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Chemical Changes in InsP6 Inhibitor May Improve Hydrogen Bonding Capabilities with C. difficile Toxins

Infections with bacterium Clostridium difficile have rapidly become a significant medical problem in hospitals and long-term care facilities. The bacteria cause diarrhea and life-threatening inflammation of the colon by producing toxins that kill the endothelial cells that form the lining of the gut.

28 Mar 2016

Sandia-led Researchers Develop New Way to Make Magnetic Material That Could Lead to Better Iron Nitride Transformers

A Sandia-led team has developed a way to make a magnetic material that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing high-frequency transformers, needed for more flexible energy storage systems and widespread adoption of renewable energy.

28 Mar 2016

Pre-Aged Organic Glass Could Extend Lifetime of Cellphone Displays

For three decades, glass expert Mark Ediger has been studying the basic properties of organic glass to discover new ways to regulate the placement of atoms or molecules and to slow down substance degradation, particularly substances that lack the stiffness of a crystal.

25 Mar 2016

Metal Powder Organizations Unveil New Websites

With a modern design and expanded features, the MPIF website supports the powder metallurgy community with resources, directories, and e-learning opportunities.

From Metal Powder Industries Federation 25 Mar 2016

MIT Researchers Develop New Formulation for Liquid Metal Batteries

A decade ago, Donald Sadoway, a MIT professor, and his students developed liquid metal batteries, which now appear to be a potential solution to make renewable energy more affordable and practical. These batteries are capable of storing huge amounts of energy, and can balance the fluctuations of production and consumption of power. Ambri, a Cambridge-based startup company, is now in the process of commercializing these liquid metal batteries.

25 Mar 2016

New-Structure Magnetic Memory Device Stores Information Without Power Supply

Researchers at Tohoku University have used a new scheme of spin-orbit-torque-induced (SOT-induced) magnetization switching to develop a unique magnetic memory device that can store data without power supply. The study was headed by Professor Hideo Ohno and Associate Professor Shunsuke Fukami of Tohoku University.

25 Mar 2016

New White Paper on Process Oxygen Gas Monitoring

Quantitech has prepared a comprehensive White Paper on the measurement of Oxygen gas in furnaces and other industrial processes.

From Gasmet Technologies Oy 24 Mar 2016

Quantitech’s Comprehensive White Paper on Measurement of Oxygen Gas in Industrial Processes

Quantitech has prepared a comprehensive White Paper on the measurement of Oxygen gas in furnaces and other industrial processes. Quantitech’s Craig Day says: “Oxygen gas concentration measurements are essential for the effective management of many industrial processes, providing an important indicator of combustion performance, fuel usage and process safety.

From Gasmet Technologies Oy 24 Mar 2016

Researchers Propose New Method to Improve Beam Quality of Benchtop Particle Accelerators

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a huge particle accelerator, which played a key role in the detection of the elusive particle, Higgs boson. The LHC, buried beneath the Swiss-French border, requires a track extending 27 km for particle acceleration close to the velocity of light before the collision of the particles.

23 Mar 2016

Fairchild Launches FDMS86181 100V Shielded Gate PowerTrench MOSFET

Fairchild, a leading global supplier of high-performance semiconductor solutions, today launched the flagship device of the company’s newest generation of 100V N-channel power MOSFETs, the FDMS86181 100V Shielded Gate PowerTrench® MOSFET.

23 Mar 2016

Physicists Find Significantly Large Elasto-Optic Effect in Thin Films of Ferroelectrics

A significantly large magnitude elasto-optic effect has been discovered in ferroelectrics, an unusual class of materials. The discovery of this large magnitude phenomenon has potential for a number of devices that could be used in optical systems.

23 Mar 2016

Aether Introduces Advanced and Affordable 3D Bioprinter, Aether 1

Aether have launched an advanced yet cost-effective 3D bioprinter called Aether 1, which integrates 12 of the world’s most sophisticated machines into one simple, user-friendly, and aesthetic desktop device. The Aether 1 bioprinter is designed to 3D print with as high as 10 materials, and can integrate different fabrication techniques in one print, all from a single 3D file. This will enable users to express their creativity in an entirely different way.

23 Mar 2016

Researchers Demonstrate New Method for Making Single Crystals

A team of physicists and materials scientists at Lehigh University have developed a new technique to create single crystals, where a broader range of materials can be employed in high-technology applications such as solar energy devices, microelectronics, etc.

23 Mar 2016

Researchers Identify Factors that Govern Final Morphology of Self-Assembling Chiral Filament Bundles

For the first time, polymer scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered the factors that control the final size and shape of chiral filament bundles that self-assemble into different architectures. The research team, which included Greg Grason, Isaac Bruss and Douglas Hall, along with Justin Barone from Virginia Tech, reported the experimental results that support their novel model. The study has been reported in the current issue of the Nature Materials journal.

23 Mar 2016

3D Printed Structures Help Grow Nerve Cells to Mimic Real Brain

An innovative method to 3D print brain structures has been developed by a group of US and Australian researchers. This capability will allow them to develop nerve cells to imitate a real brain.

23 Mar 2016