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New Way to Develop Efficient and Inexpensive Plastic Electronics

A new way to help technologists develop efficient and inexpensive plastic electronic devices, such as plastic solar cells and a new type of transistor was showcased by physicist Andrea Liscio.

14 Jul 2008

New Software Extends the Capabilities of UV and NIR Microscopes to Industrial Processes

CRAIC Technologies, the leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microscopes and microspectrometers, today released it's second version of it's ImageUV software package.

From CRAIC Technologies 7 Jul 2008

Technique Developed for Producing Clusters of Metal Atoms

Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals.

2 Jul 2008

Energy Conscious Consumers Unwittingly Take a Liking to Mercury

There's just one catch to the energy conserving compact fluorescent light bulb story: Each CFL contains a small amount (3 to 5 milligrams) of mercury, a neurotoxin that can be released as vapor when a bulb is broken.

30 Jun 2008

QuantumSphere Make Acquisition to Advance Li-Ion Battery, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen and Biofuel Technologies

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, electrode devices, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced the acquisition of West C...

25 Jun 2008

FEI Launch Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope, ETEM

FEI Company, a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, today announced the release of the Titan™ 80-300 environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM).

24 Jun 2008

Low Power Microchip Puts Existing Models to Shame

A low-power microchip developed at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the market. The Phoenix Processor, which sets a lo...

17 Jun 2008

Dow Start Work on New Propylene Oxide Plant in Thailand

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced today that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and The Siam Cement Group (SCG), has broken ground on a propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand. The world-scale plant,...

12 Jun 2008

Malvern Highlight the Value of Near Infrared Chemical Imaging for the Pharmaceutical Industry

In an interview recorded at IFPAC 2008, Dr Neil Lewis, Chief Technology Officer for Malvern Panalytical, and a pioneer in the field of chemical imaging, highlights the value of Near Infrared Chemical Imaging (NIR-CI) for the pharmaceutical industry.

From Malvern Panalytical 11 Jun 2008

Special Probes being Developed to Investigate the Far Side of the Moon

The first three test firings of small missile-like probes that will allow scientific measurements to be taken from the far side of the Moon have been successfully completed at MOD Pendine in South Wales in May 2008 using the long test track facility which is operated and managed by QinetiQ.

10 Jun 2008

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