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3M To Expand Further In the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry

3M announced today it has completed its acquisition of Ligacon AG, a Switzerland-based manufacturer and supplier of filtration systems and filter elements for the pharmaceutical, biotech and general industrial markets. T...

2 Sep 2008

DuPont Unveils Latest in Digital Technology for Flexographic Printing

DuPont and Naksan Gaziantep recently introduced DuPont Cyrel, and announce the continuation to advance flexography by further investing in the development of Cyrel round.

2 Sep 2008

Researchers Develop Special Computer Dashboard to Integrate Intelligent Car Technologies

European researchers have developed a special dashboard computer to act as a single conduit for all devices emerging in modern cars – GPS, mobile, PDAs, intelligent car technologies. It should mean a better, more r...

2 Sep 2008

FEI Announce the Release of New Extreme Field Emission Gun (X-FEG) for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopes (S/TEMs)

FEI Company , a leading provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, today released its new extreme field emission gun (X-FEG) electron source module for the Titan™ family of scanning transmission electro...

2 Sep 2008

Zwick to Showcase Latest Materials Testing Equipments and Softwares at Expo

Whether you are in Research + Development or in Quality Control, the Forum for Materials Testing in Ulm/Germany promises to be a must-attend event for everyone who conducts mechanical testing and is interested in gaining...

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 2 Sep 2008

Fraunhofer Researchers Developing New Energy Saving Building Concepts and IT Solutions in Seoul

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a typical mega city: vast, pulsating, noisy and full of exhaust fumes. This is the setting in which Fraunhofer researchers are developing new building concepts and IT solutions that ...

1 Sep 2008

Siemens to Supply China Communications Construction with Electrical Equipments for Heavy Lift Carriers

The equipment package includes the propulsion system, a medium voltage distribution system, a power management system and the automation system. The order is worth several million euros. The heavy lift carrier will be built in a dockyard in south China and is to be put into service at the end of 2009.

1 Sep 2008

AST Completes Delivery of Neutron Detectors for Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) is delighted to announce that it has delivered the final neutron detection modules for use in the neutron detectors for the VULCAN engineering diffractometer at Oak Ridge National...

1 Sep 2008

PSI to Implement Management System for ThyssenKrupp New Stainless Steel Plant

PSI has been charged by ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA with the delivery and implementation of the production management system PSImetals for the stainless steel plant being built in Alabama, USA. The new plant will cons...

From PSI 1 Sep 2008

Developers of the World's Thinnest Material Are Hopeful Candidates for the Nobel Prize

Two physicists from The University of Manchester who discovered the world’s thinnest material have scooped a major award for their work. Professor Andre Geim FRS and Dr Kostya Noveselov of the Centre of Mesoscie...

1 Sep 2008

Nanoelectronic Leaders Gather to Develop State-of-the-Art Materials and Inks for Organic Solar Cells

IMEC, Europe’s leading independent nanoelectronics research institute and Plextronics, Inc., an international technology company specializing in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics, signed an agre...

1 Sep 2008

New Molecular Imaging System to Visualize Cellular and Sub Cellular Processes

Molecular imaging aims at the use of imaging probes to visualize specific cellular or sub cellular processes that occur before changes in morphology and function. This is highly relevant because impairments of such p...

1 Sep 2008

Bioengineers Create Artificial Bones with Skin Cells

Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments.

31 Aug 2008

Samuel Manu-Tech Completes Sale to U.S. Steel Giant

Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. ("Samuel") announced the completion of the sale of its Nanticoke, Ontario steel pickling operations to U.S. Steel Canada for $37.5 million, subject to normal closing adjustments. Furthe...

31 Aug 2008

Air Force Receives Recognition for First Energy and Environmental Design Home

Keesler Air Force Base officials received their first certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design home. This new green two-unit home at 244 and 246 Fairchild Dr., Biloxi, Miss., the first of more than 700...

31 Aug 2008