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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

Hydrogen Fuel That Power Laptops, Cell Phones and Other Digital Equipment a Step Closer

Chemists at UCLA and the University of Michigan report an advance toward the goal of cars that run on hydrogen rather than gasoline. While the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that practical hydrogen fuel will require...

8 Mar 2006

Enhancement of Superconductors Under Hydrostatic Pressure

Nobody completely understands superconductors. So fathom how James S. Schilling, Ph.D., led a team that makes the phenomenon work better. Schilling, a professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington Univers...

8 Mar 2006

Researchers Make the Speediest Measurement Ever of the Motion of Atomic Nuclei in Molecules

In the last decades there has been a revolution in measuring time-dependent molecular motion, thanks to improvements in laser technology. One major step forward were femtosecond pulses; they are laser flashes lasting onl...

8 Mar 2006

Liquid Crystals Used For Real Time Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells

Liquid crystals, the same phase-shifting materials used to display information on cell phones, monitors and other electronic equipment, can also be used to report in real time on the differentiation of embryonic stem cel...

8 Mar 2006

Los Alamos Researchers Reveal Hidden Magnetism in Superconductivity

While studying a compound made of the elements cerium- rhodium-indium, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that a magnetic state can coexist wi...

8 Mar 2006

NIST Experimental Atomic Clock Uses Heavy Metal Ytterbium 'Pancakes'

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working with Russian colleagues have significantly improved the design of optical atomic clocks that hold thousands of atoms in a lattice made of in...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 8 Mar 2006

Henkel to Sell Rubber-to-Metal Bonding Chemicals Business to American Lord Corporation

Henkel KGaA is in the process of selling to Lord Corporation of Cary, N.C. its business with chemicals for bonding rubber to metal and other substrates. This Henkel Technologies business has so far been a non-core techno...

8 Mar 2006

Sono-Tek Announces New Ultrasonic Atomization Technology

Sono-Tek Corporation has announced that it is developing an entirely new generation of ultrasonic atomizing nozzles using advanced materials technology and unique new designs. A patent application covering these inventio...

From Sono-Tek Corporation 8 Mar 2006

Albemarle Improve Fire Safety of Wood-Plastic Composites and Plastic Lumber

Wood-plastic composites (WPC) and plastic lumber are quickly establishing themselves in the building and construction industry as superior alternatives to wood and other materials in decking, siding, and roofing applicat...

8 Mar 2006

Robots and Inflatable Conveyor Belts Set to Slash Farm Labour Costs

Robots are on the march again into the last bastion of labour intensive industry - farming and horticulture. Research engineers and horticulture specialists at the University of Warwick are working together to devise a s...

8 Mar 2006

Europeans Develop New Sensor Network Technology

Barrels of chemicals that ‘talk’ to each other to improve safety and smart shelves that automatically log inventory changes are just some of the ways businesses stand to benefit from new sensor network techno...

8 Mar 2006

University of Kent Launches New Spin-Out Developing Real-Time Embedded Systems-on-Chip (SoC)

The University of Kent has launched UltraSoC Technologies Ltd, a new spin-out company that is developing a technology platform for real-time embedded systems-on-chip (SoC). This ground-breaking technology has produced im...

8 Mar 2006

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The Material Breakthroughs Revolutionizing Photovoltaics

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Emerging Technologies and Trends in the Aerospace Industry

The global economy depends on the aerospace industry, and the technological advancements the aerospace industry has to offer are immense. This article aims to delve into the fascinating world of aerospace and explore the most promising trends and technologies that the industry is developing. How will they pave the future of air travel, and will they make it safer, more sustainable, and more efficient?

Microporous Polymers and Their Applications

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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

Hydrogen Fuel That Power Laptops, Cell Phones and Other Digital Equipment a Step Closer

Enhancement of Superconductors Under Hydrostatic Pressure

Researchers Make the Speediest Measurement Ever of the Motion of Atomic Nuclei in Molecules

Liquid Crystals Used For Real Time Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells

Los Alamos Researchers Reveal Hidden Magnetism in Superconductivity

NIST Experimental Atomic Clock Uses Heavy Metal Ytterbium 'Pancakes'

Henkel to Sell Rubber-to-Metal Bonding Chemicals Business to American Lord Corporation

Sono-Tek Announces New Ultrasonic Atomization Technology

Albemarle Improve Fire Safety of Wood-Plastic Composites and Plastic Lumber

Robots and Inflatable Conveyor Belts Set to Slash Farm Labour Costs

Europeans Develop New Sensor Network Technology

University of Kent Launches New Spin-Out Developing Real-Time Embedded Systems-on-Chip (SoC)

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The Material Breakthroughs Revolutionizing Photovoltaics

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Microporous Polymers and Their Applications

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Analytical Techniques Reveal History’s Tracked Changes

Beyond Lithium-Ion: Engineering the Future of Battery Technology

Understanding Excited State Dynamics with Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

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