News tagged with rubber company

US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study

(AP) -- An American-owned rubber company is disputing claims by the Liberian government that the company's waste products are polluting creeks.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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UC students design a better pill bottle for the blind and visually impaired

It’s easy to see that University of Cincinnati design students Alex Broerman and Ashley Ma are on to something with their new design and prototype for a prescription-medicine pill bottle that better serves ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Isoprene research could lead to eco-friendly car tires

(Phys.org) -- The world’s rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Biodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness

(AP) -- As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia town faces dim future as jobs shift to Asia

(AP) -- Tomi Marjuaho repaired mobile phones for 10 years in the town of Salo in southern Finland, where Nokia, the world's top cell phone-maker, set up its wireless operations in the 1980s.

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New 'electronic skin' patches monitor health wirelessly

Like the colorful temporary tattoos that children stick to their arms for fun, people may one day put thin "electronic skin" patches onto their arms to wirelessly diagnose health problems or deliver treatments. A scientis ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UT researcher helps develop green toy standards

Catherine Wilt, director of the Center for Clean Products at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, is working to make toys healthier, safer, and more environmentally-friendly.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new genre of tires: Call 'em 'sweet' and 'green'

Motorists may be driving on the world's first "green" tires within the next few years, as partnerships between tire companies and biotechnology firms make it possible to produce key raw materials for tires from sugar rather ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Glass that cleans itself

Eyeglasses need never again to be cleaned, and dirty windscreens are a thing of the past! Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and the Technical University Darmstadt are now ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Bridgestone goes airless in tire concept for Tokyo show

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visitors to the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show are to witness a new breed of airless tires from Bridgestone. Interest in the general press is already humming because of the material, design, and features ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

Ultrafine processing technology continues its evolution

The performance of optical and electronic components such as lenses and semiconductors is strongly influenced by the precision of surface grinding, which involves shaping the surface, and polishing, and provides ...

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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