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New Borealis Bormed Polyolefins For Healthcare

Borealis has developed the Bormed family of dedicated healthcare polyolefins to satisfy the demand from the pharmaceutical industry for consistency of quality and appropriateness for healthcare applications. The Borm...

8 Dec 2005

BASF Increases Capacity for High-Quality Yellow Pigments

BASF has increased its production capacity for quinophthalone pigments at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany to 1,400 metric tons per annum. The company is registering growing worldwide demand for these high-grade yellow p...

8 Dec 2005

Basell Launches New Moplen Polypropylene Resin

Basell has developed a new resin, Moplen RP1669, which can address the challenging requirements presented by customers seeking an improved soft touch and cloth-like feel for nonwoven materials they intend to use in a var...

8 Dec 2005

Windfall for South African Aerospace Industry

South Africa’s aerospace industry will reap direct gains from China’s placement of the world’s largest single order for commercial jetliners, 150 A320s from European planemaker, Airbus. Last year, B...

8 Dec 2005

AspenTech’s New Solution Dramatically Reduces Energy Costs for Process Manufacturers

Aspen Technology, Inc. has announced the launch of Aspen Energy Cost Manager, the latest in AspenTech’s comprehensive range of energy management solutions for the process industries. The new solution will enable pr...

8 Dec 2005

Ultrasonic Water Treatment System Captures Innovation Award

Using ultrasonic waves to control microbial levels in industrial water supplies earned Drew Industrial, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., the 2005 Vaaler Award presented by Chemi...

8 Dec 2005

ISO Offers Standards Suite on "Intelligent" Crash Test Dummy for Side Impact Testing

A new suite of ISO standards is now available to provide the automotive industry with the most advanced human crash test dummy for improving vehicle design and increasing passenger safety. The new crash test dummy, k...

8 Dec 2005

Alcoa Takes Full Ownership in Tianjin Joint Venture

Alcoa has announced that it has purchased the 30 percent interest in the Alcoa Closure Systems International (Tianjin) Co.,Ltd. joint venture currently owned by its partner China Suntrust Investment Group Co.,Ltd. The jo...

8 Dec 2005

Laser Robot Welders Cut Millions from Turbine Repairs Costs

A new laser welding technique is repairing power station turbine rotor blades in minutes – rather than days – through advances in the way repair metals stick together. Called In Situ Laser Surfacing, the d...

7 Dec 2005

Physicists at Kiel University Discover an Unusual State of Matter

The existence of an unusual state of matter, a crystal that consists entirely of holes, has been proven at Kiel University. As reported in the latest issue of Physical Review Letters (December 2nd , 2005), an internation...

7 Dec 2005

John Moores University to Develop New £23.5 Million Art and Design Academy

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has been granted planning permission to develop a new £23.5 million Academy for its 180 year old School of Art and Design. The sculptural building, designed by the award-w...

7 Dec 2005

Virtual Modelling Goes High Performance

Product and system prototyping can be as sophisticated and complex as the final products they seek to model. But to model the capabilities of advanced factories and sophisticated vehicles calls for the tools developed by...

7 Dec 2005

New Material With Negative Index of Refraction

Engineers at Purdue University are the first researchers to create a material that has a "negative index of refraction" in the wavelength of light used for telecommunications, a step that could lead to better c...

7 Dec 2005

Powerful New Statistical Techniques to Detect Signals

A Case Western Reserve University research team from physics and statistics has recently created innovative statistical techniques that improve the chances of detecting a signal in large data sets. The new techniques can...

7 Dec 2005

Toucan Beaks Can Help Materials Scientists and Engineers

As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc A. Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now a materials scientist and professor of mechanical and a...

7 Dec 2005

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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 Borealis Bormed Polyolefins For Healthcare

BASF Increases Capacity for High-Quality Yellow Pigments

Basell Launches New Moplen Polypropylene Resin

Windfall for South African Aerospace Industry

AspenTech’s New Solution Dramatically Reduces Energy Costs for Process Manufacturers

Ultrasonic Water Treatment System Captures Innovation Award

ISO Offers Standards Suite on "Intelligent" Crash Test Dummy for Side Impact Testing

Alcoa Takes Full Ownership in Tianjin Joint Venture

Laser Robot Welders Cut Millions from Turbine Repairs Costs

Physicists at Kiel University Discover an Unusual State of Matter

John Moores University to Develop New £23.5 Million Art and Design Academy

Virtual Modelling Goes High Performance

New Material With Negative Index of Refraction

Powerful New Statistical Techniques to Detect Signals

Toucan Beaks Can Help Materials Scientists and Engineers

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A Platform Approach to Scientific Data Flow Management: Everything You Need to Know

Advancing Laboratory Collaboration - Connexus®

Discussing Market Expansion and Business Strategy with PerkinElmer

Revontium™: Compact XRF Spectrometer

UV Cure Dielectric Sensor: Precision Monitoring for UV Cured Resins with Quick-Connect Fixture

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Determining 31 Elements in Soil

Nasal Spray Device Measurement Using Laser Diffraction and the Spraytec

Successful Optical Deployments in Space

Overcoming the Graphene Challenge: Haydale's Novel Plasma Functionalisation Process Paves the Way for Seamless Graphene Integration

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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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A Platform Approach to Scientific Data Flow Management: Everything You Need to Know

Advancing Laboratory Collaboration - Connexus®

Discussing Market Expansion and Business Strategy with PerkinElmer

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2The Future of High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries

3Microbial Platform for Producing Biodegradable Polylactide Modifiers

4Integrating Electronics into Textiles: The Revolution of Chipless, Flexible Fibers

5New Recipes for Improved Battery Materials

6Trinseo Introduces Groundbreaking Flame-Retardant Plastic Grades Without Using PFAS Additives During Manufacturing Process

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