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MIT Professor Receives Grant to Study Relationship Between Quantum Mechanics and Gravity

MIT Professor of Physics Xiao-Gang Wen has received a grant from the Foundational Questions Institute to fund his study of the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity. Wen is one of 30 researchers to receiv...

3 Aug 2006

Proposals to Bury UK's Radioactive Waste Should be Acted on Urgently

Proposals to bury the UK's existing radioactive waste deep underground should be acted on urgently and not delayed by calls for more scientific research said the Royal Society - the UK national academy of science - i...

3 Aug 2006

Hemlock Semiconductor Launching Global Search for New Polycrystalline Silicon Manufacturing Site

Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, based in Hemlock, Mich. (USA), is launching a worldwide search for a potential second manufacturing site to produce polycrystalline silicon to support the growing demand from the solar ...

3 Aug 2006

Air Products Wins EuroAsia Semiconductor Award

Air Products recently won the Materials Improvement award from EuroAsia Semiconductor magazine for its Bulk Specialty Gas Systems (BSGS). The award, which was voted on by customers and peers, was presented at San Francis...

3 Aug 2006

Cobalt Green Allow Electrons to be Manipulated Both Electrically and Magnetically

Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs. Imagine that random access memory is accessible immediately, like turning on ro...

3 Aug 2006

Interplay of Electron–Lattice Interactions and Superconductivity

By observing events at the scale of single atoms, Cornell researchers have found evidence that the mechanism in high-temperature superconductors may be much more like that in low-temperature superconductors than was prev...

3 Aug 2006

Engineers Design Combined Power, Water, Refrigeration Unit

When hurricanes, wars or other emergencies force authorities to respond, three essentials top their list of must-haves: water, electricity and refrigeration. Now, in a project funded by the U.S. Army, two University o...

3 Aug 2006

Superhydrophobicity: Drying Transition of Confined Water

When smooth surfaces that hate water approach each other underwater, scientists have observed that they snap into contact. This is apparently due to attractive forces that extend for tens to hundreds of nanometers. Bu...

3 Aug 2006

Corus Complete Divestment of Aluminium Rolled Products and Extruded Products Businesses to Aleris

On 24 May 2006, Corus Group plc (Corus) and Aleris International Inc. (Aleris) announced that they had signed a definitive Share Purchase agreement for the sale of Corus' downstream aluminium rolled products and extr...

3 Aug 2006

GE Plastics Introduce New Polymers Produced Using Environmentally Friendly Techniques

Complementing Japan’s environmental leadership in responsible automotive manufacturing, GE Plastics today celebrates two significant additions to its ecomagination* portfolio: Valox iQ* and Xenoy iQ* resins. The ne...

3 Aug 2006

Laser-Based Moisture Analyzer Analyzes Wet Gases Quickly and Accurately

The costly dilemma of getting consistently accurate readings on wet gas through conventional sensors has become a thing of the past with many pipeline operators, producers and treatment facilities who have seen the light...

3 Aug 2006

Trelleborg Complete Acquisition of Kawneer Rubber and Plastics

Trelleborg’s acquisition of the North American company Kawneer Rubber and Plastics has now been completed. Kawneer Rubber and Plastics (KRP) has annual sales of approximately SEK 90 million with about 40 employees....

3 Aug 2006

American Superconductor and LIPA Bring Largest Superconducting Cable to Long Island

As in the midst of a scorching heat wave, and part of its commitment to ensure economical, safe and reliable electricity to its customers, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) held a Groundbreaking Ceremony today in Ho...

3 Aug 2006

Researchers Create Fuel from Manure and Corn Stalks

Samy Sadaka reached into a garbage bag, picked up a mixture of cow manure and corn stalks, let it run through his fingers and invited a visitor to do the same. It wasn't that bad. That mix of manure and corn st...

2 Aug 2006

Australian Researchers Develop New Strong, Lightweight Building Material from Fly Ash

Australian university researchers have developed a strong, lightweight building material that they believe could generate a thriving new "green" industry for countries such as China and India. Coal-burning ...

2 Aug 2006