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American Superconductor Successfully Demonstrate Prototype Power Transformer in China

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, and China's Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) today announced that IEE has successfully demonstrated a prototype superconductor-base...

9 Mar 2006

Ausmelt Win Contract for Chinese Nickel Smelter

Ausmelt Limited has won a major contract to provide technology for a new nickel smelting plant to be built by Jilin Nickel Group (Jilin), China’s second largest nickel producer. The contract will deliver revenues t...

9 Mar 2006

Shell Doubles Chinese Bitumen Business

Shell China Holdings B.V. has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Koch Materials China (Hong Kong) Limited (KMC), which is involved in the manufacture and marketing of bitumen in China. The deal will mor...

8 Mar 2006

NASA Awards 4.65 Million Hours Supercomputing Time for Advanced Research

NASA has awarded approximately 4.65 million hours of supercomputing time to researchers. The computing time may help scientists solve some of the most challenging research problems involving climate variability, combusti...

8 Mar 2006

Phelps Dodge Sells High Performance Conductor Business to International Wire Group

Phelps Dodge has announced that it has agreed to sell Phelps Dodge High Performance Conductors of SC & GA, Inc. (HPC) to International Wire Group (IWG). Under the agreement, IWG will purchase the stock of HPC, includ...

8 Mar 2006

Aluminum Overtakes Iron as Second Most Used Automotive Material

Global aluminum use in automotive applications continues to grow, according to a new report commissioned by The Aluminum Association, Inc., and when compared to use of other metals, aluminum has now exceeded iron to beco...

8 Mar 2006

INTRINSIC Semiconductor Announces Commercial Shipments of 100mm Silicon Carbide Wafers

INTRINSIC Semiconductor has commenced commercial shipments of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers completely free of micropipes, as well as 100mm (4 inch) diameter SiC wafers. Both actions will benefit current customer applicat...

8 Mar 2006

Scientists Redefine Spin Current Concept

A group of physicists headed by CAS scientists questioned the validity of the conventional definition of spin current, and proposed a new one. Their work was published by the US journal Physical Review Letters. The re...

8 Mar 2006

Cargill Shows Strong Growth in Biobased Polyols

Cargill is now selling commercial volumes of biobased polyols to large flexible polyurethane foam manufacturers in the automotive, furniture and bedding industries, becoming the leading biobased polyol maker for the flex...

8 Mar 2006

Boeing Forecasts Asia-Pacific Market at $770 Billion Over Next 20 Years

Boeing detailed its Current Market Outlook for the Asia-Pacific region today, forecasting a market for about 7,200 new airplanes worth $770 billion over the next 20 years. Over the forecast period, Asia-Pacific will rema...

8 Mar 2006

BHP Billiton Signs Heads of Agreement With Chugoku Electric

BHP Billiton, together with the other participants in the North West Shelf Venture, has signed an unconditional and binding heads of agreement with Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. for the long-term supply of liquefied n...

8 Mar 2006

Strategic Partnership Between Arcelor and SNI for the Development of Sonasid, Morroco

On 3 March 2006, Arcelor, Société Nationale d'Investissement (SNI, Morocco) and the reference shareholders of Sonasid (MAMDA-MCMA, Axa Assurances Maroc, RMA-Watanya, CIMR, and Attijariwafabank) have signed ...

8 Mar 2006

Alcoa Announces Production Started on Alumar Aluminum Smelter Expansion in Brazil

Alcoa has announced that construction on the expansion of its Alumar smelter in Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil, has been completed and start-up of full production has begun. The expansion will add 63,000 mtpy of aluminum, br...

8 Mar 2006

X-ray Backscatter Imaging May Help Find Defects in Space Shuttle Foam

Joe Gray picked up 18-inches of space shuttle foam and turned the inch-thick sample on its side to show the layers within the foam. The spray-on foam that insulates and protects the space shuttle’s super-cold e...

8 Mar 2006

NIST Expands Crystal Structure Library

Much of science these days depends on "black (or beige) boxes," scientific instruments that invisibly analyze data and then, voilá, identify the chemistry and/or structure of a sample. While scientists and...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 8 Mar 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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American Superconductor Successfully Demonstrate Prototype Power Transformer in China

Ausmelt Win Contract for Chinese Nickel Smelter

Shell Doubles Chinese Bitumen Business

NASA Awards 4.65 Million Hours Supercomputing Time for Advanced Research

Phelps Dodge Sells High Performance Conductor Business to International Wire Group

Aluminum Overtakes Iron as Second Most Used Automotive Material

INTRINSIC Semiconductor Announces Commercial Shipments of 100mm Silicon Carbide Wafers

Scientists Redefine Spin Current Concept

Cargill Shows Strong Growth in Biobased Polyols

Boeing Forecasts Asia-Pacific Market at $770 Billion Over Next 20 Years

BHP Billiton Signs Heads of Agreement With Chugoku Electric

Strategic Partnership Between Arcelor and SNI for the Development of Sonasid, Morroco

Alcoa Announces Production Started on Alumar Aluminum Smelter Expansion in Brazil

X-ray Backscatter Imaging May Help Find Defects in Space Shuttle Foam

NIST Expands Crystal Structure Library

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

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