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Test of World's First Variable Flow Ducted Rocket Ramjet Successful

Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. Company, announced that its ramjet engine once again met all test objectives in a third straight successful flight test conducted by Orbital Sciences Corporation as part of the U.S. Navy GQM-163A ...

28 Feb 2005

Curtin Welcomes Industry Support for Cool Energy

Curtin University of Technology has welcomed significant investment from four organisations for gas technology company Cool Energy Pty Ltd. Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Development Professor Barney Glover said the...

28 Feb 2005

EU spends nearly 2% of GDP on R&D

In 2002 Research & Development intensity (i.e. R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP) in the EU25 stood at 1.93%, an increase compared to 1.82% in 1998. Even if R&D expenditure rose by 4.0% on average per ye...

28 Feb 2005

Argonne Researcher Writes the Book on Chemically Bonded Ceramics

Argonne National Laboratory researcher Arun Wagh has written the book on chemically bonded ceramics — literally. Wagh, an award-winning inventor, is the author of “Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics,”...

28 Feb 2005

Most Powerful Marine Gas Turbine In The World

Rolls-Royce, under contract to Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the DD(X) program, has delivered its first MT30 marine gas turbine generator set to the US Navy. The MT30, the world's most powerful marine...

28 Feb 2005

Commercialisation of Revolutionary "Daylighting" Technology Begins

Revolutionary Australian technology that "pipes" heat-free natural light anywhere in a building is to be commercialised in a partnership between Australian company Skydome Holdings Ltd and the University of Tec...

28 Feb 2005

Advance Marks Progress Toward Quantum Computer Made with Artificial Atoms

Two superconducting devices have been coaxed into a special, interdependent state that mimics the unusual interactions sometimes seen in pairs of atoms, according to a team of physicists at the National Institute of Stan...

28 Feb 2005

NIST Unveils Atom-based Standards For Measuring Chip Features Under 50 Nanometers

Device features on computer chips as small as 40 nanometers (nm) wide—less than one-thousandth the width of a human hair—can now be measured reliably thanks to new test structures developed by a team of physi...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 28 Feb 2005

Researcher Explores Potential of Deep-Water Wind Farms

James Manwell, a research associate professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of University of Massachusetts Amherst, jokingly calls his current research into offshore deep-water wind farms the &l...

28 Feb 2005

Report Uncovers Global Opportunities for Composites in the Aerospace Market

The aerospace industry consumes an estimated 565 million lbs of raw materials including aluminum, composites, glare, steel, titanium and other materials, reports a new E-Composites market study, "Opportunities for C...

28 Feb 2005

Zimmer Intends to License Technology for Advanced Polyethylene and Hydrogels

Zimmer Holdings announced it has entered into a Letter of Intent for a comprehensive agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Cambridge Polymer Group (CPG) to license technology to develop and commerci...

25 Feb 2005

New LED Could Eliminate Electrical Circuit Bottlenecks

Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have invented a light-emitting transistor that could potentially bypass a major bottleneck that slows down electronic circuitry. The new device could pave the ...

25 Feb 2005

Texas Instruments Sells Thin-Film Transistor LCD Operations to Oki Electric

Texas Instruments has announced that the company and Oki Electric Industry (Oki) had reached agreement on a contract for the sale of TI’s large-size thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) driver op...

25 Feb 2005

Ceram Offers Landfill Testing Capabilities

Experts at CERAM , the internationally renowned centre for materials and technology, based in Stoke-on-Trent , are able to assist the many companies who have to comply with PPC Regulations for Landfill, by offering their...

25 Feb 2005

Hydrogen Energy Project Achieves Breakthrough

A new hydrogen storage technology being commercialised by The University of Queensland spin-off company, Hydrexia Pty Ltd, could propel hydrogen gas into the mass market as an alternative green fuel. Hydrexia wa...

23 Feb 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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Test of World's First Variable Flow Ducted Rocket Ramjet Successful

Curtin Welcomes Industry Support for Cool Energy

EU spends nearly 2% of GDP on R&D

Argonne Researcher Writes the Book on Chemically Bonded Ceramics

Most Powerful Marine Gas Turbine In The World

Commercialisation of Revolutionary "Daylighting" Technology Begins

Advance Marks Progress Toward Quantum Computer Made with Artificial Atoms

NIST Unveils Atom-based Standards For Measuring Chip Features Under 50 Nanometers

Researcher Explores Potential of Deep-Water Wind Farms

Report Uncovers Global Opportunities for Composites in the Aerospace Market

Zimmer Intends to License Technology for Advanced Polyethylene and Hydrogels

New LED Could Eliminate Electrical Circuit Bottlenecks

Texas Instruments Sells Thin-Film Transistor LCD Operations to Oki Electric

Ceram Offers Landfill Testing Capabilities

Hydrogen Energy Project Achieves Breakthrough

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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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Unlocking the Secrets of Isothermal Desorption Spectroscopy

Recycling Insights: Extracting Valuable Recyclates from Electronic Waste

How Plasma Will Revolutionize the Semiconductor Industry

1New Method Speeds Up Battery Production

2Enhancing the Electrochemical Performance of Direct Ammonia Fuel Cells

3Functional Polymer Gel Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Secondary Batteries

43D-Printed Transistors Could Revolutionize Electronics Manufacturing

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