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Infrared Instrumentation Leader Secures Exclusive Use Of Vantablack Coating

Vantablack S-VIS coating enhances SBIR's electro-optical instrumentation, offering unmatched infrared absorption for rigorous defense and aerospace standards.

5 Dec 2016

Delphi and Mobileye Partner to Speed Up Development of Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles have the ability to self-drive by just a touch of a button. A technology that was once only a dream by science fiction fans and have only been seen on movies and books.

5 Dec 2016

Researchers Develop Efficient and Stable Ternary Solar Cells Using Low-Cost Materials

Researchers in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the US have succeeded in making highly efficient and stable ternary solar cells by combining two non-fullerene acceptors with a cheap and readily available donor semiconducting polymer called P3HT and a high-efficiency low-bandgap polymer called PCE10 in a single-layer bulk-heterojunction device.

5 Dec 2016

Materia Offers Proxima Thermoset Norbornene Resins for Subsea Thermal Insulation

Audrey Leon speaks with California-based Materia about a resin the firm hopes will make waves for subsea thermal insulation and other deepwater buoyancy applications.

5 Dec 2016

Bruker Introduces D8 ADVANCE Plus XRD Solution for Analysis of Diverse Samples

Bruker AXS introduces the D8 ADVANCE Plus™– a new member of the D8 ADVANCE family of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) solutions.

5 Dec 2016

PowerPhotonic Announces Partnership with Precitec

PowerPhotonic, world leader in precision laser micro-optics, announces exclusive supplier agreement with Precitec to provide beam shaping optics for laser cutting applications.

5 Dec 2016

Guide to Safe Use of Laboratory Heating Blocks

Asynt announces an updated version of its best practice guide developed to enable laboratory personnel to more safely use heating block systems.

5 Dec 2016

Anniversary in Jakarta: Ten years of the Arburg subsidiary in Indonesia

On 18 November 2016, Arburg's Indonesian subsidiary celebrated its tenth anniversary together with 50 invited guests, subsidiary employees and a representative from the company headquarters. At the time of its foundation in 2006, Arburg was the first European injection moulding machine manufacturer with a fully-owned subsidiary in this country.

5 Dec 2016

Murphy, Choh, and Pilla Join ClassOne Technology's Board of Advisors

ClassOne Technology, manufacturer of advanced wet processing equipment for ≤200mm substrates announced the formation of a Board of Advisors. This body will be made up of highly-regarded senior executives from the semiconductor industry who will provide their perspective and guidance to ClassOne as it navigates the expansion of its operations. Three distinguished industry notables, Larry Murphy, Eric Choh and Tom Pilla have been named to the board.

5 Dec 2016

New Study Reveals How Water Conducts Electricity Using Spectroscopic Snapshots

Researchers have taken spectroscopic snapshots of the passage of extra protons from one water molecule to another during the process of conductivity, which is considered as nature's most mysterious relay race.

2 Dec 2016

OTFTs with Altered Polymer Chain Arrangement Could be the Future of Flexible Electronics

A collaborative research carried out at Penn State demonstrated that fast and flexible electrical circuits can be developed by manipulating the twists and turns of fluorinated polymer chains. The outcomes of the research might open the door to the development of new polymer-type materials for flexible electronic applications.

2 Dec 2016

New Research Increases Potential of Molybdenum Sulfide for Hydrogen Catalysis

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University, Duke University and Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) has more potential than formerly thought as a catalyst for creating hydrogen to use as a clean energy source. The researchers specifically found that the whole surface of MoS2 can be used as a catalyst, not merely the edges of the material.

2 Dec 2016

Medical-Grade Polymers from Solvay Improve Surgical Lighting Performance

Light is critical for our health and well-being. In the morning, bright light helps us wake up and feel alert and energized. At night, dimmer light cues us to go to sleep. Equally important, the right type of light enables hospitals to provide surgery and other essential medical services 24/7.

2 Dec 2016

New Flexible Polymer Patch can Improve Conduction of Electrical Impulses Across Damaged Heart Tissue

Researchers have developed a new flexible polymer patch which can improve the conduction of electrical impulses across damaged heart tissue.

2 Dec 2016

Breakthrough Method to Grow Polymers from Surfaces of Living Cells

Living cells have been given the ability to grow their own protective polymer coats. Such polymer coats could allow for new cell–polymer hybrids with unique surface properties and interactions not found in nature, which could be useful in cell therapy, biocatalysis and biomachines.

2 Dec 2016