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Pittcon Introduces the Pittcon Today Excellence Awards

Awards showcase the best and brightest at the world’s leading conference and exposition for laboratory science.

From Pittcon 10 Nov 2016

New Norton Red Heat Abrasive Belts and Discs Deliver Faster Cut Rate, Fewer Changeovers and Long Product Life.

Nortan | Saint-Gobain, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of performance-engineered abrasives, has introduced the Norton Red Heat R983 product line of abrasive belts and discs that provides optimum resis...

From Saint-Gobain Abrasives 10 Nov 2016

‘Bottlebrush’ Silicone Elastomer Changes Shape and Size when Exposed to Small Electric Field

A new electroactive polymer material capable of changing size and shape when exposed to a comparatively small electric field has been developed by a multi-institutional research team.

10 Nov 2016

Integration of Solar Cells with Water-Splitting Catalyst Boost Stability, Efficiency of Artificial Photosynthesis

Scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst for integration with a solar cell, and the result is a big boost to the stability and efficiency of artificial photosynthesis.

10 Nov 2016

Chatillon™ Digital Force Gauge Helps Ensure Book Binding Success

One of the key factors for ensuring success in high-speed book binding operations is the effectiveness of the adhesives and glues that are used in the binding process.

From Lloyd Instruments Ltd. 10 Nov 2016

Preparing High Quality Fragmented Chromatin for ChIP Analysis

The Chromatrap® Enzymatic Shearing Kit provides an excellent method for the preparation of high quality, ideally fragmented chromatin for ChIP analysis.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 9 Nov 2016

Building on a Database of More Than 20,000 Results: HAVER&BOECKER Reveals the Value of the FT4 Powder Rheometer for Developing High Performance Packaging Solutions.

HAVER&BOECKER (Oelde, Germany), a leading developer and producer of screening and packing machines for the processing industries, has revealed the pivotal role that dynamic testing with the FT4 Powder Rheometer® plays in ensuring the delivery of optimal, low risk packaging solutions.

From Freeman Technology 9 Nov 2016

Researchers Make New Advancements with Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

Solar cells made of the highly popular and inexpensive perovskite material can use a new method to sandwich two forms of perovskites into one photovoltaic cell, and generate electricity from sunlight with increased efficiency.

9 Nov 2016

Researchers Study Structures of Materials to Understand Elemental Behavior

Researchers are studying the motion of over 500 atoms, to find out the forces on each atom and the total energy through density functional calculations.

9 Nov 2016

Transfer Graphene Film onto Virtually Any Substrate … Easily and at Your Own Facility

Goodfellow, a leading supplier of metals, ceramics, polymers and other materials for research and industry, has announced the availability of Easy Transfer, monolayer graphene on polymer film.

From Goodfellow 9 Nov 2016

Microelectronics Built Using Metamaterials Rather than Semiconductors

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego have fabricated the first optically-controlled, semiconductor-free microelectronic device.

8 Nov 2016

New Electrical Failure Analysis Workflow Solutions for Advanced IC Devices at ISTFA

New easy-to-use nanoprobe and optical fault isolation tools provide fault localization and transistor characterization down to the most advanced 7nm technology node.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific 8 Nov 2016

Report on the 2016 Masao HORIBA Award Ceremony

On October 17, 2016, HORIBA held the 13th Masao HORIBA Award Ceremony to honor and commemorate the achievements of researchers engaged in developing innovative technologies.

From HORIBA 8 Nov 2016

Composites Innovation on stage at the 9th JEC Asia International Composites Event

The 9th annual session will make no exception in what makes JEC Asia so important for composites professionals in Asia Pacific: the showcase of the best current and future Composites Innovations during 3 days and through various program coupled with the best environment possible to make business in the Composites Industry.

8 Nov 2016