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Polymer Materials Suited for Use as High Temperature Insulation

From the most technologically aware city dwellers to remote jungle tribes, almost the entire population of the earth know polymeric materials as plastics. Although some plastics are oven proof and can readily withstand h...

10 Jan 2006

Flexible Packaging Manufacturer Nordenia International Acquired by Private Equity Group

Oaktree Capital Management LLC, a private equity group, has entered into an agreement to acquire the NORDENIA INTERNATIONAL AG. The current executive management team of the Group under the leadership of Ralph Landwehr wi...

10 Jan 2006

Hydro Divests Tooling Shop in Linz

Hydro has divested its tooling shop in Linz, Austria, to Meissner Werkzeugbau Linz GmbH, a subsidiary of Meissner AG that is located in Biedenkopf, Germany. The tooling shop, with 55 employees and 10 apprentices, has...

9 Jan 2006

Sony Develops World's First LCD TV Compliant With "xvYCC"

Sony Corporation has announced the development of an LCD TV with the world's first color range “xvYCC” compliant high resolution signal processing system, which enables a wider color reproduction capabili...

9 Jan 2006

Rohm and Haas Introduces New Technology for Coatings Market

Rohm and Haas Company has announced the development of new waterborne technology geared to the high performance coatings market. This new technology, trade marked under the name “Avanse™”, is Rohm and H...

9 Jan 2006

Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford

It should come as no surprise that driving at night poses an increased risk. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 20 percent of all fatal accidents occurred between midnight and 6 a.m. -...

9 Jan 2006

U.S. to Launch Fastest Spacecraft

The U.S. is poised next week to fire an unmanned spacecraft toward Pluto at a speed of 10 miles per second, the highest velocity any space mission has ever been rocketed from Earth, Aviation Week & Space Technology r...

9 Jan 2006

Mawson Stakes Swedish Uranium Rare Earth Project

Mawson Resources Limited has announced the staking of a 100% interest in the 5047.5 hectare Tasjo uranium - rare earth element ("REE") - phosphate ("P2O5") project. Tasjo is located in the Jamtland an...

9 Jan 2006

First Air-Breathing, Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel-Powered Scramjet Engine to Fly

Before the sun had even risen over Wallops Island, Va., on 10 December 2005, a joint Office of Naval Research/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency vehicle achieved a world first. At an altitude of 63,000 feet, the F...

9 Jan 2006

New Particle X1835 Discovered

An international research consortium announced on January 6 the observation of a resonant state at the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer (BESII). The discovery, which was reported in the Dec. 31, 2005 Issue of the Physical R...

9 Jan 2006

Brush Engineered Materials Subsidiary to Acquire CERAC

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Williams Advanced Materials Inc., has acquired privately held CERAC, incorporated, a leading domestic provider of physical vapor depositio...

9 Jan 2006

Boeing Ends 2005 with New Records for Airplane Orders

The Boeing Company recorded 1,002 net commercial airplane orders during 2005, setting a new Boeing record for total orders in a single year. The 2005 total surpasses the previous Boeing record of 877 net orders in 19...

9 Jan 2006

BASF Makes All-Cash Proposal To Acquire Engelhard

BASF Aktiengesellschaft has made an all-cash proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey, USA, a Fortune 500 company and leading supplier of goods for catalysis...

9 Jan 2006

£46 Million MOD Harrier Technical Support Contract Awarded to BAE Systems

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a Joint Integrated Technical Support (JITS) contract valued at some £46 million to BAE Systems in support of the UK's Joint Force Harrier fleet that operates from bo...

9 Jan 2006

TDK Begin Shipping Mass Produced Blu-Ray Discs

TDK Corporation has begun shipping mass production samples of its bare, cartridge-free BD-R (write-once) and BD-RE (rewritable) Blu-ray Discs. The four new products include the BD-R25 (single-sided, single-layer, 25GB) a...

6 Jan 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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Polymer Materials Suited for Use as High Temperature Insulation

Flexible Packaging Manufacturer Nordenia International Acquired by Private Equity Group

Hydro Divests Tooling Shop in Linz

Sony Develops World's First LCD TV Compliant With "xvYCC"

Rohm and Haas Introduces New Technology for Coatings Market

Adaptive Lighting Technology From Ford

U.S. to Launch Fastest Spacecraft

Mawson Stakes Swedish Uranium Rare Earth Project

First Air-Breathing, Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel-Powered Scramjet Engine to Fly

New Particle X1835 Discovered

Brush Engineered Materials Subsidiary to Acquire CERAC

Boeing Ends 2005 with New Records for Airplane Orders

BASF Makes All-Cash Proposal To Acquire Engelhard

£46 Million MOD Harrier Technical Support Contract Awarded to BAE Systems

TDK Begin Shipping Mass Produced Blu-Ray Discs

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Innovating Analytical Science: Precision in Focus with QSight®

An Introduction to Reverse Tip Sample Scanning Probe Microscopy (RTS SPM)

Advancing Solid-State Battery Research

RXT Series: Reliance® Legacy Motors

msFineAnalysis: Automatic Qualitative Analysis Software

Enhance Nanostructure Analysis With the SAXSpoint 500 SAXS/WAXS System

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The Role of Vibration Isolation in Improving NMR Accuracy

An Introduction to OMNISEC RESOLVE Multi-Detector GPC/SEC System

How Photothermal AFM-IR Reveals Hidden Details in Polymer Blends

Using SDT to Analyze the Thermal Properties of LFP Li-Ion Cathodes

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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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Innovating Analytical Science: Precision in Focus with QSight®

An Introduction to Reverse Tip Sample Scanning Probe Microscopy (RTS SPM)

Advancing Solid-State Battery Research

1Triple-Layer Material Boosts Green Hydrogen Production Eightfold

2Exum Instruments and Thermo Fisher Scientific Enter into Commercial Agreement for Scientific Advancement in Europe and China

3Emerson's New Battery Energy and Asset Management Software Improves Return on Investment, Grid Stability

4Nuvvon Reports a Major Breakthrough in Solid-State Battery Scalability

5Scientists Design Novel Absorber for High-Performance Tandem Solar Cells

6Breakthrough in 3D Chip Integration Promises Faster, More Efficient High-Performance Computing

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