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Sweet Success for Pioneering Hydrogen Energy Project

Bacteria that can munch through confectionery could be a valuable source of non-polluting energy in the years ahead, new research has shown. In a feasibility study funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Resea...

24 May 2006

Mass Production Process for Manufacture of Complex Plastic Microstructures

Plastic parts in kitchenware, children’s toys, and even automobiles are generally mass-produced with a molding process. But mass producing complicated plastic micro components, so small you can only see them with a...

24 May 2006

New Technique Promises Mass Production of Complex Plastic Microstructures

Plastic parts in kitchenware, children's toys, and even automobiles are generally mass-produced with a molding process. But mass producing complicated plastic micro components, so small you can only see them with a m...

23 May 2006

Balzers to Take over Coating Operations of Gold Star Coatings

Within the framework of a cooperation agreement, Balzers will take over the PVD coating operations of Gold Star Coatings, a subsidiary of the industrial tooling group Star Cutter Company. Through the acquisition of Gold ...

9 May 2006

Alcan to Market "Mercalloy" Through Exclusive Agreement with Mercury Castings

Alcan and Mercury Castings has announced a joint marketing and manufacturing agreement in principal to globally sell and distribute “Mercalloy”, a patented family of alloys developed for the die cast and perm...

8 May 2006

Measurement of Photon Characteristics Provides Insight into Nuclear States

When atomic nuclei are smashed together at great speed, resulting temperatures exceed one trillion degrees, 200 million times hotter than the surface of the sun. Scientists who study nuclear matter under extreme conditio...

27 Apr 2006

Chemical Storage Units - Oscillating Chemical Reactions Can Retain Patterns Produced by Light

Oscillating chemical reactions occur far beyond thermodynamic equilibrium. The Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactions are among the most thoroughly investigated of these. In the BZ reaction a dicarboxylic acid, for ex...

20 Apr 2006

New Switchable, Flat, Liquid Crystal Diffractive Lenses that Can Adaptively Change Their Focusing Power

Optical scientists at The University of Arizona and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed new switchable, flat, liquid crystal diffractive lenses that can adaptively change their focusing power. And it&rs...

18 Apr 2006

Making Alternative Fuel Becomes More Efficient with Two-Step Chemical Process

As the United States’ oil reserves dwindle, some say the nation will have to rely on synthetic petroleum fuel made from its large stores of coal. A two-step chemical process augments a method of making cleaner-b...

14 Apr 2006

BullionVault.com Shows Impressive Growth

BullionVault.com, a retail gold bullion service, is prooving to be a popular way for people to buy and store their own gold bullion. With gold posting 25 year record highs the figures from the three industry leaders, ...

13 Apr 2006

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