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Leading Global Building System Manufacturer Set to Lead Spainish Market with Acquisition

Hydro has agreed to acquire the privately owned Alumafel Group, one of the most established and well-known aluminium building systems brands in Spain. The transaction confirms Hydro’s position as a leading player i...

10 May 2008

MIT Students Set Out to Develop Cost Efficient Solar Power

For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. A team of MIT students, led by mechanical engineering graduate student Spenc...

8 May 2008

DuPont Commence Construction of New R+D Center for Growing Solar Energy Market

DuPont today announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the rapidly growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry. "Through i...

7 May 2008

DuPont Set To Invests $150 Million in Key Markets for Ethylene Copolymers

DuPont today announced that it is investing approximately $150 million to expand and upgrade manufacturing facilities in Europe, the United States and Asia to meet strong demand for its specialty ethylene copolymers in p...

7 May 2008

New Development in Graphene-Based Devices Shows Potential for Future Display Screens

Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene - an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this technology.

1 May 2008

BASF Release Publication on Full Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids

Ionic liquids are a unique type of product with unparalleled characteristic properties that cannot be achieved with any other material. The entire bandwidth of industrial applications for which ionic liquids from BASF ca...

30 Apr 2008

QinetiQ Awarded with $190 million NASA Environmental Test and Integration Support Services Contract

QinetiQ North America(QNA) Missions Solutions Group (MSG) which provides mission-critical engineering, IT and security support services to customers in the Space, Security, Defense and Intelligence communities.

26 Apr 2008

Hyrdo Set to Expand Solar Energy Business with Investment in Venture Funds

Hydro is investing NOK 50 million in Convexa, a Norwegian venture fund specializing in technology companies working within the field of solar energy. This investment will give Hydro a greater insight into technology deve...

22 Apr 2008

MIT Teams Up Boosting Future Soldiers Capabilities at Annual Competition

Soldiers working in sunny but remote areas, in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, might get a new boost of power for their electronic devices thanks to an innovative design for backpack-mounted solar cells designed by ...

21 Apr 2008

Establishment of Joint MIT Center Aims at Reducing Solar Energy Costs

MIT and Fraunhofer, a German research organization, have signed an agreement to establish a research center in Massachusetts focused on significantly reducing the cost of solar energy over the next five years. The MIT-Fr...

15 Apr 2008

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