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Nature-Inspired Colorful Camouflage with Polymers

Researchers report that they have created polymers that can better imitate nature’s color-changing abilities than current polymers.

8 Feb 2018

EPA APPROVES MASS SPECTROMETERS FOR RSR FLARE GAS

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 7, 2018 - Recent EPA updates to the Refinery Sector Rule (RSR) are designed to ensure 98% destruction efficiencies for all US refinery flares. By January of 2019, flare owners wil...

From Process Insights - Mass Spectrometry 8 Feb 2018

KyronMAX™ Structural Thermoplastic Materials Consistently Outperform the Mechanical Strength of Long Fiber Thermoplastic Compounds

Responding to customer demand for a short fiber thermoplastic material that would outperform the mechanical strength of long fiber thermoplastic (LFT) materials, Piper Plastics, a leading provider of high performance pol...

7 Feb 2018

Researchers Pave Way for Gallium Oxide Microelectronics

Pushing semiconductor technology to its maximum potential necessitates smaller designs at higher energy density.

7 Feb 2018

Bio-Inspired Vortex Generators to Improve Design of Drones, Planes & Wind Turbines

Researchers are taking inspiration from an unlikely source, the ocean, to design more aerodynamic machines.

7 Feb 2018

Nordson ASYMTEK SC-350 Select Spray Applicator Combines High Speed with Superior Edge Definition for Electronics Manufacturing

Nordson ASYMTEK a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN) and global leader in dispensing, jetting, and coating equipment and technologies, introduces the new Select Coat® SC-350 Select Spray applicator for conformal coating appl...

From Nordson ASYMTEK 7 Feb 2018

Superionic Water Found in Simultaneous Solid & Liquid State

Scientists have discovered a form of water that exists in both a liquid and solid state at the same time. The superionic water has long been theorized but this represents the first time it has been observed as a reality ...

By Luke Edwards 7 Feb 2018

AnywhereRaman Plug and Play Unit Combines Ease with High Quality Raman Measurements

HORIBA Scientific, the global leader in Raman spectroscopy systems and solutions, announces its newest Raman instrument. The AnywhereRaman instrument is a self-contained product that combines a spectrometer, a laser, a b...

From HORIBA 7 Feb 2018

Characterisation of Nanomaterials in Foods

Postnova Analytics reports on how the inorganic analysis team within LGC (Teddington, UK) has been using the AF2000 Field Flow Fractionation system coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to char...

From Postnova Analytics UK Ltd 7 Feb 2018

Qness becomes part of VERDER Scientific

Today the VERDER Group acquired the majority of the Austrian company Qness GmbH, thereby extending the portfolio of its Scientific Division with a product line for hardness testing. Qness is a leading manufacturer of har...

From QATM 7 Feb 2018

FT4 POWDER RHEOMETER SUPPORTS METAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

Powders play an integral part in the production of many products and it is widely acknowledged that they are challenging to handle. It is therefore vital for engineers and processors to have a good understanding of powde...

From Freeman Technology 6 Feb 2018

Light switch: porous polymer films with shape memory

Whether for separation processes, photovoltaics, catalysis, or electronics, porous polymer membranes are needed in many fields. Membranes with micropores that switch between different shapes and/or sizes would expand the...

6 Feb 2018

Pot and Protect – Techsil Introduce Two New Black Epoxy Potting Compounds

Epoxy potting and encapsulation compounds protect electronic assemblies from many environmental factors such as water, harsh chemicals, physical damage, shock and vibration. Techsil supply potting epoxies from manufactur...

From Techsil Ltd 6 Feb 2018

Scientists Demonstrate Excess Energy Loss After Electron Delivery to Titanium Dioxide

EPFL scientists have demonstrated that after electron delivery to the well-known titanium dioxide material, the extra energy is lost to heat at very short time scales. The study is featured in ACS Photonics.

6 Feb 2018

Scientists Discover Potential of Using VO2 in Neuromorphic Computing and AI

The distinctive characteristics of vanadium dioxide (VO2) render it ideal to outperform silicon and opening the door to an innovative class of low-power electronic devices.

6 Feb 2018