Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have created a unique method to target pain receptors using tiny gold nanorods. Their work could pave the way for pain relief therapies, which can assist patients with intractable pain, even cancer-related pain.
By Alexander Chilton
24 Aug 2015
Jiaxing Huang, associate professor of materials science and engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, has increased the efficiency of a proven thin-film fabrication technique called Langmuir-Blodgett assembly.
By Beth Ellison
24 Aug 2015
A research team at the University of Manchester have developed of a number of novel 2D materials similar to graphene.
By Beth Ellison
24 Aug 2015
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has announced that more than 400 core team members are now working on the first full scale hyperloop transportation.
By Alexander Chilton
21 Aug 2015
A new chemical technology, promising to convert captured atmospheric CO2 into high-quality carbon nanofibers, was presented at the 2015 ACS meeting and exposition.
By Will Soutter
21 Aug 2015
The flash method is a precise, reliable and efficient method for determining the thermophysical properties of a variety of materials.
Nordson MARCH, a Nordson company (NASDAQ:NDSN), a global leader in plasma processing technology, announces that its StratoSPHERE™ Series plasma treatment equipment for wafer-level packaging and 3D packaging applications can now be configured in two, four, and even six chamber configurations for increased throughput and flexibility.
Engineers at Northwestern University have identified the ideal surface ‘roughness’ required for keeping surfaces dry underwater.
By Beth Ellison
20 Aug 2015
Goodfellow, a leading supplier of polymers, metals and other materials for research and industry, offers a wide selection of polymer films, including specialist products suitable for demanding applications.
Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announced during this week's 250th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts the release of software for its expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS) product line, greatly increasing ease-of-use for mass spectrometry in many chemistry applications. This software, titled CheMS, along with the release of new bundled systems configured specifically for the chemist's workflows, enables simpler than ever lab-based mass spectrometry.
ProTec Polymer Processing will showcase at Fakuma 2015 a full range of high-performance, energy-efficient integrated system solutions for efficient material handling, including conveying, drying, dosing and mixing.
MIT researchers, in collaboration with scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Northeastern University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Boston College, have analyzed an unusual magnetic behavior with the help of spin-polarized neutron reflectometry.
By Beth Ellison
18 Aug 2015
A new application brief explaining how the use of ED-XRF spectroscopy for at-line analysis of sulfur in fuels can cut production delays from days to minutes is available to download from the SPECTRO website.
SciAps, Inc., a Boston-based instrumentation company specializing in handheld and portable analytical instruments, announces the release of a new proprietary laser technology that greatly advances the performance of their handheld LIBS product.
Researchers at Duke University and the University of British Columbia have discovered that droplets can launch themselves from thin fibers, a phenomenon that may find application in refining oil and purifying water.
By Beth Ellison
18 Aug 2015