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| FlexyCell packaging concept delivers customised packaging at low cost |
31 August 2004 - conTeyor
FlexyCell is a customised packaging concept with many of the advantages of standard packaging systems, such as low cost, short delivery times, no tooling costs and suitability for small volumes.
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| Ashland to sell ingestibles business to Mitsubishi |
31 August 2004 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to sell the ingestibles line of business of Ashland Distribution - which includes food and beverage additives and pharmaceutical actives and excipients - to Mitsubishi Corporation (MC). The transaction is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2004. Ashland Distribution will continue to service customers in the personal care and cosmetics industries.
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| ARALDITE® ADHESIVES BOND WITH EUROPE’S FUTURE DESIGN ENGINEERS |
31 August 2004 - Huntsman Araldite
Four engineering students from Coventry University have beaten off stiff competition to win a £1000 cash prize and be crowned champions of the inaugural Araldite® Challenge – a national initiative developed by Huntsman Advanced Materials to educate future design engineers in the practicalities of design for manufacture and the benefits of using structural adhesives for industrial bonding. |
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| ARALDITE® ADHESIVE-BONDED MAGNETIC FORCE FLASHLIGHT DEVELOPED FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS |
31 August 2004 - Huntsman Araldite
Bonding technology from Araldite® adhesives has played a key role in the development of a battery-free flashlight. |
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| Treating systolic high blood pressure in older persons is beneficial |
31 August 2004 - Yale University
The Yale team critically reviewed medical literature on systolic blood pressure in older persons between 1966 and 2004. They found strong clinical evidence to support the treatment of persons with systolic blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg. |
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| Researchers master self-assembly of novel nanodots |
31 August 2004 - National Science Foundation
Using pulsed lasers, researchers have coaxed the metal nickel to self-assemble into arrays of nanodots, each spot a mere seven nanometers (seven billionths of a meter) across, one-tenth the diameter of nickel nanodots and on par with the world's smallest. |
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| McDonald Observatory astronomers discover Neptune-sized planet with Hobby-Eberly Telescope |
31 August 2004 - University of Texas at Austin
A team of astronomers led by Barbara McArthur, and including Michael Endl, William Cochran and Fritz Benedict, of The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory has used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and its High Resolution Spectrograph to discover a very small planet orbiting a nearby star known as rho1 Cancri (also called 55 Cancri). |
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| Researchers to release new findings on Smith River Project |
30 August 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Smith River Research Project will present its research findings at the Henry County Administration Building, 3300 Kings Mountain Road. Researchers from the Virginia Tech Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences will be presenting results from the five-year study of the Smith River entitled: 'Influences of Fluctuating Releases on Stream Habitat for Brown Trout in the Smith River below the Philpott Dam.' |
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| Elegant lightweight on hospital duty |
30 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
In order to provide patients with quick, effective care in the highly organized world of hospitals and clinics, nursing staff are looking for “treatment trolleys” that keep everything they need – from bandages to laptop-based patient data capture systems – close to hand. |
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| Tiny writing: researchers develop improved method to produce nanometer-scale patterns |
30 August 2004 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed an improved method for directly writing nanometer-scale patterns onto a variety of surfaces. The new writing method, dubbed 'thermal dip pen nanolithography,' represents an important extension for dip pen nanolithography (DPN), an increasingly popular technique that uses atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes as pens to produce nanometer-scale patterns. |
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| Lighting the way to better nanoscale films |
30 August 2004 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Most miniature electronic, optical and micromechanical devices are made from expensive semiconductor or ceramic materials. For some applications like diagnostic lab-on-a-chip devices, thin-film polymers may provide a cheaper alternative, but the structure and properties of these materials - often no more than a few nanometers (nm) thick - are difficult to determine. In addition, defects in the thin polymer masking materials used to 'print' integrated circuits can produce malfunctioning components. Consequently, researchers would like to have a non-invasive method for scanning polymer films for defects at high resolution. |
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| New microfluidic device tackles tough synthesis tasks |
30 August 2004 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A new type of microfluidic device that can help industry to optimize paints, coatings for microelectronics and specialty polymers has been developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers. The device is made of a chemically durable plastic that is resistant to many common organic solvents. It was fabricated with a rapid prototyping method also developed at the agency. |
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| Supercool! Model unscrambles complex crystallization puzzle |
30 August 2004 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
To the wonderment - and the befuddlement - of scientists, the patterns that form as plastics, metals and many other materials crystallize can vary incredibly, ranging from sea-urchin-like spheres to elaborate tree-like branches. |
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| New Carnegie Mellon computational method could speed metallic glass design, testing |
30 August 2004 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Want a tennis racket that propels balls faster than a race car or a sturdy ship hull that never rusts? Finding the recipes for such remarkable materials – called amorphous metals – should be easier using a new computational approach developed by Carnegie Mellon University physicist Michael Widom.
Described in an upcoming issue of Phys. Rev. B (September 1, 2004), this method already has been used to virtually generate recipes for more than 1,700 structures, many of which have never before been analyzed. The novel approach should prove valuable in guiding future bench testing and sparing countless hours of laboratory trial and error to generate amorphous metals. |
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| Groundbreaking innovations usher an exciting phase in the plastics materials industry |
30 August 2004 - Frost & Sullivan
Plastics Materials – Emerging Technology and Trends, part of the Chemicals and Materials Subscription Service, is a compendium of hard-to-find data and information collated from prioritized trade sources. It defines and describes the value of a given technology in different polymer segments such as major plastics material, engineering plastics, thermoplastic elastomers, higher performance plastics, compounded plastics, and plastics additives technology. |
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| 100% Design anniversary features ‘Bright’ building, made from Spectar sheet |
30 August 2004 - Eastman Chemical Company
New product design and manufacturing company, ‘Bright’, will be helping to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 100% Design Exhibition in the UK by erecting some of their new origami style, flat-pack, geodesic buildings’ made from Spectar sheet inside Earls Court as key features at this year’s event. |
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| Scientists struggle to pinpoint how the drugs work in the brain |
29 August 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Although millions depend on medications such as Ritalin to quell symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, scientists have struggled to pinpoint how the drugs work in the brain. |
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| Scientists struggle to pinpoint how the drugs work in the brain |
29 August 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Although millions depend on medications such as Ritalin to quell symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, scientists have struggled to pinpoint how the drugs work in the brain. |
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| Study reveals how ADHD drugs work in brain |
28 August 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Although millions depend on medications such as Ritalin to quell symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, scientists have struggled to pinpoint how the drugs work in the brain. |
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| Improved wear protection with MECATEC cold solutions |
28 August 2004 - Eutectic UK
For almost 100 years, Eutectic has pioneered innovative, practical wear and repair solutions for increasing the performance, efficiency and reliability of industrial machinery and equipment using 'low heat input' joining and coating technologies. However, modern machine parts are increasingly designed using 'unweldable' alloy castings or non-metallic materials, in thinner sections or with complex geometrical forms. |
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| German design prize for products made of Bayer materials |
27 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
On August 27, 2004 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 21 products from a total of 904 entries were presented with the highest design award in the Federal Republic of Germany by the German Design Council on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor. |
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| HSE warns of the dangers of asbestos during building refurbishment work |
27 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
The warning follows the prosecution of Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers U.K. Limited of Thornton Cleveleys near Blackpool who appeared before Fylde Coast Magistrates' Court in Fleetwood on Tuesday 24 August 2004. The company was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £1,396 following a guilty plea for breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. |
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| GE Lexan solar control products limit heat yet let in high levels of light |
27 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
The first transparent polymer glazing to reduce interior heat buildup 25-40%, while maintaining highest levels of light transmission |
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| Autotype's latest FIM products on show at 'K' |
26 August 2004 - Autotype International
Autotype, the leading UK manufacturer of hardcoated formable films and texture lacquers for Film Insert Moulding (FIM), also known as In-Mould Decoration (IMD), is pleased to announce that its latest range of films will be on show on the Formech International stand at this year’s ‘K’ exhibition.
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| Laboratory advances the art and science of aerogels |
26 August 2004 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have recently demonstrated a novel method for chemically modifying and enhancing silica-based aerogels without sacrificing the aerogels unique properties. |
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| Electronic crystal in high-temperature superconductor |
26 August 2004 - Cornell University
With equipment so sensitive that it can locate clusters of electrons, Cornell University and University of Tokyo physicists have - sort of - explained puzzling behaviour in a much-studied high-temperature superconductor, perhaps leading to a better understanding of how such superconductors work. |
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| Updated guidance on safe maintenance of portable electrical equipment |
26 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
'Maintaining portable and transportable electrical equipment' gives practical advice on how to maintain equipment in a safe condition and prevent accidents. It covers equipment that may be connected to either fixed mains or a locally generated supply, and that could result in an electric shock, burn or fire due to damage, wear or misuse. First published in 1994, this second edition contains updated advice, with new sections on cables and the repair and replacement of equipment. |
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| Updated guidance on safe maintenance of portable electrical equipment |
26 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive has recently updated its popular guide aimed at employers, employees and the self-employed who use, or have control over, portable or transportable electrical equipment. |
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| Albany NanoTech pioneers 193nm immersion lithography R&D with ASML, IBM, TEL, AMD and Infineon |
26 August 2004 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
Albany NanoTech of the University at Albany-State University of New York announced today that its College for Nanoscale Science and Engineering has installed and begun qualifying for 300mm wafers using the world’s first 193nm pre-production immersion lithography system. |
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| NREL praised for efforts in sustainable pollution prevention |
26 August 2004 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory received three 2004 DOE Pollution Prevention Best-In-Class awards for its work through the Sustainable NREL program on new buildings, recycling, and education, outreach and information sharing. The awards recognize accomplishments and innovative activities in pollution prevention and environmental stewardship. |
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| Researchers collaborate to understand how receptors on nerve cells undergo endocytosis |
25 August 2004 - Duke University
Infinitesimal particles of gold have enabled neurobiologists to track down key molecules in the machinery of 'entry points' in neurons, offering clues to the organization of a region that has thus far remained largely unknown neuronal territory. |
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| HSE Brewing up worker interest in offshore safety |
25 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
The first edition provides details with links to further information including the current safety case regulation consultation, the working time directive, latest safety statistics and OSD's plans for tackling installation integrity and maintenance management matters. |
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| Falloff in freezes: Study projects decrease in frost days |
25 August 2004 - National Science Foundation
Days when the air temperature dips below freezing will become increasingly less common across much of the world by the late 21st century, according to a modeling study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. The reduction in days with freezes (frost days) is projected to be most dramatic across the western parts of North America and Europe. The study is the first to examine trends in frost days using a global climate model. |
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| Matrox announces Matrox DSX platforms for Next Generation Broadcast HD |
25 August 2004 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of the Matrox DSX family of HD and SD video and audio components for OEMs and developers of high performance broadcast products. |
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| Plastic finds its pulling power |
25 August 2004 - New Scientist
THE world's first plastic magnet to work at room temperature has passed the elementary test of magnetism. Its creators at the University of Durham in the UK have used it to pick up iron filings from a laboratory bench. In 2001, chemists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln claimed to have created the world's first plastic magnet, but it only worked below 10 kelvin. Other researchers have made plastic magnets, but typically they only function at extremely low temperatures, or their magnetism at room temperature is too feeble to be of commercial use. So the Durham team can claim to have made the first plastic magnet that could be used in everyday products. |
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| Dow Corning launches Silanes web site |
25 August 2004 - Dow Corning Silanes
Dow Corning launches Silanes web site which provides product application, solutions information |
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| Transportation industry leaders selecting Ultem PEI sheet |
24 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
GE Advanced Materials plans further expansion of PEI-based sheet line for aircraft, rail interiors with new low-gloss, ultra-light products.
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| GE Advanced Materials offers lower cost option for unique metallic looks
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24 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
Using Visualfx resin technology to differentiate in appearance, Spanish appliance leader Fagor Electrodomésticos, chose Cycolac resin for its Innova luxury refrigerator line. The line, which features a unique metallic look and high performance, will be available in second quarter 2004 to consumers.
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| Older runners pick up speed quicker than younger runners |
24 August 2004 - Yale University
Peter Jokl, M.D., professor of orthopedics, and his co-authors, Paul Sethi, M.D., and Andrew Cooper, all of Yale School of Medicine, looked at the running time, age, and gender of all of the runners in the New York City Marathon from 1983 through 1999. They also evaluated the performances of the top 50 male and top 50 female finishers by age categories. There were 415,000 runners in all. Master athletes were classified as those 50 and older. |
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| A revolutionary new First Pass flow simulation tool |
24 August 2004 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., announces the immediate availability of FloWizard a highly automated simulation tool for conducting basic fluid flow and heat transfer analysis. FloWizard sets a new standard in ease of use for fluid dynamics calculations used by engineers and scientists. Its unique wizard-driven interface has been developed based on extensive usability tests involving engineers from leading companies around the world including members of the aerospace, automotive, consumer products, chemicals and manufacturing industries. |
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| Proteome Mining can zero in on drug targets |
23 August 2004 - Duke University
Development of drugs to treat a broad array of diseases, including cancer, hypertension, diabetes, inflammation and infectious diseases, could become enormously more effective through the process of 'proteome mining,' according to a Duke University Medical Center pharmacologist. |
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| Absence of stellar pulsations baffles astronomers |
23 August 2004 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Readings done by a Canadian-Austrian team present a puzzle for astronomers. Expected surface phenomena, which provide information about stellar structures, could not be evidenced from readings obtained by means of a Canadian microsatellite. The precise satellite readings leave no doubt on the data published in NATURE. The project, organised in co-operation with the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Vienna and supported by the Austrian Science Fund, challenges the existing understanding of the structure of stars. |
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| ESI Group unveils EuroPAM keynote speakers |
23 August 2004 - ESI Group
ESI Group announces the keynote speakers for its 2004 virtual engineering European conference and exhibition scheduled for October 11-13 in Paris. The three-day event will be held at La Villette conference center in the heart of La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. EuroPAM's keynote speakers will feature Volker Tietz, Head of Department for CAE Methods, Volkswagen, and Yves Courage, founder of Courage Competition, an independent racing car manufacturer. Volker Tietz, a Dipl.-Ing. of the University of Hanover, is in charge of CAE simulation, software and processes at the Volkswagen R&D Center. He was previously responsible for digital simulation in an ultra light-weight vehicle project and team leader in the serial development of car bodies. |
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| Panorama roof made of Makrolon® |
23 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
At the IAA Motor Show in September 2003, the new 'smart forfour' was hailed as an intelligent option in the compact car segment, a car that set many new standards. |
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| Nanoscale chemical sensors |
23 August 2004 - University of California, Davis
New types of chemical sensors for environmental monitoring, food safety or security applications could be based on nanotechnology. |
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| New way to make nanoscale circuits is discovered |
23 August 2004 - Cornell University
Time is fast running out for the semiconductor industry as transistors become ever smaller and their insulating layers of silicon dioxide, already only atoms in thickness, reach maximum shrinkage. In addition, the thinner the silicon layer becomes, the greater the amount of chemical dopants that must be used to maintain electrical contact. And the limit here also is close to being reached.
But a Cornell University researcher has caused an information industry buzz with the discovery that it is possible to precisely control the electronic properties of a complex oxide material - a possible replacement for silicon insulators - at the atomic level. And this can be done without chemicals. Instead, the dopant is precisely nothing. |
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| Paint absorbs corrosion-causing chemicals |
23 August 2004 - Ohio State University
Engineers at Ohio State University have incorporated clay and other chemicals into a paint that keeps metal from corroding -- and reveals when an airplane, boat, or bridge needs to be repainted. Though the paint is still under development, early tests have shown that it prevents corrosion just as well as commercial paints that are less environmentally friendly. |
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| Italian motorcyle helmet manufacturer chooses two Lexan resins for helmet lines |
23 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
Nolan chose the co-polymer polycarbonate-siloxane Lexan EXL resin for the shell of its full-face, flip-up helmet model N101, and the use of this material has since been extended to the complete product range. |
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| RTP opens new sheet extrusion division |
23 August 2004 - RTP Company
Speciality compounds firm RTP Company has announced the opening of its new Sheet Extrusion Division, based in Winona, Minnesota, USA. |
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| Taking charge of molecular wires
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22 August 2004 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists from the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Florida have uncovered information that may help 'molecular wires' replace silicon in micro-electronic circuits and/or components in solar energy storage systems. The scientists were studying how electric charge is distributed in polymer molecule chains that are several nanometres in length. |
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| Server fan-housing uses Amodel polyphthalamide |
20 August 2004 - Solvay Advanced Polymers Llc
Amodel polyphthalamide has been chosen by Nidec America for use in a 24/7 server fan-housing.
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| Sandvik claims a first in meeting highest quality automotive industry standards
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20 August 2004 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Materials Technology is claiming a first by supplying the closest, industry specified, thickness tolerances as a standard feature on its Sandvik 20C carbon strip steel used in the manufacture of high performance valves, discs and shims for shock absorbers.
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| Recent advances by Rohm and Haas smoothes transition from solvent-based to water-based adhensives |
20 August 2004 - Rohm & Haas Co
Recent developments in the Rohm and Haas Robond L series of water-based adhesives for dry bond laminating are providing ever more compelling options for packaging converters to choose between traditional solvent-based adhesive systems to economical and environmentally friendly, water-based alternatives. |
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| HSE urges greater awareness of trench collapse dangers |
19 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive is reminding construction workers of the dangers they face when working in excavations following recent fatalities caused by trench collapses. |
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| FLC recognizes laboratory's technology transfer activities |
19 August 2004 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer has recognized the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory with three regional awards for technology transfer activities. |
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| Age is key factor in marital quality, according to new study by sociologist |
19 August 2004 - University of Texas at Austin
Age is more strongly and consistently associated with marital quality than how long a couple has been married, according to a new study by a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin. |
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| Study examines the best age for women to start having children |
18 August 2004 - University of Texas at Austin
The social and economic benefits of delaying parenthood more than compensate for reproductive health issues related to aging, according to new research by a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin. |
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| New supersteels help the automotive industry meet environmental targets |
18 August 2004 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
The time is fast approaching for the automotive industry to conform to its agreement with the EU Commission concerning reduced carbon dioxide emissions. No later than 2008, the aver-age emissions from new cars will have to be below 140 grams per kilometre. In terms of fuel consumption, this amounts to 6 litres of petrol per 100 kilometres, a figure that few of today's family cars can achieve. To meet the future limits, cars will need to be developed to be lighter and more fuel-efficient. |
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| Dry ice blasting for PET mould cleaning |
18 August 2004 - Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky Injection Moulding Systems has signed an exclusive agreement to offer its customers Cold Jet’s line of dry ice blast cleaning systems. |
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| DSM Somos® Continues to Avoid Use of Crystalline Materials in Reinforced SL Products due to Potential Health Hazards |
18 August 2004 - DSM Somos
DSM Somos has announced that it will continue to avoid the use of crystalline silica materials in the formulation of its ProtoComposite® reinforced stereolithography (SL) resins due to the potential health hazards these (crystalline) materials present as airborne particulates.
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| Autotype launches new Capillex tools for perfect stencil making |
17 August 2004 - Autotype International
Autotype, the leading manufacturer of high performance stencil films and chemicals, is launching a range of new tools, called the Caplicator Programme, for use with its world renowned Capillex film range. |
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| Ashland updates ‘The Complete Drew Marine CD’ |
17 August 2004 - Ashland Specialty Chemical Company
Drew Marine, a business group within Ashland Specialty Chemical, has released Version 2.2 of ‘The Complete Drew Marine’.
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| Keeping cool at the summer Olympics |
17 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
Tecumseh Europe chose GE’s eco-friendly, expandable Noryl resin for new vending machine design unveiled at the Athens Summer Olympics. |
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| Enhanced machineability stainless steel hollow bar available in bigger sizes |
16 August 2004 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Enhanced machinability stainless steel hollow bar for makers of valves, pumps and so on - and available in over 100 different sizes - is now stocked by Sandvik Materials Technology UK in sizes up to 420mm outside diameter. |
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| IP Control new ABB partner for HVAC drives in South West |
16 August 2004 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
IP Control Ltd has become the latest company to join the growing number of ABB HVAC partners, providing full field replacement of any failed drives, if necessary within six hours. |
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| Ride the wear protection XuperWave |
15 August 2004 - Eutectic UK
Castodur Diamond Plates are the results of continuous development activities in the field of hardfacing for wear protection by Eutectic UK - part of the worldwide Castolin Eutectic group. |
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| Parents do matter, especially in adolescence, when children decide where they want to go |
14 August 2004 - Duke University
Students whose parents are involved in their schooling have higher career and educational goals, according to a new Duke University study of middle- and high-schoolers. |
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| Researchers monitor crop-killing soybean disease |
13 August 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Asian Soybean Rust, an aggressive fungal disease that has caused major yield reductions in the soybean-growing regions of Brazil is being carefully monitored by Virginia Tech scientists and is not expected to cause any major problems in Virginia in 2004. |
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| Researcher eyeing tobacco for factory of biopharmaceuticals |
13 August 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The economics of producing biopharmaceuticals from transgenic plants such as tobacco is still a roadblock to producing large quantities of urgently needed medicines, especially for people in underdeveloped nations. |
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| Carbon nanotubes eliminate manufacturing woe |
13 August 2004 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that the addition of carbon nanotubes to a common commercial polymer, polypropylene, leads to dramatic changes in how the molten polymer flows. This process eliminates a widespread manufacturing headache known as 'die-swell' in which polymers swell in undesirable directions when passing through the exit port of an extruder (a machine for producing more or less continuous lengths of plastic sections). |
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| Catalyst system offers benefits for silane PEX heating pipes |
13 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
The Ambicat MB60 catalyst and the BorPEX ME2510 material offer benefits for silane PEX heating pipes. |
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| New Bridge in Brooklyn Features 100-year Life, Stainless Rebar, Precast Construction, Fast Build, No Traffic Disruption |
12 August 2004 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
Happiness for a bridge builder in a metropolitan area with chronic traffic congestion is a new bridge that will last a century, require no more than routine inspection during its lifetime, come at a reasonable cost and, during construction, allow residents near the job site to enjoy life without any major inconvenience and motorists to drive by as though nothing were happening. |
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| A Designer’s Manual On Specialty Alloys For Critical Automotive Components |
12 August 2004 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
New technologies, higher consumer expectations, extended warranties and stringent regulatory concerns with safety, fuel consumption and pollution are constantly challenging the automotive industry to achieve breakthrough standards in vehicle durability and maintenance-free operation. |
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| Borealis announces 2nd quarter operating profit of EUR 49 million |
11 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
Borealis today announced its second quarter results, reporting an operating profit of EUR 49 million. This is a significant improvement compared to the same period last year but EUR 7 million lower than the first quarter of 2004, as a result of higher feedstock prices. The second quarter operating results benefited from strong demand for polyolefins with higher sales volume compared to both the preceding quarter and the same period last year.
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| Shaking all over |
11 August 2004 - Eastman Chemical Company
The Swiss Spice salt and pepper shaker, made from Eastman Specialty Plastics’
high-strength, ultra-clear Eastar Copolyester resin, keeps condiments secure in all outdoor conditions. |
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| University-industry alliance to advance fuel cell discoveries |
11 August 2004 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia universities will partner with Battelle and other industry partners, Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, to build upon Virginia Tech discoveries in a program called 'Bridging the Gap Between New Materials, Fuel Cell Devices and Products.' |
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| University of Pennsylvania chemists create artificial molecular pores |
11 August 2004 - National Science Foundation
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, supported in part by the National Science Foundation, have created the first artificial analogs of nature's molecular 'pores, the tiny, hollow channels that perform a multitude of essential tasks in living cells. Writing in the August 12, 2004, issue of the journal Nature, Penn chemist Virgil Percec and his colleagues note that natural pores are used by the cell to transport certain molecules across the cell membrane, as well as to generate chemical energy, guide the shape of newly-made proteins, and even puncture holes in the cell walls of hostile bacteria. To create the new artificial pores, the authors add, they developed a series of small, protein-like molecules that assemble themselves into molecular channels spontaneously. Potential applications range from the extraction of fresh water from seawater, to an entirely new class of antibiotics. |
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| Biomaterial to be girders for nanoscale construction projects |
11 August 2004 - National Science Foundation
Researchers have coaxed RNA to self-assemble into 3-D arrays, a potential backbone for nanotech scaffolds. These RNA structures can form a wider variety of shapes than double-stranded DNA can and are easier to manipulate than many protein alternatives. Peixuan Guo of Purdue University and his colleagues report the findings in the August 11, 2004, issue of the journal Nano Letters. RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules are best known for implementing the genetic information encoded in deoxyribonucleic acid. However, instead of using the long molecular strings to carry information, the researchers have achieved new control over RNA and created novel arrays. |
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| New common-drain MICRO FOOT power MOSFETs offer on-resistance comparable |
11 August 2004 - Vishay Electronic
Two new common-drain, chipscale power MOSFETs that are the industry's first such p-channel and 30-V n-channel devices were announced today by Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. |
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| LGC Promochem announces new reference materials for clinical analysis and forensic toxicology |
11 August 2004 - LGC
The misuse of drugs is a growing problem that is setting new challenges for clinical and forensic analysts, but help is now at hand from LGC Promochem, Europe's leading supplier of certified reference materials. LGC Promochem has released the new 2004-05 edition of its well-known Reference materials for clinical analysis and forensic toxicology catalogue. |
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| Millennium P650 Low-profile PCI enables DualHead & dual-DVI functionality |
10 August 2004 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, today announced the Matrox Millennium P650 Low-profile PCI graphics card, offering productivity enhancing DualHead support and Matrox's award winning image quality in the smallest of form factors. At a mere 5.2 inches in length, the remarkable Millennium P650 Low-profile PCI fits into both docking stations and small form factor PCs, making it an ideal solution for audio and video professionals on the go, and who require portability. |
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| HSE & TGWU need your help on child safety in agriculture |
10 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
Health & Safety Executive inspector, Mike Walters, currently seconded to the Transport & General Workers Union, is appealing for people in farming to help improve child safety by taking part in two surveys. |
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| Heart health, New tool brings people out of the gray zone
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10 August 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
A picture is worth a thousand words, especially if it's of your arteries, suggests a new study published in the July issue of Clinical Cardiology. By non-invasively imaging the thickness of carotid arteries, the major vessels running up the neck and supplying the brain with blood, preventive cardiologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have helped to show people a clearer picture of their chances of developing heart disease or having a stroke. |
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| Detecting the spin of a single electron |
10 August 2004 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and at the University of California, Los Angeles have demonstrated the ability to detect the spin of a single electron in a standard silicon transistor. The advance could help facilitate the direct, rather than theoretical, study of the physics of electron spin decoherence, which is a critical step toward manipulating and monitoring the spin of a single electron. |
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| Ashland offers gas detection equipment services in Singapore |
10 August 2004 - Ashland Inc
Drew Marine, a business group within Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., announces the addition of gas detection and breathing apparatus equipment services at the Drew Marine Safety facility in Singapore. This full service location now provides gas detection services, including calibration and repair, for many brands of gas detection meters as well as breathing apparatus sets. |
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| Automakers adopt new scratch-resistant TPOs from Borealis for car interiors |
10 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
With the introduction of Borealis thermoplastic olefin grades, (TPOs) EE137AE and EE137HP, Borealis has created an innovative, scratch-resistant injection-moulding compound specifically designed for automotive interiors and similar demanding applications. |
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| Biaxially oriented polypropylene reduces weight and improves transparency of plastic bottles |
10 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
The new Borealis RF926MO polypropylene (PP) injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) grade provides enhanced performance owing to its biaxial orientation. The new grade can reduce weight by more than 30% compared with extrusion blow-moulded high-density polyethylene (HDPE) grades. |
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| Polypropylene film grades with low migration for medical applications |
10 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
Borealis has developed a range of new innovative polypropylene grades for extruded film applications such as medical pouches and monoblister packaging as an alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), glass, and other polymers. They offer low migration into medical products and liquids and provide high security and integrity during transportation and handling.
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| Polypropylene blown film materials designed for production on polyethylene machinery |
10 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
Borealis has developed a range of polypropylene (PP) blown film materials designed for production on conventional blown-film machinery traditionally used for polyethylene. |
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| Zero-gap thermoplastics for BMW Series 1 bumpers and rocker panels
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10 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
BMW Group, seeking a zero-gap thermoplastic for its BMW Series 1 bumpers and rocker panels, turned to Borealis to create a material for its needs. Borealis created new zero-gap Daplen grades. |
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| Cameron named area manager, UK and Ireland for GE Advanced Materials |
10 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
John Cameron has been named area manager for the UK and Ireland, reporting to Bas Blom, regional general manager for Northern Europe. |
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| HSE challenges motor vehicle repair industry to reduce its fatality record |
09 August 2004 - HSE InfoLine
Recently published figures from the Health and Safety Commission on fatal injuries in Health and Safety Executive and local authority enforced sectors for 2003/04 show increases in the number of fatal incidents involving motor vehicle repair activities. |
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| New devices take aim at emerging automotive, consumer and industrial applications |
06 August 2004 - Vishay Electronic
A new family of high-speed infrared emitters offering outstanding levels of radiant power and intensity was announced today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. |
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| New 6500-meter vehicle will provide expanded capabilities for U.S. Scientists |
06 August 2004 - National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation will provide funding for the vehicle through a cooperative agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A 2004 National Research Council report, Future Needs of Deep Submergence Science, recommended construction of a new, more capable HOV as part of a suite of tools for ocean research, which includes remotely operated vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles. The preliminary report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy also points to the importance of research and exploration of the deep seafloor, and to the excitement emanating from such missions to the depths of the ocean. |
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| Research study testing statins to slow Alzheimer's |
06 August 2004 - Duke University
Early research suggests that statins, drugs commonly taken to control cholesterol and prevent heart disease, may also help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. A national study is now underway to test several medications for this purpose. |
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| New study links high carbohydrate diet to increased breast cancer risk |
06 August 2004 - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Carb-conscious dieters may be lowering their risk of breast cancer while they're shedding pounds, based on the findings of research published in this month's edition of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. |
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| Polyethylene (PE) materials bring added value to the utility and industrial pipe sectors |
06 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
Since its introduction, polyethylene (PE) from Borealis’ proprietary Borstar process has set the industry standard for pipeline construction in technical performance and delivered value to the pipe producers, pipeline installers, operators and end users. |
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| High-density polyethylene (HDPE) for beverage caps and closures |
06 August 2004 - Borealis A/S
New HDPE for caps and closures made using the unique bimodal Borstar® process offers greater quality and improved economics for converters |
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| Lyman promoted; new hire announced |
06 August 2004 - Ashland Inc
Michael Lyman has been promoted to director, category management, within the Valvoline retail business group, according to Walter Solomon, Senior VP and general manager, retail business.
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| Sandvik double belt press process quintuples production capacity for fibre composites
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06 August 2004 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
A double belt press system, tailored to the specific needs of fibre composite material production has secured a 3 million Euros order for Sandvik Process Systems, part of Sandvik Materials Technology.
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| Ormen Lange awards large pipe freight contracts |
06 August 2004 - Hydro Aluminium
The Ormen Lange and Langeled partnerships have awarded pipe freight contracts with a combined value of NOK 285 million to Olympic Shipping, District Offshore, Solstad Shipping and Havila Shipping.
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| Simple method may improve computer memory, catalysts, ceramic/metal seals, and nanodevices |
06 August 2004 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
A method that creates smooth and strong interfaces between metals and metal oxides without high-temperature brazing has been patented by researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the University of North Texas. |
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| A Polycarbonate Roof Tops The Olympic Stadium In Athens |
06 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
When the first event of the Olympic Games gets under way in Athens on Aug. 13, the 'Spyridon Louis' stadium can be sure that half the world will be looking on. The roof of the arena in which the opening ceremony will take place is itself “Olympic,” and is regarded as an architectural wonder. |
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| Makrolon® lines up for the start of the Olympics |
05 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
When the first event of the Olympic Games gets under way in Athens on August 13, the 'Spyridon Louis' stadium can be sure that half the world will be looking on. The roof of the arena in which the opening ceremony will take place is itself 'Olympic', and is regarded as an architectural wonder. |
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| Nylon automotive engine covers offer part price reduction |
05 August 2004 - DSM Engineering Plastics
New Akulon Ultraflow PA6 grades for automotive engine covers offer part price reduction over conventional PA grades |
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| Siemens VDO uses polyamide 46 for automotive sensor housings |
05 August 2004 - DSM Engineering Plastics
Automotive sensor housings are being made of DSM Engineering Plastics Stanyl TW200F6, a polyamide 46 (PA46) with 30% glass reinforcement, to provide oil and temperature resistance, strength, and sealing for Siemens VDO components. |
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| Bosworth Plastics launches Dowelock all-plastic locking dowel system for the tunnelling industry |
05 August 2004 - Distrupol
Bosworth Plastics of Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK, has successfully launched a patented, all-plastic system for joining concrete segments for the construction of tunnels. The extensive development project has been completed in conjunction with DuPont and Distrupo |
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| New adhesives and sealants technical Center in Taloja, India |
05 August 2004 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rohm and Haas Company, USA, today inaugurated a commercial-scale Combi Laminator during opening ceremonies for their new Adhesives and Sealants Technical Center in Taloja, India. The new center is expected to significantly enhance the company's capabilities for technical service and product development support for customers throughout the region. |
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| Extensive development project completed in conjunction with DuPont and Distrupol |
05 August 2004 - Distrupol
Bosworth Plastics of Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK, has successfully launched a patented, all-plastic system for joining concrete segments for the construction of tunnels. The Dowelock system, which requires no bolts or screws and suffers none of the corrosion problems associated with traditional metal dowels, is the result of nearly four years of technical development effort in conjunction with polymer supplier DuPont and its UK distributor Distrupol. The Dowelock is already being used in two UK tunnelling contracts, one of which is the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. |
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| GT expands profile with optimized composites for aerospace |
04 August 2004 - Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV
After more than five years of experience working with composites in global markets, Greene, Tweed is taking this expertise and transferring its learnings to create innovative solutions for airframers and OEMs to expand their current aerospace offerings. |
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| GT defines optimum dynamic surface finish for HVOF coated surfaces |
04 August 2004 - Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV
Critical needs drive important and innovative research. Organizations involved in the aerospace industry have been searching for a replacement to the traditional chrome coating process used in dynamic aircraft systems. |
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| New room temperature curing epoxy resists sterilization |
04 August 2004 - Master Bond
Master Bond Inc. of Hackensack, New Jersey has introduced a new room temperature curing, two component epoxy adhesive, sealant, coating and casting material called EP42HT-2. This compound features high temperature resistance along with outstanding chemical resistance. It is widely used in medical devices because of its ability to withstand repeated sterilizations, including radiation, ethylene oxide, chemical sterilants and steam. In addition it fully complies with the testing requirements of USP Class VI plastics. |
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| New deeper-diving, human-occupied submersible to replace current Alvin |
04 August 2004 - National Science Foundation
After 40 years of scientific voyages, the research submersible Alvin will be replaced by a new, deeper-diving submersible, known as a human-occupied vehicle. Studies from Alvin have resulted in the discovery of new life forms, led to confirmation of the theory of plate tectonics, and stimulated and enthralled schoolchildren around the world with seafloor images and video. |
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| Tecan has produced two crucial parts for a specialised new timepiece |
04 August 2004 - Tecan
Weymouth based precision metal micro-part specialist, Tecan, has produced two crucial parts for a specialised new timepiece which has to withstand extreme temperatures at both the North and South Poles. The parts were commissioned for modern-day Polar explorer Jorgen Amundsen, a direct descendant of Roald Amundsen, the first man ever to set foot on the South Pole, December 14th 1911. |
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| Silicone surfactants offer appliances improved energy efficiency |
04 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
GE Advanced Materials has a new family of silicone surfactants for hydrocarbon (HC) blown foam insulation used in the appliance industry. |
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| Cichlid fish are well known to biologists for their rapid rate of evolution |
04 August 2004 - Georgia Institute of Technology
It's no secret that life in the 21st century moves at a rapid pace. Human inventions such as the Internet, mobile phones and fiber optic cable have increased the speed of communication, making it possible for someone to be virtually in two places at once. But can humans speed up the rate of one of nature's most basic and slowest processes, evolution? A study by J. Todd Streelman, new assistant professor of biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that humans may have sped up the evolutionary clock for one species of fish. |
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| GT Expands Profile with Optimized Composites for Aerospace
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04 August 2004 - Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV
After more than five years of experience working with composites in global markets, Greene, Tweed is taking this expertise and transferring its learnings to create innovative solutions for airframers and OEMs to expand their current aerospace offerings. |
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| GT Defines Optimum Dynamic Surface Finish for HVOF Coated Surfaces |
04 August 2004 - Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV
Critical needs drive important and innovative research. Organizations involved in the aerospace industry have been searching for a replacement to the traditional chrome coating process used in dynamic aircraft systems. |
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| Treatment for plmonary fbrosis my be ahieved by bocking cell death in the lung |
03 August 2004 - Yale University
A research team at Yale has found that blocking a kind of cell death called apoptosis in fibrotic diseases of the lung, also blocks the fibrosis, opening new ways of looking at treatment for lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. Published in the August 2 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the study, led by Jack A. Elias, M.D., of Yale, examined how a molecule called TGF-beta causes apoptosis and abnormal scarring in the lungs. |
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| New flame retardant compounds to aid customer compliance with EU Directives |
03 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
ECO-FR technology from LNP provides a high performance halogen-free and red phosphorus-free solution that satisfies the upcoming WEEE directive for E&E applications. |
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| Performance plastics keep luminaries burning brightly at the pumps |
03 August 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
Leading European lighting manufacturer, Phillips uses Lexan SLX resin in its petroleum station lighting product line MINI300 for its ability to combat the environmental conditions that typically result in damaged lights. |
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| Ashland opens safety service center in Houston |
03 August 2004 - Ashland Inc
Drew Marine, a business group within Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., announces the opening of a Drew Marine Safety service center in Houston, Texas. |
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| ABB drives cut noise problem at Bristol science centre |
03 August 2004 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
At-Bristol, a science centre and Millennium Project based at Bristol harbourside, was experiencing excessive noise from the air conditioning units in two of its rooms, a conference room with capacity for 90 people and a video projection auditorium with seats for 80 people. |
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| Latest software release delivers unprecedented functionality and innovation. |
03 August 2004 - Moldflow Corporation
Moldflow Corporation, the world leader in process-wide solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastics injection molded products, today announces the release of Moldflow Plastics Insight 5.0, the industry's most widely used plastics design analysis software. With a strong focus on 3D technology, pre- and post-processing productivity improvements and packed with a wide range of customer driven enhancements, MPI 5.0 redefines 'the best' by delivering even more comprehensive solutions to address today's manufacturing issues and support all design analysis geometry types associated with plastics molding processes. |
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| Cardiff chemists possess winning formula |
02 August 2004 - Cardiff University
The outstanding quality of research in Cardiff University’s School of Chemistry has been recognised by major national awards for four members of staff. |
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| Sediment core studies imply some prehistoric dry spells in northern Great Plains lasted several decades |
02 August 2004 - Duke University
Events like the great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, immortalized in 'The Grapes of Wrath' and remembered as a transforming event for millions of Americans, were regular parts of much-earlier cycles of droughts followed by recoveries in the region, according to new studies by a multi-institutional research team led by Duke University. |
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| New evidence from modern distributions suggests ancient trees may have lived near ice sheet |
02 August 2004 - Duke University
In a study with implications for how North American trees might respond to a changing climate, molecular information collected by Duke University researchers refutes a widely accepted theory that many of the continent's tree species migrated rapidly from the deep South as glaciers retreated at the end of the last Ice Age. |
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| Soccer 'à la card' |
02 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
For the start of the German soccer season on August 7, 2004, Bayer 04 Leverkusen offers season tickets in a credit card format for its home games at the BayArena. |
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| A high-tech eye for surgeons |
02 August 2004 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
If vital and diseased tissue is closely interwoven, even surgeons with the best eyesight will have difficulty distinguishing the good from the bad. Operating microscopes therefore play a crucial role in the operating room. |
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| New light on how metals change shape at the nanoscale |
02 August 2004 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
A team of researchers headed by Scott X. Mao of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Pittsburgh, working at the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and using high-quality samples of nickel prepared at DOE's Sandia National Laboratories, has now identified a prominent way in which nanocrystalline metals deform. |
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| Coperion displays new compounding processes and machinery at K 2004 |
01 August 2004 - Coperion Holding GmbH
Germany's Coperion Werner & Pfleiderer GmbH & Co KG is presenting a range of new machinery at the K 2004 (Stand 14 /C17 in Hall 14), which is being held on 20-27 October 2004 in Dusseldorf/Germany. |
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