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QLED Thermal Simulation Software Wins Award for LED Lighting Technology Breakthrough

Future Lighting Solutions announced today that its QLED thermal simulation
software for solid-state lighting designers has earned top honors in the Product
Development Excellence category of LED
Journal's Innova Awards.

2 Feb 2009

New Double Walled Base Containers for Materials Handling from Assmann

Assmann Corporation
introduces the Base Container BC450 double wall rectangular, low profile, chemical
storage tank for various material handling applications. The primary tank holds
450 US gallons and allows intermediate bulk containers (IBC) to be quickly emptied
and back on the road.

2 Feb 2009

Hollow Gold Nanospheres Used to Cook Cancer

Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells,
penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared
light, a research team led by scientists at The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported in the Feb. 1
issue of Clinical Cancer Research.

2 Feb 2009

Fatality at Qatalum Aluminium Smelter Building Site

A 27-year-old Nepali national died in an accident at the Qatalum building site in Qatar early on February 1. The worker, who was employed by a subcontractor of the Qatalum project, was buried by soil when the side of ...

2 Feb 2009

DiMora Turns Dangar for Precision Engineering Expertise for Upcoming Sports Luxury Sedan

DiMora Motorcar announced today that Dangar Engineering and Manufacturing is the latest Technology Partner to add its expertise to the development and production of the Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedan. "Dangar ...

2 Feb 2009

Americas Watchdog's Homeowners Consumer Center Takes Chinese Dry Walling Investigation National

Because of consumer horror stories, Americas Watchdog's Homeowners Consumer
Center is expanding its Florida investigation of possibly toxic Chinese imported
Chinese dry wall, used in Florida, into a national investigation of all new
homes built in 2005 and 2006, that may also have the imported Chinese dry wall.

2 Feb 2009

Report Predicts EU Steel Prices to Continue to Drop over The Next Few Months

Alloy surcharges charged by most stainless steel mills in the EU will decline over the March/April period. This will be the result of lower ferro-chrome contract prices. We estimate that the figures used by the majority ...

2 Feb 2009

3M Forms Renewable Energy Division

3M has announced the formation
of its new Renewable Energy Division. This organization will enable 3M to maximize
the company's technologies, products and responsiveness to the fast-changing
renewable energy industry. The products within the new division will include
products currently sold to the industry, new-to-the-world products invented
for the renewable energy market, and products adapted from existing technologies.

From 3M Ceramic Textiles and Composites 2 Feb 2009

Polymer Group Reinforce Committment to Sustainability

PGI (OTC Bulletin Board: POLGA/POLGB) today announced it is strengthening its corporate sustainability program with a focused and expanded initiative in this area led by the company's first chief sustainability offic...

2 Feb 2009

Celanese to Receive Advance Payment for Ticona Relocation

Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE), a leading global chemical company, today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Frankfurt, Germany, Airport (Fraport AG) to receive an advance payment of €323 million ass...

From Celanese Corporation 2 Feb 2009

Universal Stainless to Invest 13 Million in a New Melt Shop

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:USAP) announced today that it will invest $13 million in its Bridgeville melt shop over the next 15 months. The capital improvement will include major upgrades in eq...

2 Feb 2009

Bio-Energy Power Plants to Tackle Energy Poverty in Rural India

Aston University and
the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi have secured a £3m grant to
build bio-energy power plants, which will tackle energy poverty in rural India
and promote renewable energy in the United Kingdom.

From 3M Ceramic Textiles and Composites 2 Feb 2009

Consumers Prefer Clear Plastic Food Storage Containers

There's no haze of doubt - consumer test groups overwhelmingly
prefer clearer, safer and eco-progressive food storage containers made of polypropylene
(PP) clarified with Millad NX8000 from Milliken
Chemical. Clarity is equated to cleanliness,
purity and aesthetic appeal in the view of consumers in a recent TNS study.

From Milliken & Company 2 Feb 2009

Veeco Release the Latest Version of the Popular Dimension Range of AFM's

Veeco
Instruments Inc., the leading provider of atomic force microscopes
(AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its Dimension
Icon AFM.

From Veeco 2 Feb 2009

New Web Site for Discerning Trends, Patterns and Subject Experts in Scientific Research

Science+Business Media has launched the website www.AuthorMapper.com, a free analytical online tool for discerning trends, patterns and subject experts within scientific research. Currently, AuthorMapper.com searches ov...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 2 Feb 2009