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Siemens Acquires Opto-Control, Specialist 3-D Automatic Optical Inspection Systems

Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has acquired Opto-Control Elektronik Prüfsysteme GmbH of Bochum, Germany. The purchase adds high-precision automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems to Siemens’s Siplac...

20 Jul 2006

Aerojet Delivers Advanced "Electric Propulsion" Engine to NASA

Aerojet has delivered the first of a new generation of propulsion thrusters to NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, for NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project. The NEXT propulsion system co...

20 Jul 2006

Kennametal Expands European Presence

Kennametal has announced that it has recently increased its ownership in its Italian and Spanish affiliates. This action grows Kennametal's ownership in Kennametal Italia S.p.A. from 55 percent to 66 percent and in K...

20 Jul 2006

Material Technologies and UTEK Announce Strategic Alliance

Material Technologies, Inc, a company that engages in the research and development of metal fatigue detection, measurement, and monitoring technologies, and, UTEK Corporation, a specialty finance company focused on techn...

20 Jul 2006

Boeing and QinetiQ Expand Network-Enabled Capabilities

Boeing and QinetiQ officials have announced that they are establishing a state-of-the-art network-enabled center for collaboration and experimentation at QinetiQ's Cody Technology Park site in Farnborough, England. ...

20 Jul 2006

Brookhaven's Jim Reilly Honored For Lifetime of Work in Metal Hydride Chemistry

Retired Brookhaven chemist Jim Reilly has been honored with a 2006 DOE Hydrogen Program R&D Award in recognition of his lifetime contributions in hydrogen storage research and development. The award was presented at ...

20 Jul 2006

Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

Quantum mechanics, one of the most successful theories in all of science, says some strange things about the fundamental nature of the world. For all practical purposes, physicists can and do ignore the bizarre implicati...

20 Jul 2006

Electricity from Steam Exploded Corn Plant Remains

After the corn harvest, whether for cattle feed or corn on the cob, farmers usually leave the stalks and stems in the field, but now, a team of Penn State researchers think corn stover can be used not only to manufacture...

20 Jul 2006

New Process to Create Graphene-Based Materials

Northwestern University researchers have developed a process that promises to lead to the creation of a new class of composite materials -- "graphene-based materials." The method uses graphite to produce in...

20 Jul 2006

DuPont Globalizes Titanium Tetrachloride Business

DuPont's sales of titanium tetrachloride have tripled in the last three years, spurred by new technology and the increasing demands of rapidly emerging consumer economies. Titanium tetrachloride is an intermediat...

20 Jul 2006

ThyssenKrupp Budd Company Sells Plastics Operations to Continental Structural Plastics

ThyssenKrupp Budd Company has announced the sale of its plastics materials manufacturing and molding operations to Continental Structural Plastics of Bingham Farms, MI. Sale price was not disclosed. Included in the d...

20 Jul 2006

Porvair Sciences Add Polypropylene Microplates for Sample Collection to Product Range

Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced new additions to its selection of polypropylene microplates design optimised to provide a cost effective medium for sample collection or low temperature sample storage in a convenient ...

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Kennametal Increases Holding in Spanish and Italian Affiliates

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has recently increased its ownership in its Italian and Spanish affiliates. This action grows Kennametal's ownership in Kennametal Italia S.p.A. from 55 percent to 66 percent a...

20 Jul 2006

BP to Sell Its Share of Polyester Raw Material Joint Venture

BP announced today that it has decided to pursue a sale of its 47.41% equity interest in Samsung Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (SPC), its joint venture with Samsung located in South Korea. SPC is one of the leading producers o...

20 Jul 2006

Green Solution to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Groundwater Contamination

Although half of the states in the U.S. have banned MTBE - methyl tertiary butyl ether - in gasoline because it contaminates groundwater, past spills and underground storage tank leaks will continue to impair groundwater...

19 Jul 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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Siemens Acquires Opto-Control, Specialist 3-D Automatic Optical Inspection Systems

Aerojet Delivers Advanced "Electric Propulsion" Engine to NASA

Kennametal Expands European Presence

Material Technologies and UTEK Announce Strategic Alliance

Boeing and QinetiQ Expand Network-Enabled Capabilities

Brookhaven's Jim Reilly Honored For Lifetime of Work in Metal Hydride Chemistry

Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

Electricity from Steam Exploded Corn Plant Remains

New Process to Create Graphene-Based Materials

DuPont Globalizes Titanium Tetrachloride Business

ThyssenKrupp Budd Company Sells Plastics Operations to Continental Structural Plastics

Porvair Sciences Add Polypropylene Microplates for Sample Collection to Product Range

Kennametal Increases Holding in Spanish and Italian Affiliates

BP to Sell Its Share of Polyester Raw Material Joint Venture

Green Solution to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Groundwater Contamination

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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

1Overcoming Challenges in Solid-State Sodium Battery Production

2Transforming Carbon Dioxide and Lignin Into Biodegradable Polymers

3A Greener Way of Producing Ammonia

4Advancement of 3D Printing with New Plastic Coating

5New Recipes for Improved Battery Materials

6Making Stronger and Safer Lithium Batteries

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