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| The future of Manufacturing – 'Made in China' collection a contemplation by gabriele-pezzini with the support of DSM Somos®
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31 March 2003 - DSM Somos
In occasion of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano (April 9-14, 2003), DSM Somos® (www.dsmsomos.com) will present the show “The future of manufacturing – 'Made in China' collection”. |
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| Chemo-resistant ovarian cancer cells can be destroyed |
31 March 2003 - Yale University
Yale School of Medicine researchers today released laboratory based data identifying significant new signaling pathways for ovarian cancer and have found that drugs can be used to successfully alter signals to induce cancer cell death. |
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| A new ultra-compact, leadless package that provides space savings of 25% |
31 March 2003 - Vishay Electronic
A new ultra-compact, leadless package that provides space savings of 25% compared to the SOT363 package and as much as 60% compared to the SOT23-6L was introduced today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. with the release of the first two ESD protection arrays in the new LLP75 package. |
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| ABB launches feature-packed large screen videographic recorder |
31 March 2003 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
ABB's new large screen Inform IT SM3000 multipoint videographic recorder offers one of the widest range of security, recording and display features available in a single unit. Fully compliant with the Food and Drug Administration 21 CFR Part 11 regulations concerning electronic process data collection, the SM3000 is ideal for pharmaceutical, food and beverage, water treatment and power applications requiring an advanced multipoint paperless recorder. |
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| Carnegie Mellon researchers develop new delivery system for gene therapy |
31 March 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new system to improve the delivery of genes, which could have the potential cure for several genetically transmitted diseases. Under the direction of Prashant Kumta, a professor of materials science, engineering and biomedical engineering, researchers are creating nano-particles capable of delivering DNA-based therapies for potential use in a variety of cancers and several genetic diseases. |
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| Brookhaven Lab joins an alliance to perform research that may lead to improved oilseed crops |
31 March 2003 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
As a member of the Oilseed Engineering Alliance, the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory will carry out basic research that may enhance the quantity and quality of oils in several crops, such as soybean, canola and sunflower crops. |
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| Growth factor shows promise in Parkinson’s patients |
30 March 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
By pumping a potent growth factor directly into the human brain, an international team of scientists and surgeons has demonstrated significant remediation of the debilitating symptoms of patients with Parkinson's disease. |
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| SUPER YACHT MADE WITH RENPASTE™ |
30 March 2003 - Huntsman Advanced Materials
Components of an exceptionally long single mast super yacht have been built in
Barcelona using RenPaste modelling materials from RenShape® Solutions |
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| Araldite Bonds Critical Electronics Housing on S-Bahn Trains |
30 March 2003 - Huntsman Araldite
Vantico’s two component epoxy adhesive Araldite® AW2101/HW2951 is being used
to bond critical SMC components housing vital electronics systems, on urban train
carriages used by Germany’s S-Bahn railway system in Berlin. |
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| Modern product development is increasingly taking place within virtual environments |
29 March 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Modern product development is increasingly taking place within virtual environments. The keywords are rapid prototyping, rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing. Behind them lie various technologies that speed up the manufacture of prototypes and functional parts, particularly in low-volume batches. |
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| Distrupol's technical skills and service open new doors |
28 March 2003 - Distrupol
Allgood, the UK's leading architectural ironmonger, is introducing the building industry's first door latch featuring an all-plastic operating mechanism. The latch relies exclusively on four grades of engineering polymers, manufactured by DuPont and distributed in the UK by Distrupol. It uses three Zytel nylon resins and one Delrin acetal resin, with only the outer casing being made of metal. Lutterworth based Dudley Associates produced the mouldings for the latch. |
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| Corus invests in additional steel blanking line to help meet 100% supply contract for Mayflower Vehicle Systems |
28 March 2003 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that it is installing an additional multi-strand blanking line in order to help meet increased demand, which includes a contract to supply Mayflower Vehicle Systems with 100 per cent of its skin panel blank requirements.
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| Georgia Tech fights cancer with Relay for Life |
28 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
More than 1,000 Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff will help raise money for the American Cancer Society by running in a 12-hour, overnight relay race beginning on Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 7PM and ending on Sunday, March 30 at 7AM. The race will take place at the Student Athletic Center fields on Ferst Drive and Sixth St. on the Tech campus. |
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| New In-Mould films from Autotype cut automotive product costs |
28 March 2003 - Autotype International
Autotype International Ltd has launched a new family of hardcoated films designed to meet the growing plastic component demands of the automotive industry, while helping to reduce both costs and lead times. |
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| New technique allows polymer processing of key solid-state fluorescent material
Less expensive OLED devices |
27 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
By chemically attaching a difficult-to-process solid-state fluorescent material to a universal polymer backbone, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built what may be a foundation for a new generation of optoelectronic display devices based on inexpensive organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). |
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| Tech/Emory biomedical engineer develops improved biosensor for gene detection |
27 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
An improved version of a nanoscale gene-detection tool called a 'molecular beacon' could eventually help scientists and physicians locate intracellular molecular markers that signal the development of cancer or other diseases. Gang Bao, PhD, an associate professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, has developed 'dual-FRET' molecular beacons that form a more sensitive and more effective probe than other gene detectors such as northern blotting developed in the past. Dr. Bao presented his research at the 225th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans on March 26. |
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| Non-toxic anti-fouling coating for ships |
27 March 2003 - Cornell University
The fouling of ships' hulls, whether by barnacles and seaweed or by slime-creating bacteria, is a major problem for shipping worldwide, and particularly for navies. It has been estimated, for example, that fouling of hulls can create such turbulence as a ship moves through the water that fuel consumption is increased by as much as 30 percent. Traditionally major users of ships, like the U.S. Navy, have attempted to resist fouling by painting hulls with paints containing copper or triorganotin, a tin-based compound. But these paints are highly toxic and can leach into the water, killing marine life. That's why their use increasingly is being prohibited. |
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| Contract award for production drilling services on Hydro-operated installations |
27 March 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro, on behalf of the respective license groups, has awarded a contract to Prosafe Drilling Services AS for production drilling services on six of the platforms Hydro operates in the Norwegian offshore sector. The contract - during the initial period - has an estimated value of NOK 1.3 billion. |
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| Corus commissions new aluminium production line to meet growing demand from carmakers |
27 March 2003 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has officially commissioned its new Continuous Annealing and Pre-treatment (CAPL) line, which has been specifically designed for the process and production of high-quality aluminium coil for use in the automotive industry. |
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| ESAB's auto-dark helmets give welders radiation protection |
27 March 2003 - ESAB Group
When arc welding, the operative can suffer dangerous injuries to the eyes and skin if not properly shielded from the harmful infrared and ultraviolet radiation that is generated in the process. To give full face protection against these damaging rays under all conditions, ESAB has now developed a range of helmets using the latest auto-darkening lens technology. |
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| Needle and thread molecules connecting materials in new ways |
26 March 2003 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Determining details of attraction in mechanically-linked molecules allows chemists to fine-tune shapes, capabilities of supramolecules for improved and new polymers
Blacksburg, Va., March 26, 2003 -- Virginia Tech chemistry professor H.W. Gibson and his students have been able to take advantage of self assembly to create new chemical structures from mechanically-linked molecules. Gibson will give an invited talk in the Division of Polymer Chemistry at the 225th national meeting of the American Chemical Society March 23-27 in New Orleans. |
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| New literature bonanza from interactive web site |
26 March 2003 - Tecan
For over three decades, Dorset based Tecan has built an unsurpassed global reputation in the provision of RFI screening, solder paste stencils, photo-etching and electroforming to produce high-accuracy micro-specification and micro-size metal parts. A wealth of data is now available across these application areas from the company's new interactive web site, in the form of quick and easy to download PDF files, from your own PC / printer. |
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| Corus invests in additional steel blanking line to help meet 100% supply contract for Mayflower Vehicle Systems |
26 March 2003 - Corus
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that it is installing an additional multi-strand blanking line in order to help meet increased demand, which includes a contract to supply Mayflower Vehicle Systems with 100 per cent of its skin panel blank requirements. Installation of the new line, which represents a £250,000 investment at the company's specialist Automotive Service Centre in Wolverhampton, is expected to be complete by mid April. |
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| Improved molecular beacons show promise for cancer detection, rapid viral diagnosis |
26 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Believed to be the first technique for imaging RNA in living cells, a new class of beacons under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University also has potential applications in the rapid diagnosis of viral infections, as well as drug discovery and pharmacogenomics. Their ability to rapidly detect viruses makes the beacons potentially valuable in the battle against bio-terrorism. |
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| Viscoelastic biadhesive helps reduce railway noise pollution |
26 March 2003 - 3M Europe
Increasingly stringent rules governing noise emissions led Lucchini Sidermeccanica, a leading Italian manufacturer of railway products, to investigate how the noise generated by rolling stock could be reduced. The company’s research was focused on wheelsets as these had already been identified as the main source of noise from trains.
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| Researchers identify obesity as new risk factor for lowered cognitive function |
26 March 2003 - Boston University
list of risk factors that contribute to cognitive deficit should now include obesity, according to research reported by Merrill Elias, research professor of epidemiology at Boston University, in the February 2003 International Journal of Obesity. |
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| Computer aided drug discovery |
26 March 2003 - CSIRO
CSIRO scientists have developed a powerful software modelling tool, MolSAR , which has the potential to reduce drug development costs by up to $50 million per drug. |
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| New tools for cancer diagnosis |
25 March 2003 - CSIRO
Scientists have developed powerful statistical methods that may lead to improved diagnosis and ultimately, better treatment of cancers. CSIRO Bioinformatics, a spin-off company from CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, will highlight this alongside other CSIRO technology at the Commercialisation Forum & Fair of Ideas on 26th -28th March at Darling Harbour, Sydney. |
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| EMC`s Havana, Illinois, drinking water facility wins taste test; heads for nationals |
25 March 2003 - BOC Gases
How good does your tap water taste?
Residents of Havana, Ill., are hoping their water, which just won in a state-wide taste-test, will be able to hold its own in a national competition on April 8. |
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| Carnegie Mellon University chemists create versatile polymer brushes |
25 March 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Carnegie Mellon University scientists are creating molecularly engineered polymer brushes using a revolutionary catalytic polymerization procedure developed in their laboratory. These nanoscale brushes have numerous potential applications in a number of fields, including medicine, computers and environmental engineering, according to Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon and director of the Center for Macromolecular Engineering at the Mellon College of Science. |
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| Porous ceramic can sort proteins magnetically |
24 March 2003 - Cornell University
In recent years chemists and materials scientists have enthusiastically searched for ways to make materials with nanoscale pores -- channels comparable in size to organic molecules -- that could be used, among other things, to separate proteins by size. Recently Cornell University researchers developed a method to 'self-assemble' such structures by using organic polymers to guide the formation of ceramic structures. |
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| Chemical force microscopy chooses right materials for new nanocomposites |
24 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Light, conductive and nearly as strong as steel, carbon nanotubes are being combined with lightweight polymers to produce composite materials with properties attractive for use on future space vehicles. But choosing the right polymer for optimal mechanical performance at the nanometer scale requires a lengthy trial-and-error process. |
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| Los Alamos flips the mercury 'off' switch |
24 March 2003 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
With new technology, mercury can be practically erased from the typical laboratory setting, reducing and even eliminating the environmental and health hazards, according to researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
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| BOC launches new gas to end misery of leaky air conditioning systems |
24 March 2003 - BOC Gases
Leaks in the air conditioning system of cars in the UK, previously undetectable by the human eye, are now a thing of the past thanks to BOC. BOC, together with US company Honeywell, have launched a new refrigerant gas in the UK, Honeywell R-134aUV. The gas, which includes an ultraviolet dye so that mechanics can pinpoint leaks faster and easier, will help reduce refrigerant leakage into the atmosphere. Under the 1990 Environmental Protection Act the deliberate release of refrigerant gases into the atmosphere is illegal. |
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| Matrox Parhelia graphics card and Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7 radically increase video editing productivity |
21 March 2003 - Matrox VITE
Offering unprecedented multi-monitor capabilities for digital video workstations, Parhelia's unique Dual-display plus TV-output mode is now supported with Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7. With Parhelia's extensive multi-display features, video editors benefit from increased desktop real-estate for spreading timelines, video windows, effects and transition menus across two displays. What's more, MediaStudio Pro 7's realtime editing capability can be combined with Parhelia's PureVideo feature, to allow for simultaneous, full-screen video previewing on an NTSC/PAL video monitor or TV. This type of non-linear editing software set-up maximizes productivity, while enhancing the creative workflow process. |
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| Symposium at Yale School of Architecture examines tension between globalization & local culture |
21 March 2003 - Yale University
With a focus on the Middle East, a symposium at the Yale School of Architecture on April 4-5 will examine the competing forces of globalization and local culture in modern architectural practice. |
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| New 3-V IR receiver module from Vishay |
21 March 2003 - Vishay Electronic
The first device in a new series of miniaturized infrared receiver modules featuring 3-V operation and high immunity to ambient light disturbances has been released by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Capable of operating on supply voltages as low as 2.4 V at a distance of 35 m, the new TSOP34838SS1A is intended for infrared remote control systems in end products including toys, televisions, DVD players, VCRs, and set-top boxes. |
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| New-generation MOSMIC™ RF fransistors from Vishay |
21 March 2003 - Vishay Electronic
A new generation of RF transistors optimized to provide excellent dynamic performance and significant space savings in TVs, VCRs, set-top boxes, and satellite systems has been launched by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. The new MOS Transistor devices released today include two single MOSMICs, the S505TY and S506TY, respectively optimized for UHF and VHF amplification, and a dual MOSMIC with both UHF- and VHF-optimized amplifiers, the TSDF02830Y. All three MOSMICs will serve as low-noise, gain-controlled input stages in digital and analog TV tuners. |
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| Testing machine buy back scheme is a plus to India industry |
20 March 2003 - Lloyd Instruments
The very latest launches in materials testing equipment from LLOYD INSTRUMENTS are now available to manufacturing, research establishments and universities in India through an official franchised distributor, Hemetek Techno Instruments Pvt. Ltd. Hemetek is believed to be the only agent in India stocking spare parts for universal testing machines, and has decided to extend a very successful 'buy back' scheme this year, where customers can replace old testing machines with new, powerful, yet easy to use testing systems from LLOYD INSTRUMENTS. |
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| Solvay Advanced Polymers expands production capacity at Plants in Marietta, Ohio and Augusta, Georgia |
19 March 2003 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C., has completed its previously announced plans to expand the production capacity of its sulfone polymers plant in Marietta, Ohio, and its sulfone monomer plant in Augusta, Ga. |
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| New food ingredient for heart health |
19 March 2003 - CSIRO
Vin life, a natural antioxidant, grapeseed extract and functional food ingredient developed by the Barossa-based Tarac Technologies, was recently found by the CSIRO to have a positive benefit for aspects of heart health when incorporated in food. |
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| Self-assembled nanospheres may be helpful against disease or terrorism, or as fillers and coatings |
19 March 2003 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Self-assembling nanospheres that fit inside each other like Russian dolls are one form of a broad range of submicroscopic spheres created in the past 12 months at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. |
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| PEF stencils optimise paste release in high-volume production |
19 March 2003 - Tecan
At the forefront of design and manufacture, Dorset based Tecan is consistently producing what may be regarded as the most efficient stencils in the world today. Using leading-edge photo-electroforming techniques, stencils are being produced for the most demanding high-volume multi-component PCB production requirements, ensuring optimum paste release from a single squeegee pass. |
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| High performance short glass fibre reinforced PP aids automotive component productivity |
19 March 2003 - Borealis A/S
Borealis, a leading supplier of polyolefins, has developed a high performance short glass fibre reinforced (HPGF) polypropylene compound family that has the technological and economical potential to replace long glass fibre (LGF) grades in highly stressed parts for technical automotive applications. Borealis has commercialised this new product group under the Xmod brand.
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| Osprey Metals Al-Si 'CE Alloys' now available via e-commerce
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19 March 2003 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
To meet the increasing demand for its family of aluminium/silicon (Al/Si) controlled expansion alloys, Osprey Metals has established website access to an inventory in the United States and Europe of select compositions and sizes, available for immediate shipment.
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| Spiders weave a web of light |
19 March 2003 - New Scientist
WHAT do you get if you give a delicate thread of spider's silk a glassy coating- and then extract the silk by baking? Yushan Yan reckons you will solve a major problem in photonics: how to make ultra-thin, hollow optical fibres narrow enough to carry light beams around the fastest nanoscale optical circuits. Using this technique, Yan and a team of engineers from the University of California at Riverside say they soon expect to be able to make hollow fibres with cores just 2 nanometres wide- or 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. |
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| Honeywell commences additional production for R-22 replacement refrigerants |
18 March 2003 - Honeywell Specialty Materials Europe
Plant start-up designed to meet increased demand due to R-22 global phase-out. |
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| Hydro to build new chlorine plant in Norway
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18 March 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
The Board of Norsk Hydro has today approved the construction of a new chlorine plant at Rafnes. The investment, estimated to cost in the region of NOK 1 billion, approximately EUR 127 million, is expected to be very profitable. Production is planned to start up in 2005. |
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| Women smile more than ten, but differences disappear when they are in the same role |
18 March 2003 - Yale University
Women do smile more than men, but when occupying similar work and social roles, the gender differences in the rate of smiling disappear, a Yale researcher has found. |
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| Six steel steps towards improved economy |
18 March 2003 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
SSAB Swedish Steel's recently launched Business Steel School is mounting an initiative throughout Europe to drive home the benefits of using high strength steels and promote greater understanding of how using the material can result in direct economies. |
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| Carnegie Mellon researchers to develop new diagnostic tool to improve data storage |
18 March 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Carnegie Mellon scientists are working to develop a new diagnostic tool to improve the way nano-thin lubricants inside a computer hard drive assist in data storage. The electrical components inside most hard drives, the circuitry, shouldn't be trusted to last more than two years. But the interior platters, disks inside the drive that store data are typically made of aluminum, glass or ceramic coated with magnetic media, can store files for more than 10 years. |
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| Carnegie Mellon research may lead to improvements for drug industry |
17 March 2003 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Carnegie Mellon University researchers Andy Gellman, head of chemical engineering, and David Sholl, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, are developing new solid surfaces that will help drug makers separate 'left-handed' and 'right-handed' molecules. |
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| My castle is my home, the Innsbruck Hofburg as a mirror of eras and personalities |
17 March 2003 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Claims to rulership, personal tastes and short-lived fashions made for frequent alterations to the interior design of the Imperial residence in the Austrian city of Innsbruck. This rapid change, which spanned the period from the reign of Maria Theresia to 1918, has now been comprehensively reconstructed as part of a project sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund. |
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| FLUENT 6.1 sets new standards for modeling flow around moving objects |
17 March 2003 - Fluent
Fluent Inc. announces the immediate availability of version 6.1 of its world-dominant Computational Fluid Dynamics software, FLUENT. This major release offers several key functionality advantages to FLUENT users, including dynamic mesh for modeling flow conditions in and around moving objects. This easy-to-use capability allows users to simply set up the initial mesh, prescribe the motion, and sit back and watch as FLUENT automatically changes the mesh to follow the motion. |
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| ABB to enhance 400 kV transmission line in India with flexible AC system solution |
17 March 2003 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a turnkey Flexible AC Transmission System order, valued at US$17 million, from Powergrid Corporation of India Limited. ABB will build a fixed and thyristor-controlled series compensation scheme for PGCIL's 412-kilometer long, 400 kV double-circuit inter-regional tie line. |
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| New process eliminates previous implementation barriers with porous, spin-on dielectric approaches |
17 March 2003 - Rohm & Haas Co
Shipley Company, L.L.C., today announced a major breakthrough in the integration of its ZIRKON low-k dielectric materials. The new processing scheme created by Shipley researchers allows for the solid phase processing of its spin-on porous low-k materials, overcoming the issues of barrier layer integrity, mechanical polishing, process-induced k value increases and other important integration concerns that have delayed porous low-k implementation. |
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| Face-to-face contact in a virtual environment |
15 March 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Although many sectors of the telecommunications industry are eagerly awaiting a ray of hope on the economic horizon, the prospects for video conferencing systems look good: Last year, sales on the European market increased by almost 15 percent, and the consultant Frost & Sullivan predicts that the growth rate will exceed 20 percent next year. |
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| Vishay completes exceptionally bright, power SMD LED series |
14 March 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Four exceptionally bright, surface-mount, power LEDs featuring luminous intensity up to 1250 mcd at a 50-mA drive current were announced today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. The new products complete the advanced Vishay Semiconductors TLMx33xx series with brilliant red, super red, soft orange, and yellow LEDs designed to meet the performance demands of automotive and outdoor applications. |
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| Isocyanate paints in motor vehicle repair shops moves up front |
14 March 2003 - HSE InfoLine
Safety in motor vehicle repair: Working with 2-pack isocyanate paints was launched today by Department for Work and Pensions Minister, Des Browne, MP. He opened a workshop focusing on the cause, impact and prevention of occupational asthma, to mark European Week for Safety and Health at Work's Dangerous Substances campaign. |
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| European launch of herbal reference materials set to improve standards in growing health product market |
14 March 2003 - LGC
Over 2500 high purity ChromaDex phytochemical reference standards are now available exclusively from LGC Promochem throughout Europe. Extracted from natural plant material, the ChromaDex range of standards are used to verify the presence of, and accurately quantify, key marker or active compounds - such as hypericin for St John´s Wort or caftaric acid for Echinacea. The standards can also be used to check for toxic or adulterating plant material. |
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| The Vienna stage in the First Republic |
14 March 2003 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
An extensive new collection of original documents compiled by the University of Vienna Institute of Theatre, Film and Media Studies provides fascinating insights into the influence of politics on historical drama between 1918-1938. The collection, published on CD-ROM, for the first time reveals the connections between details of productions at Vienna theatres and the political developments of the period. |
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| Matrox MED Series display controller boards chosen for superb image quality and unique features |
13 March 2003 - Matrox VITE
Bringing added functionality and flexibility to the medical imaging market, the Matrox MED Series line of display controller boards provide users with extensive multi-monitor support, crystal clear image quality and rock-solid drivers. Offering the widest range of color and grayscale, resolution and operating system support on the market, Matrox MED Series display controller boards are ideal solutions for medical imaging professionals who demand the utmost in flexibility, quality and product features. |
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| Schwelgern dock Duisburg, World s most modern, cleanest coking plant goes into operation |
13 March 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel
A mammoth project is complete: After a construction period lasting just under three years the first battery of the new coking plant at Schwelgern harbor in Duisburg went into operation on March 13, the second battery will follow in roughly three months. The owner CARBONARIA Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. and the plant managing company KBS Kokereibetriebsgesellschaft Schwelgern GmbH celebrated the official opening together with guests from politics and public life as well as representatives of ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, the coking plant's main customer. |
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| Haptic interaction with a virtual globe |
13 March 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Polarization glasses in position, data gloves on, and then into the CAVE, a room in which computer-generated images are projected onto the walls, this is how people have so far ventured into virtual worlds. |
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| Ashland Inc. consolidates planning functions |
13 March 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. announced today that it is consolidating all its planning and analysis functions under Carl A. Pecko, vice president, planning. Previously, the planning functions were decentralized. |
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| Ashland Inc. chairman joins American Chemistry Council board |
12 March 2003 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. chairman and chief executive officer James J. O’Brien has been elected to serve on the American Chemistry Council (ACC) board of directors. His term will expire Dec. 31, 2004.
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| Norsk Hydro awards Ormen Lange contract to AkerKvaerner
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12 March 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
As operator for the development of the gas field Ormen Lange, Norsk Hydro on behalf of the license participants intends to award the contract for engineering and design of the onshore processing plant at Aukra to AkerKvaerner. |
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| Bayer Polymers' Imagio™ Coatings Solution Offers a Wide Range of Colors and Special Effects Options for Plastic Part Design |
12 March 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Candy Apple Red. Painted Desert. Silver Chrome. Bayer Polymers' Imagio™ resin-plus-coating technology solution provides customers with a wide range of colors and special soft-feel effects options for next generation plastic product design. |
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| Bayer Polymers Upgrades Research And Development Capabilities |
12 March 2003 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Polymers has made a multi-million-dollar investment to upgrade its research and development capabilities at its Americas headquarters in Pittsburgh. |
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| Flawless toys from plastic |
12 March 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
To the chagrin of many parents, their children's shelves will soon be buckling under the weight of new toys once again. Apart from the issue of educational value comes the question of whether to look on the underside of that plastic elephant. Is there a Conformité Européenne? |
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| ABB large A contactors now available with easy fitting connection bar kits |
12 March 2003 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
A new range of fast and easy to fit connection bar kits is the latest addition to ABB's large A line series of contactors from145A to 750A (75kW to 400kW motor power AC-3 utilisation). They enable ABB to meet the growing demand for a system approach to low voltage motor control and protection components by offering pre-assembled connection bar kits for star-delta starters, reversing starters and phase to phase connection as well as connection between a contactor and MCCB/Switch fuse. |
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| BOC boosting oxygen supply to Tata Steel of India |
12 March 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC has contracted with Tata Steel of Jamshedpur, India, to supply oxygen for use in the company’s blast furnace. The multi-million-dollar contract is for a new oxygen plant that can produce up to some 220 metric tons a day of oxygen. BOC’s Indian subsidiary, BOC India Ltd., will install and commission the unit later this year. |
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| Sandvik opens new factory in Shanghai
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11 March 2003 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Process Systems, a product area within Sandvik Materials Technology, has transferred its Asia Pacific head office operation from Japan to Shanghai, relocated and expanded existing production facilities and established a press plate production based on technology from Hindrichs-Auffermann/Germany, of Process Systems.
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| Distrupol uses Ultralite to establish on-line procurement with Dupont Engineering Polymers |
11 March 2003 - Distrupol
An on-Line ordering system provides customers with a faster and more accurate sales service for full range of engineering plastics from Dupont |
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| New modern-day nomad navigation systems |
10 March 2003 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Trade show visitors know the feeling of panic, despite all preparations. Hurrying through the maze of halls and aisles before closing, they waste time looking for the last specific exhibits. |
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| Boston University’s Tejal Desai engineers innovative system for oral drug delivery |
10 March 2003 - Boston University
Since the Greek physician Galen, doctors have devised and prescribed medicines that need to be swallowed. Oral delivery is easy, it’s noninvasive, and it doesn’t demand the use of trained medical personnel. It also has drawbacks. Dosing schedules must be adhered to, quantities often must be struggled with, and bioavailability must be ensured. These drawbacks may soon be an historical note as a result of innovative research by Tejal Desai, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University. |
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| Latest in materials testing, Upgraded batch tester gets the thumbs up |
10 March 2003 - Lloyd Instruments
For quick and easy, large scale automation in materials testing, Lloyd Instruments has now launched a new upgraded version of its Batch Tester program. Version 4.2 of this software utility now include seven greater flexibility in terms of automation and reporting, and incorporates many advanced security features found on NEXYGEN MT V4.5, the company's acclaimed parent software. |
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| Indian distributor of test equipment launches new website |
10 March 2003 - Lloyd Instruments
Lloyd Instruments' authorised distributor of materials testing equipment in India today announces the launch of a new website. Hemetek Techno Instruments Pvt. has designed its website at www.hemetek.com to appeal to any product manufacturer or research institute in India who would benefit from materials testing expertise. It is designed to give customers clear, efficient access to information on product lines, applications, customer service and support. |
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| BOC helps Neptune Seafood expand pathogen intervention system |
10 March 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC is working with Neptune Seafood to expand the ozone pathogen intervention system used to help control food-borne pathogens and extend product shelf life at Neptune’s Los Angeles shrimp processing plant. |
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| Simple optoelectronic devices based on silver nanoclusters perform logic operations |
08 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Based on arrays of individual electroluminescent silver nanoclusters, the quantum devices could provide a foundation for new forms of specialized molecular-scale computing. The research, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is reported in the March 18 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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| New high-current devices offer DCR from 0.6 mΩ to 25.5 mΩ, handle currents from 16 A to 118 A |
07 March 2003 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced a new series of low-profile, high-current inductors with low DCR values and low losses at frequencies up to 5 MHz. This latest addition to the IHLP family of compact surface-mount inductors is designed to provide a higher-performing, power- and space-saving solution for dc-to-dc converter and energy storage applications in end products including computers, servers, telecom, and automotive electronics. |
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| RadiForce and MED Series solutions offer uncompromising display quality and features |
07 March 2003 - Matrox VITE
Bringing added functionality and flexibility to the medical imaging market, the Matrox MED Series line of display controller boards provide users with extensive multi-monitor support, crystal clear image quality and rock-solid drivers. Offering the widest range of color and grayscale, resolutions and operating system support on the market, the Matrox MED Series display controller boards are ideal solutions for medical imaging professionals who demand the utmost in flexibility, quality and product features. |
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| New mouse virus may help Scientists better understand cruise ship epidemics |
06 March 2003 - Washington University in St Louis
A close relative of a common little-understood human virus that causes an estimated 23 million episodes of intestinal illness, 50,000 hospitalizations and 300 deaths each year has been discovered in mice. The finding by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is reported in the March 7 issue of the journal Science. |
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| Hydro develops energy of the future
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06 March 2003 - Hydro Aluminium
Norsk Hydro delivers today the world's first hydrogen filling station for cars and buses. Hydrogen has been designated by many as the energy carrier of the future.
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| Liquid crystals show promise in controlling embryonic stem cells |
06 March 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Liquid crystals, the same phase-shifting materials used to display information on cell phones, monitors and other electronic equipment, can also be used to report in real time on the differentiation of embryonic stem cells. |
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| DuPont Engineering Polymers acquires high performance plastics business from Eastman
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05 March 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
DuPont Engineering Polymers has acquired the high-performance crystalline plastics business from Eastman Chemical Company, it was announced today by the two companies at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) 2003 World Congress (Detroit, USA). |
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| DuPont Engineering Polymers proposes closure of Rozenburg compounding plant
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05 March 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
The DuPont Engineering Polymers business today announced that it is proposing to close its nylon resin compounding unit situated at Rozenburg, the Netherlands. In total, 80 jobs would be affected by this proposal. It is anticipated that production would cease around the middle of 2004.
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| Rodel introduces new pad technology to meet increasing demands of integrated device manufacturing |
05 March 2003 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rodel, Inc., a leader and innovator in polishing technology for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it has developed new pad technology that enhances polishing performance for critical chemical mechanical planarization applications. The FBP3100 CMP polishing pad was developed to meet the tighter performance specifications of IC manufacturing, while also providing productivity enhancements. |
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| Diamond film may enable critical new sensors for bioterror |
04 March 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
In this time of the chronic threat of terrorism and the possibility of war with an adversary who may be armed with biological weapons, high on the wish list of security agencies and battlefield commanders is a quick and easy way to detect the presence of dangerous biological agents. |
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| Study of insecticide neurotoxicity yields clues to onset of arkinson's Disease |
04 March 2003 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A grant from the U.S. Army has led Virginia Tech researchers to discover that exposure to some insecticides may cause a cascade of chemical events in the brain that could lead to Parkinson's Disease. |
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| BOC Gases continues eBusiness innovations with wireless communications |
03 March 2003 - BOC Gases
BOC Gases is helping compressed gases and equipment customers monitor and track cylinder inventory in 'real-time' through a new wireless hand held technology. |
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| Chemist unlocks mysteries of cholesterol, heart disease |
03 March 2003 - Case Western Reserve University
Graffiti on a building's wall can be a nuisance, but the kind sticking to proteins in the blood can be used as a new indicator for cardiovascular disease. |
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| New alliance enables Shop floor to Top floor connectivity across global network |
03 March 2003 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, Accenture, Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corp. announced today an alliance to help manufacturers bridge the gap between plant floor operations and enterprise IT systems. The alliance aims to help manufacturers by simplifying integration, gaining greater visibility into their businesses, making informed, real-time business decisions and enhancing their financial performance. |
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| SVC Light improving the grid of Austin, Texas |
03 March 2003 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, the leading power and automatation technology group, has won a US$ 14 million order from Austin Energy, Austin, Texas, to design, manufacture and install a Static Compensator at Pedernales Substation by October, 2004. |
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| Corus' Fractim brings cost savings to automotive supply chain |
03 March 2003 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has announced the development of Fractim, a new steel bar product designed to bring both cost savings to the automotive supply chain and meet the increasing performance specifications required by the next generation of internal combustion engines.
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| Sandvik Safurex specified for latest technology high pressure vessels in urea production
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03 March 2003 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
The high pressure vessels in the new Assaluehy urea production plant in Iran are being constructed in Sandvik Material Technology's recently developed Sandvik SafurexTM steel grade.
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| New system recovers and reuses electronic wastes |
03 March 2003 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Concern is rising among governments worldwide about electronic wastes -- discarded computers, televisions, cell phones, audio equipment and batteries -- leaching lead and other substances that may seep into groundwater supplies.
Just one color computer monitor or television can contain up to eight pounds of lead. Consider that amount in light of the estimated 12 million tons of 'e-wastes' that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates may soon be dumped into American landfills. |
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| Active carbon supercondenser |
03 March 2003 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
CIDETEC has just completed the project, subsidised by the Basque Government and CEGASA, 'The development of a active carbon supercondenser for high-tension applications', aimed at developing home-grown technology which would allow the construction of an active carbon-based, double-layer prototype. |
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| A new product for industrial coatings: DuPont™ Teflon® ETFE in aqueous dispersions
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01 March 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
As a world’s first, DuPont has developed a new range of aqueous dispersions of ETFE fluoropolymers, marketed under the Teflon® brand. |
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| New central heating PRT of Zytel® HTN designed to cut fuel bills and CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
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01 March 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Ecoplus Ltd. of Tralee, County Kerry (Ireland) has selected DuPont™ Zytel® HTN for the housing of a cost-effective new pressure reduction tank (PRT) that is designed to cut domestic central heating bills and C02 emissions by 25 per cent. |
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| Roberto Cavalli chooses the modern elegance of DuPont™ Tyvek® for the packaging of his first fragrance
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01 March 2003 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Florentine designer Roberto Cavalli has used a DuPont™ Tyvek® nonwoven fabric for the packaging of his first fragrance, which was introduced in September 2002. |
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| Experiment may help size up neutrinos |
01 March 2003 - Weizmann Institute of Science
According to The Standard Solar Model, the most substantiated model of the sun, the sun should emit around three times more neutrinos than are actually measured on Earth. They are a source of great interest for scientists who seek to better understand elementary particles and the physics of the sun. Indeed, one of the recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics was Raymond Davis, who first drew attention to the neutrino shortfall. |
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| First sightings of individual proteins as they fold |
01 March 2003 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Proteins, it appears, have taken Frank Sinatra's 'I Did It My Way' close to heart. A new study published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how single proteins, each a few nanometers (billionths of a meter) long, fold to assume their final shape. It shows that even proteins having the same final shape achieve it by taking different routes. |
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| Tapeworm’s chemical trick make drugs more |
01 March 2003 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
To survive and thrive in a decidedly hostile environment, the lowly tapeworm uses a chemical trick to evade the propulsive nature of its intestinal home. Capitalizing on that tapeworm chemistry, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison believe they may have found a way to slow the transit of drugs through the intestine, making them more effective in their delivery and holding out the promise not only of more effective treatment, but also of lowering dosage and cost, and eliminating wasted medicine. |
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