http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 9:01:56 EDT Normally, only the ultraviolet (higher energy) component of the solar spectrum is usable for the photo-catalytic electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen, which takes place in... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3876.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Verenium Corp. (formerly Celunol; Cambridge, Mass.; edlinks.che.com/7372-537) is starting up a 1.4-million gal/yr demonstration-scale facility at Jennings, La., which will produce ethanol from... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3879.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Photovoltaics manufacturer Konarka Technologies, Inc. (Lowell, Mass; edlinks.che.com/7372-546) has successfully performed the first use of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for the fabrication of... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3885.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partner GS Engineering & Construction (GS), Korea, announced today that they received Award Notification by Kuwait National Petroleum Co... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3896.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT As part of a new industrial complex producing Polysilicon, Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing , Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a contract for a hydrogen-generation plant that... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/3843.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.fuelcellenergy.com) has announced that POSCO Power (www.poscopower.co.kr), South Korea’s leading independent power producer, has ordered 25.6 MW... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/korea/3828.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Of all known materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the highest thermal conductivity and mechanical strength as well as the ability to withstand the highest electric-current density, making... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3809.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Polyglycolic acid (PGA) has good properties: a very high gas impermeability, even under 80% humidity; biodegrability; high mechanical strength; and good moldability, which makes it a promising... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3810.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd. (NSM; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7371-538) has developed a new catalyst for combustion engines that contains 70% less precious metals than conventional... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3812.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT  ... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3821.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT