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Bodycote Materials Testing - USA Laboratories Can Certify Materials for RoHS Requirements

RoHS - Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Within the past few years, governments around the world have been tightening measures aimed at keeping electronic p...

26 Sep 2005

Alcoa Approves Investments in Brazil That Will Total $1.6 Billion

Alcoa has announced that its Board of Directors has approved investments in Brazil that will total $1.6 billion in the company's world-class Brazilian upstream operations, including: a 2.1 million metric ton per year...

26 Sep 2005

Alcan Expands Australian Presence

Alcan has announced that it has acquired the capsules and closures distribution businesses of Classic Packaging and Nellie Products. Both companies are subsidiaries of Foster’s Group, one of the worldwide leaders i...

26 Sep 2005

Spectro Plasma Generator Powers Metal Analysis to New Levels of Performance

Spectro has announced that it has started shipping their stationary metal analyzers (SpectroLAB and SpectroMAXx) with a new excitation system that brings performance to levels not seen before in this industry. The new Sp...

26 Sep 2005

Smart Concrete May Improve Construction of Levees

The failure of levees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina points out the need for new technologies to strengthen levees and monitor their reliability, according to Deborah D. L. Chung, Ph.D., a University at Buffalo materia...

26 Sep 2005

Development of a Universal Nanoscale Material Testing System (n-MTS)

The design, development and manufacturing of revolutionary products such as the automobile, airplane and computer owe a great deal of their success to the large-scale material testing systems (MTS) that have provided eng...

26 Sep 2005

NIST F1, The world's Best Clock Now More Accurate

The world's best clock, NIST-F1, has been improved over the past few years and now measures time and frequency more than twice as accurately as it did in 1999 when first used as a national standard, physicists at the...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 26 Sep 2005

Physicists Measure How Close Speeding Atoms Can Come to a Surface Before the Atoms' Wavelengths Change

University of Arizona physicists have directly measured how close speeding atoms can come to a surface before the atoms' wavelengths change. Theirs is a first, fundamental measurement that confirms the idea that ...

26 Sep 2005

Cabot Corporation and Showa K.K. Announce Agreement on Carbon Black JV

Cabot Corporation has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cabot International Capital Corporation (CICC), has entered into an agreement with Showa Denko K.K. pursuant to which CICC will become the sole owner of S...

22 Sep 2005

Shell Eyes Big Opportunities in China

Over the next five to 10 years, China's continuing and rapid economic growth and its programme to liberalise trade will offer very significant business opportunities for foreign chemical companies. These will include...

22 Sep 2005

Timken Proceeds With Key Part of Automotive Group Restructuring

The Timken Company has announced plans to close its Clinton, S.C., plant -- with production being phased down over the next two years. The decision is part of an ongoing program to increase competitiveness of its Automot...

From The Timken Co. 22 Sep 2005

Discovery Boosts the Amount of Electric Current Carried by a High-Temperature Superconductor

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a way to significantly increase the amount of electric current carried by a high-temperature superconductor, a material th...

22 Sep 2005

Toshiba Integrates Prototypes of World's Smallest Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Unit into Mobile Audio Players

Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has developed two prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) units and begun tests to validate their operation with mobile audio players. Each unit integrates the DMFC that Toshi...

21 Sep 2005

Public Consultation on Creation of a European Institute of Technology

A public consultation on whether and how to create a European Institute of Technology (EIT) has been opened by the European Commission. It will gather the views of stakeholders on how an ‘EIT’ could strengthe...

21 Sep 2005

Solvay Creates High Performance Materials RD in China

Solvay has announced that it is in the process of setting up a new Technical Center in Shanghai, China, to meet fast-growing demand from Chinese clients for Specialty Polymers. The new entity – Solvay High Performa...

21 Sep 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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Bodycote Materials Testing - USA Laboratories Can Certify Materials for RoHS Requirements

Alcoa Approves Investments in Brazil That Will Total $1.6 Billion

Alcan Expands Australian Presence

Spectro Plasma Generator Powers Metal Analysis to New Levels of Performance

Smart Concrete May Improve Construction of Levees

Development of a Universal Nanoscale Material Testing System (n-MTS)

NIST F1, The world's Best Clock Now More Accurate

Physicists Measure How Close Speeding Atoms Can Come to a Surface Before the Atoms' Wavelengths Change

Cabot Corporation and Showa K.K. Announce Agreement on Carbon Black JV

Shell Eyes Big Opportunities in China

Timken Proceeds With Key Part of Automotive Group Restructuring

Discovery Boosts the Amount of Electric Current Carried by a High-Temperature Superconductor

Toshiba Integrates Prototypes of World's Smallest Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Unit into Mobile Audio Players

Public Consultation on Creation of a European Institute of Technology

Solvay Creates High Performance Materials RD in China

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The Evolution and Versatility of Benchtop XRD

A New Approach to Flash Point Testing

How to Use AFM to Study 2D Materials and Superlattices

Benchtop micro-XRF System for the Elemental Analysis of Samples

Advanced Masterbatch and Compounding for Polymers and Plastics

AirBreather Platform for Continuous Gas Analysis

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How is Biotechnology Applied in the Plastics Sector?

A Guide to ASTM D790 and its Importance

Introduction to Polymer Analysis Using Near-Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy

Ethylene Oxide Regulations: How Changes Might Play Out Under New Administration

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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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The Evolution and Versatility of Benchtop XRD

A New Approach to Flash Point Testing

How to Use AFM to Study 2D Materials and Superlattices

1Smart Coatings: Thermally Responsive Polymer Brushes for Advanced Applications

2Halogen-Free Polymer Electrolytes: A Sustainable Energy Solution

3Researchers Develop AI Framework for Optimizing Battery Electrolytes

4Upcycling LDPE: Transforming Plastic Waste into High-Value Graphite

5Forge Nano Secures $40 M to Scale U.S. Battery Manufacturing and Commercial Semiconductor Equipment Businesses

6Green Steel: How Hydrogen and Electric Ironmaking Drive Innovation

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