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MIT Simulate Atom-by-Atom Formation of Cracks

An MIT researcher's atom-by-atom simulation of cracks forming and spreading may help explain how materials fail in nanoscale devices, airplanes and even in the Earth itself during a quake. This work, which could impa...

19 Jan 2006

New View Attained of Electronic Orbitals of Separating Molecules

Imagine you are standing, John Wayne style, on the backs of two runaway horses pulling a stagecoach. You try to bring the horses to a stop but instead the harnesses break, the horses separate, and an unlucky passenger ge...

19 Jan 2006

World's Smallest Silicon Modulator

An electrical engineer at the University of Texas at Austin has made a laser light blink while passing through a miniaturized silicon chip, a major step toward developing commercially viable optical interconnects for hig...

19 Jan 2006

University of Manchester to Launch Light and Laser Research Institute

The University of Manchester is to launch a new £40m world-class research institute, which will pioneer cutting-edge light and laser technologies. The Photon Science Institute (PSI), which will be launched on Ja...

17 Jan 2006

New Coating Increases Hardness and Reduces Roughness when Applied to Metals

FriCSo – Friction Control Solutions, today announced FriCSo Super-Finishing, a patent-pending mechanical lapping process that uses a unique FriCSo-developed polymer. The innovative process creates an organic layer ...

17 Jan 2006

IBM, Sony, Toshiba Broaden and Extend Successful Semiconductor Technology Alliance

IBM, Sony Corporation and Toshiba have announced they have begun a new, five year phase of their joint technology development alliance. As part of this broad semiconductor research and development alliance, the three...

17 Jan 2006

Solvay to Acquire Mississippi Polymer Technologies

Solvay has announced that it has signed a binding Agreement for the acquisition of Mississippi Polymer Technologies (MPT). MPT is a US-based start-up company that commercialized PARMAX®, a new family of specialty mat...

17 Jan 2006

Sasol Builds New Plant to Double Octene Production

Sasol has announced that construction of a 100 000 tons per annum 1-Octene plant in Secunda in South Africa is underway. The facility is scheduled to go into production during the second half of 2007 and will double Saso...

17 Jan 2006

Fuel Cell Demonstration Advances Technology for Military Applications

Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has demonstrated operation of a high-power-density solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) using real-world military logistics fuel (JP8) containing 600 to 700 ppm of sulfur. This marks a key mileston...

17 Jan 2006

Degussa Expands Production for Lithium-Ion Electrodes

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf is starting additional electrode production for large-volume lithium-ion batteries, at the Li-Tech GmbH (SK Group) site in Kamenz/Dresden. “By expanding our electrode production to Germany we...

17 Jan 2006

Boeing Awarded Air Force Contract for Directed Energy and Space Surveillance

The Laser & Electro Optical Systems (L&EOS) unit of Boeing Missile Defense Systems (MDS) has received a contract worth up to $413 million to continue supporting two U.S. Air Force laboratories engaged in cutting-...

17 Jan 2006

World's Most Advanced Warship

The world’s most advanced warship, HMS Daring, will be launched from BAE Systems’ Scotstoun yard on February 1st. A website dedicated to the launch has been set up. Designed for a wide audience from schoo...

17 Jan 2006

Arcelor Announces Proposal to Increase Offer for Dofasco

Arcelor S.A. has announced that it has submitted a binding written proposal to the Board of Directors of Dofasco Inc. proposing amendments to its take-over bid to increase its offer to acquire all of the outstanding comm...

17 Jan 2006

New Source of Coherent Optical Radiation

With the exception of lasers and free-electron lasers, there hasn't been another fundamental way to produce coherent light for close to 50 years. However, a group of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National L...

17 Jan 2006

Magnetic Memory Breakthrough May Lead to Faster Computers

Imagine a computer that doesn't lose data even in a sudden power outage, or a coin-sized hard drive that could store 100 or more movies. Magnetic random-access memory, or MRAM, could make these possible, and woul...

17 Jan 2006

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The Material Breakthroughs Revolutionizing Photovoltaics

Photovoltaic technology is revolutionizing sustainable energy with advancements in perovskite cells and innovative recycling methods for eco-friendly solutions.

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MIT Simulate Atom-by-Atom Formation of Cracks

New View Attained of Electronic Orbitals of Separating Molecules

World's Smallest Silicon Modulator

University of Manchester to Launch Light and Laser Research Institute

New Coating Increases Hardness and Reduces Roughness when Applied to Metals

IBM, Sony, Toshiba Broaden and Extend Successful Semiconductor Technology Alliance

Solvay to Acquire Mississippi Polymer Technologies

Sasol Builds New Plant to Double Octene Production

Fuel Cell Demonstration Advances Technology for Military Applications

Degussa Expands Production for Lithium-Ion Electrodes

Boeing Awarded Air Force Contract for Directed Energy and Space Surveillance

World's Most Advanced Warship

Arcelor Announces Proposal to Increase Offer for Dofasco

New Source of Coherent Optical Radiation

Magnetic Memory Breakthrough May Lead to Faster Computers

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Breaking Boundaries in Ceramic Machining with Internal Threading Innovation

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