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Novel Biomimetic Material Finds its Way into Artificial Corneas

If eyes are "the windows of the soul," corneas are the panes in those windows. They shield the eye from dust and germs. They also act as the eye's outermost lens, contributing up to 75 percent of the eye&#3...

12 Sep 2006

Rochester Institute of Technology Wins $2 Million to Study Auto Industry and Consumer Behavior in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Tougher environmental policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector will affect more than the production of cars and light trucks. Changes throughout the automotive industry will...

12 Sep 2006

New Catalyst Uses Hydrogen to Destroy Harmful Perchlorate in Contaminated Groundwater

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new chemical catalyst that uses hydrogen gas to efficiently remove and destroy harmful perchlorate in contaminated groundwater. Found in s...

12 Sep 2006

Plastics Contribute to Clean Drinking Water Distribution

Borouge and Borealis, the leading providers of innovative plastics solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, today highlighted the positive contribution that plastics are making to potable water distribution...

12 Sep 2006

Polishing Electrodes Leads to Increased Productivity of Automated Spot Welding System

Resistance spot welding research by Paul Briskham at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group in conjunction with Douglas Boomer of Innoval Technology and engineers from Jaguar and Land Rover has achie...

12 Sep 2006

ThyssenKrupp Sell Back Their Share of Wickeder Westfalenstahl

Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH, based in Wickede (Ruhr) near Dortmund, has bought back the 25.1% share in its capital held by ThyssenKrupp Steel AG. The share was transferred with economic effect at December 31, 2005. ...

12 Sep 2006

IPSCO to Acuire Oilfield Tubular Goods Manufacturer NS Group

IPSCO Inc. and NS Group, Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which IPSCO will acquire NS Group, a leading manufacturer of seamless and welded oilfield tubular goods with ...

12 Sep 2006

Lloyd Instruments Launch New Software Interface for Materials Testing Machines

Lloyd Instruments has announced the launch of NEXYGENPlus, a new software interface for its range of ‘Plus’ and EZ Series materials testing machines. NEXYGENPlus acts as the hub of the materials testing syste...

12 Sep 2006

Degussa to Divest Dimethyl-Terephthalate (DMT) Business

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, is selling Oxxynova GmbH & Co. KG, Marl, to a subsidiary of the ARQUES Group, Starnberg. On a debt free basis, the purchase price is 22 million euros. The divestment still has to be approved b...

12 Sep 2006

Shin-Etsu Completes Netherlands PVC Plant Expansion

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has announced that it has completed its expansion of the facilities of Shin-Etsu PVC B.V.,* in The Netherlands (President, Fumio Arai), the Shin-Etsu Group’s European production and sal...

12 Sep 2006

Toray has Developed an PET Optical Backlight for LCD Displays

Toray Industries, Inc. today announced that the company has successfully developed an innovative optical polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film for liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight, combining multiple optical functi...

12 Sep 2006

3M Acquire Business That Specializes Electrostatic Discharge Monitoring Equipment

3M announced that it has acquired Credence Technologies Inc., a Soquel, Calif.-based provider of instruments and high-end monitoring equipment for electrostatic discharge control and electromagnetic compliance. Terms of ...

12 Sep 2006

Neochim to Start Producing Biodiesel at BASF's Plant in Belgium

Starting in fall 2006, Neochim S.A. will produce biodiesel in a new plant at BASF’s Feluy site in Belgium, using steam from the waste heat generated by the production of maleic anhydride (MA), a chemical intermedia...

11 Sep 2006

BASF Open Organic Electronics Research Laboratory

Faster success through cooperation: With the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) BASF is opening a research laboratory for organic electronics in Ludwigshafen on September 11. BASF will conduct research at the JIL with both indus...

11 Sep 2006

Praxair Chemax to Increase Transfill Production of Silane

Praxair Chemax Semiconductor Materials Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Praxair, Inc. and China Petrochemical Development Corp., announced that it will double the transfill production of silane in their Toufen, Taiwan f...

11 Sep 2006