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New Material Shows Promise to Optimize Charge Rate of Li-Ion Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries gained popularity in the 1990s, and have lead to the replacement of nickel-metal hydride batteries. Today Li-ion batteries power numerous electronic gadgets, such as mobile, laptops, and tablets.

24 Feb 2016

Rice Researchers Build Open-Source Laser Sintering Printer to Create Biomaterials

Bioengineers at Rice University have developed OpenSLS, an open-source, selective laser sintering platform, by altering a commercial-grade CO2 laser cutter.

24 Feb 2016

Ultrafast 3D-Printed Graphene-Based Technology for Probable Use in Advanced Electronics

A team of researchers from the University of California Santa Cruz and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently announced the first instance of ultrafast 3D-printed graphene supercapacitor electrodes capable of outperforming comparable electrodes, manufactured using conventional techniques.

24 Feb 2016

JEC World 2016 to Introduce Four New Display Areas Dedicated to Automotive, Aeronautics, Sports and Sustainability

The JEC World exhibition that reaches in 2016 the unequalled surface of 62,000 sqm will introduce, for the first time, four new display areas totaling more than 1,800 sqm. The so-called Planets will feature innovative and iconic parts, final products, and some of the 2016 JEC Innovation Awards recipients.

23 Feb 2016

[Peak Protected] Supported Maintenance Brings Labs Increased Flexibility

[Peak Protected], the service brand of laboratory gas generation specialists Peak Scientific, have launched a new product offering called Supported Maintenance. The objective is to give greater flexibility to labs...

From Peak Scientific 22 Feb 2016

Toughened One Component Epoxy for Chip Coating Applications Meets NASA Low Outgassing Specifications

Formulated for many electronic applications, Master Bond Supreme 3HTND-2CCM is a multifunctional epoxy that is well suited for chip coating, glob top and die attach applications as well as for bonding, sealing and encapsulation.

From Master Bond Inc. 22 Feb 2016

Monash University Opens Advanced Cathodoluminescence Characterisation Facility

With funding from the Australian Research Council, Monash University has commissioned a highly specialised analytical system from DELMIC BV.

From Delmic B.V. 22 Feb 2016

Flexenable Showcases First Wrist-Worn, Conformable OLCD for Wearable Applications at Mobile World Congress

FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, is showcasing a full colour, conformable organic LCD (OLCD) at Mobile World Congress 2016.

22 Feb 2016

RMIT Researchers Examine Environmental and Health Risks Posed by 3D Printing

Three-dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing, refers to those technologies capable of developing 3D objects from raw materials, like metals and polymers based on computerized 3D parametric models.

22 Feb 2016

HRL Researchers Develop Active Variable Stiffness Vibration Isolator

An active variable stiffness vibration isolator has been developed by researchers from HRL Laboratories’ Sensors and Materials Laboratory. This isolator is capable of millisecond actuation times and 100x stiffness changes, independent of the static load. In the words of Principal Investigator Christopher Churchill, “This performance surpasses existing mechanisms by at least 20 times in either speed or useful stiffness change."

22 Feb 2016

$Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires X-Ray Diffraction Provider INEL to Expand Capabilities in Materials Science and Structural Characterization$

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires X-Ray Diffraction Provider INEL to Expand Capabilities in Materials Science and Structural Characterization

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced [that it has acquired] INEL Inc., a provider of real-time X-ray diffraction (XRD) systems based in Artenay, France.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific 19 Feb 2016

Markes International Launches New Sorbent Tube for Hazardous Air Pollutants

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has released a new sorbent tube dedicated to the reliable analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air. The new ‘PAH tube’ is the outcome of a detailed ...

From Markes International Limited 19 Feb 2016

EU Trademark Approval Granted to Cortec's Biobased Rust Preventative, BioCorr

Cortec® Corporation proudly announces that its biobased and biodegradable rust preventative -BioCorr® has received registered trademark approval from EU's Office of Harmonization.

19 Feb 2016

Researchers Discover New Method of Creating Polarizing Filters by Studying Shrimp

A new method of developing polarizers, devices which rotate the plane of light, has been developed which mimics the way shrimps polarize light. Whilst humans use polarizers in sunglasses and DVD players shrimp have been using them to communicate without having to worry about any prey eavesdropping on their conversation.

By Jake Wilkinson 18 Feb 2016

Freeman Technology Joins Horizon 2020

Over the next three years Freeman Technology will be participating in the European Commission’s ‘Intensified by Design’ Project (IbD) which is funded under the framework of the SPIRE Programme (‘Sustainable Process Industries through Resource and Energy Efficiency’) through Horizon 2020.

From Freeman Technology 18 Feb 2016