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New Polymers Could Allow Electric Cars to Travel as Far as Petrol Cars on Single Charge

RESEARCHERS CLAIM to have found a form of battery power that would allow electric cars to travel as far as petrol cars without long periods waiting for recharge, while also allowing mobile devices to recharge in seconds.

7 Dec 2016

New Neonatal Sensing System Uses Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy and Time-Resolved Near-IR Spectroscopy

According to the Global Action Report published by the World Health Organization, there are 15 million preterm births every year and this number is increasing. Furthermore, about 1.1 million of those babies unfortunately do not survive.

7 Dec 2016

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Could Dominate Automotive Industry in Future

You’d have to be completely uninterested in cars or any other type of transportation to not recognize that automobiles are undergoing a major transition. They no longer run solely on internal-combustion engines and burn petroleum-based fuels. Nowadays, consumers routinely purchase vehicles that run in part or entirely on electricity.

7 Dec 2016

Wobulation Technique Enables 3D Printer to Produce More Sophisticated Microstructures

Flow-lithography is a lithographic method for continuously generating polymer microstructures for various applications such as bioassays, drug-delivery, cell carriers, tissue engineering and authentication.

7 Dec 2016

UCSB Engineer Receives Coveted Award for Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature

Glenn Fredrickson, a UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) engineer, has been presented with the 2016 William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature awarded by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

7 Dec 2016

New Ultrasound Device Produces Sharper Images Through 3D Printed Lenses

A new ultrasound device for producing sharper images through 3D printed lenses has been developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).

7 Dec 2016

Cementsizer Helping Reduce Carbon Footprint

Worcestershire based Xoptix Ltd, have seen an increase in demand for their CementSizer due to its unique way of ensuring process efficiency targets are met, while reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint.

From Xoptix 7 Dec 2016

Infrared Instrumentation Leader Secures Exclusive use of Vantablack Coating

Exclusive rights to the use of ultra-black Vantablack S-VIS surface coating in blackbody calibration sources has been agreed between Surrey NanoSystems and Santa Barbara Infrared.

7 Dec 2016

Applying Operando X-Ray Spectroscopy for Producing Highly Stable Battery Systems

One of the main factors in enhancing the performance of electric vehicles is the enhancement of batteries.

6 Dec 2016

New Approach to Grow Superior Quality Crystals

Superior quality crystals will be produced when they do not experience mechanical stress during their growth. Levitate the liquid metal is the idea behind a new project headed by the University of Twente (UT).

6 Dec 2016

Simple Electrical Doping Method Could Minimize Cost of Organic PV and Polymer Solar Cells

A simple solution-based electrical doping method could help decrease the cost of organic electronic devices and polymer solar cells, potentially broadening the usage for these technologies.

6 Dec 2016

Apple Plans to Develop Self-Driving Cars

Apple has, for the first time, acknowledged that it is planning to develop self-driving cars. In a letter to the US transport regulators, plus an accompanying statement, Apple confirmed it was investing in automated vehicles which could bring "significant societal benefits," such as preventing millions of road accidents and deaths every year.

6 Dec 2016

SGL Group Awarded €7 Million to Develop New Generation of Fuel Cells for Automotive Sector

SGL Carbon SE is a partner in the joint development project INSPIRE, which has been funded with a €7 million award from Europe’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) and will run for three years.

6 Dec 2016

GKN Aerospace Finalizes Machining Contract for AECC CAE Jet Engine Programme

GKN Aerospace has finalised a machining contract to provide development parts of turbine rear frame (TRF) for Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) Commercial Aero Engine’s (CAE) new high-bypass turbofan jet engine programme.

6 Dec 2016

TeraRecon Partners with WhiteClouds to Offer New 3D Print Packs

TeraRecon, a leader in advanced visualization, together with WhiteClouds — the world’s largest full-color 3D printing cloud provider announced a technological and workflow breakthrough resulting in the ability to print models of unmatched detail directly from the TeraRecon software.

6 Dec 2016

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New Polymers Could Allow Electric Cars to Travel as Far as Petrol Cars on Single Charge

New Neonatal Sensing System Uses Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy and Time-Resolved Near-IR Spectroscopy

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Could Dominate Automotive Industry in Future

Wobulation Technique Enables 3D Printer to Produce More Sophisticated Microstructures

UCSB Engineer Receives Coveted Award for Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature

New Ultrasound Device Produces Sharper Images Through 3D Printed Lenses

Cementsizer Helping Reduce Carbon Footprint

Infrared Instrumentation Leader Secures Exclusive use of Vantablack Coating

Applying Operando X-Ray Spectroscopy for Producing Highly Stable Battery Systems

New Approach to Grow Superior Quality Crystals

Simple Electrical Doping Method Could Minimize Cost of Organic PV and Polymer Solar Cells

Apple Plans to Develop Self-Driving Cars

SGL Group Awarded €7 Million to Develop New Generation of Fuel Cells for Automotive Sector

GKN Aerospace Finalizes Machining Contract for AECC CAE Jet Engine Programme

TeraRecon Partners with WhiteClouds to Offer New 3D Print Packs

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