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Imatek Installs High Speed Video System at Corus to Help Undertand Steel Performance

Imatek
has recently installed its Integrated High Speed Video system at the Corus Swinden
Technology Centre (STC) in Rotherham. The new system will be used to improve understanding of the performance of
steel at high rates of strain and for other general applications.

From Imatek Ltd. 4 Feb 2009

Blood Test Protects Against Potentially Harmful Nanotubes

Researchers in West Virginia and Japan are reporting an advance toward a blood test that could help protect consumers from new products containing potentially harmful kinds of nanotubes. These ultra small wisps of carbon...

4 Feb 2009

Advances Made Towards Invisible Electronics and Transparent Displays

Researchers in California are reporting an advance toward the long-sought goal of "invisible electronics" and transparent displays, which can be highly desirable for heads-up displays, wind-shield displays, and...

4 Feb 2009

Butterfly Wings Inspire New Efficient Solar Cell Design

The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell that could be used for powering homes, businesses, and other applications in the future.

4 Feb 2009

Gordon Aluminum Order Post Extrusion Die Cleaning System

Kredit Automation & Controls, Inc., a Rockwell Automation Systems Integrator
Partner, announced today that it has been awarded a contract for its unique
DieKlean 360™ post extrusion die cleaning system by Gordon
Aluminum Industries, Inc.

From Kaiser Aluminum 4 Feb 2009

New Line of Form-In-Place Gaskets for Fuel Cells

Ames Corporation,
a leading manufacturer of high-quality elastomeric coatings, moldings, and insert
molded components, introduces its AMESSeal™ line of Form-In-Place Gasketing
Systems for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM), Direct Methanol (DMFC), and Phosphoric
Acid (PAFC) Fuel Cells.

4 Feb 2009

New White Paper on Protecting Aluminum from Corrosion Using Alodine

American Trim has published
a new white paper, The Principle of Protection. The paper documents a special
coating for aluminum, Alodine®EC²™. Alodine® EC2™ was
developed by the Henkel Corporation as a protective pretreatment system for
aluminum substrates exposed to extreme environments.

4 Feb 2009

Increasing the Strength of Copper while Maintaining Some Ductility

Research shows that it is possible to produce copper about 4 times stronger than commercial material – and doing so while also having a ductile material. As the thermal and electrical conductivity are also good, th...

4 Feb 2009

OSRAM Help Bring New Years Celebration to Life

Lithuania’s Vilnius joins Austria’s Linz as Europe’s cultural capital in 2009. To celebrate this event properly but also the Baltic city’s millennium, Gert Hof has staged an impressive show of lig...

4 Feb 2009

Different Materials Give Guitar Different Sounds

Natural wood, with its unique grain patterns, is what gives traditional acoustic instruments warm and distinctive sounds, while the power of modern electronic processing provides an unlimited degree of control to manipul...

4 Feb 2009

DuPont Responds to Higher Demands for Automotive Lighting Components

Seeking greater design freedom and greater reflecting area, North American
auto makers are adopting automotive headlamp technologies that demand higher
temperature resistance and durability in automotive lighting parts.

4 Feb 2009

Sale of DSM Special Products Falls Through

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today announces that the previously announced sale of DSM Special Products BV to Arsenal Capital Partners (United ...

4 Feb 2009

Airbus A320 Wing Structures to be Assembled and Tested in China

Airbus and Xian Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) today signed a cooperation agreement relating to the A320 Family wing equipping (Phase IV) programme. A320 Family wings for aircraft to be assembled at the Final Assembly L...

4 Feb 2009

Review of Corrosion Control in the Aerospace Industry

Corrosion control in the aerospace industry from comprehensively reviews the subject with highly valuable contributions
from experts in the field. The importance of this discussion is placed into
context with an examination of the cost of corrosion to the aerospace industry,
including cost measurement tools and case studies.

4 Feb 2009

BASF Sharpens Focus on Customer Industries

BASF
is taking steps to optimize its structures in order to sharpen the company’s
focus on its customer industries. At the same time, BASF is laying the foundation
for the rapid and efficient integration of Ciba’s businesses.

4 Feb 2009