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| Mixed mortars of calcium and cement in the restoration of buildings |
20 April 2006 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The chemist Mikel Arandigoyen Vidaurre, of the Department of Chemistry and Soil Sciences of the University of Navarra, has proved the effectiveness of new formulas for the restoration of buildings. In his thesis, defended at the School of Sciences, he proposes a combination of calcium and cement, which is able to strengthen the qualities of both materials. |
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| Next generation three-dimensional photoelectric modules |
24 January 2006 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
In December the ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Technological Centre signed a joint Agreement with the Japanese company KYOSEMI CORPORATION for the analysis of Photoelectric Modules based on a new, vaulted-structure topology. |
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| Recycling of aeronautics components |
04 January 2006 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The INASMET-Tecnalia research project has the principal aim to perfect a recycling technique that enables, on the one hand, the obtaining of carbon fibre from waste components and, on the other, the study and evaluation of the possibilities of its reuse as an element of reinforcement in new applications. |
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| New polymers for applications in nanopatterning and nanolithography |
19 April 2005 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The main objective of the European NAPA integrated project is to provide low-cost processes and tools that meet the needs of nanoprinting processes. |
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| Microwires - Replacement for the CD-ROM? |
07 March 2005 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
Three to five times thinner than a human hair, these fine threads were invented in the old Soviet Union for military purposes but, the broader scientific community has been studying them for some time now for other applications – including at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). |
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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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| 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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| Recycling liquid crystal display screens |
24 November 2004 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
GAIKER Technological Centre is taking part in a European project under the auspices of the VI Framework Programme involving the reuse and recycling of liquid crystal display screens (ReLCD) employed in the manufacture of devices such as laptops, electronic agendas, calculators, mobile telephones, electronic video-games, audio equipment, televisions and computer screens. |
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| The dance of crystal structures |
10 November 2004 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
At the Leioa (Bizkaia) campus of the University of the Basque Country (EHU), a research team has been analysing solid-to-solid phase transitions of crystals. They selected a group of crystals known as double perovskites for this purpose. |
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| New optic fibre sensors capable of detecting organic compounds |
26 October 2004 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
New research is presented from the Navarre chemist, María Asunción Luquin’s PhD, “Synthesis and characterisation of vapochromic substances for their implementation in optic fibre environmental sensors”. The PhD has been presented in Public University of Navarre. |
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| A special pallet |
22 October 2004 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
The Bizkaian company, Ekoplast Balenciaga, manufacturer of large, high-thickness plastic parts, has developed and patented, in collaboration with the Gaiker technological centre, a novel support for the handling and transport of coils of sheet steel. |
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| Active carbon supercondenser |
03 March 2003 - Elhuyar Fundazioa
CIDETEC has just completed the project, subsidised by the Basque Government and CEGASA, 'The development of a active carbon supercondenser for high-tension applications', aimed at developing home-grown technology which would allow the construction of an active carbon-based, double-layer prototype. |
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