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mPhase Technologies Receives Grant for Applications of Smart NanoBattery in Computer Memories

The funds will be used to build a functional lithium Smart NanoBattery prototype for the computer memory application.

10 Sep 2008

Tronics Microsystems Expand Product Portfolio for Medical Industry

Tronics Microsystems SA, a global leader in custom MEMS components and microsystems for demanding applications, announced that it has acquired all the assets of MedTech Development LLC, a full-service design and developm...

10 Sep 2008

IBM Develops New Preservation Technology for Storing Digital Data for Decades

IBM Research today announced an entirely new way to preserve digital information, so it can be read decades after it was created despite future changes in digital formats. Researchers at the lab in Haifa, Israel, are ...

10 Sep 2008

Research Develops Breakthrough in the "Right Timing" for Urgent Endoscopy for Gastrointestinal Bleeding Patients

It is widely accepted that urgent endoscopy for UGIB should be performed within 24 hour from the admission. However, within this period of time, it is still unclear whether it should be performed either very early &ndash...

10 Sep 2008

DuPont Advances in Development of Sustainable Packaging

DuPont is expanding its DuPont™ Biomax® packaging offerings to include renewably sourced Biomax® Thermal 300 heat-stabilizing modifier that allows polylactic acid (PLA) thermoformed packaging to withstand e...

10 Sep 2008

IBM Unveils Next Generation Technology Solutions for Enhancing Information Infrastructures

As part of IBM’s largest launch ever of new storage hardware, software and services -- the building blocks for the world’s strongest information infrastructure portfolio – the company today outlined nex...

10 Sep 2008

SABIC Release High Performance Sheet for Enhancing Comfort and Ambiance in Aircraft

In an effort to improve the air travel experience for customers, designers are looking for new ways to enhance comfort and ambiance in aircraft cabins. Boltaron Performance Products, LLC has collaborated with SABIC In...

10 Sep 2008

Global Market for Quantum Dot Technologies to Reach $28.6 Million by Year End

According to a new technical market research report, QUANTUM DOTS: GROWTH, MATURITY AND COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS (NAN027B) from BCC Research, the global market for quantum dot (QD) technology is expected to be worth $28.6 mi...

10 Sep 2008

Corus to Introduce Energy Surcharge on its Engineering Steels

Corus is introducing an energy surcharge system that will apply across its engineering steels product portfolio from October 1. The introduction of the surcharge is in response to the dramatic increases in energy pric...

10 Sep 2008

Siemens Release New Uninterruptible Power Supply with Maintenance-Free Capacitor System

This new energy store contains high-capacity, double-layer capacitors, and has a long service life even where ambient temperatures reach 60 degrees Celsius. That is a big advantage over conventional lead-acid batteries that have to be replaced every year where temperatures are just 40 degrees Celsius

10 Sep 2008

Alliance Formed to Establish Protocol for Nanotoxicology

A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and ...

10 Sep 2008

Siemens to Power Up the New "Dubailand" Theme Park

As part of the expansion of the power supply network in the United Arab Emirates, Siemens Energy is delivering four turnkey high voltage substations for the planned “Dubailand” theme park. The customer is...

10 Sep 2008

Don't move a muscle! New Magnetic Resonance and Radar Technology Prototype Help MRT Patients

Don't move a muscle! Patients certainly have to take this request to heart if they have to lie in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device – otherwise movement artefacts result on the images produced by the...

10 Sep 2008

Scientists Developing An Accurate Speedometer for Measuring Expansion of the Universe

Events on a cosmic scale are often barely discernable on Earth. This explains why astronomers are currently not able to prove directly that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, nor can they search for planets that are roughly the same size as Earth and revolve around a sun-like star.

10 Sep 2008

Novelis Announce Production of "The New Aluminium" using FusionTM Technology

Novelis today officially launched European production of its Novelis FusionTM technology, which the company has dubbed “The New Aluminium.” Customers and community representatives joined Novelis executives in...

10 Sep 2008