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Scientists Unveal Secret Properties of Ultracold Atomic Gases with Photoemission Spectroscopy Probes

To develop the new technique, the scientists borrowed an idea used for nearly a century in the study of materials: photoemission spectroscopy. Traditional photoemission spectroscopy probes the energy of electrons in a material.

7 Aug 2008

Fascinating Gold Nanostructures Observed Using FELIX

Scientists from Germany, Canada and the Netherlands have studied tiny gold nanoparticles, so-called clusters, and found them to have fascinating arrangements of their constituent atoms.

6 Aug 2008

Quartz and Silica Tubing Now Available through Goodfellow

The Technical Glass Company is able to supply a wide range of quartz/fused silica tubing that offers outstanding thermal properties, superior shock resistance, excellent optical transmission ranging from ultraviolet to infrared, and good electrical and corrosion performance.

From Goodfellow Ceramic & Glass 6 Aug 2008

New Alloy Composition Could Cut Costs for Petrochemical Industry

Oxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armor. Oxide scales...

5 Aug 2008

Liebherr Group Get New Production Facility for Mobile Cranes

Wheelabrator Group has successfully supported Liebherr with the building of a new production plant for dockside mobile cranes. The Liebherr Group is one of the largest internationally known manufacturers of construction ...

1 Aug 2008

3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced Called on to Boost Power for the Beijing Olympics

Chongqing Electric Power Corporation has become the second major utility in the China to install the 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced to boost transmission capacity on a key line without the need to build larger transmission towers. The utility says it needed extra capacity to meet anticipated heavy power demand for the summer Olympics in Beijing.

29 Jul 2008

Michelman to Display Coating Solutions for the Packaging Industry

Michelman will be exhibiting at booth #1817 at SuperCorr 2008, and will be featuring a variety of traditional and non-traditional solutions and new ideas for coatings on corrugated.

From Michelman Inc 29 Jul 2008

Titanium Could become an Environmentally Friendly Additive for Motor Oils

Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys,
could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive
oil.

23 Jul 2008

Brookhaven Scientist Wins Award for Research into Hydrogen

Radoslav Adzic, a senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has received a 2008 DOE Hydrogen Program R&D Award, which recognizes him for his “outstanding cont...

23 Jul 2008

Ferro Purchases Grinding Fluids Business

Ferro Corporation announced today that it has purchased a grinding and fabrication fluids business for brittle materials from Fluid Logic LLC, of Portland, Oregon. While 2007 sales of these fluids were not at a level mat...

22 Jul 2008

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