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Nanosensor array detects harmful substances
Added: 22 Aug 2012
The University of California has enabled a US company to develop a novel sensor that can detect sma…

Cyber attack hits Saudi Aramco
Added: 20 Aug 2012
Riyadh - Saudi Aramco has come under a cyber attack, which caused a sudden disruption to parts of o…

Waiting for a single wireless standard
Added: 17 Aug 2012
?Imagine you have just powered up a brand new smartphone, say the popular Samsung Galaxy, only to f…

Wood Group PSN to build CMMS for Shell Prelude
Added: 15 Aug 2012
London – Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a $10 million (AUD) contract by Shell to build the…

Disconnect while live connector for hazardous atmospheres
Added: 9 Aug 2012
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ABB launches hazardous-area wireless devices
Added: 8 Aug 2012
London – ABB has launched a wireless mesh router and wireless bridge for hazardous field automation…

Oil & gas cyber threat
Added: 8 Aug 2012
Livingston, UK – Information security breaches at businesses, government agencies and industrial co…

Instrumentation: Engineers not using their intelligence
Added: 8 Aug 2012
London – Over 40% of companies are not using intelligent features embedded within process instrumen…

Chemicals maker tracks turbo issue
Added: 3 Aug 2012
Florence, Kentucky – Torque-monitoring systems are widely used to identify gradual efficiency loss …

Legionella outbreaks spark industry response
Added: 2 Aug 2012
London - The recent outbreaks of legionella in Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh have led to a spike in …

Huntsman automates remote tank gauge monitoring
Added: 1 Aug 2012
Mountain View, California – Huntsman Corp. has installed an expanded wireless system of tank gauge …

Chemicals maker warms to wireless
Added: 30 Jul 2012
West Bromwich, UK – Robinson Brothers is employing energy-harvesting technology to make remote wire…

SSE expands wireless at UK power plant
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Slough, UK – SSE has extended its use of wireless technology at its Slough Heat and Power energy f…

Tata drives down pump energy costs
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Rotherham, UK – Tata Steel expects to reduce energy costs by £68,000 a year following the installat…

Salamander goes mobile
Added: 27 Jul 2012
London – Salamander markets a range of high quality water care products in hard water areas across …

Machine protection for Asian power plant
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Condition monitoring company Sensonics has reported growing demand for machine protection systems …

Level acquisition
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Emerson Process Management has acquired ISE Magtech of Pearland, Texas, in a move to strengthen it…

Flexible automation of hygienic processes
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?In the food and beverage sector Analysing each individual part of a plant or installation will sho…

Sensing safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Recent advances in the field of sensor technologies are proving timely for process operators in th…

Analysis of petroleum soil contamination
Added: 24 Jul 2012
A new hand-held device for rapid on-site analysis of petroleum soil contamination could facilitate …