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BASF Share Buy Back at 1,435 Million Euros in 2005

BASF bought back shares for €1,435 million in 2005. A total of 26.06 million shares were bought back last year at an average price of €55.05. This corresponds to 4.82 percent of the company’s share capita...

10 Jan 2006

Vortex 'Chains' Observed in Engineered Superconductor

They look like tiny swirling dust devils on the surface of the superconductor: "vortices" that appear where magnetic fields interact with the material. Unlike harmless dust devils, however, vortices can sap a s...

10 Jan 2006

Arcelor Plans to sell German Steel Service Centre Flachform Stahl to Salzgitter

Arcelor is to sell its steel service centre Flachform Stahl located in Schwerte (Ruhr/Germany) to German steelmaker Salzgitter. Flachform Stahl will be integrated with the local Salzgitter subsidiary Hövelmann &...

10 Jan 2006

Alcoa Announces Highest Annual Revenues in Company History

Alcoa has announced that its 2005 income from continuing operations was $1.23 billion, or $1.40 per diluted share, as the company took action to partially mitigate $878 million in impacts from raw materials, energy, and ...

10 Jan 2006

Polymer Materials Suited for Use as High Temperature Insulation

From the most technologically aware city dwellers to remote jungle tribes, almost the entire population of the earth know polymeric materials as plastics. Although some plastics are oven proof and can readily withstand h...

10 Jan 2006

Flexible Packaging Manufacturer Nordenia International Acquired by Private Equity Group

Oaktree Capital Management LLC, a private equity group, has entered into an agreement to acquire the NORDENIA INTERNATIONAL AG. The current executive management team of the Group under the leadership of Ralph Landwehr wi...

10 Jan 2006

Hydro Divests Tooling Shop in Linz

Hydro has divested its tooling shop in Linz, Austria, to Meissner Werkzeugbau Linz GmbH, a subsidiary of Meissner AG that is located in Biedenkopf, Germany. The tooling shop, with 55 employees and 10 apprentices, has...

9 Jan 2006

Sony Develops World's First LCD TV Compliant With "xvYCC"

Sony Corporation has announced the development of an LCD TV with the world's first color range “xvYCC” compliant high resolution signal processing system, which enables a wider color reproduction capabili...

9 Jan 2006

Rohm and Haas Introduces New Technology for Coatings Market

Rohm and Haas Company has announced the development of new waterborne technology geared to the high performance coatings market. This new technology, trade marked under the name “Avanse™”, is Rohm and H...

9 Jan 2006

Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford

It should come as no surprise that driving at night poses an increased risk. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 20 percent of all fatal accidents occurred between midnight and 6 a.m. -...

9 Jan 2006

U.S. to Launch Fastest Spacecraft

The U.S. is poised next week to fire an unmanned spacecraft toward Pluto at a speed of 10 miles per second, the highest velocity any space mission has ever been rocketed from Earth, Aviation Week & Space Technology r...

9 Jan 2006

Mawson Stakes Swedish Uranium Rare Earth Project

Mawson Resources Limited has announced the staking of a 100% interest in the 5047.5 hectare Tasjo uranium - rare earth element ("REE") - phosphate ("P2O5") project. Tasjo is located in the Jamtland an...

9 Jan 2006

First Air-Breathing, Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel-Powered Scramjet Engine to Fly

Before the sun had even risen over Wallops Island, Va., on 10 December 2005, a joint Office of Naval Research/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency vehicle achieved a world first. At an altitude of 63,000 feet, the F...

9 Jan 2006

New Particle X1835 Discovered

An international research consortium announced on January 6 the observation of a resonant state at the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer (BESII). The discovery, which was reported in the Dec. 31, 2005 Issue of the Physical R...

9 Jan 2006

Brush Engineered Materials Subsidiary to Acquire CERAC

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Williams Advanced Materials Inc., has acquired privately held CERAC, incorporated, a leading domestic provider of physical vapor depositio...

9 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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BASF Share Buy Back at 1,435 Million Euros in 2005

Vortex 'Chains' Observed in Engineered Superconductor

Arcelor Plans to sell German Steel Service Centre Flachform Stahl to Salzgitter

Alcoa Announces Highest Annual Revenues in Company History

Polymer Materials Suited for Use as High Temperature Insulation

Flexible Packaging Manufacturer Nordenia International Acquired by Private Equity Group

Hydro Divests Tooling Shop in Linz

Sony Develops World's First LCD TV Compliant With "xvYCC"

Rohm and Haas Introduces New Technology for Coatings Market

Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford

U.S. to Launch Fastest Spacecraft

Mawson Stakes Swedish Uranium Rare Earth Project

First Air-Breathing, Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel-Powered Scramjet Engine to Fly

New Particle X1835 Discovered

Brush Engineered Materials Subsidiary to Acquire CERAC

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How the RSC is Empowering the Future of Chemical Sciences

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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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2Reflective Paint Solves Lidar Detection Challenges for Self-Driving Cars

3New Solid-State Electrolyte Increases the Affordability of Green Energy Storage

4Longer-Lasting Catalyst Boosts Hydrogen Production

5Abundant Elements Enhance Lithium-Iron Battery Performance

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