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New Coating Increases Hardness and Reduces Roughness when Applied to Metals

FriCSo – Friction Control Solutions, today announced FriCSo Super-Finishing, a patent-pending mechanical lapping process that uses a unique FriCSo-developed polymer. The innovative process creates an organic layer ...

17 Jan 2006

IBM, Sony, Toshiba Broaden and Extend Successful Semiconductor Technology Alliance

IBM, Sony Corporation and Toshiba have announced they have begun a new, five year phase of their joint technology development alliance. As part of this broad semiconductor research and development alliance, the three...

17 Jan 2006

Solvay to Acquire Mississippi Polymer Technologies

Solvay has announced that it has signed a binding Agreement for the acquisition of Mississippi Polymer Technologies (MPT). MPT is a US-based start-up company that commercialized PARMAX®, a new family of specialty mat...

17 Jan 2006

Sasol Builds New Plant to Double Octene Production

Sasol has announced that construction of a 100 000 tons per annum 1-Octene plant in Secunda in South Africa is underway. The facility is scheduled to go into production during the second half of 2007 and will double Saso...

17 Jan 2006

Fuel Cell Demonstration Advances Technology for Military Applications

Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has demonstrated operation of a high-power-density solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) using real-world military logistics fuel (JP8) containing 600 to 700 ppm of sulfur. This marks a key mileston...

17 Jan 2006

Degussa Expands Production for Lithium-Ion Electrodes

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf is starting additional electrode production for large-volume lithium-ion batteries, at the Li-Tech GmbH (SK Group) site in Kamenz/Dresden. “By expanding our electrode production to Germany we...

17 Jan 2006

Boeing Awarded Air Force Contract for Directed Energy and Space Surveillance

The Laser & Electro Optical Systems (L&EOS) unit of Boeing Missile Defense Systems (MDS) has received a contract worth up to $413 million to continue supporting two U.S. Air Force laboratories engaged in cutting-...

17 Jan 2006

World's Most Advanced Warship

The world’s most advanced warship, HMS Daring, will be launched from BAE Systems’ Scotstoun yard on February 1st. A website dedicated to the launch has been set up. Designed for a wide audience from schoo...

17 Jan 2006

Arcelor Announces Proposal to Increase Offer for Dofasco

Arcelor S.A. has announced that it has submitted a binding written proposal to the Board of Directors of Dofasco Inc. proposing amendments to its take-over bid to increase its offer to acquire all of the outstanding comm...

17 Jan 2006

New Source of Coherent Optical Radiation

With the exception of lasers and free-electron lasers, there hasn't been another fundamental way to produce coherent light for close to 50 years. However, a group of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National L...

17 Jan 2006

Magnetic Memory Breakthrough May Lead to Faster Computers

Imagine a computer that doesn't lose data even in a sudden power outage, or a coin-sized hard drive that could store 100 or more movies. Magnetic random-access memory, or MRAM, could make these possible, and woul...

17 Jan 2006

Mathematical Method to Design Better Structures

Mechanical and civil engineers have created a new mathematical method to design better structures, machines and versatile computer-controlled robots called "robot manipulators." Civil engineers design struc...

17 Jan 2006

Plants Provide New Ideas for Anti-Adhesive Surfaces

Plants are able, using organic substances, to achieve effects that we otherwise mostly know only from technical materials. One example of this is the carnivorous pitcher plant, as researchers from the Max Planck Institut...

17 Jan 2006

Sandia Researchers Aim to Make Lithium-Ion Batteries Work Longer

As part of the Department of Energy-funded FreedomCAR program, Sandia National Laboratories' Power Sources Technology Group is researching ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer and safer. The research could ...

17 Jan 2006

Changing Thermal Conductivity to Improve the Performance of Silicon Nitride Components

Enhancing the thermal conductivity of β-Si 3N 4 ceramics Silicon nitride ceramics are important engineering materials due to their excellent properties such as fracture toughness, wear resistance and high tempera...

16 Jan 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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New Coating Increases Hardness and Reduces Roughness when Applied to Metals

IBM, Sony, Toshiba Broaden and Extend Successful Semiconductor Technology Alliance

Solvay to Acquire Mississippi Polymer Technologies

Sasol Builds New Plant to Double Octene Production

Fuel Cell Demonstration Advances Technology for Military Applications

Degussa Expands Production for Lithium-Ion Electrodes

Boeing Awarded Air Force Contract for Directed Energy and Space Surveillance

World's Most Advanced Warship

Arcelor Announces Proposal to Increase Offer for Dofasco

New Source of Coherent Optical Radiation

Magnetic Memory Breakthrough May Lead to Faster Computers

Mathematical Method to Design Better Structures

Plants Provide New Ideas for Anti-Adhesive Surfaces

Sandia Researchers Aim to Make Lithium-Ion Batteries Work Longer

Changing Thermal Conductivity to Improve the Performance of Silicon Nitride Components

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Exploring Wet Granulation in Tablet Manufacturing

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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

1New Smart Adhesive with Unmatched Strength and Versatility

2Abundant Elements Enhance Lithium-Iron Battery Performance

3Reflective Paint Solves Lidar Detection Challenges for Self-Driving Cars

4New Solid-State Electrolyte Increases the Affordability of Green Energy Storage

5Longer-Lasting Catalyst Boosts Hydrogen Production

6Understanding Floquet Fermi Liquids

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