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Organic/Inorganic Sulfur Shows Promise for Safer and More Efficient Lithium Batteries

Leaky sulfur-acid automobile batteries may be a thing of the past, but current generation of lithium batteries still continues to have some disadvantages. Now, a group of engineers at Penn State have developed a unique kind of lithium sulfur battery that could be safer, more efficient, and less expensive.

13 Oct 2017

Leybold Increases the Energy Efficiency of its Diffusion Pumps

The subject of energy efficiency of vacuum solutions plays an important role in all areas of application. Not least for this reason, the vacuum supplier Leybold from Cologne has continuously reduced the energy consumption of its product range in recent years.

13 Oct 2017

New Machine-Learning Method Predicts Molecular Behavior

A new machine-learning method has been developed by an international, interdisciplinary research team of scientists.

12 Oct 2017

Researchers Discover New Methods to Produce Lithium Ion Batteries from Waste Graphite

With the cost of raw materials increasing and lithium ion batteries continuing to be flammable, are there any alternatives? The answer is yes. Researchers at Empa and ETH Zürich have come up with potential approaches as to how batteries can be produced from scrap metal and waste graphite.

12 Oct 2017

Researchers Find Simple Formula to Calculate Surface Tension of Polymer Melts

Throwing polymer chains of various lengths into a mix can produce surprising results better than playing with Legos. In a new research published in EPJ E, physicists study how mixing chemically identical chains into a melt yields unique effects on their surface. This is due to how long and short polymer chains interact with each other.

12 Oct 2017

Visit Freeman Technology At IPB 2017 For Innovative Powder Testing Solutions

Freeman Technology will be exhibiting at IPB China (16 – 18 October 2017), at World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai, China on Booth No. A1605. Freeman Technology has been providing powder testing solutions for over 17 years, and are experts in the field of powder characterisation.

From Freeman Technology 12 Oct 2017

New Study Accelerates Development of Hypersonic Planes with Nanotechnology

A new study by researchers at NASA and Binghamton University, State University of New York, could result in a substantial decrease in flight times.

11 Oct 2017

Research on Predicting Early Fatigue Damage Behavior in Military Vehicles

Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated the possibility of predicting early fatigue damage behavior in structures via the study of the microscale mechanical behavior of the material.

11 Oct 2017

PUUs Seem to be Propitious for Soldier and Vehicle Protection

A distinctive experimental instrument has been developed by army and MIT scientists to better investigate the durability of robust and high-performance polymeric materials with the ability to self-strengthen when they are subjected to high impact.

11 Oct 2017

New Technique Allows On-the-Fly Analysis of Catalyst Workings

Chemistry is an intricate web of atoms. Minor shifts in position and shuffles of electrons break and re-form chemical bonds as participants change partners. Catalysts are like molecular intermediaries that make it easier for sometimes-unwilling partners to interact.

11 Oct 2017

Molecular Interactions Found in Extreme Phases of Water Ice

Water is found everywhere even though it is not the same everywhere. When frozen under extreme temperatures and pressures, ice takes on a range of complex crystalline structures.

11 Oct 2017

Researchers Reveal Ability of MOF to Retain Porosity Even in the Liquid Phase

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have extraordinary porosity allowing the transport or trapping of molecules. As they are in powder form, it is very challenging to format them.

11 Oct 2017

Oxford Instruments Now Offers Paramount Process Facilities in Asia

Oxford Instruments has enabled superior plasma process solutions for its customers in Asia by recently installing state of the art plasma etch equipment in their applications laboratory at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan.

From Oxford Instruments 11 Oct 2017

New Sodium-Based Battery May be More Effective than Lithium Ion Batteries

With a warming world moving from fossil fuels toward renewable solar and wind energy, industrial forecasts predict a limitless requirement for battery farms to store power and provide electricity when the air is still and the sky is dark.

10 Oct 2017

New Discovery Could Help in Engineering Stronger and More Ductile Alloyed Materials

In a recent announcement, scientists in the United States and China mentioned about a discovery that they assume could help in the engineering of alloyed materials that are more ductile and stronger and possess superior magnetic, physical and electrical properties.

10 Oct 2017