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BHP Billiton Annnounces Foreign Investment Review Board Approval Of Bid For WMC Resources Ltd

BHP Billiton is advising that the Australian Treasurer has confirmed that there are no objections under the Australian Government’s foreign investment policy to BHP Billiton’s acquisition of WMC Resources Ltd...

5 Apr 2005

Arch Chemicals Awarded 20 Year Contract to Supply Hydrazine Propellants to U.S. Government

Arch Chemicals has been awarded a 20-year contract by the United States Department of Defense for approximately $149 million for the production, storage, distribution and handling of hydrazine propellants for the U.S. go...

5 Apr 2005

Important Development in the Area of Reactive Hot Melt Adhesives from Rohm and Haas

Textile laminators at Techtextil 2005, Europe’s foremost technical textile exhibition, will have the opportunity to learn of an important development in the area of reactive hot melt adhesives from Rohm and Haas Co...

5 Apr 2005

LG and Matsushita Settle Plasma Patent Disputes

LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Electronics) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Matsushita) today announced that the two companies have reached a basic agreement to resolve the legal procedures by a settlement with r...

5 Apr 2005

Showa Denko K.K Develops Molded Carbon / Resin Separator for Fuel Cell

Showa Denko K.K. has developed a high-performance molded carbon/resin separator for polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) to be used as a power source for homes, cars and mobile devices. This development is part of the PE...

5 Apr 2005

New Technique Enables Scientists to Track Molecular Energy Transfer in Photosynthesis

Scientists have been able to follow the flow of excitation energy in both time and space in a molecular complex using a new technique called two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. While holding great promise for a broa...

5 Apr 2005

Discovery May Lead to a Whole New Class of Superconducting Materials

University of California scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory working with a researcher from Chonnam National University in South Korea have found that magnetic fluctuations appear to be responsible for supercond...

5 Apr 2005

Development of a New Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

As gasoline prices climb ever higher and the U.S. Senate backs oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the possibility of a hydrogen economy -- where drivers tank up on clean-burning hydrogen fuel -...

5 Apr 2005

Burning Grass Pellets as a Biofuel is Economical, Energy-Efficient, Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable

Grow grass, not for fun but for fuel. Burning grass for energy has been a well-accepted technology in Europe for decades. But not in the United States. Yet burning grass pellets as a biofuel is economical, energy-eff...

5 Apr 2005

Ultracold Molecules Could Benefit Fields of Superchemistry, Quantum Computing

A research team that in 2003 created an exotic new form of matter has now shown for the first time how to arrange that matter into complex molecules. The experiments--conducted by Cheng Chin, now at the University of...

5 Apr 2005

New Gadolinium-Nickel Alloy Verified for Safer Disposal of Spent Nuclear Energy Fuel

A new alloy developed and patented by researchers at Lehigh University, Sandia National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory could help the U.S. dispose more safely of 50,000 tons of spent nuclear energy fuel that ar...

5 Apr 2005

Royal Gold Announces Reserve Additions

Royal Gold, a precious metals royalty company, today announced updated ore reserve and additional mineralization estimates and production forecasts for its royalty properties. These reserves, additional mineralization an...

5 Apr 2005

Kennametal Announces Divestiture of FSS Business Unit

Kennametal announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. to sell its Full Service Supply (FSS) business for about $41 million. Ferguson is the US-based integrated supply and di...

5 Apr 2005

Acquisition of Smorgon Hartwell Recycling JV

Smorgon Steel Group Limited has acquired the remaining 50% of the Smorgon Hartwell Recycling joint venture it does not already own from Hartwell Pacific. Consideration for the transaction is not disclosed but is based on...

4 Apr 2005

Alcan Sells Aluminum Tubes Business

Alcan has announced the sale of its aluminum tubes business to its current management team and 21 Centrale Partners, an investment fund specialized in high-potential mid-size industrial companies. Details of the tr...

4 Apr 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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BHP Billiton Annnounces Foreign Investment Review Board Approval Of Bid For WMC Resources Ltd

Arch Chemicals Awarded 20 Year Contract to Supply Hydrazine Propellants to U.S. Government

Important Development in the Area of Reactive Hot Melt Adhesives from Rohm and Haas

LG and Matsushita Settle Plasma Patent Disputes

Showa Denko K.K Develops Molded Carbon / Resin Separator for Fuel Cell

New Technique Enables Scientists to Track Molecular Energy Transfer in Photosynthesis

Discovery May Lead to a Whole New Class of Superconducting Materials

Development of a New Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Burning Grass Pellets as a Biofuel is Economical, Energy-Efficient, Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable

Ultracold Molecules Could Benefit Fields of Superchemistry, Quantum Computing

New Gadolinium-Nickel Alloy Verified for Safer Disposal of Spent Nuclear Energy Fuel

Royal Gold Announces Reserve Additions

Kennametal Announces Divestiture of FSS Business Unit

Acquisition of Smorgon Hartwell Recycling JV

Alcan Sells Aluminum Tubes Business

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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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How can Charge Photometry be Used for Battery Screening and Development?

Comparing Computed Radiography and Digital Detector Arrays

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