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NIST Issues Reference Material to Help Ensure Accurate Testing of Commercial Tobacco Filler

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a reference material with certified amounts of nicotine and two carcinogens to help ensure accurate testing of commercial tobacco filler—the blended tobacco found in cigarettes.

13 Sep 2016

Scientists Use X-ray Light to Effectively Create New Type of Crystal

An international team of more than 20 scientists has inadvertently discovered how to create a new type of crystal using light more than ten billion times brighter than the sun.

13 Sep 2016

Optically Clear, Room Temperature Curing Epoxy Blocks UV Light Transmission

Formulated for specific optical applications, Master Bond EP30-2LB blocks UV light from 200-400 nm and allows the transmission of visible light from 450-900 nm.

From Master Bond Inc. 13 Sep 2016

Keynote speakers have been announced for the HSI 2016 | Hyperspectral Imaging & Applications Conference (13th and 14th October) at the Ricoh Area, Coventry, UK

Three leading scientists in the field of hyperspectral imaging will be speaking at HSI 2016, each talking on subjects that highlight growth areas of interest and applications for hyperspectral technology.

13 Sep 2016

TA Instruments Broadens Its TGA Portfolio with the Acquisition of Rubotherm

TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of Rubotherm GmbH of Bochum, Germany. Rubotherm develops and manufactures analytical test instruments for thermogravimetric and sorption measurements that...

From TA Instruments 13 Sep 2016

Reliable Beverage Dispensing Meters

Titan Enterprises offers a range of flowmeters designed specifically for drink dispensing applications including beer, wines, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 13 Sep 2016

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.

13 Sep 2016

Aluminium and Copper Foils in Dozens of Thicknesses

Goodfellow is known worldwide for its huge range of metal foils – foils of more than 160 metals and metal alloys to meet specific scientific and industrial needs.

From Goodfellow 13 Sep 2016

Free webinar on CNA: Online Raw Material Analysis for Cement Process Control

PANalytical, the world’s leading supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray and related techniques, announces their free webinar on CNA – Online raw material analysis for cement process control on 29 September 2016, presented by Jerome Gondeau, Global Product Specialist CNA/ PFTNA, PANalytical B.V., The Netherlands.

13 Sep 2016

ScratchyCAD’s New Software Allows Users to Create Programmed 3D Objects in Block-Based Programming Language

ScratchyCAD is preparing to launch a Kickstarter to fund its parametric 3D design software. This new software allows the user to create programmed 3D objects in a block-based programming language.

12 Sep 2016

LyondellBasell Selects La Porte, Texas Complex for High Density Polyethylene Plant

LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, has selected its La Porte, Texas, manufacturing complex as the site for a new High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Plant.

12 Sep 2016

NSF Grants $750,000 to Study How Novel Polymers Can React to Heat and Light

A University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University research team was awarded $750,000 in back-to-back grants from the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation to study how novel polymers can react to heat and light, creating the potential for self-powered robotic devices.

12 Sep 2016

EPSRC to Continue to Host the UK National Crystallography Service at University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is pleased to announce that it has been successful in its bid to continue to host the UK National Crystallography Service (NCS).

12 Sep 2016

Innovative Method to Move Small Objects Using Acoustics

A team of researchers from Aalto University have successfully manipulated the motion of many objects on a vibrating plate with a solitary acoustic source.

12 Sep 2016

Automation Features Draw Attention at Semicon Taiwan 2016

This week, XYZTEC is exhibiting the Condor Sigma at Semicon Taiwan. With two booths at the central TWTC Nangang Hall (4F), the market leader in bond testing is attracting a lot of attention. Many customers are automating their facilities and therefore come to see the latest advances in automation that the Condor Sigma and the 300mm (12 inch) wafer testing Condor Sigma W12 have to offer.

From XYZTEC 9 Sep 2016