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Inco Board Supports Phelps Dodge Merger of CVRD Offer

Inco Limited today announced its formal response to the offer commenced yesterday by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (“CVRD”) to purchase for cash all of the outstanding common shares of Inco (the “CVRD Offe...

16 Aug 2006

SpaceDev Awarded Patent for Hybrid Propulsion Technology

SpaceDev has been issued a United States patent for its hybrid propulsion technology. The U.S. Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,069,717, entitled "Hybrid Propulsion System," to SpaceDev for technology rel...

15 Aug 2006

SEMI Reports Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings Reach $9.59 Billion in Q2 2006

SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $9.59 billion in the second quarter of 2006. The billings figure is 0.2 percent higher than the first quarter of 2006 and about twen...

15 Aug 2006

Rolls-Royce Wins New Order For Largest Naval Gas Turbines in the World

Rolls-Royce has won another significant order for the largest naval gas turbines in the world to power a next generation US Navy warship. Two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines will power the second Lockheed Martin- design...

15 Aug 2006

Sun and New Fuels Power Student Vehicles

Seventy-three students from 21 universities around the world gathered at MIT this summer to design and build between five and 10 commuter vehicles that exploit human power, bio-fuels, solar technologies and fuel cells to...

15 Aug 2006

DuPont Automotive OEM Coatings Revenue to Nearly Triple in Brazil

DuPont will triple its automotive coatings revenue in Brazil by year end 2006, compared to a 2002 baseline. Beyond regional auto production increases, the growth is largely due to aggressive streamlining, the application...

15 Aug 2006

Biometric Sensors Could Detect Traces of Chemicals on Passengers

While it might be very difficult to detect benign chemicals that could make an explosive when mixed together, it is not nearly as difficult to detect traces of potentially dangerous chemicals on the fingers of individual...

15 Aug 2006

Textron Exits Fasteners Games

Marking its exit from the fastening business, Textron Inc. today announced that it has completed the sale of its Fastening Systems unit to Platinum Equity, a private equity firm located in California. This sale furthe...

15 Aug 2006

Commercial Metals Acquires Concrete Formtek Services

Commercial Metals Company, headquartered in Irving, Texas, announced today the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets of Concrete Formtek Services (CFS). Established in Santa Fe Springs, California in 1...

15 Aug 2006

Ausmelt Wins Contract to Supply Lead Smelter into China

Ausmelt Ltd has won its first lead smelter contract in China. The company will supply a lead smelter with a capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes a year of lead to Yunnan Tin Company Ltd (YTCL) in China’s Yunnan p...

15 Aug 2006

New Coated Polarizers Find Applications in LCD Televisions

Having successfully put into practical application its epoch-making new polarizer ("New Polarizer") for liquid crystal display television sets (LCD-TVs) for the first time in the world, Nitto Denko Corporation ...

14 Aug 2006

Dow Chemical Take Full Ownership of Polystyrene Joint Venture

Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation (AKCC) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) have concluded an agreement for the transfer to Dow of the AKCC shareholdings in their joint venture companies Styron Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong (SA...

14 Aug 2006

Research into Oil Droplets in Water Has Ramifications from Mining to Shampoos

How much effort does it take to understand the behaviour of oil droplets? A multi-disciplinary team of six researchers from the University of Melbourne has spent the best part of two years, and used AUS$300,000 of equipm...

14 Aug 2006

Alcan to Spend $1.8 Billion to Modernize Canadian Primary Aluminum Smelter

Alcan Inc. today announced its intention to modernize its Kitimat Works, B.C. primary aluminum smelter through an approximate US$1.8 billion investment. The modernization would increase Alcan’s annual global primar...

14 Aug 2006

Alcan Inaugurate New Brisbane Headquarters

Alcan’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard B. Evans, and Queensland’s Premier, the Honourable Peter Beattie, today inaugurated the Company’s Australian headquarters in Brisbane. The inaugura...

14 Aug 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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Inco Board Supports Phelps Dodge Merger of CVRD Offer

SpaceDev Awarded Patent for Hybrid Propulsion Technology

SEMI Reports Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings Reach $9.59 Billion in Q2 2006

Rolls-Royce Wins New Order For Largest Naval Gas Turbines in the World

Sun and New Fuels Power Student Vehicles

DuPont Automotive OEM Coatings Revenue to Nearly Triple in Brazil

Biometric Sensors Could Detect Traces of Chemicals on Passengers

Textron Exits Fasteners Games

Commercial Metals Acquires Concrete Formtek Services

Ausmelt Wins Contract to Supply Lead Smelter into China

New Coated Polarizers Find Applications in LCD Televisions

Dow Chemical Take Full Ownership of Polystyrene Joint Venture

Research into Oil Droplets in Water Has Ramifications from Mining to Shampoos

Alcan to Spend $1.8 Billion to Modernize Canadian Primary Aluminum Smelter

Alcan Inaugurate New Brisbane Headquarters

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How the RSC is Empowering the Future of Chemical Sciences

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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

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