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Victrex and Smithers Rapra host Online Workshop on Assessing High Performance Polymers

Victrex and Smithers Rapra are to co-host an online workshop to evaluate the standard test methods for assessing high-performance polymers (and in particular, polyaryletherketones) in hot and sour oil and gas environment...

From Victrex plc. 25 Feb 2016

Researchers Draw Inspiration from Nature to Promote and Transport Condensed Water Droplets

Organisms such as cacti and desert beetles can survive in arid environments because they've evolved mechanisms to collect water from thin air. The Namib desert beetle, for example, collects water droplets on the bumps of its shell while V-shaped cactus spines guide droplets to the plant's body.

25 Feb 2016

New Chemical Tool Facilitates Hydrocyanation in Safer Manner than Conventional Method

Chemistry is like a toolbox. To synthesize pharmaceuticals, plastics or dyes, chemists reach for various reagents and methods like craftspeople reach for their tools. Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr have now presented a new chemical tool that facilitates an important synthesis step, hydrocyanation, in a safer manner than the conventional method.

25 Feb 2016

Metrohm 917 Karl Fischer Coulometer

Metrohm USA is pleased to announce the release of the new Metrohm 917 Karl Fischer Coulometer. This compact, stand-alone coulometer offers several unique features that make it ideal for fast, precise determination of low-level water content.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 24 Feb 2016

Copper Prevents the Spread of MRSA Infections

Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated the ability of copper to kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria that spread from one person to another by physical contact or fingertip contamination of surfaces.

24 Feb 2016

Researchers Use 3D Printer to Unlock the Mystery of Plant-Pollinator Systems

University of Oregon (UO) researchers have discovered the secret behind the mimicry used by Dracula orchids to attract flies and guarantee their survival, using a 3D printer to spoof the flies.

24 Feb 2016

Researchers Find Way to Control Properties of Composite Material for Biomedical Applications

Researchers from a number of disciplines at North Carolina State University collaborated to create a composite material capable of emitting heat and light when exposed to radiation of specific wavelengths. The material can also be customized to possess specific mechanical features. This composite could possibly be adapted for use in drug delivery, biomedical imaging, and therapeutic treatments.

24 Feb 2016

Toppan Printing Develops Next-Generation EUV Photomask for Leading-Edge Semiconductors

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Toppan), the world's premier photomask manufacturer, announced today that it has developed a next-generation EUV photomask for leading-edge semiconductors.

24 Feb 2016

Improved Humidity Conformance Testing for DVS Analyzers

Hiden Isochema announces a new improved conformance test method for their dynamic vapor sorption (DVS) analyzers.

From Hiden Isochema 24 Feb 2016

University Research Group Utilise the Systech 8001 OTR Analyser to Test the Oxygen Barrier Properties of Biodegradable Packaging Materials

The University of Helsinki is at the forefront of international research and doctoral education. The quality of the University's research is reflected in the high number of Centres of Excellence, Academy Professors, Fellows and Researchers.

From Industrial Physics Product Integrity Limited 24 Feb 2016

Gasera Launches A New Multi-Gas Analyser

For climate change prevention, border security and occupational safety

24 Feb 2016

IONICON Presents the new PTR-TOF 1000 Ultra Trace Gas Analyzer

Up to 10x more sensitivity thanks to the revolutionary new ION-BOOSTER funnel technology.

From IONICON Analytik 24 Feb 2016

Research Group Uses Focused Laser Beam to Analyze Fundamentals of Boiling

Gather your patience and put the old “a watched pot never boils” saying to the test. The experience might rival watching paint dry, but of course the water will eventually begin to boil. When it does, you’ll see a flurry of bubbles form and quickly rise to the surface of the water. Once it kicks in, it builds at a furious pace and quickly creates a roiling cauldron on your stovetop. Time to add the pasta.

24 Feb 2016

NUS Researchers Develop Environmentally Friendly Food Packaging Material

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with grapefruit seed extract (GFSE). This novel food packaging material can slow down fungal growth, doubling the shelf-life of perishable food, such as bread.

24 Feb 2016

Scientists Study Magnetic and Ferroelectric Properties of Multiferroic Materials

In 1894, Pierre Curie speculated on the “the symmetry in physical phenomena, symmetry of an electric field and a magnetic field.” Since then material scientists have working to discover a unique material that displays the coexistence of ferroelectricity and magnetism in a single compound, referred to as a multiferroic compound.

24 Feb 2016