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NSW Premier Opens World-First Power Generation Project at BHP Billiton's West Cliff Mine

The Premier of New South Wales, Morris Iemma MP, has officially opened BHP Billiton’s West Cliff Ventilation Air Methane Project (WestVAMP) – a world-first greenhouse gas reduction initiative. Situated at ...

17 Sep 2007

New Technique Safely Deposits Novel Metal Oxide Thin Films on Substrates

University at Buffalo chemists have developed a novel way to grow chemically pure, zinc oxide thin films characterized by dense, bristle-like nanostructures and a new method for depositing them on temperature-sensitive s...

17 Sep 2007

Securing the Nation's Bridge Cables

These days, a drive across a bridge is not always a pleasure cruise. Mindful of the war on terrorism, it can often be a cautious experience. In one scenario, a terrorist sets off a series of bombs to weaken the c...

17 Sep 2007

Future Theoretical Models of Exotic Spin States

A team of international physicists that includes researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found experimental evidence of a highly sought-after type of arrangement of atomic magnetic ...

17 Sep 2007

Novel Method for Nanostructured Polymer Thin Films

All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs (chemically distinct polymers linked together) in order to ...

17 Sep 2007

Passive Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator with a Resonant Electric Circuit

Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atoms—and more recently larger objects—by reducing the extent of their thermal motion. Now, applying a different form of radiati...

17 Sep 2007

Red Wine for Mineral Exploration

The key to finding new mineral deposits in Australia could be to start looking with a glass of wine or a soft drink. In a fascinating piece of spare-time research, CSIRO Exploration & Mining scientist Dr Ryan Nobl...

17 Sep 2007

Graphene Shown to Act as an Atomic-Scale Billiard Table

A game of billiards may never get smaller than this. Physicists at UC Riverside have demonstrated that graphene – a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings – can act as an atomic-scal...

17 Sep 2007

NIST Creates Firebrand Generator

Crackling embers and glowing firebrands might make for a romantic evening in front of the fireplace, but for homeowners in high fire-risk areas, windborne fire material is the stuff of nightmares. To learn how to miti...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 17 Sep 2007

Trying to Understand the Limits of Existence of Oxygen

Physicists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have made a unique measurement of an exotic oxygen nucleus, leading scientists one step closer to deciphering the behavi...

15 Sep 2007

Self Waxing Skis Could Give an Unfair Advantage

Skis equipped with an ingenious new self-waxing device that enables them to travel quicker could make a dramatic entry onto the skiing scene in the 2008/09 World Cup season. The device continuously applies fresh wax t...

15 Sep 2007

Clariant and Schoeller Tie Up Textile Deal

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals and Schoeller Technologies AG, a globally active licensing company for innovative textile technologies, today announced a strategic partnership for the nanotechnology-based...

15 Sep 2007

Shaw Group Win Contract for ExxonMobil's New Steam Cracker

The Shaw Group Inc. announced today that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been awarded a contract to provide technology, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a 1,000,000 tons-per-year olefins ...

15 Sep 2007

ThyssenKrupp Invest 3 Million Euros in New Warehousing, Logistics, and Processing Center

ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH, Germany's biggest materials services company of ThyssenKrupp Services, has invested at its Mannheim location Euro 3 million in the construction of a new approximately 3,000 m² warehous...

15 Sep 2007

PPG's Waterborne Basecoat System Approved by Chrysler

Chrysler LLC has approved the Envirobase High Performance and NEXA Autocolor Aquabase Plus waterborne basecoat systems by PPG Industries’ automotive refinish business for all its repair facilities globally. All pro...

15 Sep 2007