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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

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 Scientific's Supported Maintenance and Elite Kits enhance lab operations, providing automated service solutions for optimal gas generator performance.

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