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Creaform Expands Its 3D Expertise in Non-Destructive Testing to the Aerospace Industry

Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable and highly accurate 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, announced today that it will extend its expertise in non-destructive testing (NDT) to the aerospace industry.

From Creaform Inc. 5 Jul 2017

Innovnano to Present New Data on its Unique Synthesis Process and Structural Ceramic Powders at ECerS 2017

Innovnano, an expert manufacturer of structural zirconia ceramics, recently announced the launch of its new 2 mol % yttria-stabilised zirconia (2YSZ). This powder is produced using Innovnano’s unique synthesis method that imparts beneficial properties to the powder. Importantly, this includes a balance between two highly desired features of a structural ceramic - outstanding fracture toughness and resistance to ageing. Innovnano will present new data on its unique synthesis process and applications for the new 2YSZ at ECerS 2017 in Budapest, Hungary (9-13 July).

5 Jul 2017

SiO2-Coated Silicon Spheres to Replace Prototype Kilogram

The basic unit for measuring mass, namely, prototype kilogram, which is used to calibrate all scales, is becoming outdated. At present, globally, there are ongoing attempts to reformulate the basic unit for measuring mass and consequently to reevaluate the kilogram with respect to natural constants.

5 Jul 2017

Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis Business Becomes Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science

A new company, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, brings together Hitachi High-Technologies’ extensive scientific instrumentation portfolio with Oxford Instruments’ rich 40-year heritage of innovative analytical instruments and services developed in close partnership with industry customers.

From Oxford Instruments 5 Jul 2017

Investigations are Ongoing to Find the Optimal Next-Generation Bioplastics

The innovation under progress in the field of packaging is making products entirely using organic materials acquired from the remnants of agricultural production. A specialist at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) stated that such bioplastics might be as competitive as conventional ones in the early 2020s, although they might not be applicable in all fields.

5 Jul 2017

Study Reveals Corrosive Seawater Strengthened Ancient Roman Structures

Roman Author Pliny the Elder in his book ‘Naturalis Historia’ written around A.D. 79, stated that concrete structures in harbors, exposed against the constant battering of the saltwater waves, become “a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger.”

5 Jul 2017

NanoImages Brings SEC’s Advanced Tabletop SEM Technology Into the US

NanoImages, LLC brings decades of microscopy expertise as the exclusive US distributor for SEC's innovative tabletop SEMs and advanced analytical solutions.

From NanoImages, LLC 4 Jul 2017

Molecular Diodes Might Replace Standard Silicon Diodes in the Future

An international team of Scientists including Professor Enrique del Barco from the University of Central Florida, Damien Thompson from the University of Limerick, and Christian A. Nijhuis from the National University of Singapore have now overcome a significant drawback that has hindered the practical application of molecular diodes for about two decades.

4 Jul 2017

Researchers Develop Innovative Dental Biomaterials for Regenerating Dental Hard Tissues

Innovative dental biomaterials for the regeneration of dental hard tissues have been developed as an outcome of the collaboration of Salvatore Sauro, Professor of dental biomaterials and minimally invasive dentistry at CEU Cardenal Herrera University, in Spain, with several researchers from Finland, Brazil, Belgium, Germany and the UK.

4 Jul 2017

Trinseo Resins Available as Filament for Use in 3D Printing

Trinseo, the international materials solution provider and manufacturer of plastics, synthetic rubber, and latex binders, stated today that its Consumer Essential Markets (CEM) business unit has partnered with Advanc3D Materials, a materials supplier for additive manufacturing, to manufacture filament made of Trinseo resins.

4 Jul 2017

Electrothermal Launches Re-Engineered Multi-IR Accessory for Turbidity Measurements Using the Integrity 10 Reaction Station

Cole-Parmer Ltd, a leading UK manufacturer of laboratory equipment, announced today that Electrothermal has launched the re-engineered Multi-IR box accessory for the Integrity 10 Reaction Station. The Multi-IR box accessory, originally developed in conjunction with Pfizer and the Illinois Institute of Technology, enables scientists across a broad range of global industries and laboratories to measure turbidity in-situ during experiments.

4 Jul 2017

Researchers Develop New Method that Allows Catalysts to Work for a Longer Time in Industrial Applications

A new method to firmly fix catalyst powders on electrode surfaces has been developed by Chemists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Presently, the application of powder based catalysts is being hampered by high physical stress induced on catalyst films by gas evolving reactions.

3 Jul 2017

Scientists Throw Light on the Migration of Impurity Atoms in Tungsten Material

One segment—that is, the plasma facing material—of the vacuum vessel in the fusion experimental device and prospective fusion reactor comes into contact with plasma. Upon entry of the plasma ions into the material, namely, tungsten, those particles are modified into neutral atom and remain inside the material.

3 Jul 2017

Spinning Electrons Show Potential for Use in Future Hybrid Electronics

Discovering how to control and transfer spinning electrons opens the door for unique hybrid devices that could outpace current semiconductor electronics.

30 Jun 2017

New Material Uses Solar Energy to Remove Synthetic Dye Pollutants from Water

Researchers in the Energy Safety Research Institute at Swansea University have developed a novel composite material that has potential as a catalyst for the degradation of environmentally-harmful artificial dye pollutants, which are released at a rate of closely 300,000 tons annually into the world’s water.

30 Jun 2017