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AMSilk Strengthens Team and Product Competence in the Biosteel® Fiber Business Unit

AMSilk GmbH, the world's first industrial supplier of synthetic silk biopolymers has further expanded its Fiber Business Unit: Since the beginning of April, Martin Lankes supports the Biosteel® fiber development team as Senior Product Manager Fiber Business in a technical and market-related way to bring the protein-based silk fiber to the next development stage.

8 May 2017

Peak Scientific Expands key LATAM Office in Brazil

Peak Scientific, a market leader in gas generation solutions, has expanded its regional office in Brazil, moving to new, larger premises which will allow it to further develop its capability to support its ever growing customer base in LATAM.

From Peak Scientific 8 May 2017

New Nano-Scale Thin Film Material's High Conductivity and Wide Bandgap Improve Electronics and Solar Cell

A new nano-scale thin film material has been discovered by a research team headed by the University of Minnesota. This new material, with the highest-ever conductivity in its class, is capable of leading to faster, smaller, and more powerful electronics besides developing more efficient solar cells.

8 May 2017

Chemical Reactions Accelerated Using High Intensity Lighting

Light initiates a number of chemical reactions. Experiments conducted at the Laser Centre of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in Warsaw and the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics have demonstrated for the first time that increasing the intensity of illumination a few reactions can be considerably faster.

5 May 2017

Researchers Use an Electrically Conductive Material to 3D Print Potent Electromagnetic Metamaterials

Duke University researchers have used an electrically conductive material compatible with a standard 3D printer to 3D print potent electromagnetic metamaterials.

5 May 2017

Vehicle Perception Conference, Autosens, Makes American Debut At M1 Concourse Detroit This Month

Engineers, technical experts, business leaders and academics come together in Detroit, Michigan to plan the future of automated vehicles Detroit is the centre of the American automotive industry, and the region is und...

5 May 2017

Lucideon Releases New Offsite Construction Testing White Paper

Lucideon, the international materials development and commercialization organisation, has released a new white paper entitled ‘Offsite Construction: The Relevance of Full Scale Testing’. Written by Dr Geof...

5 May 2017

2,048 Microstep Resolution Achieved with New Cost-Effective Compact Stepper Motor Controller

Precision positioning systems industry leader PI (Physik Instrumente) has released a higher performance model of its successful Mercury Stepper Motion controller. Stepper motors take up discrete positions in a revolution of a constant distance.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 5 May 2017

Low Power 800-series Flowmeter for Battery Operated Equipment

esigned to operate with minimal power input, this competitively priced, low power 800 series flowmeter maintains high performance over 6 flow ranges from 0.05 to 15 litres per minute. Totally non-metallic wetted components, including a moulded PVDF body and Viton 'O' seals, makes the lower 800 series flowmeter the ideal choice for the metering of even aggressive chemicals.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 5 May 2017

Compact 8-Position Parallel Synthesizer

Asynt has launched the DrySyn Octo 8-position parallel synthesizer - a convenient, entry-level product for chemists wishing to conduct synthetic reactions under an inert atmosphere with temperature control, reflux and powerful magnetic stirring.

From Asynt 5 May 2017

Leybold simplifies repairs and maintenance through Augmented Reality

Leybold GmbH, a German company of the Atlas Copco Group, is the first vacuum pump manufacturer to test the diverse application possibilities of Augmented Reality (AR). While executing tasks, service technicians obtain useful additional information and graphical documentation, partly in 3D. Leybold plans to extend the scalable AR apps to other product areas such as training, repair and maintenance purposes.

5 May 2017

Successful Completion of Important Weather-Performance Testing for SolarWindow Transparent Electricity-Generating Window Coatings

SolarWindow Technologies recently stated the successful completion of significant freeze/thaw performance testing essential for the commercialization of its transparent electricity-generating coatings that could convert ordinary passive glass into electricity-generating windows.

4 May 2017

Novel Persistent Photoconductivity Approach Holds Promise for Bioelectronics

A team of researchers at North Carolina State University have created a new approach for controlling the behavior of cells on semiconductor materials, using light to change the conductivity of the material itself.

4 May 2017

New Wolverine-Inspired Material Paves Way for Self-Healing Cell Phone Screens

While smartphones continue to get increasingly sophisticated and resilient, the same cannot be said about the display screen. The Gorilla Glass cover used for most high-end cell phones tends to shatter easily, leaving owners with little choice but to pay for an expensive replacement screen or buy a new device altogether.

4 May 2017