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Researchers Apply Molecular Dynamics to Simulate Microscopic Behaviors of Heterogeneous Materials

Scientists consider the dynamical responses of heterogeneous materials to be complicated, despite the fact that these responses regularly occur in engineering applications.

13 Apr 2016

Advances in Synthetic Biochemistry Could Lead to Biofuel Production

A team of biochemists from UCLA have created a method to convert sugar into a range of useful chemical compounds, without the use of cells. These chemical compounds could potentially be applied in the manufacture of new pharmaceuticals and biofuels.

13 Apr 2016

Defects in Raw Crystals Enhance Concrete Manufacturing Process

Concrete, the commonly used construction material all over the world, is a key contributor to climate change. As a result, scientists from Rice University have suggested that it is important to know every detail about it's manufacturing process.

13 Apr 2016

Leti Extends Collaboration with Qualcomm on CoolCubeTM 3D Integration Technology for High-Density, High-Performance ICs

Collaboration Goals Include Building an Ecosystem To Take the Chip-stacking Technology from Design to Fabrication

12 Apr 2016

Scientists Find New Kind of Long-Range Particle Interaction in Liquid Medium

Moving bodies can be attracted to each other, even when they’re quite far apart and separated by many other objects: That, in a nutshell, is the somewhat unexpected finding by a team of researchers at MIT.

12 Apr 2016

Water Molecules More Responsive to Ions than Previously Thought

Water is considered to be both complex and simple at the same time. Only 3 atoms make up a single water molecule (H2O). Despite this fact, the behavior of water molecules is still considered to be unique.

12 Apr 2016

High-Speed Surface Metrology with the New S onix

Sensofar Metrology has released a new high-speed non-contact 3D surface sensor – the S onix.

From Sensofar Metrology 12 Apr 2016

Free Webinar on Modern XRF Equipment for Cement Processing

PANalytical, the world’s leading supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray and related techniques, announces their free webinar on Modern XRF equipment for cement processing on 14 April 2016, presented by Harald van Weeren, segment manager building materials, PANalytical B.V., The Netherlands.

11 Apr 2016

High Tech Manufacturing Breakthrough for Australia

Australia will become the first country in the world to use the new ‘super material’, graphene in the large scale manufacture of an industrial product, the CEO of Imagine Intelligent Materials Pty Limited, Chris Gilbey said today.

11 Apr 2016

Aalto University Researchers Call for Consistent, Standardized Testing of Superhydrophobic Materials

In a perspective article in Science, researchers at Aalto call for standardised testing of superhydrophobic, i.e. water-repellent, materials.

11 Apr 2016

Researchers Observe Coherent Intermolecular Dipole-Dipole Coupling Using STM-Induced Electroluminescence Method

A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China has successfully visualized coherent intermolecular dipole-dipole coupling in real space using STM-based electroluminescence techniques.

11 Apr 2016

Senseye welcomes Parvalux to its PROGNOSYS machine failure forecasting pilot

Senseye welcomes Parvalux, Europe’s leading supplier of geared motor solutions, to its PROGNOSYS condition monitoring and prognostics pilot programme.

8 Apr 2016

New Terahertz Material Characterization System Installed in Brown University Lab

Unique CW-THz spectroscopy system to aid Mittleman Lab in materials research.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 7 Apr 2016

Synthetic Polymers Mimic Essential Qualities of Natural Proteins

In an effort to design novel materials for energy applications, scientists have developed a unique system to make artificial polymers that mimic the ubiquitous proteins, which are nature's own polymers and are involved in all aspects of life.

7 Apr 2016

UCSB Researchers Identify Specific Defects that Hinder LED Performance

UCSB researchers have used modern theoretical methods to detect particular defects that hinder the performance of a light-emitting diode (LED). The characterization of such defects present in the LED’s atomic structure could result in the development of longer lasting and more efficient LED lighting.

7 Apr 2016