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High Efficiency Filter for Separating Heavy Metal Ions

A new water filtration system has been developed by ETH researchers. In comparison to existing systems ,it is highly efficient in isolating toxic radioactive substances and heavy metal ions present in water. Gold recovery is another potential application of the new filter.

28 Jan 2016

Volkswagen, Peugeot Citroen PSA, UNECE to speak at TU-Automotive’s Active Safety Europe Conference & Exhibition

Today, TU-Automotive announced that senior executives from Volkswagen, Peugeot Citroen PSA, UNECE and The UK Department of Transport will speak at the Active Safety Europe 2016: ADAS to Autonomous Conference & Exhibition in Munich this May, to share their expertise on cutting-edge active safety developments in the vehicle.

28 Jan 2016

Scientists Combine Mathematics and Materials Science to Develop 4D Printed Hydrogel Composite Structures

A group of scientists from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a breakthrough 4D printing method, using time as fourth dimension. The group were inspired by plants and other natural structures, which react to environmental stimuli and change their form accordingly. The scientists have developed 4D printed hydrogel composite structures that change their form when immersed in water.

27 Jan 2016

Pittcon Solicits Call for Nominations for 2017 Awards in Areas of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy

The Pittcon sponsors; Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are pleased to announce the call for nominations for four prestigious annual awards that will be presented at Pittcon 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

From Pittcon 27 Jan 2016

Acoustic Tweezers Show Promise for New 3D Bioprinting Technique

A collaborative research team, including Subra Suresh, President of Carnegie Mellon University, Tony Jun Huang from Pennsylvania State University, and Ming Dao from MIT, have demonstrated that acoustic tweezers can be adapted to move and manipulate single cells along three dimensions non-invasively.

27 Jan 2016

MultiPort Inlet Selector Now Available for Gas Sorption Analyzers

Hiden Isochema’s new MultiPort inlet selector is now available for the manufacturer’s IGA and XEMIS series gas sorption analyzers.

From Hiden Isochema 27 Jan 2016

Smart Materials Help to Improve Energy Harvesting

A research group at France's National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA de Lyon) have discovered a technique to improve the mechanical energy harvesting performance potential of smart materials called, "electrostrictive polymers."

27 Jan 2016

Toho Tenax Renews Long-Term Contract to Supply PYROMEX Aircraft Brake-Friction Materials to UTAS

Toho Tenax Co., Ltd., the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, announced today that it has revised and renewed a long-term contract to supply PYROMEX®, an oxidized PAN fiber (OPF) to UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), a member of the United Technologies (UTC) group. Under the terms of the agreement, Toho Tenax and UTAS have extended their contract another five years, to 2030.

From Teijin Limited 27 Jan 2016

DRYVAC SYSTEMS for Thin Film Coating Processes

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum offers optimized Solutions for Flat Panel Display Manufacturing.

26 Jan 2016

Trelleborg’s ‘Convention Defying’ Materials Obtain ISO 23936 Qualification

Two advanced elastomers developed by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions capable of withstanding extremely low temperatures have passed rigorous international industry standards.

From Trelleborg - TAEM 26 Jan 2016

MEMS Revolutionized with Picosun’s Batch ALD Cluster Tools

Picosun Oy, the leading supplier of high quality ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for industrial production, has revolutionized cost-effective MEMS manufacturing with high throughput PICOPLATFORM™ batch ALD cluster technology.

From Picosun Oy 25 Jan 2016

New Research Opens Door to Devices Based on Junctions of Correlated Electronic Materials

A magnetic state in a few atomic laters of artificially synthesized materials, known as transitional metal oxides, has been developed by researchers from the University of Arkansas and their colleagues.

25 Jan 2016

Unravelling the Mystery of Non-Platinum Catalysts for Fuel Cell Technologies

A long-standing controversy of fuel cell catalysts has recently been solved by a research team from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba.

22 Jan 2016

MIT Researchers Develop Transparent Polymer that Could Offer Cheaper Alternative to Smart Windows

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new theory to predict the amount of light transmitted via a material, considering its level of stretch and thickness. Based on this theory, the researchers were able to successfully predict the varying transparency of a rubber-like, transparent polymer as it was stretched and inflated.

22 Jan 2016

Researchers Successfully Develop Synthesized Covalent Organic Frameworks

A material with a unique structure, consisting of woven organic polymers, has been synthesized by a team of researchers. These polymers produce a unique elastic property in the innovative material.

22 Jan 2016