The merger proposal between Russian companies AVISMA Titanium-Magnesium Combine and the OAO Verkhnyaya Salda Steel-Making Industrial Association /VSMPO has just been approved by their respective shareholders. This paves ...
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials and UP Chemical Company today announced the commercial availability of Hi-k Grade aluminum and hafnium precursors for the production of high-k dielectric films.
The two companies wil...
“These tiny relics, a millionth of a meter small, could point us to the first steps of dust formation in both old and young stars,” stated Dr. Larry Nittler of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of T...
Corus has announced a major new contract to supply ZF Sachs, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of powertrain components, with its latest highcladâ product - a unique copper-clad steel that will be used ...
Using pulsed lasers, researchers have coaxed the metal nickel to self-assemble into arrays of nanodots – each spot a mere seven nanometers (seven billionths of a meter) across – one-tenth the diameter of exis...
Kyocera Corporation and Kobe Steel, Ltd. will establish "Japan Medical Materials Corporation," which was a new company by integrating the medical material businesses of both companies and was announced on April...
A team of Australian scientists predicts that a revolutionary new way to harness the power of the sun to extract clean and almost unlimited energy supplies from water will be a reality within seven years.
Using specia...
Automotive manufacturers may soon benefit from a new breed of metals – known as functionally gradient materials – that can withstand the high temperatures of die casting without cracking under pressure, accor...
Nanotechnology offers many potential benefits, but its development must be guided by appropriate safety assessments and regulation to minimise any possible risks to people and the environment, according to a report publi...
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, has achieved another world record in magnet development with the successful testing of its 21.1 Tesla, supe...