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Extrel Debuts Max300-Cat Real-Time Gas Analyzer At Pittcon 2017

Debuting at Pittcon 2017, the MAX300-CAT gas analyzer delivers high-precision quantitative analysis, optimized for catalysis and environmental studies.

From Process Insights - Mass Spectrometry 28 Feb 2017

Cutting Edge Technology in Most Confined Spaces

The demand for most advanced sensor technology is increasing throughout the world. Aware of these needs of industry and science InfraTec makes use of corresponding solutions for the development of its own products. Latest result of this effort is a series of miniaturized multi channel detectors.

From InfraTec GmbH 28 Feb 2017

Instron® Releases Bluehill® Universal Software Designed for Touch

Built from the ground-up for touch interaction, Bluehill Universal features a portrait layout with meticulously crafted visual design while giving the most comprehensive view of the test workspace on a stunning, large-format touch monitor.

28 Feb 2017

Potroom Insulation Measurement

VHE‘s enhanced ohmmeter is able to measure the electrical resistance between points of different voltage potential. Conventional ohmmeters do not have this capability.

27 Feb 2017

Metrohm USA Breaks Ground on New $20 Million Facility in Florida

On February 24, 2017, Metrohm USA broke ground on its new North American headquarters located in Riverview, Florida. Scheduled to be completed in early 2018, this nearly $20 million dollar facility will boast state-of-the-art laboratory and training facilities for Metrohm’s growing employee and customer-base.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 27 Feb 2017

Researchers Establish Oxidation Resistance of Small-Sized Oxide Nanostructures

A research headed by Professor Bao Xinhe from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has concluded that the oxidation resistance of oxide nanostructures (NSs) with a diameter less than 3 nm can be far higher than larger NSs.

24 Feb 2017

New Multiblock Polymer Additive Could Facilitate Recycling of Plastics

During his talks relating to plastics and recycling, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Geoffrey Coates from Tisch University, asks a question: What percentage of the 78 million tons of plastic used yearly for packaging – for instance, a take-out food container or a two-liter bottle – really gets recycled and reused in a similar manner?

24 Feb 2017

University of Arizona Chemists Discover New Way to Turn Sulfur into Plastic Infrared Lenses

University of Arizona chemists hope to profit on the smelly remains of refined petroleum after discovering a way to turn sulfur into plastic infrared lenses.

24 Feb 2017

Researchers Produce Record-breaking Barium Zirconate-based Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are devices that convert chemical energy from a fuel into electrical energy using an electrochemical reaction and can be used in stationary and portable power systems.

24 Feb 2017

Hiden Analytical Gas Analysers at Pittcon 2017 Visit us on Booth 1722

Hiden Analytical are exhibiting their latest laboratory gas analysers at Pittcon 2017, 5th - 9th March, Chicago, Illinois, USA. On display will be their latest HPR-20 systems for direct real-time analysis, quantification and control of gas related processes ranging in pressure from 100 mbar to 50 bar.

From Hiden Analytical 24 Feb 2017

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