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A Study on Beetle Exoskeletons May Help Engineer Lighter, Stronger Materials

The body armor of beetles should typically weigh them down — imagine turtles and medieval knights. In reality, those hard shells protecting delicate wings are astonishingly light, even allowing flight.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers Successfully 3D Print Preoperative Planning Model of Human Liver

A team of researchers from the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, Poland have successfully 3D printed a preoperative planning model of a human liver for only $150. The research project serves to demonstrate that 3D printed patient-specific surgical models can be made at an affordable cost using accessible 3D printing technologies.

23 Feb 2017

Simple Polymer-Based Sensor can Distinguish Between Complex Samples

Scientists in Germany have designed a simple polymer that can be used in a sensor to distinguish between similar fruit juices.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers Aim to Create New Materials for Capacitor Type Accumulators

In mid-February 2017 researchers of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and the University of Madras obtained support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for implementation of the project to create new materials for accumulators of capacitor type.

23 Feb 2017

Nitrate Anion can Display Counterintuitive Lewis Acidity, Say Researchers

A team of researchers with Dr Tiddo J. Mooibroek of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences (HIMS) argue that the nitrate anion (NO3¯) can display a counterintuitive Lewis acidity.

23 Feb 2017

Scientists Gain Insight into Atomic and Nuclear Structure of Heaviest, Radioactive Elements

Little is known about the heaviest, radioactive elements in Mendeleev’s table. But an extremely sensitive technique involving laser light and gas jets makes it possible for the very first time to gain insight into their atomic and nuclear structure.

23 Feb 2017

Distek, Inc. Releases Eclipse 5300 Automated Dissolution Sampler

Distek, Inc., a leading manufacturer of laboratory testing instruments for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, as well as an experienced provider of validation and qualification services, announced today the release of the Eclipse 5300 automated dissolution sampler.

23 Feb 2017

Ambrell Unveils Two-Year Standard Equipment Warranty

Ambrell Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of innovative induction heating solutions, is pleased to offer customers a two-year warranty for all Ambrell-manufactured equipment. Ambrell EASYHEATTM and EKOHEATÂ® induction heating systems will now include a two-year parts and labor warranty.

From Ambrell Induction Heating Solutions 23 Feb 2017

Leti To Present Latest R&D Results On Three Alternatives To Euv And 193nm Lithography At Spie Meeting In Us

One Paper Will Recount Leti’s Success Reducing Defectivity in Directed Self-Assembly Lithography Technique In keeping with its mission to develop photolithography alternatives for advanced technology nodes and o...

23 Feb 2017

Precise metering of viscous fluid flows

Titan Enterprises OG Series oval gear flowmeters provide precise metering of viscous fluid flows at flow rates up to 500 litres/min, temperatures at up to 150C and pressures up to 700 bar.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 23 Feb 2017

Researchers Use Sawdust to Develop Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

A team of researchers have used waste silicon (Si) sawdust to develop a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

22 Feb 2017

Tiny Fibers Allow To and Fro Movement of Chemical, Optical, and Electrical Signals in Brain

A single flexible fiber measuring no more than a human hair has, for the first time ever, effectively delivered a combination of electrical, optical, and chemical signals to and fro into the brain, implementing an idea initially suggested two years ago.

22 Feb 2017

Sandia Produces Room Temperature Ceramic Coatings to Make Design, Fabrication Flexible

An elegant approach for ultrafine-grained ceramic coatings has been explained by researcher Pylin Sarobol in a rather inelegant manner - sub-micron particles splatting onto a surface.

22 Feb 2017

ALTANA Acquires Landa Metallography Technology

The Landa Group and ALTANA AG today announced that ALTANA has acquired Landa's Metallography technology. First unveiled by Landa at the Drupa printing exhibition in June, 2016, this novel technology for producing met...

22 Feb 2017

Insights into History of Glass Relaxation Behavior Could Lead to High-Resolution Displays

In order to enhance the performance and resolution of next-generation displays, individual pixel sizes should be made smaller and the tolerance for glass relaxation has to be tightened.

22 Feb 2017