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Magritek and Quantum Design International announce distribution partnership for Spinsolve Benchtop NMR in South America.

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, and Quantum Design, a leading manufacturer and distributor of scientific and industrial instrumentation announce their new distribution partnership. Under ...

From Magritek 30 Aug 2017

Pittcon Sponsors Speakers for Analitica Latin America

Pittcon is pleased to announce its participation in the Analitica Latin America program and exposition. The event is one of the main meetings of the analytical chemical industry. This year’s event, organized by Nuernberg/Messe Brasil, will be held at Sao Paulo Expo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 26-28.

From Pittcon 30 Aug 2017

Top Teams Receive $400,000 at NASA's Second Phase of 3D-Printing Competition

NASA is making advances and awarding prizes in its competition to develop a 3D-printed habitat for deep space exploration.

29 Aug 2017

New Neutron Holographic Method for Studying Materials at the Atomic Level

Holograms are generally associated with futuristic 3D display technologies, however, in reality, people are using holographic technologies to help study materials at the atomic level. X-rays referred to as a high energy form of light are frequently used to study atomic structure.

29 Aug 2017

Researchers Develop Two-Layer Conformal Coating for Shrinking Waveguides

The characteristics of materials can act in amusing ways. For instance, if one characteristic is adjusted to render a device less leaky or small in size, some other characteristic may get altered in an unwanted manner, hence engineers have to constantly balance one characteristic against the other.

28 Aug 2017

New Super Steel Addresses the Strength-Ductility Trade-Off

In specific high-loading structural applications, it is possible for metallic materials to have large ductility and high toughness.

28 Aug 2017

New Lake Shore White Paper Clears Up Common Measurement Mistakes

Lake Shore Cryotronics has released a new white paper, “5 Electronic Measurement Pitfalls You Learned About in School But Probably Forgot.” This resource addresses several common, yet often overlooked, pitfalls to avoid, helping researchers prevent problems such as:

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 28 Aug 2017

Dainichi Giken, Daimaru Kogyo and Teijin Co-Develop World’s First Aqueous Transparent Flame Retardant Coating for Wide Range of Combustibles

Dainichi Giken Co., Ltd., a pioneer of aqueous inorganic polymers in Japan, announced today that it has co-developed a new aqueous transparent flame-retardant coating, Landex Coat Flame Retardant Clear, in partnership with Daimaru Kogyo Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese chemical trading company, and Teijin Limited, a technology-driven company with businesses in advanced fibers, plastics and films, composites, healthcare and information technology. Sales of Landex Coat Flame Retardant Clear will start on September 1.

25 Aug 2017

Cambridge Polymer Group Awarded $225,000 SBIR Grant from the National Institutes of Health

CPG research team to develop injectable hydrogel technology for eye tamponade Cambridge Polymer Group Inc., an analytical testing and contract research lab located in Boston, MA, has been awarded a $225,000 Phase 1 Sm...

From Cambridge Polymer Group, Inc. 25 Aug 2017

New 41.4-Tesla Instrument May Facilitate Transformation in Physics and Materials Research

Engineers set a new world record that erased the earlier one by roughly 8% - a sizable jump in magnet technology terms.

24 Aug 2017

University College Leuven Limburg Use the Magritek Spinsolve Proton Benchtop NMR System in their Second Year Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Program

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, reports how Dr Hilde Roex from the University College Leuven & Limburg leads second year undergraduates through an organic chemistry laboratory to show them the value of NMR spectroscopy. The students use the Magritek Spinsolve Proton benchtop NMR spectrometer.

From Magritek 24 Aug 2017

Applications for Linkam's Range of Electrical Stages

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have a range of electrical stages that can be used across many application areas.

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 24 Aug 2017

Nordson ASYMTEK Introduces 2-in-1 Dispensing and Inspection System at NEPCON South China, Booth 1H20

Nordson ASYMTEK a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN), a global leader in dispensing, jetting, and coating equipment and technologies, will introduce its new Spectrum™ II Premier automated fluid dispensing system with built-in automated optical inspection system at NEPCON South China, in booth 1H20.

From Nordson ASYMTEK 24 Aug 2017

Innovative Technique for Analyzing the Growth of Methane Hydrate Crystals

Scientists from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have adopted an innovative technique for analyzing the formation of methane hydrate from water and methane. The technique has enabled the scientists to rapidly and very efficiently investigate the individual steps in the formation process.

23 Aug 2017

Researchers Develop a Technique to Determine Bond Dissociation Energies for Transition Metal Silicides

Transition metal silicides exhibit oxidation resistance, low corrosion rates and high temperature stability, making them a material for future developments.

23 Aug 2017