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Tata refurbishes Welsh steel line
Added: 12 Jul 2012
Newport, UK – Boulting Group has completed the refurbishment and installation of a turret head edge…
Capturing the electrical charge between plastics
Added: 10 Jul 2012
Triboelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing friction between surfaces
Compressors raise safety at Dalkia coal mines
Added: 10 Jul 2012
Antwerp, Belgium – Miner Dalkia Industry CZ a.s. has recently completed a six-year project to repla…
Wireless limits security costs at US paper maker
Added: 9 Jul 2012
Stevenson, Alabama – Rock-Tenn is a major US manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging, …
Lafarge using wireless to monitor critical instruments
Added: 4 Jul 2012
Bristol, UK - Lafarge Plasterboard is monitoring critical field instruments remotely from the plant…
Improving miner safety
Added: 3 Jul 2012
A penny-sized device is being developed to improve miner safety
Virtual reality goes underground to monitor nuclear waste
Added: 29 Jun 2012
Cologne, Germany – Research agencies in Germany have joined forces to develop what they believe wil…
Infra red heating speeds Scottish paper plant
Added: 28 Jun 2012
Johnstone, UK – Smith & Mclaurin Ltd has more than doubled the line speed on one of its paper coati…
Fraunhofer network expands
Added: 25 Jun 2012
London - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) and German applied research organisation Fraunhofer-G…
Honeycomb-like material has potential role in carbon capture
Added: 13 Jun 2012
A novel porous material that has unique carbon dioxide retention properties has been developed thro…
Workings behind inexpensive catalyst revealed
Added: 12 Jun 2012
A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic conve…
Sheerness steel plant to restart as Thamesteel exits administration
Added: 12 Jun 2012
Sheerness, UK – Thamesteel Ltd has been sold out of administration to a new company owned by the Al…
Funding drives large-scale production of nanoparticles
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A Nottingham University spin-out is hoping to improve industrial nanoparticle production
World’s first X-ray machine capable of studying liquid surfaces
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A new liquid X-ray machine could significantly improve the performance catalysts
New materials to cut costs for CO2 capture
Added: 31 May 2012
Study discovers zeolite minerals that are one-third more efficient for carbon capture
Microreactors allow safe production of explosive materials
Added: 30 May 2012
Fraunhofer researchers have developed a microreactor for safer production of nitroglycerine
Copper-nickel nanowires suitable for printed electronics
Added: 30 May 2012
Duke University chemists have created a new set of flexible, electrically conductive nanowires
Metal-free catalysts aid sustainable processes
Added: 29 May 2012
A €4m EU-funded project aims to develop carbon materials that will replace precious metals in catal…
Oil-in-water solution to improve consumer products
Added: 29 May 2012
A method that models cell-to-cell adhesion could have industrial applications
Chemicals industry optimistic despite debt crisis
Added: 28 May 2012
The global chemicals industry expects to see an improvement in business according to a study by Cer…
