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Odyssey Investment Partners to sell EAG to Eurofins

Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire EAG Laboratories from Odyssey Investment Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the next few months. Based in San Diego, EAG is a scientifi...

From EAG Laboratories 19 Sep 2017

10,000th SPECTROMAXx Device Delivered

Several months ago, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments delivered the 10,000th SPECTROMAXx metal analyzer to Geely Automobile, a Chinese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer based in Hangzhou.

From SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH 18 Sep 2017

Researchers Suggest Prospective Applications of Spin-Valley-Tronics

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics (ITAE) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have worked in cooperation with a collaborator from RIKEN (Institute for Physical and Chemical Research in Japan) to provide theoretical proof of the presence of an innovative class of materials.

18 Sep 2017

Rapid Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements With GeoImage™ from CRAIC Technologies

Coal is a vital source of energy. GeoImage™ is the newest Vitrinite Reflectance Measurement System from CRAIC Technologies and is designed to determine the grade of coal and coke by vitrinite reflectance per the ISO 7404-5 and ASTM D2798 standards.

From CRAIC Technologies 18 Sep 2017

Morgan Advanced Materials Develops Customised Crucibles and Foundry Products for Demanding Melting Applications

A global specialist in crucible and foundry solutions has developed new extra-large crucibles for aluminium casters, to hold very high volumes of molten metal.

From Morgan Advanced Materials 15 Sep 2017

Scientists Discover Self-healing Powers of Pure Gold

Self-healing materials are capable of repairing autonomous defects, such as dents, cracks or scratches, and then resume their original shape. To accomplish this, these materials must comprise of several components whose collective properties deliver the desired characteristics.

15 Sep 2017

Cotton Grown Naturally Offers Attractive Properties

A new study suggests that the need for applying chemical treatments to fabrics in order to achieve properties such as magnetism or fluorescence could one day be eliminated by cotton that is grown with molecules endowing these appealing properties.

15 Sep 2017

GreenMantra Technologies, Sun Chemical to Develop Polymers with Polystyrene Waste

GreenMantra Technologies, a swiftly growing clean technology company that manufactures high-value polymer products from waste plastics, and Sun Chemical, the largest producer of printing inks in the world, have struck a deal to jointly create polymers from recycled polystyrene waste for use in ink formulations.

15 Sep 2017

UCLA Researchers Develop a New Molecule That Violates the Octet Rule

Physicists from UCLA have invented a new technique for synthesizing a distinctive new molecule that can, in due course, be used in fields such as food science, medicine, and others. The study also demonstrates the technique for analyzing chemical reactions on a microscopic-scale by applying tools of physics, and has been published in the Science journal.

15 Sep 2017

Understanding Optical Properties of Glass can Help Make Stable Glasses

It is a known fact that glass is omnipresent; while anyone is viewing outside through a window or scrolling down a smartphone, chances are that a glass layer exists between the person and the item being viewed.

15 Sep 2017

A-TEEM Combines Absorbance and Transmission with EEMs

HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in Fluorescence solutions, is pleased to announce that it has patented a new technique for molecular fingerprinting.

From HORIBA 15 Sep 2017

TU Wien Researchers Develop New Cloaking Technology

Researchers at TU Wien have developed a new cloaking technology: a special type of material is irradiated from above in a manner such that another beam of light can pass in an entirely uninhibited manner.

15 Sep 2017

New Eco-Friendly Method for Processing Leather

Leather products are almost everywhere ranging from jackets and handbags to car interiors. However, a lot of potentially harmful pollution is created by processing the leather for these luxury items.

15 Sep 2017

Researchers Develop New Material Concept for Use in Catalysis

Catalysts can be defined as agents that initiate chemical reactions, speed them up or considerably increase the yield of the desired product.

15 Sep 2017

Edwards Vacuum Receives Lam Research’s 2017 Supplier Excellence Award

Edwards Vacuum has been recognized with a 2017 Supplier Excellence Award from Lam Research Corp. (Nasdaq: LRCX), a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. The...

From Edwards Vacuum Ltd 14 Sep 2017