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| ZHANG JIA GANG Orders Bar Mill Upgrade from Morgan |
28 February 2002 - Morgan Construction Company
Zhang Jia Gang Shatai Steel Company, Ltd., in Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China, has placed an order for 12 No-Housing Stands with Morgan Construction Company, of Worcester, Mass. |
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| ExxonMobil Chemical expands global plastic film coating capacity |
28 February 2002 - ExxonMobil Chemical Co
The new line will be used primarily to reinforce ExxonMobil's label business for coating plastic film in the fast-growing market of cans and bottles. Coated films are durable enough to handle the many constraints these types of applications generate by providing resistance to solvents and acids, facilitating the application of adhesive, and allowing for various printing techniques (rotogravure, flexography, offset etc.). |
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| Vantico shows its adhesives, tooling and structural composites ranges at JEC 2002 |
28 February 2002 - Huntsman Araldite
Vantico is a world leader in providing solutions in the field of adhesives, structural
adhesives and - under its new global umbrella brand RenShape® Solutions -
tooling materials. |
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| Company presents new technique at SPIE Microlithography Symposium |
28 February 2002 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML MaskTools, Inc. will present detailed information on an innovative, extremely high transmission, phase shift technology at this year's SPIE Microlithography Symposium. This technology, known as Chromeless Phase LithographyTM, is designed to be a primary enabler for lithography at 70nm and below. |
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| New graphics toolkit for Pocket PCs |
28 February 2002 - CSIRO
Great graphics for electronic books, interactive electronic street directories for tourists, and a new way to deliver detailed engineering drawings in the field are just three applications that are now a step closer to the market place. |
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| Bayer Plastics' Engineering Resins Give Gloss, Rigidity and Durability to Aftermarket Golf-Cart Tops |
27 February 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
With offices in the golf-friendly states of Georgia and Florida, Primex Plastics Corporation and Piper Plastics, Inc. knew they needed materials for their aftermarket golf-cart tops that could withstand high heat and the blazing sun. |
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| Hans Boots: 'Eastman Coatings has strong portfolio of world-class products'
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27 February 2002 - Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman Chemical Company produces literally hundreds of specialty products that are used as key ingredients for paints and coatings in architectural, automotive, plastics, furniture and appliances applications around the world.
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers introduces new high-clarity UDEL polysulfone |
26 February 2002 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
Designers and manufacturers who are looking for the clarity of polycarbonate with the high temperature resistance of polysulfone now have a new option, UDEL P-3700 HC, an extension of Solvay Advanced Polymers' UDEL polysulfone product line. |
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| Laser ultrasonic sensor streamlines papermaking process |
25 February 2002 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Hoping to save the paper manufacturing industry millions of dollars in energy costs, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Institute of Paper Science & Technology engineers have developed a laser ultrasonic sensor that measures paper's flexibility as it courses through a production web at up to 65 miles per hour. The project's principal investigators are Rick Russo and Chuck Habeger. |
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| The protection of flexible plastics from fungal attack |
25 February 2002 - Akcros Chemicals GmbH
This report - A Collaborative Study of the Plastics Protection Working Group (PPG) of the International Biodeterioration Research Group (IBRG)* - represents an abstract of work aimed towards the development of a method for assessing the activity of fungicides incorporated into plasticised plastics. |
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| The Multishift™ concept includes enduser training
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25 February 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
In cooperation with Söderhamn Eriksson Utbildning AB, Sandvik Steel has developed tailor-made training programmes for end users working with its Multishift™ bandsaw blades.
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| Le Mans sports car from Spyker benefits from advanced materials technology |
25 February 2002 - Corus Automotive
Prestige carmaker Spyker Cars of Baarn, Netherlands, has taken advantage of the advanced properties of Corus's latest composite material, Hylite, in the production of their first ever race car. |
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| New Heading Wire Coating Good for Efficiency, Die Life and Environment |
25 February 2002 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
A new wire coating for all heading alloys has been designed to perform with high efficiency, improve heading tool life and eliminate the cost and environmental problems associated with the emission and disposal of nitric acid used in copper cleaning operations. |
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| Delrin and Zytel for Simpler, Safer Switch |
25 February 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Arcolectric Switches, of West Molesey, Surrey, UK, chose DuPont Delrin acetal resin for the main working parts of its completely redesigned rotary switch for foot spas. The material's very good resilience, low creep, and excellent abrasion-resistance over 10 000 switching cycles were the decisive factors in its choice. Arcolectric worked with DuPont to design an improved and greatly simplified switch in which the total number of parts was significantly reduced. The redesigned switches can be sold at a lower price than the earlier model, due to reduced production and assembly costs. |
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| New low-side 30-V Power MOSFET and companion high-side device |
22 February 2002 - Vishay Electronic
A new milestone in optimizing MOSFETs for core voltage DC-to-DC power conversion was reached today with the release of two advanced LITTLE FOOT devices by Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. |
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| Yale researchers reveal how fresh water bacteria that cause Legionnaire's Disease |
22 February 2002 - Yale University
Yale researchers have revealed how a kind of bacterium that causes Legionnaire's disease can navigate its own course within a human cell by injecting a protein that can steer host cell membranes. |
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| Fusion condition, Particle simulation studies of divertor plasmas |
22 February 2002 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
'Nuclear fusion' is the melting of light nuclei into heavier ones, a process that according to the laws of physics releases enormous amounts of energy. For the past 50 years many scientists have sought ways of harnessing this fusion reaction under controlled reactor conditions as a safe, clean and practically inexhaustible source of energy. |
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| Swedish Steel reduces Italian car seat weight |
21 February 2002 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
By using thin-walled tubing in extra high strength steel from SSAB Swedish Steel, Lear Corporation in Italy has succeeded in reducing the weight of the Alfa Romeo 147 rear seat by 25 per cent. The new car seat design, which was completed in record time and which recently won the Swedish Steel Prize, the international engineering industry accolade, is now being exhibited. In addition to reduced weight, the Italian designers have succeeded in improving the seat's rigidity and shock-absorbing capacity, which contributes to enhanced safety in a collision. |
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| Rocks could hold early secrets of life |
21 February 2002 - University of Chicago
Nearly 4 billion-year-old rocks from Greenland could hold the earliest evidence of life on Earth, University of Chicago and Field Museum scientists say. The rocks, the researchers argue in today's edition of the journal Science, are sediment of such composition that they could contain evidence of early life. |
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| Increased water vapor in stratosphere possibly caused by tropical biomass burning |
20 February 2002 - Yale University
The doubling of the moisture content in the stratosphere over the last 50 years was caused, at least in part, by tropical biomass burning, a Yale researcher has concluded from examining satellite weather data. |
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| Finishing touches on a remote-controlled, sporting robot |
20 February 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Students from Roswell High School and Georgia Tech engineering students this week put the finishing touches on a remote-controlled, sporting robot they built that slam-dunks soccer balls. The robot will compete with other robots built by students from around the world in upcoming regional and national competitions to be held in Florida during the 2002 FIRST Robotics Competition. |
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| Using cocaine during pregnancy may damage developing fetuses causing lifelong learning disabilities |
18 February 2002 - Yale University
Taking cocaine during pregnancy causes possibly permanent changes in an area of the brain that governs short term memory, leading to symptoms that are very much like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Yale researchers have found in two recent studies. |
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| Stylish utensils withstand heavy use, thanks to DuPont Engineering Plastics |
18 February 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Two DuPont engineering polymers help provide sales appeal and value in use for a set of kitchen utensils from Essen Aluminio S.A. The utensils have white handles molded from DuPont Delrin acetal resin and black working pieces molded from DuPont Zytel nylon resin. The black parts have integral shafts which are press-fitted into the white handles. The handle for the tongs is a U-shaped component that flexes repeatedly during use. Delrin 100ST, a super tough grade, meets needs for exceptional flex crack resistance and resiliency in these parts. Handles for the other utensils are made from the same grade to facilitate color matching. |
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| RJB Engineering makes sweeping changes with ESAB |
18 February 2002 - ESAB Group
As part of an ongoing expansion and upgrade programme, RJP Engineering, a division of Scarab Sweepers, has invested in ESAB AristoMig 400 welding systems in order to ensure the highest quality welding on all the fabricated parts that make up the company's range of advanced sweepers. |
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| Materials & seals technology leaders form alliance to develop products for extreme-environment applications |
18 February 2002 - Quadrant EPP
Quadrant Engineering Plastics Products, Reading, PA and The Advanced Products Company, North Haven, CT have formed an alliance for the development of materials and solutions for severe-service sealing applications. The union of the two leaders in their respective industry brings together the extensive high-performance materials technology of Quadrant EPP and Advanced Products long-proven engineering and testing expertise in seals for extreme environments. |
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| Large, dimensionally stable nylon castings are key components of new high-capacity water filtration system |
18 February 2002 - Quadrant EPP
A new water filtration system, the largest of its type, has been introduced by ONDEO Degremont, Paris, France. The Ultrazur 450 can process over 10,000 cubic meters (2.6 million gal.) of water per day. Its central filtration module is 1,350 mm (4.43 ft) high and 450 mm (17.7 in.) in diameter. |
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| Pro forma information for Hydro and VAW |
18 February 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
As previously announced, Hydro has entered into an agreement to purchase all the outstanding shares of VAW aluminium AG. |
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| Automotive breakthrough with new Shecco™ Technology |
18 February 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
Denso Corporation has signed a global licensing contract with Hydro Pronova AS for use of Shecco™ Technology in its automotive air-conditioning and heating systems. The agreement represents a major breakthrough in the automotive industry's effort to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. |
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| New approach for studying traumatic injury |
18 February 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
In the first national effort of its kind, researchers around the country are collaborating to study the body’s response to critical illness and traumatic injuries such as motor vehicle accidents, gunshot wounds and burns. |
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| Clothes that know when you've been sleeping |
18 February 2002 - CSIRO
Car seats that wake up drowsy drivers, bed sheets that monitor your health, socks that let you know when you are about to do a tendon, vests that trigger an emergency beacon if you are dying of exposure, that's what an eclectic mix of researchers spent last Friday discussing as part of an Electronic Textiles workshop in Geelong. |
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| Los Alamos scientists unravel the nature of knot |
16 February 2002 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are watching simple knots untie themselves in order to gain a better understanding of how granular materials flow and how filamentary objects like DNA molecules tangle. The research is published in the February 19 issue of the American Physical Society's Physical Review Letters. |
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| Microfluidics and a simple chemical system mimic complex hemostasis |
15 February 2002 - University of Chicago
Chemists at the University of Chicago are ingeniously mimicking the human body's ability to patch a damaged blood vessel without obstructing normal blood flow. Their work takes advantage of microfluidics and biomimetics to offer a novel approach for modeling complex biological reaction networks. |
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| BTG to commercialise innovative locking device |
15 February 2002 - BTG
BTG, a global leader in commercialising technology, announced today the acquisition of a technology which could significantly improve the securing of medical devices such as intravenous lines and catheters, using a unique line lock. |
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| WaterClear™ ProtoFunctional® resins now available for Helium Cadmium and Argon ion stereolithography machines |
15 February 2002 - DSM Somos
DSM Somos®, world leader in innovative material technologies for the rapid prototyping (RP) industry, has announced the availability of its WaterClear™ ProtoFunctional® resins for all stereolithography laser platforms. |
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| Major strip mill investment increases capacity
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15 February 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has commissioned a new rolling mill at its main manufacturing site in Sandviken, Sweden for the production of stainless steel strip. |
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| Gaco Western and Honeywell successfully apply Enovate 3000 (HFC-245fa) spray foam system |
15 February 2002 - Honeywell Specialty Materials Europe
On October 30 and November 20, 2001, Gaco Western applied Enovate 3000 spray foam systems on two commercial facilities in Wisconsin. |
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| New solid tantalum chip capacitors provide industry's highest available capacitance ratings in low-profile case |
15 February 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the release of two additions to the 592Dfamily of solid tantalum chip capacitors, which nowprovides the industry's highest available capacitance in a low-profile case. |
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| Repeated cocaine use impairs region of the brain that governs self control |
14 February 2002 - Yale University
Taking cocaine impairs the orbitofrontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for self control and decision making, and the effects persist long after the cocaine use stops, a behavioral study by a Yale researcher and collaborator has found. |
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| Handy TIG 180 AC/DC for portable high-performance welding |
14 February 2002 - ESAB Group
The ESAB Handy TIG 180 AC/DC power source that combines advanced features in a lightweight, easy to carry package weighing just 11.5kg, gives outstanding performance with real portability. Designed with the PFC technique to maximise the welding output available from a single-phase supply, Handy TIG 180 gives more power from the mains voltage supply than conventional inverters. |
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| Mechatherm & BOC to provide advanced oxygen-assisted tilting rotary furnace technology |
14 February 2002 - BOC Gases
Mechatherm International Ltd. and BOC are offering secondary aluminum and dross processors a combined furnace and combustion package to enhance the energy efficiency, productivity and environmental performance of their melting operations. |
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| Brookhaven Scientists create new ways to tag and track molecules |
14 February 2002 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are developing a wide array of metallic 'tags' to label proteins and other molecules. These tags will expand the toolbox scientists use to decode molecular structures, diagnose and treat diseases, and trace the movement of antibodies and drugs within cells. |
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| Unique fleet of underwater vehicles to gather elusive environmental data |
14 February 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A fleet of miniature underwater vehicles being developed by Virginia Tech researcher Dan Stilwell will enable scientists to gather environmental data off the coast of Virginia and in the Chesapeake Bay. |
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| Detoxification services may represent an opportunity to establish harm-reduction interventions |
14 February 2002 - Boston University
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have shown that injury is a serious problem for a substantial portion of patients undergoing detoxification, particularly those with alcohol dependence. The study appears in the February 2002 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research and examines injury prevalence, and the impact of alcohol use on injury, among alcohol and drug-dependent persons seeking detoxification. |
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| Elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood had nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease |
13 February 2002 - Boston University
People with elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood had nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new report from scientists at Boston University. The findings, in a group of people participating in the long-running Framingham Study, are the first to tie homocysteine levels measured several years before with later diagnosis of AD and other dementias. The report, which appears in the February 14, 2002, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, provides some of the most powerful evidence yet of an association between high plasma homocysteine and later, significant memory loss. |
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| NIH and DOE to upgrade synchrotron X-Ray research facilities in California
and New York |
13 February 2002 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
The National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy announced a new collaboration to upgrade two of the nation's premier synchrotron X-ray facilities. The upgrades will increase the nation's ability to measure the structure of complex materials such as proteins in order to learn more about how they function. |
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| Connect to Camera Link with the Matrox 4Sight-II |
13 February 2002 - Matrox VITE
Through a flexible design, this module supports one, two or four tap monochrome, as well as component RGB, area or line scan video sources. With acquisition rates up to 50 MHz, a configurable LUT (four 256 x 8-bit and two 4K x 12-bit) and trigger input and timer outputs, the Meteor-II/Camera Link module for 4Sight-II features a 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus master interface, real-time transfer to system or VGA memory and extensive on-board buffering (32 MB) for reliable capture. This module also supports packed or planar transfers of color or multiple monochrome streams. |
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| Double your acquisition with new 4Sight-II module |
13 February 2002 - Matrox VITE
The low-cost Matrox Orion/Dual module for the 4Sight-II includes a pair of video decoders that not only supports simultaneous capture from two independent video sources but also nearly doubles the channel switching speed. The Orion/Dual for 4Sight-II is a standard color/monochrome PC/104-Plus frame grabber that captures standard analog composite or Y/C in NTSC/PAL formats, as well as analog composite RS-170/CCIR video and can connect up to 24 composite or 12 Y/C combinations. Ideal for video surveillance applications, the Orion/Dual adds to the 4Sight-II's already extensive collection of optional frame grabber modules, including the Orion/Standard and Orion/RGB, as well as the Meteor-II/Multi-Channel, Meteor-II/Digital and Meteor-II/Camera Link frame grabbers for PC/104-Plus. |
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| Matrox Parhelia digital video workstation graphics card to be showcased at DV Expo 2002 |
12 February 2002 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Graphics Inc., will demonstrate Parhelia running Adobe Premiere 6.5, Adobe After Effects 5.5, Avid Xpress DV v3.5 and Discreet 3ds max 5.0 in dual-display plus TV-output configuration at DV Expo 2002. We invite you to join us at the Matrox booth to see how Parhelia will make you a more effective, efficient and productive digital video editor. Additionally, visitors to the Matrox booth can enter to win one of two Parhelia plus Adobe After Effects 5.5 Production Bundles valued at more than US$2000 each. You can also see Parhelia in action at the Adobe, Avid and Ulead booths. |
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| Unchanged profit, strong cash flow |
12 February 2002 - SSAB
SSAB today reported its results for 2002. Excluding non-recurring items, profit after financial items was largely unchanged compared with last year and amounted to SEK 816 (835) million. |
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| Pressure on margins reduced earnings |
12 February 2002 - SSAB
SSAB today reported its results for 2001. Excluding non-recurring items, profit after financial items declined compared with last year and amounted to SEK 835 (1,283) million. Cash flow improved to SEK 151 (-406) million. |
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| CSIRO research aids PNG oil exploration |
12 February 2002 - CSIRO
Exploration efforts by InterOil have revealed what is believed to be a significant new petroleum system in the Eastern Papuan Basin of Papua New Guinea. CSIRO researchers looking at well and surface samples have identified some of the important elements of a 'petroleum system' in the Aure Scarp region under investigation. |
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| Hyperion catalysis opens plastics technical centre as new resource for developing conductive applications |
11 February 2002 - Hyperion Catalysis International
Hyperion Catalysis International, the world’s only tonnage producer of carbon nanotubes, has opened a new plastics technical centre at its Cambridge (MA)headquarters. |
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| Barlo Plastics promotes Spectar sheet for commercial street furniture |
08 February 2002 - Quinn Plastics
Vink Mannheim, a subsidiary of the well known European distributor of semi-finished Plastics 'Vink', uses Spectar sheets in roofing/cladding application for supermarket trolley shelters. |
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| Argonne, NEC and Bell Labs discover new antiferromagnet imaging technique |
08 February 2002 - DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Researchers from Bell Labs, NEC Research Institute, Inc. and Argonne National Laboratory have created an image of antiferromagnetism within a solid material, using a new technique that could lead to more cost-efficient evolution of advanced magnetic recording materials and technologies. |
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| ASML and Carl Zeiss SMT AG confirm availability in 2002 for 193nm imaging systems |
07 February 2002 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML, one of the leading providers of 193 nm technology for advanced chip making, and its lens partner Carl Zeiss SMT AG today confirmed the availability of 193 nm imaging systems in 2002 to satisfy increased market demand for leading edge 0.10 micron ArF imaging solutions. |
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| A new acrylic thermoset technology for use in the fiberglass building insulation industry |
07 February 2002 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rohm and Haas Company, today announced the introduction of a new acrylic thermoset technology for use in the fiberglass building insulation industry. With the new technology, Rohm and Haas is able to manufacture an acrylic binder that can replace the phenol-formaldehyde binder that has traditionally been used to bond glass fibers for insulation. |
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| Magics Tooling Expert: tool quotation as easy as 1, 2, 3! |
05 February 2002 - Materialise NV
Materialise, the world – leader in STL manipulation software, introduces its innovative solution for tool analysis and quotation, Magics Tooling Expert. |
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| For a Royal day, Marcel Wanders explores design potential and transparency of ProtoFunctional® technologies
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05 February 2002 - DSM Somos
To a unique day, a unique creation was needed. This was the challenge that Marcel Wanders faced in response to the competition organized by the Dutch Museum het Kruithuis for the wedding of Prince Willem-Alexander to Ms Máxima Zorreguieta. |
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| ABB and SINOPEC Corp. cooperate on ethylene recovery technology |
05 February 2002 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB Lummus Global and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SINOPEC Corp.) have signed a cooperation agreement creating a strategic alliance to develop and market new recovery technology for ethylene plants. The collaboration merges the extensive capabilities and experiences of both companies in the area of recovery technology. |
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| BOC-Foster Wheeler celebrate launch of England’s biggest hydrogen plant on Teesside |
04 February 2002 - BOC Gases
The largest hydrogen production plant in England, built by Foster Wheeler and owned and operated by BOC, has come on stream at Huntsman’s manufacturing operations on Teesside. |
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| POSCO Starts Up Morgan Mill |
04 February 2002 - Morgan Construction Company
Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), of Pohang, Korea, has successfully started up its recently installed upgraded #3 mill.
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| Biodiversity increases ecosystems' ability to absorb CO2 and nitrogen |
02 February 2002 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Biodiversity is an important factor regulating how ecosystems will respond to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, say researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators from several universities. |
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| PSA selects conTeyor packaging and material handling systems to improve operator safety and gain productivity advantages |
01 February 2002 - conTeyor
PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) has selected the conTeyor Multibag System and the conTeyor Adaptapak System for the packaging of the Citroen C5 rear parcel shelf and the steering wheel of the Peugeot 308 and Citroen C3 and C5 models. |
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| Peptide whose absence leads to narcolepsy also might play role in pain aensation |
01 February 2002 - Yale University
A neuropeptide whose loss is believed responsible for narcolepsy, a disease characterized by sudden sleep attacks, also appears to play a role in the modulation of pain sensation, a study by a Yale researcher has found. |
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