5/24/12
23.05.2012 - Since 2010 business for European technology suppliers to the ceramics industry has in general been picking up. "But, looked at more closely, the picture is more complex," said Paul Eirich, Spokesman for ECTS, the European Ceramic Technology Suppliers, a grouping affiliated in the ...
5/23/12
22.05.2012 - Sustainability - i.e. balancing and integrating economic, ecological and social objectives - is a term which until now had only been used relatively rarely in conjunction with the glass machinery industry - one of the most energy-intensive sectors in the world. And this is despite ...
5/23/12
22.05.2012 - Organic and printed electronics is evolving as an attractive technology platform for comprehensive system solutions. LOPE-C 2012 offers a comprehensive overview of market-ready products and the trends of industrial research and development. LOPE-C 2012 takes place June 19 to 21 in ...
5/22/12
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) under ultra high vacuum conditions enables the monitoring of organic reactions in solution when carried out in mixtures of reactive ionic liquids (ILs), as demonstrated by EAM scientists for a thermally activated alkylation of a nucleophilic amine by a ...
5/18/12
The European Technology Initiative, “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking” (FCH JU), is providing approx 2.3 million euro of finance for the development of new hydrogen solid-state containers on the basis of boron hydrides.These compounds absorb much more hydrogen, the tanks remain ...
5/15/12
Among the factors that make spiders successful predators is the ingeniously composed and structured material of their fangs. Although their armour consists of the same material as their predator’s fangs, flies, grasshoppers and other insects that are the usual prey of spiders have little to ...
5/11/12
The semiconductor industry is faced with the challenge of supplying ever faster and more powerful chips. The Next-Generation Lithography with EUV radiation will help meeting that challenge. Fraunhofer researchers have developed key components. Flat computers, powerful cell phones and tablets – ...
5/10/12
Topics from Ultrafast Data Transfer to Climate Engineering to Novel Materials / All Programmes Interdisciplinary What is the role of phosphorus resources for trees and forests – and what do they mean for the nutrition and balance of a forest ecosystem? How can ultrafast wireless transmission ...
5/8/12
DFG to Establish Seven New Research Units / Over 16 Million Euros in Total for the First Funding Period The establishment of six new Research Units and one Clinical Research Unit has been decided by the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). ...
5/4/12
In cooperation with various project partners, Siemens researchers have developed a new recipe for plastic made primarily of renewable resources and CO2. The new material is an alternative to standard polystyrene-based acrylonitrite-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymer. The new polymer is much ...
