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| Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres |
30 December 2003 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive has today published the fifth and final approved code of practice supporting the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002. |
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| Hydro to sell Pronova Biocare |
23 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian industrial company Ferd concerning sale of 80.1% of the wholly owned subsidiary Pronova Biocare. |
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| RenShape® SL Models Aid Surgical Separation of Egyptian Conjoined Twins |
23 December 2003 - Huntsman Advanced Materials
Advanced medical modelling materials and stereolithography (SL) technology have played a key role in the surgical separation of two-year-old conjoined twins at the Children’s Medical Centre in Dallas. |
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| Thinner, stronger heat-resistant parts with new high flow nylon 46
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23 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
A new high-flow Stanyl polyamide 46 (PA46) grade, 46HF4130, is now available from DSM Engineering Plastics.
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| Ashland Casting Solutions Names Cold Box Technology Managers |
22 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Casting Solutions has named three senior product managers to lead the worldwide marketing efforts for its market-leading cold box technology product line. James J. Archibald has assumed the role of Senior Product Manager - Cold Box Resins for Asia; Andrew D. Busby has been named Senior Product Manager - Cold Box Resins for Europe; and Greg Sturtz is Senior Product Manager - Cold Box Resins for North and South America.
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| ARALDITE® ON THE RUN!
Sports bicycles frames bonded with Araldite |
22 December 2003 - Huntsman Araldite
CBT Italia manufacture high performance sports bicycles for professional and amateur riders. In order to reduce cycle weight and improve aerodynamics, CBT use the most advanced manufacturing techniques, including bonding the lightweight carbon fibre and aluminium tube frames with Araldite 420 epoxy adhesive. |
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| Yale researchers develop improved artificial skin |
22 December 2003 - Yale University
Yale researchers have developed a new technique for producing artificial skin that is likely to improve the reliability of overall skin graft performance, especially in recipients with impaired blood vessel development such as diabetics and the elderly. |
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers introduces new high-clarity UDEL Polysulfone
UDEL P-3700 HC |
22 December 2003 - 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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| New device to help premature babies |
22 December 2003 - CSIRO
Australian scientists have invented a simple device that is ready to help thousands of premature babies in third-world countries who suffer from respiratory difficulties, problems that can cause brain damage and blindness. |
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| Renewable energy a smart choice for farmers and ranchers |
22 December 2003 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
For many rural families, the cost of extending a power line to a home or other facility can be time consuming and costly. By using alternative energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass, farmers, ranchers, business owners and homeowners can reduce their utility bills, stabilize electricity supplies and help reduce America's dependence on foreign energy supplies. |
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| Plasma combustion technology could dramatically improve fuel efficiency |
22 December 2003 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Imagine a jet engine able to cleanly burn cheap, plentiful diesel fuel, or a car able to run on gasoline very efficiently and produce practically no emissions. Three Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers are imagining just these things and are embarking on a new experimental roadway that may someday arrive at this reality. |
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| Carnegie Mellon researchers develop safe economical gene delivery system |
21 December 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh will receive $1.02 million over the next four years from the National Institutes of Health to create safer methods for using gene therapy in treating patients. |
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| A new method selectively kills cancer cells, leaves healthy ones intact |
21 December 2003 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Allicin, as the chemical is called, is the substance that gives garlic its distinctive aroma and flavor. For many years, scientists studying allicin have known that it is as toxic as it is pungent. It has been shown to kill not only cancer cells, but the cells of disease-causing microbes, and even healthy human body cells. Fortunately for our body's cells, allicin is highly unstable, and breaks down quickly once ingested. However, the rapid breakdown and undiscriminating toxicity presented twin hurdles to creating an allicin-based therapy. |
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| Unique modular Legio friction stir welding equipment |
19 December 2003 - ESAB Group
With the launch of the LEGIO modular friction stir welding machine concept ESAB is making the FSW process applicable to a much wider industrial base. Use of FSW has hitherto demanded substantial investment in a custom-engineered machine. By contrast, a LEGIO machine is built from standard modules capable of satisfying most applications. The system is capable of welding materials from 1.2 mm thickness to 65 mm thickness from one side. |
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| Marine Sciences Laboratory adopts green power |
19 December 2003 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sequim, Wash., has turned to the garbage dump to power its operations. All of the research facility's electrical energy needs now are met by electricity generated by a plant that uses methane gas from a regional sanitary waste landfill, or green power. |
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| Ormen Lange Subsea Rock Installation contract worth NOK 700 million awarded
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19 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
The Ormen Lange license group today awarded Van Oord ACZ AS a subsea rock installation contract for the years 2004 - 2007 valued at approximately NOK 700 million, including options.
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| Hydro Agri will become Yara |
19 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro Agri will take the name Yara upon the demerger and stock exchange listing planned for March 25, 2004. At the same time Yara will keep the rights to the 'viking ship' for use in their new logo and marketing. |
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| Autotype increases investment in UK manufacturing |
19 December 2003 - Autotype International
Wantage based Autotype, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of high performance films and chemicals, has increased still further its investment in its UK manufacturing facilities, with the installation of a new and innovative web measurement technology. |
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| Husky announces new facility in Luxembourg |
19 December 2003 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced plans to build a new PET mould facility on its Luxembourg manufacturing campus. The new facility is scheduled to open in spring 2006.
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| Largest Prototyping Service in Europe adds FDM |
19 December 2003 - Materialise NV
European leader in rapid prototyping services, Materialise, continuously improves the techniques and materials to tune prototyping solutions to the client's specific desires. |
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| Faster, lower cost glass panel bonding solution for demountable partitions |
19 December 2003 - 3M Europe
Able to be used for both small and large size modules, 3M VHB Acrylic Foam Tape provides a high strength attachment method that allows flush glazed panels to be securely bonded to metal partition frames. |
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| Brain area that regulates emotions is smaller in persons with bipolar disorder |
18 December 2003 - Yale University
A brain scanning study of adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder shows significant decrease in size in the amygdala, a brain structure that governs emotions, a Yale School of Medicine researcher has found. |
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Selection committee nominates Jan Reinås as new Hydro chairperson
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17 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
The selection committee in Norsk Hydro gives a unanimous recommendation that the Corporate Assembly elects Jan Reinås as new chairperson of the board at its meeting on 16 March 2004. |
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| Mexican packaging production facility supports North American customers |
17 December 2003 - conTeyor
conTeyor, the European provider of textile-based packaging and materials handling solutions to automotive OEMs and tiers, has started-up a production facility in Mexico on August 1, 2003. The facility is located at Irapuato, two and a half hours drive North of Mexico City. |
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| Telemetry-based vendor-managed inventory at Boots plc
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17 December 2003 - Distrupol
For the past two years Distrupol has successfully operated a silo telemetry stock management system for two PET-bottle production sites of the UKs leading retail chemist, Boots plc. |
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| EGFR: a molecular lab rat let loose in systems biology |
17 December 2003 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Epidermal growth factor and its receptor system, or EGFR, is well-trodden territory in molecular biology. And it's no wonder. This is one critical community of proteins, responsible for everything from the development of insect eyes and the mouse brain to human heart and skin. When EGFR breaks down, cancer and other diseases crop up. |
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| ASML MaskTools and photronics form strategic alliance for CPL mask making infrastructure |
17 December 2003 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML MaskTools and Photronics, Inc., today announced a strategic alliance to develop a production-ready, mask making infrastructure for ASML MaskTools’ CPL Technology. CPL is a resolution enhancement technique that enables low k1 lithography at advanced technology nodes. |
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| Distrupol gives new meaning to networking with telemetry based vendor managed inventory at Boots plc |
17 December 2003 - Distrupol
As a leading polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, Distrupol is focused on the enhancement of systems that give real advantages to customers. One key, and now proven, advantage is that delivered by its telemetry based vendor managed inventory system. This telemetric system, based on the microwave measurement of polymer stock level in a customer's silo, allows for the automatic replenishment of stock without need of human intervention. |
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| New rectifier in SMA package handles 3 A current load that rreviously required a larger SMC-packaged device |
17 December 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the release of a new series of high-current-density Schottky rectifiers that provide high efficiency and space savings with high forward current ratings in three compact package sizes. |
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| New-generation autonomous helicopter to create new era of human safety |
17 December 2003 - CSIRO
Australian scientists have developed a 'brain', which enables the production of a world-first low-cost, intelligent small helicopter, set to end many difficult and dangerous tasks undertaken by humans. |
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| Improved maps of cities, surrounding areas crucial for decisions addressing climate change |
16 December 2003 - Boston University
Using satellites rather than ships and pixels rather than paper, modern cartographers have pushed both the scope and technology of maps to produce images that move well beyond the simple detailing of boundaries. Today’s map makers produce regional, continental, and global portraits of Earth’s environment, images that detail the use, or abuse, of existing resources and the effects such actions have on populations near and far. |
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| Core module bonding solutions that meet all Smart Card application needs |
16 December 2003 - 3M Europe
The development of smarter and greater data-rich modules has presented the smart card industry with a range of new challenges. Chief among them is the attachment of the micro modules to the broader span of plastic substrates now being exploited by the industry. |
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| Materialise Lights Collection immediately shoots to the top
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16 December 2003 - Materialise NV
Elle Decoration UK January edition 2004 announces:
Lotus.mgx, and Lily.mgx, designed by Freedom Of Creation for Materialise, are placed first in Elle Deco's list of 30 hottest buys of the new year.
'A hit at Milan and then at 100% Design, these lights from Amsterdam duo Freedom Of Creation (FOC) draw 'oohs' of delight from everyone who sees them. A state of the art 3 D printing process means they may look delicate but are reassuringly tough.' |
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| APAC's Memphis business unit awarded $38.6 million Mississippi highway project |
16 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
APAC-Tennessee, Inc. today announced that its Memphis division has been awarded a $38.6 million contract by the Mississippi Department of Transportation for work on Interstate 55. Work is scheduled to begin in March and be completed in December 2006.
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| A world first - Aluminium Tailored Blank |
16 December 2003 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals group, has announced that it is supplying Audi’s new Lamborghini Gallardo with the world’s first production ready aluminium tailor welded blank designed to help the car maker further reduce vehicle body weight and assembly costs. |
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| Solution outperforms existing stretch hood, shrink hood and cardboard |
16 December 2003 - ExxonMobil Chemical Co
ExxonMobil Chemical has developed an advanced, custom-designed, co-extrusion packaging solution, Nexxstar™ resin structures, which presents considerable benefits for converters and end-users. The first of this new family of resin structures, the Nexxstar stretch hood, offers cost benefits, outstanding toughness and exceptional optical properties for end-of-line packaging applications compared with current packaging options. |
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| Natural killer T cells are responsible for skin allergies |
15 December 2003 - Yale University
Yale researchers have found that natural killer T cells, a combination of T lymphocytes and natural killer cells, are involved in the formation of skin allergies such as poison ivy and contact sensitivity to chemicals and metals like nickel in jewelry. |
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| Importance of cilia in inherited kidney disease a focus of Yale researchers |
15 December 2003 - Yale University
Identification of a genetic alteration of the cilium on kidney tubule cells leads to the cause of a common and devastating kidney disease, according to Yale researchers presenting their work at a recent meeting of the American Society of Nephrologists in San Diego, in a symposium entitled 'Cilia: A Neglected Organelle' and in other reports. |
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| Sandvik Materials Technology enters ribbon market for braided catheters
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15 December 2003 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Recent investment in improved manufacturing processes have enabled Kanthal Palm Coast, a Sandvik Materials Technology company to enter the braided catheter market as a supplier of stainless steel, catheter braiding wire in both fine round wire sizes as well as ribbon wire and in a wide variety of Sandvik Bioline stainless grades.
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| Salewa's new lightweight touring binding uses DuPont engineering polymers
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15 December 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Salewa GmbH of Munich chose two DuPont engineering polymers, DuPont™ Delrin® acetal resin and Zytel® nylon, for nine functional parts of the new lightweight touring ski-binding in its Silvretta range, named the ‘pure’.
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| New, safer wrist guard for snowboarders is based on Hytrel® |
15 December 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
French inventor and medical doctor, Dr Marc-Hervé Binet, has introduced a new, effective wrist guard for snowboarders that is based on the strong but flexible properties of DuPont™ Hytrel® thermoplastic polyester elastomer.
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| Borouge developing into world scale petrochemical complex |
15 December 2003 - Borealis A/S
Borouge, Borealis’ joint venture with ADNOC, is expanding its existing Borstar capacity and studying further expansion to form a world scale petrochemical complex at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the UAE. |
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| New grade of PBT designed for automotive gear housings |
15 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
DSM Engineering Plastics has introduced a new grade of Arnite polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) designed for automotive gear housings. |
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| Gene identified as orchestrator of crucial step in formation of the nervous system |
15 December 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
Scientists have determined that a single gene’s activity is enough to cause changes in embryo cells that are needed to form a normal brain and spinal cord, an event whose disruption leads to birth defects such as spina bifida. |
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| Researchers identify key player in respiratory memory |
15 December 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
By studying the 'memory' of the respiratory system, a group of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified a key player, a protein called BDNF that's involved in learning, responsible for the body's ability to keep breathing properly, despite the challenges it may face. |
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| Polymer Group, Inc. announces plans to build new plant in Shanghai, China |
14 December 2003 - Polymer Group Inc
Polymer Group, Inc. announced plans to install a state-of- the-art Reifenhauser spunmelt line at a new facility to be located near Shanghai, China. This new plant will serve the medical and hygiene markets and will double PGI's presence in Asia and further the company's position as the premier spunmelt producer in this market. |
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| Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis seen as way to make hospital safer for Grady patients |
13 December 2003 - Emory University
An Emory University School of Medicine hospitalist at Grady Memorial Hospital has helped develop and implement clinical guidelines for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, a protective treatment that helps prevent blood clots from forming. The guidelines, which were initiated by the Emory School of Medicine at Grady in an attempt to provide high quality patient care, are intended to help prevent VTE among hospitalized medical patients at Grady. |
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| Researcher develops intelligent technology that Automatically enhances underexposed photographs |
12 December 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher Vladimir Brajovic has developed a tool that automatically improves the appearance of darkened or underexposed photographs by digitally adding light to dark areas. |
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| Pest control breakthrough, from a spider's stomach |
12 December 2003 - Cardiff University
DNA found in a spider’s stomach could herald a breakthrough in the fight against farm pests, which cause millions of pounds of damage to crops. Cardiff University scientists, led by Dr Bill Symondson in the School of Biosciences, have become the first to use DNA-based techniques to analyse the content of spiders’ guts to identify the prey they have eaten in the field. |
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| New plastics that resemble PVC, without chlorine |
12 December 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Even non-chemists know at least the abbreviations of those nasty substances: DDT is a highly persistent insecticide, CFCs used as propellants and refrigerants destroy atmospheric ozone, and PVC stands for plastics often regarded with suspicion. |
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| DSM Coating Resins expands capacity for Uradil water-borne alkyds |
12 December 2003 - DSM Coating Resins
To fulfil the increasing demands for more environment-friendly paint systems, DSM Coating Resins is investing in a new reactor dedicated exclusively to the production of its Uradil range of water-borne alkyds. The new reactor will be built at their Swedish production site in Landskrona and will be operational in early 2004. |
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| Distrupol to distribute masterbatches and colour compounds from Matrix Plastics in the Benelux |
11 December 2003 - Distrupol
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, is to undertake the distribution in the Benelux of the masterbatches and colour compounds produced by Matrix Plastics Ltd. |
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| Protecting ambulance staff |
11 December 2003 - HSE InfoLine
Ambulance crews are among the most likely public service workers to suffer injury through lifting and handling or as a result of aggression and violence. |
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| Norsk Hydro and WINGAS set up joint venture |
11 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian energy, aluminium and chemicals group, and the German gas transportation and supply company, WINGAS GmbH, have decided to set up a joint venture for the marketing and sales of natural gas in the UK.
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| Hydro rebrands to signal company change
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11 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro presented its new logo at the annual Capital Markets Day today, a new symbol to reflect major changes in the company. |
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| Announcements on Capital Markets Day |
11 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
For Hydro, the past year has been characterized by important strategic decisions and the sound development of the company's operations. Dedicated efforts to boost productivity and improve cost positions have produced good results, which mean that Hydro expects to meet its profitability targets for 2003. |
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| Vishay semiconductors announces 115 kbit/s infrared transceiver with 1.9-mm height |
11 December 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Broadening its offerings in the infrared data transmission market, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the availability of the industry's smallest footprint serial infrared transceiver for short-distance, wireless communication. |
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| Distrupol to distribute masterbatches and colour compounds from Matrix Plastics in the Benelux |
11 December 2003 - Distrupol
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and a leading European polymer distributor, technical service provider and application development partner, is to undertake the distribution in the Benelux of the masterbatches and colour compounds produced by Matrix Plastics Ltd. Matrix Plastics Ltd., one of the largest independent manufacturers of masterbatches in the United Kingdom, already has several customers in the region. Through the collaboration with Distrupol, Matrix Plastics will gain wider access to this important market through Distrupol's existing Benelux customer network. Additionally, their existing customers will benefit from the local technical and application development support provided by Distrupol. |
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| Microcomponent specialist creates growth |
11 December 2003 - Tecan
In the first year since opening its dedicated £2 million microstructures facility, Dorset based electroforming specialist, Tecan has realised significant interest in its ability to produce highly-accurate micro parts at low cost for a wide range of new-generation applications in electronics, aerospace, medical, optics and micro-engineering. In establishing the division the company has discovered that microcomponents and microreplication represent two major areas of growth. |
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| BOC launches Scientific brand |
11 December 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC has unveiled a new business brand to meet the needs of the global scientific community in a market worth more than £700 million. BOC Scientific brings together an existing product range of certified calibration gas mixtures, instrumentation gases and gas control equipment for analytical applications. |
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| Rapid ID system separates wheat from the chaff |
11 December 2003 - CSIRO
CSIRO Plant Industry has developed a simple high-throughput testing system that accurately identifies wheat and barley varieties. 'Accurate identification of wheat and barley varieties provides assurance of quality for products that require different grain characteristics, like bread, noodles and beer,' says Dr Kevin Gale, CSIRO Plant Industry. |
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| Polymer Group, Inc.'s Bonlam Operation ; completed installation of multiple-beam spunbond line |
10 December 2003 - Polymer Group Inc
This new line will be dedicated to the hygiene market and will double the capacity available to serve customers out of the site in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The addition of this line gives PGI's Bonlam operation the ability to produce material that will satisfy the highest hygiene standards in the industry. |
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| NASA and DOE lab team on fuel cell research |
10 December 2003 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and NASA's Glenn Research Center have agreed to collaborate in solving one of the toughest technical challenges to the development of advanced solid oxide fuel cells. The two research organizations have signed a Space Act Agreement to team in the development of sealing technologies for the stacks of solid oxide fuel cells. |
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| New TrenchFET Gen II Power MOSFETs for synchronous buck converters |
10 December 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Two new devices that bring the ultra-low on-resistance of high-density TrenchFET Gen II technology to Qg/PWM-optimized MOSFETs were announced today by Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, In. |
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| Hydro Aluminium to build Precision Tubing plant in China
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10 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro Aluminium will construct its first wholly owned automotive components plant in China to better serve customers in the country’s growing automotive market.
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| Rainfall may affect geological structure of Pacific Northwest mountain range |
10 December 2003 - Yale University
Heavy rainfall causes both higher surface erosion rate and upheaval of underlying bedrock in the Washington Cascades mountain range of the Pacific Northwest, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. |
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| DSM Engineering Plastics opens first research and technical centre in China |
10 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
DSM Engineering Plastics is opening a new research and technology centre in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China. |
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| DSM aims to grow its engineering plastics business in Asia |
10 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
Over the next five years, the main strategic cornerstone of global growth for DSM Engineering Plastics is forecasted to be Asia. |
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| DSM Engineering Plastics expands production capacity |
10 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
In direct response to increased demand for its engineering plastics, DSM Engineering Plastics, a business group within DSM Performance Materials, has increased the capacity of its compounding facility in China.
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| Akulon Ultraflow used in new generation of vacuum cleaner E-motors
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10 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
Bosch und Siemens-Hausgeräte has selected Akulon Ultraflow for key parts of the E-Motors in their new generation vacuum cleaners. Akulon Ultraflow was recently introduced by DSM Engineering Plastics.
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| Leading Italian screen printers win first prize with Autotype films |
10 December 2003 - Autotype International
The leading Italian screen print company, Serigrafia Formiginese, has won first prize in the Industrial Screen Print category of the prestigious Silver Screen Awards at the recent international Visual Communications 2003 show in Milan.
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| Ashland Inc. names Johnson vice president, communications and corporate affairs |
10 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. Chairman and CEO Jim O'Brien announced today that Martha C. Johnson has been named vice president, communications and corporate affairs, effective Jan. 1, 2004. She will report to O'Brien and succeeds J. Dan Lacy who will retire on that date with 28 years of service.
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| Clinical trial for patients with lung cancer and brain metastases |
09 December 2003 - Yale University
A clinical trial testing a new medication and whole brain radiation therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer and brain metastases is underway at Yale School of Medicine. |
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| Vision system automates analysis of bee activity for insight into biologically inspired robot design |
09 December 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
The animal movement analysis system is part of the BioTracking Project, an effort conducted by Georgia Institute of Technology robotics researchers led by Tucker Balch, an assistant professor of computing. 'We believe the language of behavior is common between robots and animals,' Balch said. 'That means, potentially, that we could videotape ants for a long period of time, learn their 'program' and run it on a robot.' |
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| Reducing the risks of GM micro-organisms |
09 December 2003 - Society for General Microbiology
Scientists have developed a system to increase the safety of genetically modified microbes for release into the environment. Release of GM micro-organisms is a cause of great concern to many, because the microbes could pass on genes for disease or other harmful traits to others. But, a team of researchers from Spain and Germany believes that it is possible to reduce this risk. |
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| Astronomers re-measure the universe using Hubble Space Telescope |
09 December 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin astronomers are using the Hubble Space Telescope to improve measurements of vast distances in space, which could greatly increase the accuracy of knowledge in all areas of astronomy from understanding how stars evolve to the size and age of the universe itself. |
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| Living in two worlds, Second-generation children of foreigners |
09 December 2003 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Integrating young people of foreign origin growing up in Austria is the issue being focused on in a current study at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Vienna. A paramount aspect in this debate is young people caught between the cultures of their parental houses and Austria. By supporting this study, FWF Austrian Science Fund proves once again how committed it is to the social sciences. |
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| Light factories: going one better than nature |
09 December 2003 - CSIRO
Researchers are attempting to perfect photosynthesis, a process pioneered by plants and bacteria, in an ambitious scheme to generate new foods, fabrics and even electricity, sustainably. |
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| Thinkage and Georgia Tech developing non-contact core temperature sensor for ready-to-eat food |
09 December 2003 - BOC Gases
Thinkage and the Georgia Tech Research Institute are working together to develop a non-contact, core temperature sensor for use in preparing and processing ready-to-eat food products. |
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| Greater response seen when scolds, bad words are heard in native language |
09 December 2003 - Boston University
Say that to a colleague and you may see a brief widening of the eyes or a sharp turn of the head. If so, there may be more than just the element of surprise at work. It is quite likely, according to research reported by Catherine Harris, an associate professor of psychology at Boston University, your colleague is a native English speaker and you have struck a chord that resonates with early language memories. |
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| High stress life may take toll on longevity |
09 December 2003 - University of Chicago
A new study raises the prospect that shy people might die younger than extroverts. As many as 15% of children are thought to suffer from neophobia, a fear of novel but non-threatening situations such as meeting a stranger or entering a new room. |
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| Research generates reliable energy source during outages |
08 December 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
As utility companies search for ways to avoid blackouts, like the one that shut down the northeastern corner of the United States last summer, one idea comes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| New generation of copper-free welding wires from ESAB |
08 December 2003 - ESAB Group
ESAB has introduced OK AristoRod, a new family of solid copper-free MAG welding wires that enables fabricators to get the best out of their welding stations, whether they are semi-automatic, mechanised or robotised. |
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| Storage and control of dangerous substances must be taken seriously |
08 December 2003 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning on the importance of safe storage and control of dangerous substances following the conclusion of a court case last week. |
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| Committing to environmental education |
08 December 2003 - SSAB Oxelosund
More than 2000 employees at SSAB Oxelösund AB have been educated in external environment. |
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| Students at SSAB Oxelösund |
08 December 2003 - SSAB Oxelosund
During this past fall we have welcomed many students from different schools in the region here at SSAB Oxelösund.
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| TechSupport: free service to all customers |
08 December 2003 - SSAB Oxelosund
TechSupport gives technical support to customers via phone and e-mail. Tips and tricks are provided on issues like bending, welding, drilling, machining, fatigue, design and choice of material. |
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| Test-launch of WELDOX 800 |
08 December 2003 - SSAB Oxelosund
SSAB Oxelösund now test-launch WELDOX 800: a structural steel with 800 Mpa strength. The steel is initially offered to selected test-customers only. |
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| Dow Corning announces increase in silanes capacity |
08 December 2003 - Dow Corning Silanes
Dow Corning Corporation has announced it has increased production of its broad range of silane coupling agents by more than 40 percent to better satisfy customer demand. |
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| New X2 interference suppression film capacitors feature capacitance values
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07 December 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the release of a new series of compact, lead (Pb)-free electromagnetic interference suppression film capacitors that combine a wide range of capacitance values with pitch sizes down to 7.5 mm. Ideal for filters, power supplies, and mains applications, capacitors in the Vishay BCcomponents 339 X2 series have IEC 60384-14 (2nd edition) and EN 132400 approvals for X2 suppression. |
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| The sky´s the limit, a dilute Aqueous Ethanol Reference Material to meet new legislation |
05 December 2003 - LGC
LGC Promochem has released a new forensic ethanol reference material in rapid response to recent legislation. Legislation lowering the blood alcohol limit for air traffic controllers and active aircrew to a quarter of the drink drive limit recently passed into law in the UK. This law now brings the UK into line with other EU countries. |
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| Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave hunters |
05 December 2003 - CSIRO
A discovery made with CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia may have brought forward the day when astronomers will directly detect cosmic gravity waves for the first time. |
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| Vernon to Drive Expansion into Emerging Markets |
05 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Casting Solutions announced that Philip Vernon has been named to the role of Commercial Director - Emerging Markets. In this new role, Vernon is charged with expanding Ashland's business into the developing metal casting markets of India, South Africa, Russia and the Ukraine. |
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| Packaging solutions with PA6 barrier and olefin adhesive films |
05 December 2003 - 0000 Dummy Company
DSM Engineering Plastics brings a unique offering to the European multi-layer packaging film market: a pairing of Akulon polyamide 6 (PA6) for barrier film with Yparex olefin-based extrudable adhesive resins for film extrusion.
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| Predicted deaths from mesothelioma |
05 December 2003 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive today published updated statistics predicting the future numbers of people likely to die in Britain as a result of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by asbestos. |
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| Proposed new work at height regulations |
04 December 2003 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission is seeking views from industry, unions and workers on draft work at height regulations and guidance, opening a four-month formal consultation period today. |
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| Standalone 4U RAID subsystem from Advantech offers a high-performance |
04 December 2003 - Advantech UK
Advantech is introducing a new standalone subsystem, the RAID-6100U3, that provides high-density, scalable solutions for centralised data storage. Compatible with any standard Ultra Wide/Ultra2/Ultra 160 SCSI adapter card, the 4U system offers plenty of flexibility for users to implement CT and networking applications with numerous configurations, with the assurance of the highest degree of access to data. |
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| Arctic Cat Mountain Snowmobiles to Feature Titanium Springs Using Dynamet UPG™ Beta Material |
04 December 2003 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
UPG™ (Ultimate Performance Grade) Beta titanium material made by Dynamet Incorporated will be used in the drive clutch, torsion and suspension springs on the 2004 Arctic Cat King Cat mountain snowmobiles - believed to be the first time that titanium springs will be standard on a manufacturer's original equipment snowmobile. The springs are being manufactured by Renton Coil Spring Company (RCS), in Renton, Wash. |
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| Ormen Lange PDO and Langeled PIO submitted to the Ministry |
04 December 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro – with unanimous participant support in the Ormen Lange license and the Langeled Joint Venture – has submitted the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for field development and the Plan for Installation and Operation (PIO) for the transport system to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. |
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| Ashland Inc. names Murphy vice president, Environmental, Health & Safety |
04 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. chairman and CEO Jim O'Brien announced today that Karen T. Murphy has been named vice president, Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S), effective Dec. 31. |
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| Eastman sells Accurate Dispersions to Sherwin-Williams |
04 December 2003 - Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman Chemical Company has sold its Accurate Dispersions’ colourants product lines and related assets to The Sherwin-Williams Company. |
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| Los Alamos instruments capturing the sun |
04 December 2003 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
NASA's Genesis mission swings into full gear today as its instruments, three of which were designed and built by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, begin capturing particles from the sun. |
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| Rodel solidifies position in direct STI slurry market with new Celexis slurry |
03 December 2003 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rodel, Inc., a leader and innovator in polishing technology for the global semiconductor industry, today introduced Celexis slurry for direct shallow trench isolation, reinforcing the company's position in the STI slurry market. Celexis slurry is a high selectivity, low defectivity slurry that provides excellent planarization and clearing. |
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| New water technology list acknowledges performance of ABB electromagnetic flowmeters |
03 December 2003 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
Electromagnetic flowmetering equipment from ABB Limited has been included in a new list of water technology aimed at promoting better control of water quality and consumption throughout industry. Four flowmeter models have been added to the Water Technology List under the category of 'meters and monitoring equipment'.
The flowmeters added to the list are the AquaProbe, available in battery and mains powered versions, and the MagMaster and MagMaster LoFlo. All are manufactured by ABB in the UK and use the latest technology to enable accurate measurement across a wide range of flows, making them ideal for water metering applications. |
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| New motor parts from ABB help children walk again |
03 December 2003 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
Motor stators, supplied by ABB to a pioneering research team working at the University College London, are helping children to walk again. The children being treated at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, who have lost part of their leg bones after suffering from bone cancer, are being helped with a revolutionary new procedure that eliminates the need for years of painful surgery. |
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| Women who choose to abort an unintended first pregnancy have a significantly higher risk for generalized anxiety |
03 December 2003 - University of Texas at Austin
“Women who aborted were 34 percent more likely to report symptoms associated with generalized anxiety disorder, a condition marked by excessive and uncontrollable worry,” Cougle said. “These results were found after statistically removing the effects of race, age and periods of anxiety prior to their first pregnancy event. When only unmarried women were examined, those who aborted still had significantly higher rates of subsequent anxiety, suggesting indirectly that marriage as a form of social support may not necessarily buffer the effects of abortion.” |
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| TSMC selects ASML for industry's first immersion tool order |
03 December 2003 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML Holding NV today announced it received the industry’s first order for an immersion lithography system from long-term partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. The new tool, ASML’s TWINSCAN XT:1250i, is a high productivity, immersion scanner for production applications. |
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| ASML introduces industry’s first immersion lithography tool |
03 December 2003 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML Holding NV today announced the industry’s first immersion lithography system, the TWINSCAN XT:1250i, a 0.85 NA, 193 nm pre-production lithography scanner that combines the improved depth of focus of immersion tools with the precision of “dry” lithography systems. |
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| New anti-reflective anti-glare Autotype film inspired by moths for flat panel displays |
03 December 2003 - Autotype International
Autotype, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of film and chemical products, has launched a revolutionary new anti-reflective, anti-glare film that has been inspired from detailed research into the eye structure of night flying moths. |
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| Multi-cavity mould system delivers assembly parts productivity |
03 December 2003 - Axxicon Mould Technology
Axxicon Mould Technology has developed a multi-cavity mould system capable of producing parts that would normally require several finishing operations – eliminating the need for expensive and space consuming assembly lines. |
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| Cabot Corporation and GE Plastics plan to develop Lexan Thermoclear sheet with Nanogel translucent aerogel |
02 December 2003 - Cabot Corporation
Cabot Corporation intends to work with GE Structured Products to jointly market a LEXAN THERMOCLEAR multi-wall sheet filled with NANOGEL Translucent aerogel. |
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| Ashland Inc. consolidates financial functions |
02 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. announced today it is consolidating additional financial functions under Daniel B. Huffman, according to J. Marvin Quin, Ashland Inc. senior vice president and chief financial officer. The changes will be effective immediately.
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| Winner of the DuPont Safety Resources' European Award 2003 announced
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02 December 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Deutsche Post World Net has won the DuPont Safety Resources’ European Award 2003 for its accident prevention programme on the safe hitching of trailers to trucks. |
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| New light-weight CD & DVD mailer made with DuPont™Tyvek® receives certification from Deutsche Post
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02 December 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
A new light-weight mailer, named FlatMail® and made with DuPont™Tyvek®, which provides complete protection for its contents whilst allowing the sender to pay the minimum postage rate, has been certified for the mailing of unboxed CD or DVD’s by the German post office.
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| Studies question economics of anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs |
02 December 2003 - Yale University
Two Yale studies question the economics of medications in the two most widely prescribed and costly classes of psychiatric medications. One study found that a new and more expensive anti-psychotic drug is not more effective than a less costly, older one, and the second study found that industry-associated economic studies of antidepressants favor the companies' new drugs when determining costs and cost-effectiveness. |
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| Strategic European alliance between POLYTEC and OMETRON |
02 December 2003 - POLYTEC GMBH
In a move designed to secure their position as the market leaders in laser vibrometry, Polytec GmbH and Image Automation Ltd. (Ometron) are now co-ordinating their approach to the laser vibrometry market. The activities of Polytec GmbH and Ometron Ltd. will be united within Polytec's holding company, Polytec GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| Brookhaven Lab and SUNY Stony Brook researchers link a High from drugs to brain biochemistry |
02 December 2003 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook have gained new insight into the biochemistry of the reward circuits in the brain that are related to drug addiction. |
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| New 50kN test machine packs a powerful punch |
01 December 2003 - Lloyd Instruments
Another powerful universal testing machine aimed at mid-range force testing applications has just been launched by Lloyd Instruments. The LR50KPlus materials testing system is the latest addition to the acclaimed Plus range that offers all the benefits of simple operation, result accuracy, and flexible control with the company's advanced NEXYGEN MT control software. |
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| Brain study shows some animals crave exercise |
01 December 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Like junkies without drugs, mice without running wheels crave what they lack, suggesting that some animals can develop an addiction for exercise, report scientists in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience. |
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| FlightSafety International, Inc. selects Moog Inc. as its motion base supplier |
01 December 2003 - Moog Controls
FlightSafety International, Inc., has selected Moog Inc. to provide the electric motion bases and electro-mechanical actuators for its flight simulators. Moog is the designated supplier for the 60 in. stroke 6 Degrees of Freedom motion bases and electric control loading actuators. |
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| Yale scientists report evolution preserved in Pseudogenes |
01 December 2003 - Yale University
Yale scientists, using a computational approach, have found approximately 10,000 gene-like sequences or 'pseudogenes' in the human genome. Their work is reported in the current issue of Genome Research. |
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| New Presidents for SSAB´s Steel Operations |
01 December 2003 - SSAB
Anders Werme has been appointed President for SSAB Tunnplåt. Anders Werme is at present President of SSAB Oxelösund and he will succeed Curt Johansson who retires.
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| New look at layered material lends insight to silicon |
01 December 2003 - Ohio State University
Engineers at Ohio State University and their colleagues have taken an unprecedented look at the interface between layers of silicon and other materials in electronic devices. |
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| APAC reopens Naples quarry, resumes aggregate production to serve South Florida |
01 December 2003 - Ashland Inc
In response to a rebound in aggregate demand, the Southern Florida division of APAC-Southeast, Inc. is reopening its Golden Gate quarry in Naples, which will allow the business unit to restart its aggregate plant after being mothballed for a year.
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| BP consolidates its relationship with Distrupol formalizing sole distributorship of its polystyrenes |
01 December 2003 - Distrupol
Distrupol has been appointed sole distributor for BP polystyrene in the UK and Ireland, marketed under the Empera brand. |
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| Nylon 46 gives better wear resistance in tensioners
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01 December 2003 - DSM Engineering Plastics
Mark IV Automotive, a division of Dayco Products LLC, one of the world’s leading producers of complete power transmission systems, has switched from a lubricated nylon to Stanyl polyamide 46 for better wear resistance in its tensioners.
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