New Telecommunications Projects in Equatorial Guinea

 [05/08/2010] Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Transport, Technology, Posts and Telecommunications is working to deploy advanced telecommunications services, including phone and Internet, throughout the entire country as part of the goals set forth by the government in the Horizon 2020 plan. New Telecommunications Projects in Equatorial Guinea - read more

Rio Tinto: Expansion of Pilbara capacity to 330 Mtpa

 [05/08/2010] Rio Tinto is to invest a further US$790 million in its drive to expand the annual capacity of iron ore operations in the Pilbara to 330 million tonnes. This brings total investment funds approved in recent weeks to US$1 billion.  Rio Tinto: Expansion of Pilbara capacity to 330 Mtpa - read more

Small materials poised for big impact in construction

 [05/08/2010] Bricks, blocks, and steel I-beams — step aside. A new genre of construction materials, made from stuff barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to debut in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures. Small materials poised for big impact in construction - read more

LS Cable develops umbilical cable for the first time in Korea

 [03/08/2010] LS Cable announced that the company has succeeded in the development and commercialization of an umbilical cable, a composite cable for offshore engineering, for the first time in Korea. LS Cable develops umbilical cable for the first time in Korea - read more

Plastics laser welding for invisible weld seams

 [03/08/2010] The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is presenting a laser welding machine for plastics. TransTWIST welds together two transparent joining partners without having to add any laser absorbers. Plastics laser welding for invisible weld seams - read more

St Gallen presses ahead with FTTH installation

 [03/08/2010] Early this year the town of St Gallen launched its new fibre-optic network. In March the town´s public utility company switched on the first connections in the quarter Im Vogelherd. St Gallen presses ahead with FTTH installation - read more

Invisibility Cloak Made of Glass

 [29/07/2010] From Tolkien’s ring of power in The Lord of the Rings to Star Trek’s Romulans, who could make their warships disappear from view, from Harry Potter’s magical cloak to the garment that makes players vanish in the video game classic “Dungeons and Dragons, the power to turn someone or something invisible has fascinated mankind. Invisibility Cloak Made of Glass - read more

Longest and most powerful transmission link

 [29/07/2010] The world’s first ultrahigh-voltage power superhighway starts commercial operation in China. Longest and most powerful transmission link - read more

Nanoribbons for graphene transistors

 [29/07/2010] In the recent issue of Nature, scientists from Empa and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research report how they have managed for the first time to grow graphene ribbons that are just a few nanometres wide using a simple surface-based chemical method. Nanoribbons for graphene transistors - read more

World's First 40 Gigabit Port Terabit Box Switch

 [29/07/2010] Hitachi Cable has announced the development of the terabit box switch Apresia 15000-64XL-PSR, and Apresia 15000-32XL-PSR of its APRESIA series of Ethernet switches. Both will be the world's first 40 gigabit port equipment. Sales of these new switches will start at the end of February 2011.  World's First 40 Gigabit Port Terabit Box Switch - read more