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| Paper on cracked laminated glass receives industry recognition
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31 January 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
A paper, co-authored by Dr. Stephen J. Bennison of DuPont’s Glass Laminating Solutions business unit, on the “Mechanical Response of Cracked Laminated Plates”, has received recognition from ASME (American Society for Mechanical Engineers). |
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| Big Take Up of Independently Researched Indices of Steel Prices by Consumers |
31 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
The remarkable upsurge in global steel prices seems to have done very little to advance the prospects of futures trading in steel. |
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| HSC offer noise control help for textiles and footwear industries |
31 January 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission's Textiles Industry Advisory Committee is holding an open meeting in Leicester to offer practical advice on controlling noise in the textiles and footwear industries. |
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| New experimental procedure detects possible traces of disease in cerebrospinal fluid |
31 January 2005 - National Science Foundation
Using their novel bio-bar-code amplification technology, researchers analyzing fluid from around the brain and spinal cord have detected a protein linked in recent studies to Alzheimer's disease. |
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| New softstarter range from ABB delivers powerful performance with simplified programming |
31 January 2005 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
ABB has expanded its softstarter range with the addition of the PST softstarter. As easy to programme as a mobile telephone and incorporating fieldbus communication and advanced motor protection functions, the PST provides a simple yet powerful device for motor control applications with currents from 30 to 1810A. |
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| RTP Company introduces PEEK long fiber compounds |
31 January 2005 - RTP Company
Specialty compounder RTP Company expands its Long Fiber product line with Victrex PEEK (Polyetheretherketone). These RTP 2200 Series PEEK Long Fiber Compounds significantly improve impact strength when compared to conventional short fiber PEEK materials, making them ideal for metal replacement applications. |
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| New instrument more befitting a space-based telescope than a ground-based monster |
28 January 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
In the spring of 2005, when the new Southern African Large Telescope trains its huge eye on the southern sky for the first time, the starlight it gathers will be parsed and analyzed by an instrument more befitting a space-based telescope than a ground-based monster. |
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| Constructing better health receives financial boost |
28 January 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Constructing Better Health, the construction industry's occupational health pilot scheme, received a welcome boost this week when the Association of British Insurers pledged a contribution of £100,000 for 2005, with the potential for a further £100,000 donation in 2006. |
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| Industry-driven technology roadmap from InsightFaraday Partnership helps stimulate uptake of HTT |
28 January 2005 - LGC
The InsightFaraday Partnership's technology roadmap for High Throughput Technologies is now available www.insightfaraday.org. Designed to provide industry with a step-by-step, comprehensive overview of the tools and techniques, benefits and barriers associated with HTT in the UK, the roadmap is also being referred to by applicants to EPSRC's current call for proposals in High Throughput Methods. |
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| NASA asks Lehigh engineering students to analyze debris from failed Columbia shuttle |
28 January 2005 - Lehigh University
Every year, seniors in Lehigh University's Failure Analysis course peer through microscopes to learn the variety of ways in which different materials deform and crack. They apply their new skills to specimens from machines, factories and buildings that have been damaged in real-life situations. |
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| RRIM technology and mould filling simulations in the automotive industry for manufacturing an extensive range of accessories quickly and accurately |
28 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Spider Industries manufactures aerodynamic package for the accessorized version of the BMW X3 using polyurethanes from Bayer MaterialScience |
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| Coal cleaning technology to be used to recover coal from waste |
27 January 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Billions of tons of coal that have been considered waste for decades can now become an energy source, thanks to the advanced separation technologies developed at Virginia Tech. Patented MicrocelTM technology, developed in the mid-1980s by Roe-Hoan Yoon, Gerald Luttrell, and Gregory Adel, professors of mining and mineral engineering, and their group at Virginia Tech, has been in use worldwide for many years to separate coal and other minerals from impurities. In the mid 1990s, Yoon developed chemistry that can be used to dewater clean coal. |
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| Carnegie Mellon and NETL team up to create new paradigms for hydrogen production |
27 January 2005 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new computational modeling tool that could make the production of hydrogen cheaper as the United States seeks to expand its portfolio of alternative energy supplies. |
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| Ashland Inc. holds 81st annual shareholders meeting |
27 January 2005 - Ashland Inc
Shareholders of Ashland Inc. met today in Covington, Ky., to take action on two items of business at the 81st annual shareholders meeting.
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| Chemical used in marine paint may damage hearing in whales |
27 January 2005 - Yale University
A toxic chemical painted on the bottom of large vessels to protect against barnacles may cause hearing difficulties in whales and other mammals, according to a study by Yale researchers to be published in the March issue of Biophysical Journal. |
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| Chemical used in marine paint may damage hearing in whales |
27 January 2005 - Yale University
A toxic chemical painted on the bottom of large vessels to protect against barnacles may cause hearing difficulties in whales and other mammals, according to a study by Yale researchers published in the Biophysical Journal. |
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| Researchers study enzymes, known as flavin-containing monoxygenases or FMOs |
27 January 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
People with a rare enzyme mutation that makes their bodies smell like rotten fish find it devastating. Among those afflicted, suicide rates are high. But can those same enzymes yield desirable effects as well? |
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| Premature births from inflammation and infection rapidly detected by proteomics technology |
26 January 2005 - Yale University
A combination of four proteins that result from inflammation and infection and lead to premature birth can be rapidly and accurately detected in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women using proteomics technology, Yale researchers report in two studies in the February issue of British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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| Simple practicability is hallmark of new Origoarc machines |
26 January 2005 - ESAB Group
Go-anywhere welding capability is available with the ESAB OrigoArc 150/200 MMA welding machines. Practicality, reliability and ease of use were key design aims. These have been realised in a sturdily constructed, yet relatively light weight package featuring an IP23 rated enclosure with a solid carrying handle and accurate current setting from the single knob control. |
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| Ashland introduces PathGuard™ pathogen control system to fight foodborne pathogens |
26 January 2005 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., announces that it has been granted conditional approval of its PathGuard pathogen control system by the United States Department of Agriculture after successfully completing protocol testing.
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| Steel production record will be beaten again in 2005 |
26 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
World crude steel production in 2004 will be close to 1050 million tonnes - an increase of 85 million tonnes (8.8 percent) on the figure recorded in the previous twelve months - following rises of 6.2 and 6.7 percent in the preceding two years, according to forecasts from MEPS. |
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| No cheap steel expected in the medium term |
26 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
It is becoming ever clearer that steel producers and consumers can expect no relief, in the near term at least, from the upward pressure of costs for steelmaking raw materials and other inputs. While steel production rates continue rising, raw material supplies will remain tight, and that means higher costs. |
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| Gentler processing may yield better molecular devices |
26 January 2005 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A simple, chemical way to attach electrical contacts to molecular-scale electronic components has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The recently patented method attaches a layer of copper on the ends of delicate molecular components to avoid damage to the components that commonly occurs with conventional techniques. |
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| Laser applications heat up for carbon nanotubes |
26 January 2005 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Carbon nanotubes - a hot nanotechnology with many potential uses - may find one of its quickest applications in the next generation of standards for optical power measurements, which are essential for laser systems used in manufacturing, medicine, communications, lithography, space-based sensors and other technologies. |
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| Carpenter Technology Subsidiary Joins Forces with Schutt Sports: Titanium to be Used in Protective Sporting Equipment |
26 January 2005 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
Dynamet Incorporated, a subsidiary of Carpenter Technology Corporation, said today it had formed a strategic alliance with Schutt® Sports related to titanium faceguards used in football, baseball, softball, and other sports applications. |
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| Improved Stainless Steels for Medical Instrument Tubing |
26 January 2005 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
Continuing advances in surgical techniques are requiring more instruments that use metal tubular components. The requirements placed on these instruments by the surgeon have become more demanding as the surgical procedures become more complex and confined. |
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| BASF Coatings de México opens new coatings manufacturing plant in Monterrey |
26 January 2005 - BASF Coatings AG
BASF Coatings de México S.A. de C.V. has opened a new manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico. BASF Coatings customers in America will benefit from the faster product delivery capabilities and enhanced level of services that can now be offered. |
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| Rogers products at this year's DesignCon West |
25 January 2005 - Rogers Corporation
Rogers will be featuring its RO4000 Series High Frequency Circuit Materials, R/flex CRYSTAL polyimide laminates, two new lines of 2L-FCCL adhesiveless, all-polyimide (API) flexible circuit materials, and R/flex 8080 Liquid Photoimageable Covercoat at this year's DesignCon West. |
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| Rogers Corp. Introduces Adhesiveless, All-Polyimide (API) Flexible Circuit Materials |
25 January 2005 - Rogers Corporation
Rogers Corporation is introducing two new lines of 2L-FCCL adhesiveless, all-polyimide (API) flexible circuit materials for use in cell phone hinge flex, LCD interconnection, and other applications. Offerings include Rogers R/flex( AP 200 material, a single-clad, cast-on type product and Mitsui Chemicals NEOFLEX( NFX material, a double-clad, laminated-type product. Both are available in rolls 250mm and 500mm (9.84 inches and 19.68 inches) wide. |
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| Infectious agent linked to mad cow disease found in organs other than the brain |
25 January 2005 - Yale University
Prions, infectious proteins associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or Mad Cow Disease, were previously thought to accumulate mainly in the brain, but Yale and University of Zurich researchers report in Science that other organs can also become infected. |
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| Double protection for wood |
25 January 2005 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The SURFASAM project focuses on providing the timber industry with wood treatment that protects, is healthy, safe and efficient for the thorough protection of wood against biological degrading agents by means of a 'green chemical process' which can be employed by small and medium enterprises and which is risk free. The focus of En SURFASAM is, in fact, an initiative aimed at research into and innovation of products and processes related to wood protection which substitute treatments involving biocides that are currently used. |
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| Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics Receives FDA Approval For Hepatitis A and Hepatitis Bc Total; Five Automated Assays for Hepatitis Now Available on the ADVIA Centaur® Immunoassay System |
25 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer HealthCare, Diagnostics Division, a member of the Bayer Group announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two new hepatitis assays from the company—an automated assay for HAV IgM antibodies, as well as an automated assay for anti-HBc Total (IgG and IgM) antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen. |
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| Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care Division Announces Winner Of 2004 Acsensia Dream Fund® Contest |
24 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer HealthCare LLC, Diabetes Care Division, a member of the Bayer Group, announced today Kathryn (Kassie) Gregorio Palmer as the official 2004 winner of The Ascensia Dream Fund®, the Company’s annual contest for people with diabetes. |
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| Fullerenes: Optimising surfaces for anti-wear applications |
24 January 2005 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The problem of the tribological behaviour of materials had focussed on either improving friction or prioritising less wear and tear. The target of FOREMOST is to achieve both effects simultaneously and, to this end, the project will be based on the use of inorganic fullerenes (molybdenum bisulphate and bisulphate of wolframite). These new alotropic states of these well-known solid lubricants have the property of forming spheres of a few nanometers in diameter and forming layers like onion skins which act as 'nano ball bearings' between the surfaces in contact. |
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| Transparent orthodontic brackets by microinjection |
24 January 2005 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The dental bracket market is in full swing worldwide for a number of reasons. In western societies this growth is due to the fact that criteria over buccal care have moved on from the merely functional – concerned with the conservation of dental elements – to take into account aesthetic considerations. It is no longer sufficient to have a healthy mouth but it must also look nice. This shift in criteria means that orthodontic applications have extended to other sectors of the population, apart from the typical adolescent sector. In other societies, as standards of living increase, orthodoncics and, in general, mouth care, is becoming more than just a prime need. |
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| Scientists seek better catalysts |
24 January 2005 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Those seeking to design more efficient catalysts for the production of hydrogen and the control of air pollutants might do well to take a closer look at how chemistry works in nature, say scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. |
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| AIDS vaccine developed at Emory University & National Institutes of Health moves to clinical trials |
23 January 2005 - Emory University
A vaccine aimed against AIDS, developed at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, the Emory Vaccine Center, and the Laboratory of Viral Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, will begin a Phase I clinical trial this week. |
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| X-rays show bugs can breathe like humans |
23 January 2005 - University of Chicago
X-rays over a billion times more intense than conventional imaging show insects can breathe much like humans, an international team of physicists and zoologists said Thursday. |
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| Researchers exploring new methods to increase computer-chip performance |
21 January 2005 - University of Chicago
The work of a group of researchers at the University’s Institute for Biophysical Dynamics may prevent a repeal of Moore’s Law, a computer-industry standard that states computer chips should double in power approximately every 18 months. |
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| Evidence of charging of nanocatalysts found |
21 January 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Technical University Munich have discovered evidence of a phenomenon that may lead to drastically lowering the cost of manufacturing of materials from plastics to fertilizers. Studying nano-sized clusters of gold on a magnesium oxide surface, scientists found direct evidence for electrical charging of a nano-sized catalyst. This is an important factor in increasing the rate of chemical reactions. The research will appear in the 21 January, 2005, issue of the journal Science, published by the AAAS, the science society, the world's largest general scientific organization. See http://www.sciencemag.org and also http://www.aaas.org |
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| New coater at Virton extends packaging possibilities |
21 January 2005 - ExxonMobil Chemical Co
ExxonMobil Chemical announces the start-up of a new flexible film coating line in its Virton, Belgium, facility. The company's new coating facility will provide consistent coating quality, short-run capability for niche products and multi-substrate material functionality. |
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| Successful launch for pilot plant |
21 January 2005 - Akcros Chemicals
Akzo Nobel's Base Chemicals business has successfully launched the first phase of a pilot hydrogen power plant with project partner NedStack. |
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| Vishay's new FunctionPAK DC/DC converter offers power density upwards of 570 W per cubic inch |
21 January 2005 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the release of a new fully integrated dc-to-dc buck converter that delivers power density of more than 570 W per cubic inch in a 20-port, surface-mount BGA package with an area of 0.58 in. by 0.48 in. [14.7 mm by 12.2 mm] and a low maximum height profile of 0.126 in. [3.2 mm]. |
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| HSE announce new tool for SME's to assess their health and safety performance |
20 January 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive today launched a new web-based tool to assist SME's track and assess how well they are managing their own health and safety performance supported by the DTI's Small Business Service. |
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| When the tongue slips, the eyes have it |
20 January 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
How is it that we can look at a door and accidentally call it a window or call a shovel a rake? When people mislabel objects, they often blame themselves for rushing their words or not paying attention. But research at the Georgia Institute of Technology, published in the December issue of Psychological Science, suggests the mistakes may have less to do with concentration than previously thought. The findings provide an insight into how the brain organizes speech and suggests that when the tongue slips, the eyes may be the best window into a speaker's intent. |
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| DuPont electronic materials keep Mars rovers going one year later |
20 January 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
One year to the month after Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars, the Rovers are still roaming the planet, sending back crystal-clear images of the Martian surface. Their durable parts help keep them going, enabled by DuPont science. |
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| Materials and Design clinic at PDM exhibition |
20 January 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
DuPont Engineering Polymers holds 'Material and Design Clinic' at PDM 2005. |
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| Scientists find evidence of electrical charging of nanocatalysts |
20 January 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Technical University Munch have discovered evidence of a phenomenon that may lead to drastically lowering the cost of manufacturing of materials from plastics to fertilizers. Studying nano-sized clusters of gold on a magnesium oxide surface, scientists found direct evidence for electrical charging of a nano-sized catalyst. This is an important factor in increasing the rate of chemical reactions. |
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| DuPont Engineering Polymers holds ‘Material and Design Clinic’ at PDM 2005
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20 January 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
DuPont Engineering Polymers will be running a ‘Material and Design Clinic’ (Hall 2/ Stand G19) at PDM 2005, the new event for the UK plastics design and moulding sector being held at the Telford International Centre, 12-14 April 2005. |
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| Call for entries to the DuPont Packaging Awards by end of April 2005
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19 January 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Over the next three months, DuPont is once again inviting converters, moulders and consumer goods producers worldwide to submit their latest innovations for the company’s packaging awards programme. |
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| World produces 1.05 billion tonnes of steel in 2004 |
19 January 2005 - International Iron and Steel Institute
Figures released by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) show that world crude steel production stood at 1.05 billion metric tonnes in 2004. |
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| December 2004 crude steel production |
19 January 2005 - International Iron and Steel Institute
December 2004 crude steel production (for the 62 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute) |
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| University of Manchester makes made-to-measure skin and bones a reality using inkjet printers |
19 January 2005 - University of Manchester
Made-to-measure skin and bones, which could be used to treat burn victims or patients who have suffered severe disfigurements, may soon be a reality using inkjets which can print human cells. |
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| Vishay's new 9-mm ganged potentiometers with ultra-compact 0.375-in. by 0.75-in. dimensions |
19 January 2005 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has announced the release of a new 9-mm multi-ganged potentiometer with an ultra-compact module, a miniature 0.375 in. by 0.75 in. [9.52 mm by 11.35 mm], and availability in variable standard and custom models to enable highly adaptive designs. |
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| New lab delves into plants for fuels |
19 January 2005 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A new integrated facility designed to give scientists unprecedented insights into the chemical and biological reactions which can transform renewable plant and waste materials into useful sources of energy was dedicated yesterday at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. |
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| NASA to provide BU $9.5 million for development and construction of CRaTER instrument |
19 January 2005 - Boston University
Boston University Professor Harlan Spence recently joined five other space scientists at Goddard Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland to discuss their participation in NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter program. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience’s Polyaspartic Coating Technology Hits a Home Run at Florida Baseball Stadium |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Polyaspartic coating technology, which is often used in topcoat formulations that are part of a corrosion protection coating system, is ideal for protecting concrete because it can be easily applied, offers outstanding durability and gloss retention, and can be modified to fit specific application needs. |
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| Bayer’s Carl Angeloff Named President of SSPC Board of Governors |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Carl Angeloff, Manager of Market Development for the Maintenance and Monomers coatings business for Bayer MaterialScience LLC, recently was named President of the Board of Governors for the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC). |
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| Bayer Highlights New Polyaspartic Coating Technology at World of Concrete |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
In baseball, runs, hits and errors are all part of the game. Unfortunately, at the Atlanta Braves spring training facility at Wide World of Sports Disney World, runs, hits and errors were being overshadowed by runs, drips and leaks.
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| Bayer Highlights Thick Film Coatings that Waterproof and Protect Roads and Bridges at World of Concrete |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
To waterproof the decks of two steel transit rail bridges, the New Jersey Transit Corporation turned to the Baytec® SPR elastomeric thick film coating technology from Bayer MaterialScience. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience Picks up the Pace in Thick Film Coatings Education at PACE 2005 |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
In a demonstration of Bayer MaterialScience’s expertise in coatings technology, researchers and scientists from the company will help set the pace in thick film coatings education at the inaugural Paint and Coatings Expo (PACE) 2005. |
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| New Formulations of Bayer’s Proven Baytec Coatings Highlighted at World of Concrete |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Baytec® SPR membranes from Bayer MaterialScience have been proven in numerous applications for more than 30 years. |
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| New Aliphatic Acrylic Polyurethane Coating System from Bayer MaterialScience Featured at World of Concrete |
18 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
A new protective coating from Bayer has helped transform the concrete ramp supports and wall barriers for a century-old tunnel from an eyesore into an attractive, functional gateway.
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| 'Bumpy' glass could lead to self-cleaning windows, slick micromachines |
18 January 2005 - Ohio State University
Scanning electron micrograph image of the surface of a lotus leaf. Ohio State University engineers are using the bumpy leaf as a model for slick, water-repellent surfaces. |
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| Morgan Receives Three Contracts from Spanish Firm |
17 January 2005 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company has received three contracts from Siderúrgica Añón, SA of La Coruña in Spain, to design, build and install several modifications to its combination single-stand bar and rod mill. |
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| Chromium VI In Cement: New COSHH Regulations
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17 January 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (COSHH 2004) will prohibit the supply or use of cement which has a chromium VI concentration of more than 2 parts per million. |
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| Making plastics from oranges |
17 January 2005 - Cornell University
A Cornell University research group has made a sweet and environmentally beneficial discovery - how to make plastics from citrus fruits, such as oranges, and carbon dioxide. In a paper published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (Sept. 2004), Geoffrey Coates, a Cornell professor of chemistry and chemical biology, and his graduate students Chris Byrne and Scott Allen describe a way to make polymers using limonene oxide and carbon dioxide, with the help of a novel 'helper molecule' -- a catalyst developed in the researchers' laboratory. |
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| TPU facings give new tyres a nostalgic look |
17 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Facings made of the TPU Desmopan give modern tubeless tyres an authentic nostalgic look. Thanks to TPU, the facings are highly abrasion- and wear-resistant. |
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| Bayer Diagnostics Expands Hepatitis Testing Offering |
17 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer HealthCare, Diagnostics Division, a member of the Bayer Group announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the company’s automated assay for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) on its ADVIA Centaur® Immunoassay System. Other FDA-approved, automated hepatitis assays available from Bayer are Anti-HBs and Anti-HBc-IgM. |
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| Calling all vintage car enthusiasts! |
17 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
As any vintage car enthusiast will tell you, original tires with whitewall strips are very rare and fetch a high price – if you are lucky enough to find any. An elegant and cheaper alternative is plastic facings which can be fixed onto the steel rim of today's tubeless tires as swiftly as a hubcap and give the tire an authentic nostalgic look. |
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| Horizontal densification, Living quality at a low cost |
17 January 2005 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Courtyard houses and terraced houses are the central topics of a newly released publication on the forms of horizontal densification in domestic architecture. Besides the history of these building types, the various types, quality criteria and their implementation within the purview of the numerous concepts of urban development are dealt with in detail. The book, published with the aid of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), thus offers a unique review of a residential building type that, once again, assumes increasing significance in our society. |
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| Study in nature identifies specific gene required for long-term immunity |
15 January 2005 - Emory University
In a study in the Nature, scientists at the Emory Vaccine Research Center show that a gene called SAP is required to generate long-term immunity. By measuring the immune responses of 'knockout' mice genetically engineered to lack SAP, researchers found that the gene’s absence impairs the immune system’s 'memory,' namely its ability to recognize and react to infection. This finding has implications for research in vaccines, which by definition must engender long-term immunity. |
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| Salt plant breaks production record |
14 January 2005 - Akcros Chemicals
Akzo Nobel's Salt plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, set a new production record during 2004. |
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| Corus alliance with Latent Gold defect guarantee |
14 January 2005 - Corus
Corus is offering a 12-year structural building guarantee in conjunction with its Confidex guarantee on commercial properties. |
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| GT Launches New Wear Resistant Thermoplastic - AR™HT |
13 January 2005 - Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV
The newest member of Greene, Tweed's wear-resistant thermoplastic family, ARHT, provides outstanding chemical, thermal shock and impact resistance, making it an ideal replacement for rubber, bronze and ceramic materials in extreme conditions commonly found in pump environments. |
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| Marijuana associated with same respiratory symptoms as tobacco |
13 January 2005 - Yale University
Smoking marijuana is associated with increased risk of many of the same symptoms as smoking cigarettes, chronic bronchitis, coughing on most days, phlegm production, shortness of breath, and wheezing, according to a Yale study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. |
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| New image sensor will show what the eyes see, and a camera cannot |
12 January 2005 - National Science Foundation
Researchers are developing new technologies that may give robots the visual-sensing edge they need to monitor dimly lit airports, pilot vehicles in extreme weather and direct unmanned combat vehicles. |
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| Corus supports Ricardo with aerospace steel for ultimate racing and sports car transmissions |
12 January 2005 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has won a contract to supply Ricardo, one of the world’s leading independent engineering consultancies, with its specialist, ultra clean steel to manufacture the company’s latest generation of ultra high performance sports car and motorsport transmissions and gearboxes.
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| Thomas Swan certified as approved carbon nanotube supplier |
12 January 2005 - Thomas Swan
Thomas Swan & Company has been certified as an approved supplier of high-quality carbon nanotubes having passed a strict supply chain certification programme designed and managed by the US based Zyvex Corporation. |
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| Carbon nanotube 'shock absorbers' excel at dampening vibration |
12 January 2005 - National Science Foundation
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a novel carbon-nanotube-based material that chokes vibration and may have applications for both large and small devices. |
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| Affiliate of Sun Capital completes purchase of Performance Fibers Business Unit from Honeywell |
12 January 2005 - Performance Fibers
Sun Capital Partners has announced the completion by one of its affiliates of the purchase of Honeywell International Inc.'s Performance Fibers business
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| International Steel Market Roundup - January 2005 |
12 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
This article has been extracted from the December issue of MEPS International Steel Review |
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| First world steel industry sustainability report published by IISI |
12 January 2005 - International Iron and Steel Institute
The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) has published the first sustainability report of the world steel industry. |
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| Optical innovator uses soda-straw-like tubes to solve widespread sensing problems |
11 January 2005 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Sending weak beams of light through inexpensive glass tubes that resemble soda straws, Sandia National Laboratories researcher Jonathan Weiss - dubbed by some the 'light wizard' - can inexpensively solve problems ranging from the migration of waste through a landfill to detecting when an automobile battery soon will be too weak to start a car. |
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| Study shows nanoshells ideal as chemical nanosensors |
11 January 2005 - Rice University
Nanoshells can enhance sensitivity to chemical detection by factor of 10 billion
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| Asian average carbon steel price forecast for December 2004 |
11 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
The further strong rise in the value of most Asian steel prices has prompted MEPS to lift its forecasts. |
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| EU average carbon steel price forecast for December 2004 |
11 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
In the flat products category, EU purchasers are waiting as long as possible before committing themselves to forward orders for delivery in the first quarter. Many companies have high inventories to take them into the New Year. |
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| North American average carbon steel price forecast for December 2004 |
11 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
In the flat products category, inventories in the US are nearly double the figure recorded at this time last year, while the Canadian market activity remains subdued. |
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| New generation of monobloc filling and capping machines for PET bottles |
11 January 2005 - Serac
The Canopy filling and capping machines are also very easy to use. Two parameters are all that is needed to start production: the weight of the empty containers and production rate. |
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| Autotype enables component integration for new Motorola C650 |
11 January 2005 - Autotype International
Motorola is using Autotype’s XtraForm formable hardcoated polycarbonate film to produce the integrated front housing and lens together with the back housing of its new C650 mobile phone. |
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| Eight year reference provides solution to tube cracking problems in recovery boilers |
10 January 2005 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Cracking in water tubes in black liquor recovery boilers, especially in boiler floors and lower waterwalls, has been the source of unscheduled downtime for many years. |
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| Ashland-supported solar car to debut at car show |
10 January 2005 - Ashland Inc
A solar-powered vehicle from The University of Michigan and supported by Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., will be unveiled Jan. 11 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich. The show, which has events from Jan. 9 to Jan. 23, will be open to the public on Jan. 15.
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| World’s Strongest Stainless Steel for Golf Clubs Offers New Design and Performance Advantages |
10 January 2005 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
An alloy originally designed for critical aerospace applications should work well for golfers and golf club designers on perpetual alert for a new material that could elevate player performance and satisfaction on the golf course.
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| Bigger and better solutions for plate working
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10 January 2005 - LVD Company n.v.
The latest generation of powerful laser processing systems are starting to transform the way that companies are approaching plate working. |
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| Canadian technology to help China reduce greenhouse gas emissions passes first test |
10 January 2005 - Alberta Research Council
A $10 million joint project between the Canadian International Development Agency and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has successfully completed stage one testing in China. The project, led in part by the Alberta Research Council, has successfully demonstrated the viability of storing carbon dioxide in deep, unmineable coalbeds, and of enhancing coalbed methane recovery by CO2 injection. |
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| Two new metallization lines at Brindisi will ensure product quality and consistent supply |
10 January 2005 - ExxonMobil Chemical Co
ExxonMobil Chemical announces today that it is installing two new metallization lines at its oriented polypropylene films plant in Brindisi, Italy. The investment in metallization by ExxonMobil reinforces the company's commitment to the OPP films business through the provision of an improved and steady supply of quality metallized films to the flexible packaging industry. The first line is set to start producing commercially in the first quarter of 2005, with the second line due to start up a few months later. |
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| Polycarbonate Provides Resistance to IV Fluid Products and “True Swabability” |
10 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
At a time when exposure to infectious diseases such as AIDS and Hepatitis B are of grave concern, needleless technology has provided a safe way to protect patients and clinicians from accidental needle-stick injuries. |
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| Oxford nanoScience Secures First Atom Probe Sale In China |
09 January 2005 - Oxford NanoScience Polaron Nanotechnology Division
The first commercial 3 Dimensional Atom Probe (3DAP) has been sold into the Peoples Republic of China. This milestone purchase of an instrument which brings a unique approach to materials characterisation, has been made by the Institute of Materials, Shanghai University. |
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| A new procedure used at Grady Memorial Hospital to detect ectopic pregnancies |
08 January 2005 - Emory University
Emory University School of Medicine physicians working at Grady Memorial Hospital are among the first in the country to use a technique called microculdoscopy to diagnose ectopic pregnancies. More than 100 patients a year at Grady have ectopic pregnancies, which pose a disproportionate risk to the lives of African-American women. |
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| Men with a high intake of dietary calcium are at greater risk of developing prostate cancer |
07 January 2005 - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Researchers from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute reviewed data from the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study to evaluate the relation between calcium, vitamin D, phosphorus as well as dairy products and occurrence of prostate cancer. The current research was based on 17 years of follow-up and 1269 incident cases of prostate cancer. |
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| New method could store hydrogen fuel |
07 January 2005 - University of Chicago
University of Chicago researchers have proposed a new method for storing hydrogen that could make the widespread use of the element as a fuel possible. The most popular current storage methods for liquid hydrogen and compressed hydrogen require that the fuel be kept at extremely low temperatures or high pressures. |
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| Bayer Global Cash and Product Donations Now More than $13 Million |
07 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer companies worldwide are assisting the victims of the Asian tsunamis with both monetary and product donations totaling more than $13 million. |
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| Bausch & Lomb To License Plasmin from Bayer HealthCare for Ophthalmic Use |
07 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bausch & Lomb and Bayer HealthCare LLC, Biological Products Division, today announce that Bayer has granted Bausch & Lomb an exclusive worldwide license to Bayer’s Plasmin technology for use in ophthalmology.
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| Impressive performance even at extreme temperatures
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07 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
When it comes to insulation, rigid polyurethane foams are considered by experts to be world class. With rigid polyurethane foams, insulating layers can be much thinner than those made of most competing products in general use and yet still deliver the same performance. |
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| Corus Europressings business achieves ISO/TS16949 Quality Standard |
07 January 2005 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that Europressings, its specialist metal pressings and sub-assemblies business, has acquired certification to the ISO/TS 16949 quality approval standard. Europressings has also achieved business accreditation to the International Safety Rating Standard, level 4 (ISRS).
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| Nylon valve construction cuts 50% off metal pneumatic valve |
07 January 2005 - Asco/Joucomatic
Asco Joucomatic achieves cost reduction of nearly 50% on new version, miniature sub-base mounted valves. |
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| CrackFirst sensor from TWI warns of fatigue failures |
07 January 2005 - TWI (The Welding Institute)
TWI has managed the development of a device that measures the amount of fatigue suffered by a welded structure. |
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| GM joins with Sandia to advance hydrogen storage |
07 January 2005 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
General Motors Corp and Sandia National Laboratories have launched a partnership to design and test an advanced method for storing hydrogen based on metal hydrides. |
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| Corus Europressings business achieves ISO/TS16949 Quality Standard |
07 January 2005 - Corus
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that Europressings, its specialist metal pressings and sub-assemblies business, has acquired certification to the ISO/TS 16949 quality approval standard. |
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| Vishay Transducers to supply crane load cells and instruments for iron and steel manufacturing in China |
07 January 2005 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, through its Vishay Nobel office in Sweden, has been awarded a contract to design and supply to customers special crane load cells and associated instruments for iron and steel manufacturing operations in China. |
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| Mirror-housing bracket made of DuPont™ Rynite® wins award for innovative use of plastics
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06 January 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
A mirror-housing bracket, made of DuPont™ Rynite® PET, won the chassis/hardware category at last November’s ‘Most Innovative Use of Plastics Program’, an event hosted by the American Society of Plastics Engineers. |
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| Autoflex hardcoated film ensures maximum protection for innovative EMI-shielded windows |
06 January 2005 - Autotype International
Autoflex PC, a range of hardcoated polycarbonate films, manufactured in the UK by Autotype, is being used as a critical component for the construction of an innovative range of electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shielded display windows. |
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| HSE statement on paddling pools |
06 January 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Following recent press coverage on health and safety issues relating to paddling pools run by local authorities, Justin McCracken, Deputy Director General of the Health and Safety Executive, said: 'What all pool operators must do is weigh up the risks and provide precautions which match the level of risk they have identified, and they have had to do this by law for 30 years. Each situation has to be assessed on its own merits and, for paddling pools, issues such as the size, depth and usage of the pool will determine what measures are appropriate. |
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| Emory Physician uses Botox injections to treat spasticity following stroke, spinal cord injury & brain injury |
06 January 2005 - Emory University
Botulinum toxin type A, better known as Botox, has been used for more than a decade to treat patients with conditions caused by overactive muscles. Now, an Emory University physician is using Botox injections to treat spasticity, or spastic paralysis, which often occurs following a stroke, spinal cord injury or brain injury. Spasticity is usually caused by damage to the portion of the brain or spinal cord that controls voluntary movement. |
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| Welcome the New Year with new color choices that soothes your home's soul |
06 January 2005 - Rohm & Haas Co
As we welcome 2005, what better time to take stock of the importance of family, friends and home life. Thoughtful consideration of our living space is certainly one way to welcome and renew relationships. |
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| Litter at sea means a bellyful of plastic for seabirds |
05 January 2005 - New Scientist
Discarded plastic has become a potentially dangerous staple in the diet of seabirds.
The stomachs of 95 per cent of all fulmars that researchers found washed up dead around the North Sea contained fragments of plastic. One dead bird from Denmark had 20.6 grams of plastic in its belly, equivalent to about 2 kilograms in a human-sized stomach. |
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| Polyurethane heat insulating materials give top results – up to plus and minus 200C |
05 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Pipelines carrying steam must withstand temperatures up to 200C. Polyisocyanurate (PIR) rigid foam has clear advantages over mineral wool, because the insulating layer takes up less space and insulating the pipe with this rigid polyurethane foam is much more cost-effective than ´stuffing´ it with mineral wool. |
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| Cape and Corrocoat join forces to combat corrosion |
05 January 2005 - Corrocoat
Cape and Corrocoat, two significant names in corrosion treatment and prevention, have announced an agreement forming a strategic alliance. |
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| Y-axis turn-milling halves medical equipment production times |
05 January 2005 - Mills Manufacturing Technology
Three Daewoo Puma 2500SY lathes, installed over a 12-month period to November 2004, have been key to improving productivity at Finsbury Orthopaedics, which specialises in the design, development and manufacture of implants for hips, knees and other joints. |
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| Concorde crash blamed on metal from Continental jet |
04 January 2005 - Reuters
A metal strip that fell off a Continental Airlines jet and a design fault in Concorde led to the supersonic jet's crash outside Paris in 2000, which killed 113 people, according to an official report.
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| Moog introduces new radial piston pump (RKP) with digital control |
04 January 2005 - Moog Controls
Moog is introducing a new version of its popular Radial Piston Pump (RKP) with digital control and a fieldbus interface. In injection moulding machines, the digital version of the RKP pump will enable machine builders to enjoy advanced diagnostics and easy set-up. |
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| Oxford nanoScience and Oxford University Materials Department Win National Measurement Award |
04 January 2005 - Oxford NanoScience Polaron Nanotechnology Division
The 2004 National Measurement Award for Innovative Measurement has been won by researchers at Oxford University Materials Department and Oxford nanoScience Ltd for the development and successful commercialisation of the 3-Dimensional Atom Probe (3DAP). |
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| Improved margins for stainless producers through 2004
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04 January 2005 - MEPS (International)
Stainless steel prices have been expanding for the past three years. For much of the time, price hikes have recovered only the cost of raw materials. The picture changed in 2004. The mills have been able to increase the margin between the selling price and input costs. |
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| Creating a Visual Storm |
04 January 2005 - Renfrew Group
The 600 group has instigated a brand enhancement project, and turned to the Renfrew Group to help provide, in collaboration with its own in-house engineers, the combination of visual design inspiration and practical engineering insights that would be critical to creating a commercially viable solution. |
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| M&G to build world’s largest PET plant in Brazil |
04 January 2005 - M&G Group
The M&G Group has confirmed plans to build the world’s largest PET plant near the town of Ipojuca which is in the State of Pernambuco, North Eastern Brazil. The new plant will have a capacity of 450kt/year (approximately 990 million lbs/year) and is expected to come on-stream in late 2006.
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| Ashland achieves RC14001 certification of Kearny, N.J. manufacturing plant |
04 January 2005 - Ashland Inc
Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., announces certification of its Kearny, N.J. manufacturing plant to RC14001, which combines the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care* Management System (RCMS) and ISO 14001 certification into a single, auditable specification. The Kearny facility manufactures products for the Drew Industrial and Drew Marine businesses.
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| NREL releases new version of energy evaluation software |
04 January 2005 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently released Version 2.1 of HOMER, a micropower optimization software model that simplifies the task of evaluating design options for both off-grid and grid-connected power systems. |
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| Holes in fossil shells show effects of competition and evolution |
04 January 2005 - Yale University
Fossil records of the holes drilled in clam shells before and after a mass extinction two million years ago show patterns of predator-prey behavior indicating that although diversity recovered rapidly, the level of competition has not, according to an article in the journal Science. |
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| Bayer MaterialScience raised prices for polyester resins, alkyd resins and hydroxyl acrylates |
03 January 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer MaterialScience AG has raised its prices for saturated and unsaturated polyester resins, alkyd resins and hydroxyl acrylates by up to EUR 0.45 per kilogram. The rise has come into force on January 1, 2005 at the latest. |
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| Higher reflectivity may result in global cooling, partially offsetting greenhouse effect |
03 January 2005 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Atmospheric scientists have long suspected that microscopic aerosol particles from industrial processes increase the brightness of clouds, resulting in greater reflection of sunlight and cooling of Earth’s climate. However, this supposition is based on model calculations rather than observations, and these model calculations are very uncertain. |
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| Scientists develop split green for tagging protein |
03 January 2005 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new protein tagging and detection system based on a process for 'splitting' a green fluorescent protein. Unlike current protein detection methods, the method works both in living cells and in the test tube and can be used to quantify proteins down to 0.1 picomole, or one billionth of a gram of a typical protein molecule. |
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| Component of plastic stimulates growth of certain prostate cancer cells |
03 January 2005 - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
An oestrogen-like chemical commonly used to synthesize plastic food containers has been shown to encourage the growth of a specific category of prostate cancer cell, potentially affecting the treatment efficacy for a subset of prostate cancers. |
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| RTP Company introduces value productsWINONA |
01 January 2005 - RTP Company
Specialty compounder RTP Company introduces a new line of Value Products, developed in popular formulations commonly chosen by processors. |
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| Thinking ahead is the key to managing the burgeoning problem of component obsolescence |
01 January 2005 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
How long do you think the components in your design will be available? If it's been around for a couple of years, then the chances are that you'll have to start thinking about what happens to those parts in the next three to five years. Of course, if you are designing fast moving consumer goods or mobile phones, you have nothing to worry about. But, for an increasing number of applications in the industrial, transportation, automotive and medical sectors, the issue of component obsolescence is becoming increasingly important. |
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