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An international team of physicists has developed a method for taking ultrafast “sonograms” that can track the structural changes that take place within solid materials in trillionth-of-a-second intervals as they go through an important physical process called a phase transition. Common phase transitions include the melting of candle wax before it burns and dissolving sugar in water. They are purely structural changes that produce dramatic changes in a material’s physical properties...
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) today announced the availability of the new Saflex® glass strength calculator. This proprietary software, developed by Solutia in conjunction with industry glass experts, is based on the methodologies of European (EN) and international (ASTM and ISO) standards for glass characteristics and design. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081029/AQW096LOGO ) "This new software is an online glass stress...
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), announced today that entries are still being accepted for the Solutia World of Color Awards(TM)( )inspired by Vanceva®. Launched in 2010, the international design awards program was created to honor architects, interior designers, glass fabricators, furniture designers, glazing contractors, engineers and other industry professionals around the world for their innovative use of colored laminated safety glass...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pretium Packaging L.L.C. (the "Company") will host a conference call on Thursday, February 16, 2012, starting at 10:00 AM ET to discuss its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. The conference call will be hosted by George Abd, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert Robison, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 are included in the...
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) today announced the commercial availability of Saflex® DG structural interlayer for architectural laminated glass applications. The product is designed specifically for applications in which increased interlayer rigidity and high glass adhesion are required relative to standard glazing interlayers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081029/AQW096LOGO) "Laminated glass as a building material has experienced an...
University of Texas at Austin researchers have cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space for the first time. The researchers used a method known as plasmonic cloaking to hide a 7-inch cylindrical tube from microwaves. During the study, they were able to show how ordinary objects can be cloaked in their natural environment in all directions and from all vantage points. When using the plasmonic cloaking method, light strikes an object, and rebounds off its surface...
Computational Materials researchers at UC Santa Barbara use cutting-edge calculations to determine fundamental optical transparency limits in conducting oxide material tin oxide Researchers in the Computational Materials Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have uncovered the fundamental limits on optical transparency in the class of materials known as transparent conducting oxides. Their discovery will support development of energy efficiency improvements for...
The ViewSite Brain Access System has received clearance to be imported and marketed in the People’s Republic of China, unlocking tremendous growth potential for Vycor Medical in this region as demonstrated by an opening order of $170,000. Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 Vycor Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:VYCO) (“Vycor”) today announced that its ViewSite Brain Access System (“VBAS”) has received clearance from the State Food and Drug Administration (“SFDA”) in the People’s...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vycor Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: VYCO) ("Vycor") today announced that its ViewSite Brain Access System ("VBAS") has received clearance from the State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA") in the People's Republic of China ("PRC") to be imported and marketed in the PRC. This follows the issue of its patent in China for VBAS in 2011. Kenneth Coviello, the Chief Executive of Vycor, commented: "We are delighted to have achieved this...
Physicists working with the support from the US government said on Wednesday they had devised a “time cloak” that can make time disappear, albeit briefly. The device manipulates the flow of light in such a way that an event cannot be seen for about 40 trillionths of a second -- or 40 picoseconds -- by speeding up and slowing down different parts of a light beam. The different parts of the light beam were then re-assembled, so that any observers could not detect what happened during...
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Corundum is the crystalline form of aluminium oxide and one of the rock-forming minerals. Corundum is naturally clear, but can have different colors when impurities are added. Transparent specimens are used as gems, called ruby if red, while all other colors are called sapphire. The word corundum comes from the Hindi kurand. The oxygen atoms in corundum are arranged in a hexagonal close-packing, with the smaller aluminium atoms occupying 2/3 of the octahedral gaps. The coordination of the...
Electromagnetic Spectrum -- The electromagnetic spectrum describes the various types of electromagnetic radiation based on their wavelengths. Radio, representing wavelengths from a few feet to well over a mile, is at one end of the spectrum. Gamma ray radiation is at the other end: the wavelength of the harder types is so short, in the subatomic range, that we do not have instruments capable of directly measuring it. While the above classification scheme is generally accurate, in...
