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Analyzing Snake Skin to Optimize Textured Engineered Surfaces

A sneaker that has better traction even in the rain can be made by taking cues from snakes. This is the concept behind new research that analyzes snakeskin to assist engineers in enhancing the design of textured surfaces, such as prosthetic joints and engine cylinder liners.

23 May 2018

New Approach to Manipulate Crystal Vibrations Could Pave Way for More Energy-Efficient Devices

An atom’s vibrational motion in a crystal spreads to adjacent atoms, which results in wavelike propagation of the vibrations all over the crystal. The way in which these natural vibrations move through the crystalline structure define the major properties of the material.

23 May 2018

Synchrotron Radiations Reveal Mechanism for Industrially Used Catalysis of Aromatic Polyimide Precursor

Aromatic polyimide is a polymer that is known for its high mechanical strength and excellent chemical- and thermal-resistant properties. The polymer is extensively used for aerospace materials and electrical insulation materials.

23 May 2018

Scientists Exploit Minute Defects in Diamonds to Make Way for Improved Biological Imaging and Drug Studies

As contradictory as this may sound, diamonds have been considered as the answer to a new method that could deliver a very-low-cost substitute to multimillion-dollar medical imaging and drug-discovery instruments.

23 May 2018

Picosun congratulates Dr. Tuomo Suntola on the Millennium Technology Prize 2018

Dr. Tuomo Suntola, the inventor of ALD and Picosun Board member, has received the Millennium Technology Prize 2018. The prize was announced and awarded in Helsinki Tuesday 22nd May. “Tuomo Suntola’s in...

From Picosun Oy 22 May 2018

norelem dampers deliver the right profile

With shock absorption and vibration control critical to long-term machine performance, norelem’s new stock range of miniature industrial dampers offers a simple, cost-efficient answer. The dampers act as en...

From norelem LTD 22 May 2018

Hitachi High-Tech Launches a New Solution for the Rapid, On-Site Testing of Sulfur in Marine Fuel Oil

X-MET 8000 Optimum Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science Corporation (Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science), a Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036) wholly owned subsidiary engaged in the manufacture an...

From Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science 22 May 2018

Process Integrity Preserved by Non-Invasive PFA Ultrasonic Flowmeter

Titan Enterprises announces MetraFlow® - an exciting new addition to the company’s expanding ultrasonic flowmeter range. The new MetraFlow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises incorporates a chemi...

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 22 May 2018

Deformation of Zinc Sulfide Crystals Under Light & in Darkness

Researchers have found out that a kind of inorganic semiconductor that does not deform properly under light could bend as much as 45% from its original form in complete darkness.

21 May 2018

'Air-Conditioned' Fabric Mimics Moth Cocoon Fibers

While studying optical properties of cocoon fibers of the Madagascar comet moth, researchers discovered that fibers created by this caterpillar are much more superior to silkworm fibers in terms of cooling ability and brilliance.

21 May 2018

JEOL and Digital Surf partner to launch SMILE VIEW™ Map software

Tokyo, Japan & Besançon, France: leading high-tech equipment company JEOL and Digital Surf, creator of Mountains® surface and image analysis technology, today announced the release of SMILE VIEW™ Map s...

From Digital Surf 18 May 2018

Color-Changing Transparent Hybrid Film Made of Natural Clay and Dye

Scientists at Tokyo Metropolitan University and Shimane University have developed a transparent hybrid film that blends dyes and natural clay minerals to form a material which has the ability to change its color as a response to environmental humidity.

17 May 2018

Study Offers Insight into Glass-Forming Ability, Leading to Smart Design

Used for thousands of years as a dependable substance, glass is a well-known concept for most. Nevertheless, there is more to glass than what is obvious. Glass is, in fact, an amorphous material with debatably as much in common with a liquid as with the solid most would think it to be.

17 May 2018

Study Shows Overbonding of Channel Oxygens in Apatite-Type Materials is Responsible for High Oxide-Ion Conductivity

A team of researchers has demonstrated that high oxide-ion conductivity is caused by the overbonding of channel oxygens in La-rich apatite-type lanthanum silicates and not by the presence of the interstitial oxygens.

17 May 2018

New Device Could Boost Battery Life of Electronic Devices by over Hundred-Fold

Top complaints from users concerning laptop, smartphone, and other battery-operated electronics are very short battery life and the devices generate heat. Now, researchers have created a device material that can resolve both issues.

17 May 2018