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Kennametal Complete Acquisition of High-Purity Specialty Metals Products Manufacturer

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Purity Metal Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, International Specialty Alloys, Inc. (ISA). ISA manufactures ...

2 May 2007

Mondragon University Inaugurate New Micromanufacturing Facility

The Higher Polytechnic School at Mondragon University has inaugurated their new micromanufacturing laboratories located at the Garaia Innovation Pole and which is set to be a benchmark for research in Europe. The laborat...

2 May 2007

Toxic Mercury Detected Using Gold Nanoparticles

With gold nanoparticles, DNA and some smart chemistry as their tools, scientists at Northwestern University have developed a simple "litmus test" for mercury that eventually could be used for on-the-spot enviro...

2 May 2007

Researchers Capture Radium for the First Time Ever Using a Magneto-Optical Trap

Argonne researchers have successfully laser-cooled and trapped atoms of radium - the first time this rare element has been captured in a magneto-optical trap - with an assist from an unexpected source. The group of p...

2 May 2007

Ultra Fast LightSource Helps Reveal The Inner Workings of Atoms and Molecules

Researchers in Italy have created an ultrashort light pulse?a single isolated burst of extreme-ultraviolet light that lasts for only 130 attoseconds (billionths of a billionth of a second). Their achievement currently re...

2 May 2007

3M Complete Purchase of Supplier fo High Performance Coatings

3M announced today it has completed its acquisition of E Wood Holdings PLC, a North Yorkshire, U.K.-based manufacturer of high-performance protective coatings for oil, gas, water, rail and automotive industries. This...

2 May 2007

3M Complete Acquisition of Innovative Paper Technologies

3M announced today it has completed its acquisition of the business of Innovative Paper Technologies LLC, a manufacturer of inorganic-based technical papers, boards and laminates for a wide variety of high temperature ap...

2 May 2007

Promising Nanotechnology for Cleaning Semiconductors

Lancetta, Inc., a Texas based technology development company, which presented a new patent pending technology for nanoscale cleaning applicable to semiconductors and nanoscale materials processing at the recent Sematech ...

2 May 2007

Nanomaterials to be Tested for Use in Flushable Hygiene Products

The Company is pleased to report that three batches of new nanotech materials have been delivered by QuarTek Corporation for testing, evaluation, selection and modification. Pilot trials of the new materials are expected...

2 May 2007

US Army Research Office Provide $7.5m Funding to Develop Electromechanical Devices and High-Performance Membranes Using Ionic Liquids

The Army Research Office has awarded a Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) grant, potentially worth $7.5 million, to scientists from Virginia Tech, the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, a...

1 May 2007