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ASM to Highlight Next Generation Advances in Heat Treatment of Aluminum, Titanium and Next-Generation Composites

Our goal is to provide an opportunity to learn about the latest developments in heat treating, which has such a strong influence on reducing weight, improving performance and providing greater cost-effectiveness in engineered systems

26 Jan 2009

Autobytel Establish Joint Effort in Powering Fulfillment Automotive Engine for Over 80 Automotive Portals

Autobytel’s industry-leading lead fulfillment technology will provide consumers with more new and used car options, while extending the reach of the company’s dealer network across over 80 portals supporting over 215 media properties.

26 Jan 2009

Rio Tinto Completes $125 Million Equity Sale in Aluminium Smelter

Rio Tinto Alcan has completed the sale of its 50 percent equity share of the Alcan Ningxia aluminium joint venture in China to Qingtongxia Aluminium Group Co Ltd (QTX) for gross cash consideration of US$125 million.

26 Jan 2009

CoorsTek Commemorate Golden Milestone for Production of Aluminium Cans

Let us toast a technological innovation that's as near as your refrigerator: The production of the first seamless and recyclable aluminum can has been celebrated as an Historical Landmark of ASM International, the materials information society.

From ASM International 26 Jan 2009

Report Details Rudolph Technologies and the U.S. Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ea9e00/rudolph_technologi) has announced the addition of the "Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and the U.S. Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing Industry&q...

From Onto Innovation 26 Jan 2009

3M Introduce Intelligent Space-saving Automated Materials Handling System

3M Library Systems today announced the 3M Intelligent Return and Sorter System, a space-saving automated materials handling system for libraries.

From 3M Ceramic Textiles and Composites 26 Jan 2009

Dow Chemical and Süd-Chemie Seeking Alternative Chemical Production Method

The collaborative research aims to convert synthesis gas (syngas), that can be derived from abundant resources such as coal or biomass, to "building block” chemicals in a more efficient and economical process.

26 Jan 2009

BNL Develop New Catalyst Making Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells Feasible

The highly efficient catalyst performs two crucial, and previously unreachable steps needed to oxidize ethanol and produce clean energy in fuel cell reactions.

26 Jan 2009

Stretchable Electrodes Help Study The Effects of Heart Attacks and Brain Injuries

Engineers at Purdue and
Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac
muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart
attacks, traumatic brain injuries and other diseases.

22 Jan 2009

Tiny Disk Shaped Laser Could Send Information through Optical Computers

Tiny disk-shaped lasers as small as a speck of dust could one day beam information through optical computers. Unfortunately, a perfect disk will spray light out, not as a beam, but in all directions. New theoretical resu...

22 Jan 2009

Impregnated Plastic Disks Found to be Effective in Fighting Cancer

Bioengineers at Harvard University have shown that small plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin can reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors. The research -- ...

22 Jan 2009

Gold Shown to get Harder as You Heat It Up - Challenging Common Sense

Common sense tells us that when you heat something up it gets softer, but
a team of researchers, led by University
of Toronto chemistry and physics professor R.J. Dwayne Miller, has demonstrated
the exact opposite.

22 Jan 2009

Patented Process Cuts the Cost of Producing Biofuel

A patented Michigan State University
process to pretreat corn-crop waste before conversion into ethanol means extra
nutrients don't have to be added, cutting the cost of making biofuels from cellulose.

22 Jan 2009

Global Crude Steel Production Drops in 2008

World crude steel production reached 1,329.7 million metric tons for the year of 2008. This is a decrease of -1.2% compared to 2007. 2008 is the second consecutive year that world steel production has been over 1,300 mmt...

22 Jan 2009

New Technique for Producing Hydrogen Discovered

Scientists at Penn State University
and the Virginia Commonwealth University have discovered a way to produce hydrogen
by exposing selected clusters of aluminum atoms to water. The findings are important
because they demonstrate that it is the geometries of these aluminum clusters,
rather than solely their electronic properties, that govern the proximity of
the clusters' exposed active sites.

22 Jan 2009