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Fungi Used by Researchers to Extract Lithium and Cobalt from Waste Batteries

Rechargeable batteries in tablets, cars and smartphones do not last forever, even though they can be repeatedly charged. Very often old batteries end up in incinerators or landfills, which could potentially harm the environment, and valuable materials continue to remain locked inside.

22 Aug 2016

SDSU Researchers Use Biochar to Develop Cost-Effective Supercapacitors

Biochar is a cost-effective material is rich in carbon, and has been used by two SDSU engineering researchers to develop the porous surface required to capture electricity. This new technique of developing a porous surface will help to reduce the cost of supercapacitors.

22 Aug 2016

Radiation Tolerant Optocouplers from TT Electronics Provide Highly Reliable Electrical Circuit Isolation in Deep Space Environments

Weybridge, UK, 16 August 2016 - TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, has announced the market introduction of its HCC100x series of radiation tolerant optocouplers.

22 Aug 2016

MDC VACUUM PRODUCTS, LLC APPOINTS NEW GENERAL MANAGER

MDC Vacuum Products, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Rob Holoboff to the team as general manager over the vacuum products division in Hayward, California. Rob comes to MDC with over two decades of experience h...

From MDC Vacuum Products, LLC 22 Aug 2016

Free Whitepaper: Machine Vision is making laser material processing even more flexible, accurate and cost-effective

The new White Paper from RAYLASE AG outlines to manufacturers, integrators, plant manufacturers, and researchers just how easy it now is to take advantage of the powerful properties of lasers thanks to machine vision.

22 Aug 2016

Cold-Fired Ceramics

Both hobbyists' pottery and engineered high-performance ceramics are only useable after they are fired for hours at high temperatures, usually above 1000 °C.

22 Aug 2016

Pittcon Announces New Committee Leadership for Pittcon 2017

The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the new chairmen who are collaborating on strategic and tactical plans to make Pittcon 2017 another successful year. As of July 1, Gregory Meisner, esq., took office as pre...

From Pittcon 22 Aug 2016

Scientists Use Atomic Force Microscope to Study Ullmann Reaction in Detail

University of Basel physicists have successfully used an atomic force microscope to observe the working of a silver catalyst for the very first time.

18 Aug 2016

Black Opaque Conformal Coating from Intertronics Enhances pcb Security

The new Dymax Multi-Cure 9451 is a true black and opaque conformal coating from Intertronics that enhances security of electronic products by covering the printed circuit board and components, hiding them from visual inspection. This is an effective barrier to loss of confidentiality and possible copying or reverse engineering of proprietary designs, in addition to its ability to improve circuit reliability in harsh conditions.

18 Aug 2016

Jet Edge Introduces Permalign® V-Series Mini Hopper for Abrasive Waterjets

Waterjet systems manufacturer Jet Edge, Inc. introduces its new Permalign® V-Series Mini Hopper for abrasive waterjet cutting.

From Jet Edge Waterjet Systems 18 Aug 2016

SolidEnergy Systems Develops New, Efficient Lithium Batteries for Consumer Electronics

A novel rechargeable lithium metal battery, capable of providing double the energy as other lithium ion batteries used in consumer electronics today will be entering the commercial market, thanks to an MIT spinout.

17 Aug 2016

McMaster Chemical Engineering Researcher Wins Inaugural KINGFA Young Investigator Award

Emily Cranston, an Associate Professor from the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University, has received the first KINGFA Young Investigator Award from the Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division of the American Chemical Society.

17 Aug 2016

Optomec Develops Inexpensive Aerosol Jet 3D Micro-Structure Printer

Optomec recently announced that its Aerosol Jet Technology is capable of enabling composite structures and 3D polymer to be printed using embedded electronics at the micron scale.

17 Aug 2016

Hexagonal Boron Nitride Semiconductors Provide Cost-Effective Alternative for Detecting Neutron Signals

Researchers from Texas Tech University have shown that hexagonal boron nitride semiconductors are a cost-effective alternative for examining overseas cargo containers entering ports in the U.S.

17 Aug 2016

MIT Summer Scholar Develops Ultrathin films Ideal for Spin-Based Devices Used in Computer Memory

MIT Materials Processing Center (MPC)-Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) Summer Scholar Grant Smith is working in Luqiao Liu’s lab to develop special thin film materials appropriate for spin-based devices that include magnetic tunnel junctions used in computer memory.

17 Aug 2016