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Cheaper and More Energy-Efficient Paper Production

In the current process, paper is dried by passing over 30 to 100 large-diameter, steam-heated cylinders, which requires a significant amount of energy and associated capital investment. Argonne's Multiport dryer h...

25 Aug 2006

Future World Cup's Could be Played on Artificial Turf Colored with Colortherm

After the World Cup is before the World Cup: The soccer World Cup in Germany had barely come to a close before preparations for the next one began. The criticism of the turf in the German World Cup stadiums prompted FIFA...

24 Aug 2006

ViscoTek receives Multi-Instrument Order from Centre for Materials Discovery

Viscotek, the leader in multiple detector characterisation of polymers, proteins and nanoparticulate materials, has received a large multi-instrument order from the prestigious, new Centre for Materials Discovery (CMD) a...

24 Aug 2006

Kyma Technologies Awarded Funding by DOE to Develop High Performance Green LEDs

Kyma Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that its team has been selected for funding under the US Department of Energy’s Solid State Lighting Core Technologies Program. The winning proposal is entitled &ld...

24 Aug 2006

POSCO Successfully Test Endless Hot Rolling Technology

Pohang Works succeeded in testing the world`s first endless hot rolling process using two overlapping bars on August 7, 2006. POSCO has been teamed with a Japanese supplier to develop bar-joining technology since 199...

22 Aug 2006

Lockheed Martin to Mentor AnthroTronix Advance Robotics Technologies

The U.S. Department of Defense Joint Robotics Office awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.9-million, three-year contract to mentor AnthroTronix, Inc., a small, privately held, woman-owned business in Silver Spring, MD. Under...

18 Aug 2006

Malvern Provide Nanoparticle Charactareization Solution at New BegbrokeNano Facility

A Malvern Zetasizer Nano particle characterisation system is one of a number of analytical solutions available to researchers at BegbrokeNano, a new UK centre offering facilities for materials characterisation to compani...

17 Aug 2006

Freeman Technology to Demonstrate Powder Rheometer at British Pharmaceuticals Conference

Freeman Technology will be demonstrating the FT4 Powder Rheometer at the British Pharmaceutical Conference and Exhibition 2006, which takes place from 4-6 September at the Manchester International Convention Centre (Manc...

17 Aug 2006

Alchemy Ent. Successfully Integrate Electric Power Cell and Hydrogen Fuel to Create Continuous Power

Alchemy Enterprises, Ltd. announced today that they have successfully recently operated the prototype Electric Power Cell (EPC) integrated with a hydrogen fuel cell for the first time. During this experiment the EPC w...

17 Aug 2006

NIST's New Advanced Imaging Facility Peers Inside Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Thanks to a new and improved imaging instrument at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists now can conduct detailed surveillance on the comings and goings of water ...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 16 Aug 2006

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