H.E.L Group, a specialist in scientific instrumentation for chemical research, process development and safety testing, announces the ChemSCAN+, an advanced parallel reactor platform designed to provide greater flexibility and automation in catalyst screening and reaction optimization.
H.E.L Group, a specialist in scientific instrumentation for chemical research, process development and safety testing, announces the TSu+, a bench-top process safety platform combining thermal and pressure hazard screening with open-cell vent characterization to support safer chemical process development.
Researchers developed bPDMS@Fe, a self-healing silicone elastomer that adheres strongly to tissue and other surfaces, then weakens under UV light for controlled removal. In mice, a nine-channel cortical electrode using the material recorded seizure-related brain activity on days 7 and 14, while separate histology experiments tracked tissue responses through day 28.
By Muhammad Osama
28 Oct 2026
Adelaide University quantum engineers have found a new way to improve some of the world's most sensitive sensors of electromagnetic fields, a breakthrough that could help advance brain imaging, medical diagnostics, communications technology and next-generation quantum devices.
Why does one material withstand years of stress while another fails? The answers are hidden within the microstructure, often at the atomic scale.
Today's sophisticated microchips are a wonder, designed by engineers squeezing ever-more detail onto ever-smaller chips, then built in ultraclean billion-dollar fabrication facilities. Just one speck of dust or an errant signal from a device like a cell phone can spell ruin.
Heat, sun exposure and prolonged use of air conditioning can contribute to skin dehydration during the months following summer.
Researchers showed that recycled PET can be combined with 10 wt% waste cellulosic fibers to produce usable composites, provided processing conditions limit thermal degradation. Performance depended strongly on the PET feedstock, with the TiO2-containing grade showing the smallest losses in molecular weight, strength, and ductility.
By Dr. Noopur Jain
27 Oct 2026
The paper tests whether China’s conduct in the rare earth market meets an economic definition of market manipulation that requires prices to diverge from fundamental value through the price discovery mechanism. It finds that the conduct examined more closely fits industrial policy or market power, while price patterns are consistent with limit pricing, and the lack of an independent price benchmark prevents a definitive test for manipulation.
By Akshatha Chandrashekar
27 Oct 2026
Most people rarely consider the role transformers play in powering our homes until we hear the loud "bang" followed by widespread outages.
Researchers developed a method to grow multilayer graphene-like networks directly on nickel powder using sucrose and rapid thermal annealing, then consolidated the material by spark plasma sintering. Under selected processing conditions, the resulting nickel composites showed higher strength, hardness, and fracture elongation than pure nickel while retaining a well-bonded carbon network.
By Muhammad Osama
26 Oct 2026
Rigaku Corporation, a group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation and a global solutions partner in X-ray analytical instrumentation, will introduce the DicifferX™ Microarea Edition at JASIS 2026.
Rigaku Corporation, a group company of Rigaku Holdings and a global solutions partner for X-ray analytical systems, has launched Qualana, a micro-XRF spectrometer capable of elemental analysis in areas as small as 20 µm.
For decades, the expansion of solar energy has been constrained by the physical limitations of its core technology. Traditional silicon solar panels are remarkably effective, but they are also heavy, rigid, and opaque.
Nature's game of hide and seek is entering the age of intelligent machines. A new article in National Science Review traces how animal camouflage, advanced materials and artificial intelligence are converging to reshape the contest between detecting an object and keeping it concealed.