According to The New York Times article, many solar developments are solar thermal plants, not solar cells like those you would find installed on roof-tops. Solar thermal plants use mirrors to heat water, which creates steam, which in turn drives turbines to generate electricity.

TT electronics Optek Technology has developed a small surface mount-packaged photo light sensor with a digital output designed for applications with limited space.

The crankshaft grinder Model MQ8260A/2000 is the latest product modified on the base of the Model MQ8206 and intended for use in the automobile, tractor, diesel engine works and their repair shops to grind the journals and crankpins of crankshafts, but also for use in large engineering machinery and diesel engines for ships to grind crankshaft.

Recently, a team of scientists [Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), US] uses in the research work the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, and they have obtained the first images that distinguish individual light atoms such as boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.

Cheaper catalyst materials could help car makers meet tougher emissions standards for their vehicles. Platinum (Pt) is a precious metal. The expensive platinum catalyst that cleans diesel-car exhaust fumes can be replaced with cheaper materials.

CuBiAn is a fully automated and membrane-free chemical analyzer. It measures key parameters in cell culture media, including IgG.

The new automated cell culture system MACCS™ is a latest top product which is  designed for a variety of applications including the uniform supply of cells and proteins for drug discovery research efforts.

InPro 6880i is a new optical oxygen sensor. It can be used in small, autoclavable research bioreactors as well as in full production-scale vessels.

The engineering challenge of synthetic biology lies in the design of genetic networks that will rewire cells to produce the expected molecules in a timely way.

The two sources of bitumen in Alberta and Venezuela
Unlike conventional crude oil, bitumen does not flow freely. It is heavier than water and more viscous than molasses. The two largest known sources of bitumen in Alberta and Venezuela, where each contains more petroleum than the entire proven conventional oil reserves of the Persian Gulf.

Microbiological organisms (or, microorganisms) in cooling tower systems are categorized into three groups:

• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Algae

Corrosion at pipe supports is one of the leading causes of process piping failures. Beam supports and pipe saddles create crevices, where water is trapped and held in constant contact with the pipe surface.

I-Rod Pipe Supports are specified by major operators because of their reliability and proven corrosion prevention capabilities. In above 18 years, there has not been one reported failure of I-Rod (in the Neptune SPAR).