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Eos Quality Leadership: Reproducible Part Quality in Plastics-Based Additive Manufacturing

EOS leads in additive manufacturing quality assurance, coordinating materials and processes to deliver reliable, high-quality components for industrial use.

25 Jul 2016

Teijin’s FASTENANOTM Polyester Hook-and-loop Fastener Offers Extra-soft Touch

FASTENANOTM, an extra-soft polyester hook-and-loop fastener developed and marketed in Japan by Teijin Limited, will now enter the global market.

25 Jul 2016

Hiden Product Catalogue for Thin Films, Plasma and Surface Engineering

Hiden Analytical offers a comprehensive catalogue of mass spectrometry solutions for vacuum processes and surface evaluation, enhancing research capabilities.

From Hiden Analytical 25 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop Durable Material to Help Support Artificial Hip and Knee Joints

Titanium that is four times harder than steel has been discovered at Rice lab.

22 Jul 2016

Scientific Reports Evaluate Air Versus Water Condensers

Asynt announces how new scientific evaluations from the Department of Chemistry, University of Uppsala (Sweden)** and the Australian National University (Canberra) report on the testing of the performance of their CondenSyn air condenser versus traditional water-driven condensers and an alternative commercial air condenser in “real-world” laboratory conditions.

From Asynt 22 Jul 2016

Rusty Steel Triggers Oxygen Evolution

Electrocatalytic water splitting is one of the most promising next generation technologies for environmentally friendly and inexpensive energy conversion and storage.

22 Jul 2016

BioTek Instruments Embarks on Major Site Expansion

The $4 million expansion of BioTek Instruments' facility will boost manufacturing, support job growth, and strengthen Vermont's position in the global market.

22 Jul 2016

Researchers Investigate Special New Coatings to Ensure Food Safety

One of the ways to prevent food waste and food-borne illness is to ensure that surfaces of production units are free from contamination even between scheduled cleanings.

21 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop Garnet-Type Fast Ionic Conducting Oxide for Rechargeable All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries

Fast rechargeable all-solid-state lithium batteries could become one of the next generation of energy storage devices due to their outstanding cycle stability, safety and high energy density. In addition, having higher lithium-ion conductivity of more than 1mS/cm at room temperature, the oxide-based solid electrolyte materials must also have chemical stability.

21 Jul 2016

UH Physicist on Board for Thermal Conductor Research

A physicist from the University of Houston will participate in a $7.5 million collaboration to develop an innovative material with a higher conductivity than diamonds.

21 Jul 2016

XEI Scientific to Feature Evactron® Easy Plasma SoftClean (EPSP) with EP Remote Plasma De-Contaminator™, Presenting a Poster on Remote Plasma Cleaning and Radical Recombination Rates at M&M 2016

Meet XEI Scientific at M&M 2016 and learn about the Evactron EP Plasma De-Contaminator, optimizing cleaning efficiency for advanced microscopy applications.

From XEI Scientific 21 Jul 2016

Explosive Synthesis

Trinitrotoluene or TNT has been considered as the standard measure for explosives for 100 years, although new high-energy-density materials or HEDMs outperform this substance in terms of explosion power, safety, but also environmental compatibility.

21 Jul 2016

Asian Electronic Company Selects Harper for Two New Furnace Systems

Harper International, world leader in custom thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has been selected by a leading Asian electronic components firm for the design of two high temperature Elevator furnaces for use in their production plant

From Harper International 20 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop Materials that Resemble Cell Membrane and its Properties

A team of materials scientists have developed a new material that behaves like a cell membrane found in nature. Researchers have been seeking similar materials for applications such as drug delivery and water purification.

20 Jul 2016

A New Application Report from Rigaku Describes Rapid ROHS Screening for Toxic Metals in Polyethylene by XRF

Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. has announced a new empirical method for the measurement of toxic elements in plastics by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)

From Rigaku Corporation 20 Jul 2016