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Researchers Capture Spreading of Mixable Liquids into Droplet Hats

When raindrops fall into bodies of water, milk is added to a cup of coffee, and in other mixing and rinsing processes, you might wonder how one liquid is absorbed by the other. Small droplets can be absorbed so fast that our minds perceive it to be instantaneous. However, in reality, there is much more to the process than first meets the eye.

30 Jun 2016

Intel, Tyndall Renew Partnership to Explore Next-Generation Materials, Devices and Photonics Technologies

Intel and Tyndall National Institute in Cork have announced the renewal of a $1.5 million research partnership.

30 Jun 2016

Two IU Chemists Receive NSF Grant to Advance Research on Carbon Recycling

Two Indiana University chemists have received $525,000 from the National Science Foundation to advance research with applications to the emerging field of carbon recycling.

30 Jun 2016

MonoSol Launches New Food Grade Film Application with Dicoisa

MonoSol, the world leader in water-soluble films, announces its newest food grade film customer – Dicoisa. A supplier of color additives based in Mexico City, Dicoisa is using MonoSol’s Vivos® film to package and deliver food colors to processors in Latin America.

From MonoSol 30 Jun 2016

New Hiden Product Catalogue: Catalysis and Thermal Analysis

Hiden Analytical release a new catalogue detailing their latest mass spectrometers and micro-reactors for analysis of gaseous thermal processes. The series includes systems for application to process pressures from 5 bar through to ultrahigh vacuum (UHV).

From Hiden Analytical 30 Jun 2016

Virtual Foundry’s Filamet Enables 3D Printers to Print Pure Metal on Desktop

Filamet™, the new product from The Virtual Foundry, llc in Madison, Wisconsin, lets any standard 3d printer, print pure metal right on the desktop. This Crowdfunded development will likely change the way metal is 3D Printed.

29 Jun 2016

Unique Characteristics of Perovskites Discovered

An international group of scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Rostov-on-Don, China, France, and Germany have explained the movement of charge-carrying particles in perovskite.

29 Jun 2016

Cartilage Strands used in 3D Bioprinting Offers Potential for Treatment of Joint Diseases

According to engineers, strands of cow cartilage can act as an alternative to ink in a 3D bioprinting process that might lead to the creation of cartilage patches for damaged joints.

29 Jun 2016

MIT Researchers Develop New Hydrogel Material that has Potent Applications

A cube of Jell-O left on the kitchen counter would ultimately turn into a shrunken, hardened mass once all of the water within it has evaporated. The same occurs with hydrogels that are made mostly of water. These gelatin-like polymer materials are flexible and absorbent until they unavoidably dry out.

29 Jun 2016

New Forgeway Brand Includes all the Elements of Innovation

Forgeway, leading industrial adhesive, sealant and coating manufacturer, rebrands this month and unveils an innovative new approach to industrial packaging design, created for employees as well as their customers. ...

28 Jun 2016

Techsil Launch M.G. Chemicals’ Electronics Adhesives and Coatings Range in the UK

Techsil announced agreement to supply Canadian based M.G. Chemicals’ range of products to the UK's electronics manufacturing sector.

From Techsil Ltd 28 Jun 2016

New Guidance on Gas Detection at WWEM 2016

Gas detection has always been an important component of the WWEM events, but organiser Marcus Pattison says: “Following the publication of important new guidance on confined space entry and a new standard for toxic gas detectors, the Gas Detection Zone at WWEM 2016 will be busier than ever.

28 Jun 2016

EpiGaN Receives Official Certification of Compliance to ISO9001:2015.

EpiGaN, the leading European supplier of commercial-grade 150mm- and 200mm- GaN-on-Silicon epiwafers, announces that the production facility at its headquarters in Hasselt, Belgium, is now fully certified to the quality management system ISO9001:2015. The official notification from the International Organization for Standardization was received on June 7, 2016.

28 Jun 2016

Mahr Federal Introduces the Digital Universal Caliper Multimar 25 EWR, a Configurable Caliper for ID and OD Measurements

New measuring range, broad range of accessories, balanced operation with display always in operator's line of vision

From Mahr Inc. 27 Jun 2016

Geochemists Discover Deposition of Radioactive Cesium Fallout from Fukushima in Glass Microparticles

New research reveals that a large quantity of the radioactive fallout which settled on Tokyo a couple of days following the Fukushima mishap was concentrated and deposited in non-soluble glass microparticles in the form of 'glassy soot'.

27 Jun 2016