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Sandia Win R and D Award for Solid-State Fluoride-Based Battery and Compute Process Allocator

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and their collaborators have won two R&D 100 awards, which are presented by R&D Magazine in recognition of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced ...

11 Jul 2006

Yttrium-90 being Used to Treat Liver Tumours

The University Hospital at the University of Navarra is the only centre throughout the entire Spanish state for the treatment of liver tumours by means of radioembolisation and the one with the greatest accumulated exper...

11 Jul 2006

BASF and SINOPEC Sign $4m Agreement to Expand Joint Venture in Nanjing

BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC Corp.) today signed a $500 million (4 billion RMB) agreement to expand their joint chemical Verbund site in Nanjing. The agreement was formalized by Mr. Ch...

11 Jul 2006

Kennametal Completes Acquisition of Ceramic Components Manufacturer Sintec

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Sintec Group, headquartered in Buching, Germany. The purchase of Sintec, which manufactures ceramic engineered components used in the aerospace...

11 Jul 2006

Malvern Receive Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade

At a ceremony held on Friday 7 July, Mr Michael Brinton, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, presented the 2006 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade to Paul Walker, managing director o...

11 Jul 2006

MIT Scientist Develop Sophisticated Optical System Made of Mesh-Like Webs of Light-Detecting Fibers

In a radical departure from conventional lens-based optics, MIT scientists have developed a sophisticated optical system made of mesh-like webs of light-detecting fibers. The fiber constructs, which have a number of adva...

10 Jul 2006

Siemens to Build High-Efficiency Combined Cycle Power Plant in Irsching

Siemens Power Generation (PG) is constructing a turnkey combined cycle power plant in Irsching, in Bavaria, Germany. The order was placed by Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Irsching GmbH, a company jointly owned by power supply c...

10 Jul 2006

Philips Acquires Bodine

Philips has announced today that it acquired The Bodine Company, a leading Collierville, Tennessee-based manufacturer of emergency ballasts with revenues of over $30 million in 2005. The transaction is completed. No furt...

10 Jul 2006

Wales Gets Major Aerospace Presence

Civilian applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) received a major boost today from investment projects by major aerospace and defense contractors in a new center in Wales. EADS, Thales, BAE Systems, QinetiQ, an...

10 Jul 2006

Jaguar Reveals New Supercharged Jaguar XKR

Jaguar has revealed its new supercharged sports car - the Jaguar XKR. Like the XK model, the new supercharged XKR makes intelligent use of practical, modern technology such as an industry-leading aluminium monocoque ...

10 Jul 2006

BAE Systems Awarded Contracts fo Electro-Magnetic Gun System

BAE Systems has been awarded two contracts for development of an electro-magnetic gun system capable of deployment on board naval surface combatant ships. The development work includes a $9.3 million contract from th...

10 Jul 2006

Cellulosic Ethanol as an Alternative to Gasoline

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released an ambitious new research agenda for the development of cellulosic ethanol as an alternative to gasoline. The 200-page scientific "roadmap" cites recent advances...

10 Jul 2006

Cornell Researchers Create Broadband Light Amplifier on Silicon Chip

Cornell University researchers have created a broadband light amplifier on a silicon chip, a major breakthrough in the quest to create photonic microchips. In such microchips, beams of light traveling through microscopic...

10 Jul 2006

Rolls-Royce Wins Largest Offshore Vessel Order

Rolls-Royce has won its largest contract for a single offshore vessel, which will also be the world’s most powerful offshore vessel with a pulling power of more than 350 tonnes. Rolls-Royce will deliver design and ...

7 Jul 2006

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Aligns Circuit Board Technologies' Global Strategy

Rohm and Haas has announced several changes to its North American and European business. These changes will further strengthen the company's focus on its technology portfolio and service capability. "Followin...

7 Jul 2006