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Big Cat Gets Bluetooth

Jaguar owners now have the option of going wireless. Jaguar and Motorola have launched the Jaguar Bluetooth wireless system, available on all 2005 model year and future Jaguars. The system allows a Bluetooth compatible c...

11 May 2005

Rio Tinto Increases Off-Market Buy-Back Tender to AUD$1 Billion

Rio Tinto Limited has announced the successful result of its off-market share buy-back (the "Buy-Back"). A total of approximately 27.3 million shares, representing 8.7 per cent of Rio Tinto Limited’s publ...

11 May 2005

Scientists Pave the Way for New Era in Communications Technology

Even the fastest computers are limited by the speed of connections within their own circuitry. But now researchers at the University of Exeter have made a groundbreaking discovery which could pave the way for superfast c...

11 May 2005

Bayer MaterialScience Significantly Increases Makrolon Production

Bayer MaterialScience AG is expanding its global production capacity for the high-tech plastic Makrolon®. The company already increased the capacity of its world-scale plants in 2004 and at the start of 2005 by a tot...

11 May 2005

American Superconductor Successfully Demonstrates '4-Centimeter' Manufacturing Technology for 2G High Temperature Superconductor Wire

American Superconductor Corporation has announced that it has successfully produced the world's first 20-meter-long strips of 4-centimeter (cm) wide second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) materi...

11 May 2005

Owens-Illinois to Move World Headquarters

Owens-Illinois today announced that the Company intends to relocate over 300 employees from the current headquarters building, One SeaGate, to its Levis Development Park campus in nearby Perrysburg, Ohio, subject to the ...

From O-I Glass 11 May 2005

Ohio State Announces $34 Million To Support Polymer and Advanced Materials Industries

The Ohio Department of Development has announced grants of $34 million to accelerate the growth of Ohio's polymer and advanced materials industries. The grants will be used to establish two Wright Centers of Innovati...

From The Timken Co. 11 May 2005

Scientists Successfully Levitate Diamond and Some of the Heaviest Elements

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have successfully levitated diamond and some of the heaviest elements, including lead and platinum. Using liquid oxygen to increase the buoyancy created by a specially designed ...

11 May 2005

Porous-Silicon Diode That May Lead to Improved Betavoltaics

Using some of the same manufacturing techniques that produce microchips, researchers have created a porous-silicon diode that may lead to improved betavoltaics. Such devices convert low levels of radiation into electrici...

11 May 2005

New Mathematical Model Better Describes Transistor Behavior

Penn State and Philips researchers have merged the best features of their respective approaches to produce a new mathematical model that describes the behavior of the MOS transistor in a wide class of integrated circuits...

11 May 2005

25% of All Plastics Used Worldwide are Plastic Films

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Plastic Film - Situation and Outlook to their offering. Flexible films are defined as being planar forms of plastics, which may be thick enough to be self-supporting ...

10 May 2005

Sport Revolutionized with Carbon Nanotube Technology

Easton Sports, the leading manufacturer of sporting goods equipment, today unveiled a new material technology that will forever change the sport of baseball. After years of research and development Easton has teamed up w...

10 May 2005

Biodiesel - A Sustainable, Cleaner Burning Alternative Fuel to Crude-Oil Derived Diesel

Biodiesel is a sustainable, cleaner burning alternative fuel to crude-oil derived diesel. Researchers at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University have developed a continuous pilot process, consisting ...

10 May 2005

3M Launches Brand Alliance Program for Vikuiti Display Enhancement Technology

3M has announced the launch of its new Vikuiti Brand Alliance Program, an initiative that aims to support LCD TV brands and promote brighter TVs in real life light - a key benefit of 3M's Vikuiti(TM) Display Enhancem...

10 May 2005

Plan That Would Allow the World to Develop Nuclear Power Without Increased Risk of Weapons Proliferation

MIT faculty members and colleagues, all former senior energy or security advisors in Democratic and Republican administrations from Carter to Clinton, have proposed a pragmatic plan that would allow the world to develop ...

10 May 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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Big Cat Gets Bluetooth

Rio Tinto Increases Off-Market Buy-Back Tender to AUD$1 Billion

Scientists Pave the Way for New Era in Communications Technology

Bayer MaterialScience Significantly Increases Makrolon Production

American Superconductor Successfully Demonstrates '4-Centimeter' Manufacturing Technology for 2G High Temperature Superconductor Wire

Owens-Illinois to Move World Headquarters

Ohio State Announces $34 Million To Support Polymer and Advanced Materials Industries

Scientists Successfully Levitate Diamond and Some of the Heaviest Elements

Porous-Silicon Diode That May Lead to Improved Betavoltaics

New Mathematical Model Better Describes Transistor Behavior

25% of All Plastics Used Worldwide are Plastic Films

Sport Revolutionized with Carbon Nanotube Technology

Biodiesel - A Sustainable, Cleaner Burning Alternative Fuel to Crude-Oil Derived Diesel

3M Launches Brand Alliance Program for Vikuiti Display Enhancement Technology

Plan That Would Allow the World to Develop Nuclear Power Without Increased Risk of Weapons Proliferation

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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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How Isolation Works in a Simple Mass-Spring-Damper System

Fiber Orientation and Distribution Measurement in a Composite Polymer

Determining 31 Elements in Soil

Nasal Spray Device Measurement Using Laser Diffraction and the Spraytec

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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

1Overcoming Challenges in Solid-State Sodium Battery Production

2Microbial Platform for Producing Biodegradable Polylactide Modifiers

3Transforming Carbon Dioxide and Lignin Into Biodegradable Polymers

4New Recipes for Improved Battery Materials

5A Greener Way of Producing Ammonia

6The Future of High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries

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