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Scientists 'Virtually' Absorb Light Using Transparent Material

A team of physicists from the U.S., Russia, and Sweden has showed a highly extraordinary optical effect: They managed to “virtually” absorb light employing a material that has no light-absorbing capacity.

30 Nov 2017

New Magnetoelectric Materials Enhance Memory Storage in Devices

Computers and smartphones are considered to be extremely useful as they are able to contain an increasing number of apps, videos and music.

30 Nov 2017

More power in the Cobolt 06-01 series of modulated cw lasers!

Cobolt AB, a part of HÜBNER Photonics, introduces higher powers on a number of the laser lines offered in the Cobolt 06-01 Series. The Series offers high performance, directly modulatable cw lasers ranging in...

From HÜBNER Photonics 30 Nov 2017

Turn-key ALD solutions for MEMS manufacturing from Picosun

Picosun Oy (Finland), Silex Microsystems AB (Sweden), and Pegasus Chemicals Ltd (UK) have joined forces to develop and provide novel ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) solutions and processes for MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical ...

From Picosun Oy 30 Nov 2017

Nordson MARCH Introduces the new-generation RollVIA plasma system for roll-to-roll production in PCB manufacturing operations

Nordson MARCH, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN), a global leader in plasma processing technology, announces its new-generation RollVIA™ plasma system, a completely self-contained vacuum plasma system with productio...

From Nordson MARCH 30 Nov 2017

LECO Introduces the New 928 Series for Carbon/Nitrogen Analysis

LECO is pleased to announce the new 928 series, which will transform the way users determine carbon and nitrogen in a variety of organic materials. Our latest advancement maintains the core capabilities and perfo...

From LECO Corporation 30 Nov 2017

Predicting the future of lightweight vehicle composites

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, along with experts from industry and academia, have developed predictive engineering tools for designing new, economical, and lightweig...

30 Nov 2017

Researchers Use Vibrating Motion of Oxygen Ions to Change T-Rays to Visible Light

Researchers have positively visualized terahertz radiation, commonly referred as T-rays, using a crystal termed as mayenite (Ca12Al14O33). Their technique ingeniously utilizes the rattling motion caused by the vibration of oxygen ions within the cage-like structures of the crystal.

29 Nov 2017

NUS Engineering Researchers Achieve a Major Breakthrough in Spintronics Research

Realization of room temperature spin-orbit torque driven magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures is considered to have promising applications in high integration density memories and logic devices and low power consumption.

29 Nov 2017

Terabee Launches 9 Gram LED Distance Sensor with a 60 Meter Range!

Sensor and sensing solutions company, Terabee, has announced the latest addition to their line of lightweight, small-size, low-cost distance and ranging sensors for robotics, drones and automation.

From Terabee 29 Nov 2017

BLH Nobel Announces Strain Gage Load Cell Product Families Now Available with Functional Safety Certifications per EN ISO 13849 and IEC 61508

The BLH Nobel brand of Vishay Precision Group (NYSE: VPG), experts in standard and custom process weighing and force measurement solutions, including high-quality and high-accuracy weighing and control systems, today ann...

29 Nov 2017

Traceable, High Volume Storage Tube for Clinical Research

In order to optimize sample traceability during clinical research processes, Micronic launches the 4.00ml tube with external thread. The 2D coded tube is designed to have a massive working volume of 3.40ml, while min...

29 Nov 2017

Activity Descriptors for Electrochemical Reactions and Catalytic Cycles in Energy Storage Applications

Under the environmental concerns such as greenhouse effect and pollution, environment-friendly energy storage applications such as ammonia production, fuel cells, and lithium-air batteries are proposed to substitute fossil resources.

28 Nov 2017

New Method Compares the Performances of Organic Materials for Bioelectronics and Energy Storage

Northwestern Engineering’s Jonathan Rivnay has observed a swell in the development of new organic mixed conductors, referring to polymer materials capable of transporting both ions and electrons, over the past five years.

28 Nov 2017

Sulfur-Containing Alkylthio Groups Enhance Birefringence of Liquid Crystals

Yuki Arakawa, Assistant Professor at Toyohashi University of Technology, has headed a research team to successfully liquid-crystallize π-conjugated rod-like molecules including alkylthio groups comprising sulfur.

28 Nov 2017