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Effective Offshore Diesel Filtration Ensures Critical Power Supply

Amazon Filters reports on supply to a major offshore oil and gas operator of a bespoke system to ensure effective diesel filtration to protect critical turbines used for on-board power generation.

19 Oct 2017

Graphene Oxide Available in 3 Forms for a Variety of Applications

Goodfellow is pleased to announce the availability of graphene oxide for use in a wide range of applications.

From Goodfellow 19 Oct 2017

Thomas Swan Acquires U.S. Speciality Chemicals Manufacturing Facility

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. has announced that it has completed the purchase of the Opelika, Alabama speciality chemicals manufacturing facility formerly owned by Apollo Chemicals, part of Mt. Vernon Chemicals group.

From Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. 19 Oct 2017

eldec Heads to FABTECH

eldec will exhibit at FABTECH in booth B37041 at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois from November 6th through the 9th.

From eldec Induction GmbH 19 Oct 2017

Leonardo DRS Expands Commercial Infrared Business With Assignment of U.S. Master Distributor

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Sierra Olympic Technologies, Inc. (SOTI) to become its U.S. master distributor of commercial uncooled thermal cores. The agreement will allow ...

From Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. 18 Oct 2017

Axalta Launches a New Industrial Tufcote™ Product Line

Axalta Coating Systems has expanded its industrial Tufcote™ product line with Tufcote Hydro 2.1 HG and Tufcote Hydro LV HG waterborne acrylic products.

17 Oct 2017

Leading Edge Materials Participates in a Swedish Government Funded Research Project

Leading Edge Materials Corp. (“Leading Edge Materials”) or (the Company”) is pleased to make an announcement of its participation in a Swedish Government Funded research project entitled “Natural Swedish Graphite for Future Lithium Ion Batteries”.

17 Oct 2017

New Technology for Concrete and Cement Testing

ELE International has launched a new automatic control unit for concrete and cement testing.

From ELE International 17 Oct 2017

MADMEC’s Top Prize Goes to Hydrogel that Extracts Uranium from Water

At this year’s MADMEC competition held on October 10 an economical hydrogel capable of extracting uranium from water to provide additional fuel for nuclear power plants was bestowed the top prize.

16 Oct 2017

Study on How Mimetic Martin Water Could Exist on the Martian Surface

New insight into the limits of life on the red planet has been provided by researchers exploring the possibility of liquid water existing on Mars.

16 Oct 2017

Metrohm Releases New Autosampler and Significant Upgrade to its 915, 916 and 917 Ti-Touch Titrators

Metrohm is proud to announce the release of significant enhancements to its Ti-Touch Titrator family of potentiometric and Karl Fischer titrators and a new low-cost autosampler. These releases will bring enhanced productivity to laboratories performing standard, routine titrations in support of product quality or manufacturing.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 16 Oct 2017

Analyzing Self-Repairing Tendency of Flax Plants for Developing Innovative Materials

Researchers from EPFL’s Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC) as well as from the Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg have investigated how the self-repair nature of the flax plant heals upon being damaged.

13 Oct 2017

A New 2D Metal-Organic Solution for Storing Renewable Energy

Researchers are keen to discover the next generation of materials that can catalyze a transformation in renewable energy harvesting and storage.

13 Oct 2017

Engineers Create Programmable “Camouflaging” Material

For the cuttlefish and octopus, rapidly changing their skin pattern and color to vanish into the environment is simply a part of their camouflage ability. These animals can also quickly and reversibly alter their skin into a textured, 3D surface, giving the animal a raggedy outline that resembles coral, seaweed, or other objects it detects and uses for camouflage.

13 Oct 2017

Shortage of Critical Metals Unlikely to Disrupt Lithium-Ion Battery Production

Over the years, there has been a significant increase in the production of electric vehicles combined with the fact that the use of grid-connected battery systems for storing the electricity generated from renewable sources is also expected to grow considerably.

13 Oct 2017