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Weizmann Institute of Science Launches Ambitious Initiative into Alternative, Sustainable Energy Resources

An ambitious multidisciplinary research initiative into alternative, sustainable energy resources is being launched by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. Its goal is to significantly advance the search...

3 Oct 2006

Voting Commences for World's Greatest Moments in Materials

Voting for the world’s greatest moments in materials science and engineering history has begun via an online survey at http://www.materialmoments.org/survey.html, developed by JOM, the journal of The Minerals, Meta...

28 Sep 2006

Akzo Nobel Build One of The Largest Monochloracetic Acid Plants in the World

When Akzo Nobel officially opens its two new chemicals plants in Delfzijl today it will mark the completion of the company’s biggest ever chemicals investment in the Netherlands. The construction of the chlorine...

27 Sep 2006

Inco Board Recommends Shareholders Accept Offer from CVRD

Inco Limited today announced that its Board of Directors has recommended that Inco shareholders tender their shares to the offer made by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (“CVRD”) to purchase all of the outstanding ...

26 Sep 2006

Intel and UCSB Develop Electrically Powered Hybrid Silicon Laser

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Intel Corporation have built the world's first electrically powered Hybrid Silicon Laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. This br...

20 Sep 2006

Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF Aim to Lead Materials Research

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has entered into a strategic alliance with the research organization SINTEF to develop the technological environment in Trondheim internationally. The aim is to b...

20 Sep 2006

Sandvik to Acquire Chilean Manufacturer of Rotary Drilling Consumables

Sandvik has signed an agreement with Implementos Mineros SA (Implemin), Chile, covering the acquisition of the company and its operations. Implemin is Latin America's leading producer and supplier of consumables f...

19 Sep 2006

Timken Expand Its Range of Seals to Include Large Bore Seals and Bearing Isolators

The Timken Company announced the expansion of its line of industrial seals to include large-bore seals and bearing isolators, beginning in November in the United States and Canada. These products will be available to aut...

From The Timken Co. 19 Sep 2006

New MIT Method Uses Sounds for Exploration

Just as doctors use ultrasound to image internal organs and unborn babies, MIT Earth Resources Laboratory researchers listen to the echoing language of rocks to map what's going on tens of thousands of feet below the...

11 Sep 2006

Mitsui to Invest in Erdos EPM

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.("Mitsui") announced today that it had reached a basic agreement with Erdos Electrical Power & Metallurgical Co., Ltd.("Erdos EPM", head office: Erdos City, Inner Mongolia Au...

8 Sep 2006

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