Yearly Archives: 2016

‘In 140 Characters: How 10 Artworks At I Light Marina Bay 2016 Shine Bright’

Popspoken via Yahoo! Singapore News Mar 18 01:00 am 

Today light art festivals such as Vivid Sydney have illuminated public spaces with inventiveness and the true test of science and sustainability. Singaporetrades i Light Marina Bay follows in successive vein with the biennale light art festival in the Marina Bay precinct promoting environmental sustainability since its inaugural edition in 2010. Amid the myriad of fringe activities such as flea ...

‘The Making Of A Supercar: Inside Acura's NSX Production Facility’

gizmag Mar 17 09:24 pm 

We39ve endured four years of teasing since the initial concept was unveiled but now Acura is finally ready to deliver the 2017 NSX. Gizmag ventured to Marysville Ohio this past week for an extensive tour of Acura39s new Performance Manufacturing Center for a behind the scenes look the American built supercar. .. Continue Reading The making of a supercar Inside Acura39s NSX production facility ...

‘Nifty Opens Above 7500, Sensex Firm’

IBN live Mar 17 09:30 pm 

Mumbai The market started off last day of the week on a positive note tracking global and oil rally. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 79.40 points to 24756.77 and the Nifty advanced 21.65 points to 7534.20.

‘Could Bread Mold Build A Better Rechargeable Battery,’

Science Daily Mar 17 04:06 pm 

You probably don39t think much of fungi and especially those that turn bread moldy but researchers have evidence that might just change your mind. Their findings suggest that a red bread mold could be the key to producing more sustainable electrochemical materials for use in rechargeable batteries.

‘From Nitrogen Glaciers To Ice Volcanoes: Pluto Is Defying All Expectations’

Los Angeles Times Mar 17 11:29 am 

Ask Alan Stern to name the most surprising result from NASA39s New Horizons mission to Pluto and he39ll tell you to rephrase the question. quotA better question would be what isn39t puzzling or mysterious because that39s a much shorter listquot said the mission39s principal investigator. quotAlmost everything...

‘Nano One Granted Taiwanese Patent For Battery Applications’

GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! New Zealand Finance Mar 17 02:02 am 

VANCOUVER British Columbia March 17 2016-- Nano One Materials Corp. is pleased to announce the issuance of Taiwanese Patent No. 201207152 related to batteries utilizing the proprietary lithium mixed ...

‘MOF Gets A Little Help From A Friend’

materialstoday Mar 17 03:23 am 

Squeezing iron-containing ferrocene not to scale in the pores of the MOF known as MIL-101 allows the resultant composite to snag oxygen from passing air. Image PNNL.

‘Key Indian Equity Indices End Flat On Profit-booking’

IANS via Yahoo Maktoob News Mar 17 04:32 am 

Mumbai March 17 IANS Key Indian equity indices which opened higher on Thursday and further surged in line with global cues particularly after the US Federal Reserve kept its key interest rates unchanged ended the day39s trade on a flat note as investors booked profit.

Tongda Group Achieves Remarkable Results In 2015

ACN Newswire via Yahoo! New Zealand Finance Mar 16 09:30 am 

Turnover Rises by 26.8 to HK6074.1 Million Net Profit Increases by 40 to HK702.8 Million HONG KONG Mar 16 2016 - ACN Newswire - Tongda Group Holdings Limited quotTongda Groupquot or the ...

New Fuel Materials Could Make Nuclear Reactors Safer

Newswise Mar 16 10:19 am 

Nuclear power is an important energy source and is essential as a clean energy to reduce current carbon emissions from fossil fuels. However many people feel the risk of nuclear accidents does not outweigh the benefits associated with nuclear energy.

SPE ANTEC 2016 Plenary Sessions Will Focus On Future Of Plastics.

ThomasNet Mar 16 06:09 am 

Taking place in Indianapolis IN from May 2325 ANTEC 2016 will feature 3 plenary sessions Manufacturing and 3D Printing State of the Industry May 23 State of the Plastics Industry Outlook for 2016 and Beyond May 24 and Platform for Novel Lightweight Automotive Composite Design May 25. According to ANTEC 2016 technical conference chair Donna S. Davis these plenary sessions quotwill ...

2017 Acura NSX Review: A Ferrari Minus The Badge

The Christian Science Monitor Mar 16 06:14 am 

The 2017 Acura NSX reasserts the notion that Honda can make a supercar in its own right. The automaker expects to sell just 800 cars in the United States.

Reichhold Announces Price Increase for European Composites Industry

Business Wire Mar 16 05:03 am 

DURHAM N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Reichhold announced today a price increase effective for all orders shipped on or after April 01 2016 in Europe of 80 EURMT on all unsaturated polyester resins vinyl ester resins and ancillary products. This increase is an unavoidable consequence of styrene and other raw materials recent cost rise. We appreciate the understanding of our customers as we continue...

For An Experiment, NASA To Set Large Fire In Space

NDTV Mar 15 11:13 pm 

NASA39s John H Glenn Research Centre is going to light a quotlarge scale firequot in space as part of an experiment that seeks to understand how fire spreads in a micro-gravity environment.

NIST Invents Fleet And Fast Test For Nanomanufacturing Quality Control

SpaceDaily Mar 15 11:45 pm 

Measurements of electrical properties of a plastic tape yellow taken using a specially designed microwave cavity the white cylinder at center and accompanying electrical circuit change quickly and consistently in response to changes in the tape39s thickness.

Campagnolo Launch Potenza 11 Speed Group Pitched Against Shimano Ultegra

Cyclingnews Mar 16 12:17 am 

Including the three EPS electronic shifting versions Campagnolo currently offers eight groupsets from Veloce up to Super Record EPS. In the way that we journos and the great cycling public like to compare different manufacturer39s wares we39ve always thought that Shimano39s popular Ultegra groupset matches up somewhere between Chorus and Athena but it never felt like a fair fight.

FAA to conduct review of 787

Red Deer Advocate Mar 16 01:38 am 

WASHINGTON The U.S. government has stepped in to assure the public that Boeingtrades new 787 Dreamliner is safe to fly even as it launched a comprehensive review to find out what caused a fire a fuel leak and other worrisome incidents this week.