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W.M. Keck Foundation Awarded Grant for Development of Real Time Bio-Molecular Imaging

Researchers at the University of New Mexico were recently awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support a research program within the Department of Physics. The program, titled "A...

11 Sep 2008

European Commision Invest to Develop Sustainable Wood-Based Composite Materials

The European Commission has decided to invest 6.5 million Euro into a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable wood-based composite materials for a wide range of applications. The SustainComp proje...

11 Sep 2008

Linde to Showcase Energy Effiicent Combustion and Heating Technology at Upcoming Aluminium 2008

Linde Gases Division, part of the Linde Group, today announced its participation at Aluminium 2008 in Essen, Germany. In addition to their Low-temperature Oxyfuel combustion technology which enables up to 50% decreas...

11 Sep 2008

Symyx Technologies Release New Informatic System Enhancing Productivity

Symyx Technologies, Inc. has announced a significant new release of the Symyx Isentris® informatics system that provides many new, productivity-enhancing capabilities. Isentris 3.1 gives scientists the freedom to ...

11 Sep 2008

DuPont Receives Supplier of the Year Award from United States Largest Automotive Retailer

DuPont has been the leading name in automotive finishes, both for new cars and for the collision repair industry,for more than 75 years.

11 Sep 2008

LyondellBasell to Showcase World-Class Polyolefins Technology at the XIV Plastics Pipes Conference

LyondellBasell Industries will feature its world-class polyolefins technology, production and marketing offerings used in pipe solutions at the XIV Plastics Pipes Conference in Budapest, September 22-24, 2008. "E...

11 Sep 2008

Report Identifies Challenges in Global Introduction of Alternative Fuels in Road Transport

Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have participated in the study and evaluation of the barriers present in Europe against the generalised introduction of alternative fuels in road transports. Nat...

11 Sep 2008

Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Target and Destroy Tumor Cells

Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered a method for destroying tumor cells by using nanoparticles and light. Wensha Yang’s technique is actually dealing with quantum dots. Quantum dots are se...

11 Sep 2008

Eastman Chemical Market-Leading Plastolyn Receives Approval from EU for Food Contact

Eastman Chemical Company, is pleased to announce that its market leading Plastolyn R1140 hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin complies with a listing for petroleum hydrocarbon resin to support food contact use in the European Union.

11 Sep 2008

IBM to Install the World Reknown Blue Gene/P Super Computer for Bulgaria State Agency

The Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) and IBM Bulgaria today announced the Bulgarian IBM Blue Gene/P - the first installation of the world famous Blue Gene computer in Bulgaria....

11 Sep 2008

NASA Engineers Developing Nuclear Fission Technology for Establishing Lunar Outpost

NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps ...

11 Sep 2008

Physicists Discovers New Exotic Particle, the Omega B Baryon

University of Michigan physicists played a leading role in the discovery of a new particle, the Omega b baryon, which is an exotic relative of the proton. It was detected for the first time in a particle accelerator a...

11 Sep 2008

Springer Signs Agreement with IIT to Launch New Journal in Advanced Engineering Science

Springer, one of the leading publishers in the fields of science, technology and medicine, has signed a co-publishing agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, on the occasion of its 50th anniversar...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 10 Sep 2008

Linde Cooling Systems Installed in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

When protons are accelerated to almost light speed in CERN's LHC, or Large Hadron Collider's underground circuit near Geneva for the first time today, the Linde cooling systems installed there will also experience their first assignment.

10 Sep 2008

Copley Scientific Release Unique Benchtop Detergent Tester for Improved Laboratory Testing

With the new Tergotometer detergent tester, Copley Scientific ,combines eight miniature washing machine simulators within a single, benchtop instrument. This unique, space-saving system offers increased testing capacity and improved control over test variables at a fraction of the cost of traditional equipment.

10 Sep 2008

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W.M. Keck Foundation Awarded Grant for Development of Real Time Bio-Molecular Imaging

European Commision Invest to Develop Sustainable Wood-Based Composite Materials

Linde to Showcase Energy Effiicent Combustion and Heating Technology at Upcoming Aluminium 2008

Symyx Technologies Release New Informatic System Enhancing Productivity

DuPont Receives Supplier of the Year Award from United States Largest Automotive Retailer

LyondellBasell to Showcase World-Class Polyolefins Technology at the XIV Plastics Pipes Conference

Report Identifies Challenges in Global Introduction of Alternative Fuels in Road Transport

Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Target and Destroy Tumor Cells

Eastman Chemical Market-Leading Plastolyn Receives Approval from EU for Food Contact

IBM to Install the World Reknown Blue Gene/P Super Computer for Bulgaria State Agency

NASA Engineers Developing Nuclear Fission Technology for Establishing Lunar Outpost

Physicists Discovers New Exotic Particle, the Omega B Baryon

Springer Signs Agreement with IIT to Launch New Journal in Advanced Engineering Science

Linde Cooling Systems Installed in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

Copley Scientific Release Unique Benchtop Detergent Tester for Improved Laboratory Testing

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