Brightly glowing nanoparticles known as "Cornell dots" are a safe,
effective way to "light up" cancerous tumors so surgeons can find
and remove them.

18 Feb 2009

IMEC to Present Latest Breakthrough's in Advanced Seimconductor Lithography Research at SPIE

IMEC technologists will present their newest breakthroughs in advanced semiconductor lithography research and development at next week's SPIE (www.spie.org) Advanced Microlithography Conference, to be held February 2...

18 Feb 2009

ASM International Announce Conference and Exhibition Program for 2009

ASM International
(the materials information society) and ASM Affiliate Societies organize conferences
and expositions to serve the needs of the worldwide materials community.

From ASM International 18 Feb 2009