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European Project Breaks Energy Efficiency Record by Converting Sunlight into Electricity

Scientists of the Commission-financed project FULLSPECTRUM have developed photovoltaic (PV) multi-junction (MJ) solar cells which are able to convert 39,7 % of the energy of sun light into electricity. This is the highes...

21 Nov 2008

ORNL Supercomputer Receives Prestigious Award for Fastest Supercomputing Application

A team led by Thomas Schulthess of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the prestigious 2008 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize Thursday after attaining the fastest performance ever in a scientific supercomputing application.

21 Nov 2008

Applied Materials Joins World Class Collaborator in Development of Flexible Electronic Displays

The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University today announced that Applied Materials, Inc., through its Display Business Group-AKT, has become an Associate Member, joining the ranks of other world-class p...

21 Nov 2008

New Atomic Scale Motion Picture Marks Breakthrough

A breakthrough technology based on new concepts has now accomplished a similar feat, but on an atomic scale--by allowing, for the first time, the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure and shape of matter barely a billionth of a meter in size.

21 Nov 2008

Siemens to Supply Control System to New Coal-Fired Plant for Low-CO2-Power Generation

Siemens Energy has under contract to Vattenfall supplied an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & control (I&C) system for the Schwarze Pumpe pilot plant. The coal-fired plant for low-CO2-power generation near Spremberg, ...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 21 Nov 2008

International Team of Scientists Investigating How Cracks Form in Brittle Materials

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is part of an international team of scientists that is learning more about how cracks form in brittle materials. The team used both computer modeling and experimentation to investigate...

21 Nov 2008

New Material for Anodes Clear Path for New Generation of Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable lithium ion batteries provide portable devices that require a lot of energy, such as mobile telephones, digital cameras, and notebook computers, with power. However, their capacity, and thus the running time...

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 21 Nov 2008

Goodyear Receives Award from China's Most Respected Auto Magazine

After undergoing extensive testing, Goodyear's
Assurance tire has received the 2008 "Annual Product of the Year Award"
from Auto Magazine, one of China's most respected automotive publications.

21 Nov 2008

Smart Nanobattery Manufacturer Selected as a "Company to Watch"

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: XDSL.OB - News) today announced that it was selected by the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) as a “Company to Watch” and will be honored tonight at the 2008 NJTC Awards ...

21 Nov 2008

Waterproof Membranes – from Russia to the Middle East

Waterproof membranes are used in a wide range of civil and building applications. Around 750,000 tonnes of polymer will be used in building membranes in Europe in 2008 according to Jon Nash, Strategic Research Manager at...

21 Nov 2008

New Market Report on Conductive Silver Inks from Nanomarkets

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced it has released an updated analysis of the conductive silver inks market. According to NanoMarkets’ analysis and forecast, sales of such inks will see d...

21 Nov 2008

$Malvern Complete Australian Seminar Series on Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analysis$

Malvern Complete Australian Seminar Series on Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analysis

In October 2008, more than 350 people attended a series of six one-day seminars
focusing on particle sizing by laser diffraction. Held in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne,
Sydney and Brisbane, the seminars were organised by ATA Scientific and sessions
were led by Dr Paul Kippax, product manager for diffraction systems at Malvern Panalytical.

From Malvern Panalytical 21 Nov 2008

First Serially Produced Plastic Compressed-Air Reservoirs for Truck Trailers

Schmitz Cargobull showcased the first compressed-air tank made of plastic for truck trailers at the International Motor Show (IAA) for Commercial Vehicles in Hannover, Germany in September of 2008.

20 Nov 2008

New Method to Pinpoint Zinc Pollution Help Improve Pollution Monitoring System

A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

20 Nov 2008

The Perfect Pint , The Secret to Beer Making Revealed

Alex Bell, Master Brewer at O'Hanlon's, a specialist brewery in Exeter, will be at the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) at Belgrave Square on 28 November 2008 to talk about the art of making a perfect pint. Beer ha...

20 Nov 2008