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Pittcon 2016: Thermo Scientific DXR2 Raman Microscopes Provide Improved Workflows

New microscopes bring the power of Raman microscopy and high-resolution chemical imaging to more analytical laboratories and research groups who can benefit from having relevant sample information in the shortest time possible.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Materials & Structural Analysis 9 Mar 2016

Thermo Scientific ARL easySpark Analyzer Makes Debut at Pittcon 2016

Secondary metal processing companies and foundries that require an easy-to-use and highly sensitive solution for the analysis of a wide range of metals can now use a new benchtop optical emission spectrometry (OES) instrument designed to provide fast and accurate results.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific - Elemental and Phase Analysis 9 Mar 2016

Researchers Discover Novel Atomic Disordering Mechanism in Complex Metal Oxides

A study conducted by the University of Tennessee (UT) and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) could lead to creation of materials for energy-related applications.

8 Mar 2016

Cincinnati Test Systems Adds EtherNet/IP™ to Leak and Flow Test Instruments

EtherNet/IP™ is now a standard selectable communication option for CTS Sentinel I28, C28, and Blackbelt instruments that will reduce integration costs using standardized CIP™ programing.

8 Mar 2016

GASERA Launches Disruptive Multi-Gas Analyzer to Protect Life, Health, and Security

GASERA ONE is a portable device for conducting ultra-sensitive, multi-gas analysis. Using its patented, cantilever-enhanced photoacoustic technology, Gasera Ltd. delivers a market-disruptive solution for climate change p...

8 Mar 2016

Phytron Earns DIN EN 9100 Certification for the Aerospace Industry

Since 29 January 2016, Phytron GmbH has been certified under DIN EN 9100 for the aerospace industry and has thus been added to the OASIS database of around 400 approved aerospace suppliers worldwide. This certification is the result of the continuous refocussing of our traditional firm to become a future-oriented high-tech company. As part of the process of certification by AIRCERT, the company's quality management system that has been built up over the last decades was successfully reviewed.

8 Mar 2016

Viavi Solutions Announces Launch of New Line of Spectrometers

The Santa Rosa division of Viavi Solutions Thursday is unveiling a new line of spectrometers that can help drug makers and other manufacturers analyze a range of organic materials, from pharmaceuticals to foods.

8 Mar 2016

Scientists Demonstrate First Practical Laser Grown Directly on Silicon Substrate

A group of researchers from the UK, including academics from Cardiff University, has demonstrated the first practical laser that has been grown directly on a silicon substrate.

8 Mar 2016

Physicists Create New Material that Can Control Excitons

A team of physicists from the University of California, San Diego and The University of Manchester is creating tailor-made materials for cutting-edge research and perhaps a new generation of optoelectronic devices. The materials make it easier for the researchers to manipulate excitons, which are pairs of an electron and an electron hole bound to each other by an electrostatic force.

8 Mar 2016

Researchers Establish Biorefinery System to Create Non-Natural Polymers from Natural Sources

Renewable non-food biomass could potentially replace petrochemical raw materials to produce energy sources, useful chemicals, or a vast array of petroleum-based end products such as plastics, lubricants, paints, fertilizers, and vitamin capsules. In recent years, biorefineries which transform non-edible biomass into fuel, heat, power, chemicals, and materials have received a great deal of attention as a sustainable alternative to decreasing the reliance on fossil fuels.

8 Mar 2016

Entrepreneurship Challenge for Australian PhD Students to Design Innovative, Profitable Start-Up Concept

Dynamic Australian PhD students will have the opportunity to compete in a 24-hour entrepreneurship challenge to design an innovative and profitable start-up concept.

8 Mar 2016

Polycaprolactone Found to be Perfect Material for Manufacturing 3D-Printed Tracheal Implants

EOS supports the University of Michigan in customising a biocompatible material for additively manufacturing medical implants

8 Mar 2016

Invisible Cloaks Could be Possible in the Future with Innovative Meta-Skin

Engineers have created a stretchable and tunable meta-skin that is capable of shielding objects from powerful radar waves.

8 Mar 2016

New Lighting Technology Shows Promise for Developing Flexible and Low-Cost Solar Cells, LED Lighting Panels

European scientists have successfully developed future lighting technology commercially ready. The breakthrough is the result of more than three years of dedicated research. The team created flexible lighting foils, which can be produced in a roll-to-roll fashion, similar to the way newspapers are printed. These devices hold the potential to develop low-cost LED lighting panels and solar cells.

8 Mar 2016

TA Instruments Introduces 3 New Discovery DSC Systems

TA Instruments is pleased to introduce a new line of Differential Scanning Calorimeters, the Discovery DSC2500, DSC250, and DSC25. These instruments feature enhanced sensing technologies resulting in unprecedented performance in baseline flatness, sensitivity, resolution, and reproducibility, reaffirming TA’s position as the technology and global leader in thermal analysis.

From TA Instruments 8 Mar 2016