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VAC AERO to Install Another Large Vaccum Oil Quench Furnace

VAC AERO
will be installing another large vacuum oil quench furnace which will be the
fourth such furnace in operation at its Oakville, Ontario Thermal Processing
facility.

From VAC AERO International Inc. 14 Jan 2009

UPM to Close Pulp Mill in Q1 2009

UPM's associated company Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab has today announced the permanent closure of the Kaskinen pulp mill during the first quarter of 2009. The special charges resulting from the closure will reduce UPM&#3...

14 Jan 2009

Converting Methane from Landfills into Elemental Carbon and Hydrogen

CATALYX NANOTECH, INC., is teaming with Dudek to pursue low-cost, "green" high-grade graphite and hydrogen production with no by-products using a patented technology. Catalyx Nanotech, a privately funded compan...

14 Jan 2009

Nanoparticles Remove Toxic Lead from Blood

By using magnetic nanoparticles,
the researchers were able to remove 96 % of the lead ions from blood samples
mixed with lead in vitro.

14 Jan 2009

Could Organometallics be Used to Treat Tumors?

Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometalli...

13 Jan 2009

New Concrete Containing 90% Recycled and By-Product Materials with No Sacrifice in Properties

Ekocrete, Inc. today announced the availability of a new "green" concrete that uses 90% recycled and by-product materials without sacrificing strength or durability. "Previous so-called green concretes...

13 Jan 2009

New Type of LED Offers Improved Performance and Energy Efficiency

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode
(LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency.

13 Jan 2009

Environmentally Friendly Biomass Fuels Could Replace Fossil Fuels with No Changes to Infrastructure

University of Oklahoma researchers believe newer, more environmentally friendly fuels produced from biomass could create alternative energy solutions and alleviate dependence on foreign oil without requiring changes to c...

13 Jan 2009

Photonic Crystals Tame Terahertz Cascade Lasers

Terahertz cascade lasers are a new family of semi-conductor lasers which emit in the frequency range of the terahertz, or 1012 hertz. Because of their potential applications, they currently raise considerable interest, d...

13 Jan 2009

Siemens Win Contract to Supply Components for Steam Generators in India

Siemens Energy received a contract from its Indian licensee Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) for the supply of components for two steam turbine-generators. The customer is the state-owned energy utility National Ther...

13 Jan 2009

Gold Nanocages Prove Invaluable for Breast Cancer Patients

Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients. For the first time, Lihong Wang, Ph.D., Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor in th...

13 Jan 2009

Inexpensive Process for Orienting Nanotubes

Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers.
wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but
actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods is notoriously like herding
cats.

13 Jan 2009

DuPont Take on Air, Water and Industrial Filtration Applications

DuPont Nonwovens Vice
President and General Manager Barry Granger recently delivered the keynote speech
at Filtration 2008: International Conference and Exhibition, in Philadelphia,
Pa. Barry spoke to more than 100 people in the air filtration value chain. He
talked about how DuPont's commitment to sustainability and energy efficient
products led to filtration, a market segment where DuPont can help make a difference
through technology that eliminates tiny particles in our air, water and industrial
fluids.

13 Jan 2009

Air Products Complete Construction of Carbon Monoxide Coldbox for Chinese Petrochemical Company

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading supplier of industrial gases and equipment, has completed the manufacturing of a world-scale carbon monoxide (CO) coldbox at its cryogenic equipment manufacturing facility in Caojing, ...

13 Jan 2009

Metal Nanotube Sensors Detect Toxic Gases

In a recent paper, researchers at
the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) described a new method for creating gas detectors
so sensitive that some day they may be able to register these tiny emissions
from a single cell.

13 Jan 2009