Establishes Covestro Employee Engagement Institute through $300,000 grant to Robert Morris University
Affirms commitment to STEM education
Covestro LLC, a leading polymer materials supplier, today u...
Following investment in state-of-the-art technology, Morgan Advanced Materials has increased the manufacturing capability of its Technical Ceramics facility in Rugby, UK, commensurate with its strategic growth aspirations.
Asynt has announced that all models in its popular DrySyn Heating Block range will now come with permanently attached, heat resistant, lifting handles to safeguard users from coming into contact with hot surfaces.
Gramazio Kohler Research, in collaboration with researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), has developed an advanced Mesh Mould 3D printing technology, and an autonomous construction robotic system that could meet the growing demand for 3D printed housing solutions for construction sites.
By Beth Ellison
23 Oct 2015
Researchers at EPFL’s Laboratory for Multiscale Mechanics Modeling (LAMMM) in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering have solved the mystery behind the low ductility of magnesium.
By Beth Ellison
23 Oct 2015
Michell Instruments has announced the release of four kits which will enable users to upgrade their existing general purpose XTP601 oxygen and XTC601 binary gas transmitters into fully-functioning analyzers with the minimum of fuss and at a fraction of the cost of buying a new unit.
Springer Theses, a book series comprising a selection of the very best PhD theses from around the world, celebrates five years and a total of 500 published books.
Demonstrating at the Gulf Coast Conference Booth 517 at NRG Park in Houston on Oct. 20th and 21st
1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC), will unveil its new iONTRAC Process Chemical Analyzer...
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new nanoporous surface coating that increases the safety, strength, and durability of ubiquitous steel.
By Beth Ellison
22 Oct 2015
Eastern Applied Research, Inc. is pleased to announce an agreement to act as an authorized distributor of the Hitachi High-Technologies line of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.
The Hitachi High-Tech line, which has...
In a webinar presentation entitled the ‘Application of DSC to structural studies on meningitis vaccines’, which is now freely available on the Malvern Panalytical’ website, Dr David Staunton, Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Oxford (UK), explains why he recommends the use of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) as a first line technique when characterizing recombinant proteins.
Hexcel will be exhibiting at CAMX in Dallas, TX on Oct. 27-29 in booth U74 to promote the latest composite innovations for aerospace, automotive, recreational equipment and wind energy applications.
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Scientists have always been intrigued by how biominerals, such as bone, teeth, and seashells are formed. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has illustrated the experimental observations of the earliest stages of nacre formation in a mollusk for the first time.
By Beth Ellison
22 Oct 2015
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Xi’an Jiaotong University and Carnegie Mellon University amongst others have discovered that when nanoscale metal pieces are stretched in small amounts repeatedly, the material can be strengthened as crystal defects are eliminated. This new process is known as “cyclic healing.”
By Beth Ellison
22 Oct 2015
A pre-pilot mixing plant is using wireless TorqSense transducers for ultra-accurate viscosity measurement of high-value compounds.
The plant is used to prepare small batches of compounds from shampoo and detergent...