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Smith+Wesson Delivers New Pistol with Polymer Reinforced Frame to International Law Enforcement Agencies

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation , parent company of Smith and Wesson Corp., the legendary 156-year old company in the global business of safety, security, protection and sport, announced today that it has filled o...

28 Aug 2008

Scientists Develop New Chemical Technique Crucial in Nanoelectronics

The St Andrews researchers have developed a way of forming an easily modified network of molecules over a large area, the chemical technique provides an advantageous alternative to traditional methods which become increasingly cumbersome at the ultrasmall length scale.

28 Aug 2008

Researchers Taking Biomimetic Approach in Designing Wireless Sensors

European and Indian researchers are applying principles learned from living organisms to design self-organising networks of wireless sensors suitable for a wide range of environmental monitoring purposes. Monsoon rain...

28 Aug 2008

Titanic Collision Creates New Cluster of Dark Matter

New Hubble and Chandra observations of the cluster known as MACSJ0025.4-1222 indicate that a titanic collision has separated dark from ordinary matter. This provides independent confirmation of a similar effect detec...

28 Aug 2008

NASA New Observatory Begins Exploring the Universe in High-Energy Gamma Rays

NASA's newest observatory, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its revolutionary instruments passed their ...

27 Aug 2008

New Ultraviolet Microspectrophotometer Helping Scientists in Development of Advanced Drug Design

Protein crystals have many uses ranging from basic research of the proteins themselves to controlling drug delivery, advanced drug design and even in bioseparation processes.

From CRAIC Technologies 27 Aug 2008

Nucor Announce Complete Acquisition of Steel Manufacturing Corporation

Nucor Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Harris Steel, Inc., has completed the acquisition of the stock of Ambassador Steel Corporation, based in Auburn, Indiana, for a cash purchase price of approxi...

27 Aug 2008

High-Quality Timken Bearings Contribute to Energy Efficiency

As skyrocketing energy costs push the world’s manufacturers to cut consumption, The Timken Company is receiving additional confirmation of a fact it has understood well for more than 109 years—high-quality Ti...

From The Timken Co. 27 Aug 2008

BASF Donate Interceptor Malaria Nets to Cyclone Victims

The company channeled 75,000 nets through the well-known U.K. based emergency response agency The MENTOR Initiative and another 25,000 nets through the Thailand Red Cross.

25 Aug 2008

Balli Steel Reports on Global Steel Prices and Production Market

Balli Steel has reported that in the last 12 months, global steel prices have increased by 100% and now range from around $1,000 to $1,500 per tonne. The company highlights that global annualised steel production has rea...

25 Aug 2008

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