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Scrap Has Not Gone Out of Style

There were some fears for the future of ferrous scrap when, two years ago, China was investing heavily in gigantic blast furnace-based steel production. However, with substantial new electric arc furnace capacity being a...

7 Nov 2006

Strong Demand for Stainless Steel Likely to Continue

Strong demand for stainless steel is likely to continue for the remainder of this year and probably into the first quarter of 2007. That was the welcome forecast issued to the BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Rou...

7 Nov 2006

Used Tyres on the Priority List on the EU End-of-Waste Criteria

Scrap tyres feature on the priority list of end-of-life streams to be studied by the Environment Committee of the European Parliament in the context of its wider review of when waste ceases to be waste, the latest BIR Ty...

7 Nov 2006

Plastics Recycling Sector Over-Regulated

In his first meeting as Chairman of the BIR Plastics Round-Table, Surendra Borad of Belgium-based Gemini Corporation NV lamented “the imposition of multiple rules and regulations on recyclable plastics” in Eu...

7 Nov 2006

Alcan to Invest US$7 Million into Specialty Sheet Rhenalu Facility France

Alcan will invest US$7 million in its Specialty Sheet Alcan Rhenalu facility at Neuf-Brisach, France to recycle Used Beverage Cans (UBC) made from aluminum. The new capacity is scheduled to come on stream by the beginnin...

7 Nov 2006

MIT and Cambridge Design Silent, Eco-Friendly Plane

MIT and Cambridge University researchers unveiled the conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane at a press conference Monday, Nov. 6, at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. "P...

7 Nov 2006

Applied Materials to Acquire Brooks Software for $125 Million

Applied Materials has announced that it has agreed to purchase the assets of Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc., for $125 million in cash. Brooks Software is a leading provider of factory management a...

7 Nov 2006

Physicists Observe New Property of Matter

Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within "excitons," the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductor...

7 Nov 2006

University at Buffalo Installs 6,300 Square Feet of Photovoltaic Panels

It may not look like your typical classroom but the 6,300 square feet of photovoltaic panels just installed on top of Norton Hall at the University at Buffalo have a mission to educate, as well as generate power for the ...

7 Nov 2006

Advanced Glazing Systems Continues to Develop Lighter Higher Strength Glass Products

WFNN continues report on companies to highlight companies believed to have high growth prospects. Dr. Joseph Louis deBeauchamp posted his report on six sites to allow investors to read about these companies. WFNN said...

6 Nov 2006

Sandia Use Pressure to Melt Diamond

Sandia’s Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid. The object of the experiment was to better understand t...

6 Nov 2006

Stimir Win Alcan Supplier Award

At Alcan Iceland’s annual Suppliers’ Day, held recently at Alcan’s ISAL smelter, Stimir of Iceland was presented with the Continuous Improvement award. This is the third time that the Supplier’...

6 Nov 2006

Jadoo Power Receives A Further $2.4m Funding to Develop Portable Fuel Cells for Military Applications

Jadoo Power Systems Inc. (Jadoo), the leading supplier of portable fuel cell systems, announced today that Jadoo’s SOCOM Power Program will be allocated $2.4 million in additional funding as part of the U.S. Milita...

6 Nov 2006

GE Plastics Open Korean Technology Center

GE Plastics today announced the official opening of its new Korea Technology Center (KTC) in Sungnam City, Kyunggi Province to provide Korean and Asia Pacific customers with state-of-the-art application development capab...

6 Nov 2006

Goodyear's New Tire with Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Wins Award

Goodyear's newest tire, the Eagle(R) featuring ResponsEdge Technology(TM), was selected this week by the editors of Popular Mechanics for the magazine's Editors Choice Award during Automotive Aftermarket Industry...

6 Nov 2006

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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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Scrap Has Not Gone Out of Style

Strong Demand for Stainless Steel Likely to Continue

Used Tyres on the Priority List on the EU End-of-Waste Criteria

Plastics Recycling Sector Over-Regulated

Alcan to Invest US$7 Million into Specialty Sheet Rhenalu Facility France

MIT and Cambridge Design Silent, Eco-Friendly Plane

Applied Materials to Acquire Brooks Software for $125 Million

Physicists Observe New Property of Matter

University at Buffalo Installs 6,300 Square Feet of Photovoltaic Panels

Advanced Glazing Systems Continues to Develop Lighter Higher Strength Glass Products

Sandia Use Pressure to Melt Diamond

Stimir Win Alcan Supplier Award

Jadoo Power Receives A Further $2.4m Funding to Develop Portable Fuel Cells for Military Applications

GE Plastics Open Korean Technology Center

Goodyear's New Tire with Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Wins Award

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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

ATS Series 3110/3210 - Lab Furnaces

Revontium™: Compact XRF Spectrometer

UV Cure Dielectric Sensor: Precision Monitoring for UV Cured Resins with Quick-Connect Fixture

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Observation of Paraffin Wax Crystallization in Lubricating Oils Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

Enhancing Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Efficiency

How Isolation Works in a Simple Mass-Spring-Damper System

Fiber Orientation and Distribution Measurement in a Composite Polymer

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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

1Transforming Carbon Dioxide and Lignin Into Biodegradable Polymers

2Overcoming Challenges in Solid-State Sodium Battery Production

3Advancement of 3D Printing with New Plastic Coating

4A Greener Way of Producing Ammonia

5New Recipes for Improved Battery Materials

6Making Stronger and Safer Lithium Batteries

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