Energy News

RSS

International Scientists Performed the Ultimate Miniaturization of Computer Memory

The breakthrough is a key step in bringing to life quantum computers, devices based on the theory of quantum mechanics.

24 Oct 2008

UNSW Reports First Silicon Solar Cell to Achieve the Milestone of 25 per cent Effiency

UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency. The UNSW ARC Phot...

24 Oct 2008

Scientists Uncover the Holy Grail of Data Processing with Successful Extraction of Data from Atom Nucleus

Another step towards quantum computing - the Holy Grail of data processing and storage - was achieved when an international team of scientists that included researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) were able to successfully store and retrieve information using the nucleus of an atom

24 Oct 2008

Dow Corning Launch Science Day Program for Children - "Fascinating Silicone in Life"

Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, today launched a three-day education program in Shanghai with China Welfare Institute Children’s Palace (CWICP): “Dow Corni...

24 Oct 2008

Timken Strengthens Market Position in Wind Energy Production

The Timken Company today announced plans to expand production capacity at its Tyger River facility in Union, S.C., to serve the wind energy market. The investment is part of a strategy to strengthen Timken’s positi...

From The Timken Co. 24 Oct 2008

Eastman PET Resins the Most Energy-Efficient Available on the Market

Eastman Chemical Company’s ParaStarTM resins are the most energy-efficient PET resins on the market, according to a just-completed Life Cycle Inventory (LCI).

24 Oct 2008

Oak Ridge Announce New Technology for Improving Energy Efficiency in Industry

Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory technologies to improve energy efficiency in industry have won funding from the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program. The projects, ranging from a heat-free he...

24 Oct 2008

Goodfellow Supply Materials for the Large Hadron Collider

Goodfellow
Cambridge Ltd., known internationally for metals and metals used in science
and industry, enters it fifth decade as a supplier to Geneva-based CERN, the
European Organisation for Nuclear Research, at a time when activities at CERN
are attracting worldwide attention. CERN’s £4 billion Large Hadron
Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, whirred
into life on September 10 and scientists hope to unravel some of particle physics’
biggest mysteries.

From Goodfellow 24 Oct 2008

PerkinElmer to Showcase New High-Speed Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Digital X-Ray Detectors

This will mark PerkinElmer's first exhibition in Asia of its digital imaging technologies for a range of industrial and medical applications, including pipeline inspection and diagnostic and therapeutic medical imaging.

23 Oct 2008

Rio Tinto to Invest $300 million in Modernising Aluminium Smelter in Canada

Rio Tinto is to invest an additional US$300 million in the modernisation of the Kitimat aluminium smelter in British Columbia, Canada, bringing the current project funding total to over US$500 million. "The Kiti...

23 Oct 2008

Editorial Highlights