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World's First Camshaft with Integrated Bearing Chairs

Today’s camshaft bearings are generally of two-piece design. The associated disadvantages, such as split bearings, complex machining of the bearing tunnel, bolted-on bearing caps, complex integration of rolling-con...

12 Sep 2007

Semi-Active, Electronically Adjustable Damping System from ThyssenKrupp Bilstein Suspension

The design and tuning of suspension and damping systems represent a compromise between ride comfort on the one hand and driving safety and agility on the other. Innovative damping systems from ThyssenKrupp Bilstein Suspe...

12 Sep 2007

Hydro Sell Aviation Products Business

Hydro has signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary Nordisk Aviation Products to US-based industrial group Teleflex Incorporated. Hydro’s divestment of Nordisk Aviation Products is part of the restructuring of ...

12 Sep 2007

Alcoa Supports Research into Geothermal Power

Alcoa announced today that it has made a significant contribution to a research and development program in Iceland that if successful could lead to a major step forward in the economics of developing high-temperature geo...

12 Sep 2007

Alcoa Completes Damage Report for Jamalco Plant After Hurricane Dean

Alcoa today announced it has completed its damage and impact assessment at its Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) alumina refinery and port which were affected by Hurricane Dean in August. As previously announce...

12 Sep 2007

Alcoa Opens Anode Plant in Norway to Service Local Aluminium Plants

Alcoa announced that it has opened a new 280,000 metric ton per year anode plant in Mosjoen, Norway. The facility will produce anodes for Alcoa’s Fjardaal aluminum smelter in Iceland and the Mosjoen aluminum smelte...

12 Sep 2007

Organic Electronics to be Used in First Products

Organic electronics — thin, lightweight, flexible and produced at low cost - are on the way to being used in first products now. The OE-A - the key industry association for organic and printed electronics - support...

12 Sep 2007

EPA Pushes Procurement of Materials from Recovered Waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is revising the list of items designated in the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines’ landscaping products category to promote the use of materials recovered from solid wast...

11 Sep 2007

Air Products Increase Industrial Gas Production Capacity in Poland

A new liquefier to be built by Air Products will generate an additional 400 tonnes per day (TPD) of industrial gases to meet fast growing demand in Polish manufacturing sectors. The new liquefier will be located at the c...

11 Sep 2007

EPA Releases Hazard Characterizations for High Production Volume Chemicals

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the first set of Hazard Characterizations on 101 High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals. These characterizations are based on EPA’s scientific review of the scr...

11 Sep 2007

Energem Acquire Controlling Interest in Chinese Methanol Project

Energem Resources Inc ("Energem" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 70% controlling interest in a methanol blending project in China ("the Project"). The Projec...

11 Sep 2007

Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Detects Substances on Surfaces

Last August German police discovered about 50 tons of rotten meat on the premises of a wholesaler in Bavaria. Because the risk of rotten meat turning up in grocery stores everywhere is not to be underestimated, the impor...

11 Sep 2007

Liquid Crystal Pharmaceuticals Combat Cancer and other Diseases

A partnership between Kent State University, Summa Health System and IC-MedTech Inc. has yielded an innovative liquid crystal technology that offers the promise of new drugs which may more effectively manage cancer and o...

11 Sep 2007

Atom Probe Used to Observe Dopant Distributions in Semiconductors for the First Time

In 1959, Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman presented a talk entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom. “ Feynman concluded that there was no physical reason why humans couldn't manipulate atoms....

11 Sep 2007

Highest Ever Resolution PIctures from an (S)TEM Electron Microscope Successfully Recorded.

The highest-resolution images ever seen in (S)TEM electron microscopy have been recorded using a new instrument developed jointly by U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, FEI Company and CEOS GmbH, in Heidelbe...

11 Sep 2007

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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World's First Camshaft with Integrated Bearing Chairs

Semi-Active, Electronically Adjustable Damping System from ThyssenKrupp Bilstein Suspension

Hydro Sell Aviation Products Business

Alcoa Supports Research into Geothermal Power

Alcoa Completes Damage Report for Jamalco Plant After Hurricane Dean

Alcoa Opens Anode Plant in Norway to Service Local Aluminium Plants

Organic Electronics to be Used in First Products

EPA Pushes Procurement of Materials from Recovered Waste

Air Products Increase Industrial Gas Production Capacity in Poland

EPA Releases Hazard Characterizations for High Production Volume Chemicals

Energem Acquire Controlling Interest in Chinese Methanol Project

Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Detects Substances on Surfaces

Liquid Crystal Pharmaceuticals Combat Cancer and other Diseases

Atom Probe Used to Observe Dopant Distributions in Semiconductors for the First Time

Highest Ever Resolution PIctures from an (S)TEM Electron Microscope Successfully Recorded.

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How can Charge Photometry be Used for Battery Screening and Development?

Comparing Computed Radiography and Digital Detector Arrays

How the RSC is Empowering the Future of Chemical Sciences

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Exploring Wet Granulation in Tablet Manufacturing

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Choosing the Ideal Automotive Bonding Tape: Testing Methods for Optimal Performance

VOCs and SVOCs - How to Achieve Cleaner Air

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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How can Charge Photometry be Used for Battery Screening and Development?

Comparing Computed Radiography and Digital Detector Arrays

How the RSC is Empowering the Future of Chemical Sciences

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2Longer-Lasting Catalyst Boosts Hydrogen Production

3New Solid-State Electrolyte Increases the Affordability of Green Energy Storage

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6Abundant Elements Enhance Lithium-Iron Battery Performance

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