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Grafoid Develops GPURE Graphene-Polymer Membrane Technologies for Industrial Markets

Grafoid Inc., a graphene R&D and investment company announced today its development of the GPURE Membrane Platform consisting initially of six next generation GPURE Graphene-Polymer membrane technologies intended for industrial markets.

17 Feb 2017

Spectro Scientific Wins U.S. Patent for Water Contamination Measurement Method Used in its FluidScan® Handheld Infrared Oil Analyzer

Spectro Scientific, one of the worldâ€™s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has been awarded a U.S. patent for a company-developed method to measure water contamination in turbine and other industrial oils. The patent is â€œMethod of measuring water contamination in turbine and other industrial oilsâ€, patent no. US9500638.

From AMETEK Spectro Scientific 17 Feb 2017

Soft Supercapacitors Created in Green Tea Extract Could Power Wearable Electronics

Wearable electronics are already in the market, with sports bands or watches being the most prominent types sold.

16 Feb 2017

Arkema opens the door to the world of “extreme materials”

Arkema launches a new website for its three flagship polymer families – Kynar® fluoropolymers, Pebax®thermoplastic elastomers, and Rilsan® high performance polyamides. The website, focused on “extreme materials”, aims to optimize the user experience with rich content and intuitive navigation.

16 Feb 2017

Hiden Analytical 35 Year Anniversary

2017 marks Hiden Analytical’s 35th year of continuous and independent operation in the fields of mass spectrometry and gas sorption science, independent operation creating a unique and successful company culture orientated both to the researcher and to the process industry.

From Hiden Analytical 16 Feb 2017

Peak Scientific Launches Initiative To Reconnect With Lost Generators

Peak Scientific, a global leader in gas generation for the laboratory sector, has launched a new initiative to update its national register of what is a considerable install base of gas generators across North America. T...

16 Feb 2017

New Research on Scanning-Tunneling Microscope

A recent study demonstrates that a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM), used to analyze changes that occur in a single molecule’s shape at the atomic scale, creates an impact on the molecule’s ability to carry out these changes.

15 Feb 2017

Industry Fair 2017: Arburg presents entry-level electric machine

Arburg will be present at the Industry Fair in Celje (Slovenia) from 4 to 7 April 2017 with an efficient injection moulding application: at the Arburg stand, 31 in Hall K, an Allrounder from the new electric entry-level Golden Electric series will produce a cover for a dog lead that can be worn around the wrist. Thanks to consistent standardisation, the injection moulding machine offers an excellent price/performance ratio. A linear Multilift Select robotic system performs the handling tasks.

From Arburg GmbH 15 Feb 2017

Innovative Nonreciprocal Mechanical Metamaterials Could Add Value to Newer Mechanical Devices

The world’s first mechanical metamaterials with the ability to effortlessly transfer motion in one direction and to block it in the other have been developed by engineers and researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the AMOLF institute, Netherlands.

14 Feb 2017

New Thermally Conductive Rubber Material for Robot Muscles and Heated Garments

A thermally conductive rubber material representing a breakthrough for developing stretchable, soft electronics and machines has been developed by Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University.

14 Feb 2017

Engineers Develop Environmentally Friendly Ceramic Composites by Hydrothermal Densification

A distinguished professor and his research team from Rutgers University have developed an eco-friendly concrete using a reactive hydrothermal liquid-phase densification (rHLPD) process, otherwise known as low-temperature solidification.

By Liam Critchley 14 Feb 2017

Exar Launches AEC-Q100 Qualified Family of 40V PoL Regulators

Exar Corporation (NYSE: EXAR), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal application specific technology solutions serving the industrial, infrastructure, automotive and audio/video markets, today announced a new AEC-Q100 qualified family of 40V switching regulators for automotive applications such as infotainment head units and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).

14 Feb 2017

Quantification & Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes

Postnova Analytics has published an application note that describes a new method to characterize and quantify Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) in soil samples using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation coupled with MALS detection (AF4-MALS).

From Postnova Analytics 14 Feb 2017

Nordson ASYMTEK's Introduces Redesigned EasyCoat 6 Conformal Coating Software

Nordson ASYMTEK, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN), introduces its upgraded EasyCoatÂ® 6 software for its Select CoatÂ® SL-940 conformal coating system. EasyCoat 6 software combines several powerful capabilities to deliver a visual programming experience that reduces programming time, increases throughput and productivity, and achieves high quality conformal coating results. Key features include drag-and-drop graphical overlay programming, online and offline programming, and Applicator Tip Tracking.

From Nordson ASYMTEK 13 Feb 2017