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Evonik’s “Virtual Car” intensifies visual experience for STLE attendees

Evonik's stand at STLE 2017 features a 3-D HoloLens™ display and presentations on cutting-edge oil additive technologies for enhanced lubricant performance.

From Evonik Industries AG 23 May 2017

New Computational Method for Computing Absorption Spectrum of Large Molecules

Kids find it fascinating to see glow-in-the-dark objects that can illuminate a dark room without necessitating a light bulb, batteries, or electricity.

22 May 2017

New Self-Assembling Molecules can Change into Novel, Exotic Shapes Using UV Light

Traditional chemistry is enormously powerful in relation to creating very varied and very complex microscopic chemical molecules.

22 May 2017

20" Travel, Nanometer Resolution, High Dynamics: New Precise Motorized Linear Stage

Precision positioning systems industry leader PI (Physik Instrumente) has released an elevated version of its ironless linear motor stage, LMS-180, which is well-suited for precision automation applications in industry and research that require highly accurate linear motion over long travel with high load capacity.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 22 May 2017

TMC Introduces UltraDamp™ - Aggressive, High-Damping, Air-Vibration Isolation for OEMs

TMC, an industry leader in high-performance vibration isolation technology, introduces UltraDamp™, a very-high-damping pneumatic vibration isolation system that is ideal for vibration-sensitive applications with high-force, high- velocity X-Y motorized stages that require fast settling time of the payload.

From TMC Vibration Control 22 May 2017

New 3D-Printed Self-Expandable Polymer Stents with Biodegradation Capacity

A recent study demonstrates proof-of-concept for incorporating computational design and simulation tools with 3D printing technology in order to develop self-expandable polymer stents capable of growing with pediatric patients, besides being biodegradable and requiring just a minimally-invasive procedure for implantation.

19 May 2017

Researchers Identify Promising Anode Materials for Na-Ion Batteries

The quick expansion in renewable energy technologies has rendered the emergent creation of high-performance energy storage systems highly inevitable. Although lithium-ion batteries are among the modern systems that are extensively used at present, they have a number of drawbacks.

19 May 2017

New MOF Allows Efficient Removal of Water from Gases

The development of a metal-organic framework (MOF) capable of effectively and selectively adsorbing water to dry gas streams has overturned the traditional assumption that MOFs cannot be stable in water.

19 May 2017

Cathode Material with High Specific Capacity Can Improve Lithium-Sulfur-Batteries

For the first time, Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have developed a nanomaterial produced from nanoparticles of a titanium oxide compound—namely, Ti4O7 (having an exceptionally large surface area)—and analyzed its usage as a cathode material in lithium-sulfur batteries.

18 May 2017

Low-Cost Conductive Paper can Become an Integral Part of Future Flexible Electronics

With roll-up computer screens and various other flexible electronics getting closer to reality, Scientists are bringing about improvements in an increasing number of components that can stretch and bend.

18 May 2017

New Ultrafast Tunable Semiconductor Metamaterial Based on Gallium Arsenide Nanoparticles

Nature Communications has recently published a report on the development of an ultrafast tunable metamaterial, based on gallium arsenide nanoparticles, by an international team of Researchers from Moscow State University (Russia), Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque (USA) and Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena (Germany).

18 May 2017

Energy-Efficient Green Process for Producing Magnesium

Normally, oxide (dolomite: MgO, CaO) a raw material for magnesium metal does not absorb microwave energy properly and does not produce heat.

18 May 2017

Using Terahertz Spectroscopy To Authenticate Paintings

The value of a work of art is highly dependent upon its authenticity, and a spectroscopic technique could allow for a new non-destructive way to confirm a painting’s authenticity, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry.

By Brett Smith 18 May 2017

Proficiency Tests Demonstrate Improved Consistency by Inlabtec Serial Diluter

Inlabtec has published a new independent report, by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited and GMP compliant Swiss testing laboratory, which compared the performance of their Serial Diluter system with the traditional test tube technique over a 3-year period.

18 May 2017

Residual Gas Analysers for UHV/XHV In-vacuum Operation

The Hiden RGA-series of quadrupole mass spectrometers for in-vacuum process analysis is further extended to include systems for applications from general vacuum monitoring through to specialised environmental and R&D applications.

From Hiden Analytical 18 May 2017