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World's First 3D Printed Car Goes From 0 - 60 in 2 Seconds

Divergent Microfactories has found an innovative way of using 3D printing to transform vehicle production, enabling vehicles and other large complex structures to be built using less material and at lower capital costs.

25 Jun 2015

Rinco Ultrasonics Extends Machinery Range with First Electrically Driven Ultrasonic Welding Machine

With its new Electrical Motion ultrasonic welding machine (working frequency: 20 kHz), the Swiss specialist for ultrasonic welding technology, Rinco Ultrasonics, is treading new ground: away from the traditional pneumatic drive to an electrically driven welding machine. With this solution, the relevant parameters for the joining process can be regulated individually and very finely – from the positioning of the sonotrode and the applied welding force to the welding rate.

25 Jun 2015

Fast Evaporation of Tube & Vial Samples

Using a patented vacuum-assisted vortex concentration technology, the Smart Evaporator from Asynt sets a new standard for labs tasked with drying sample tubes and vials. The spiral air flow generated by this unique co...

From Asynt 24 Jun 2015

London's Design Museum Presents Design of the Year 2015 Award to Wyss Institute's Human Organs-on-Chips

Human organs-on-chips designed by scientists at the Wyss Institute, Harvard University, have received the overall Design of the Year 2015 Award, the most prestigious design award in the UK. The award was presented at the Design of the Year awards ceremony, which was held on June 22, 2015 at the Design Museum of London. This event marks the 8th annual awards and museum expo.

By Alessandro Pirolini 24 Jun 2015

Exagan to Produce High-Speed Power Switching Devices on 200mm Wafers with €5.7 Million First-Round Financing

Exagan, a start-up innovator of gallium-nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology that enables smaller and more efficient electrical converters, today announced it has raised €5.7 million in first-round financing that will be used to produce high-speed power switching devices on 200mm wafers.

24 Jun 2015

Nordson EFD Introduces xQR41 MicroDot Needle Valve with Smaller Form Factor and Rapid Interchangeability

Nordson EFD, a Nordson company, the world's leading precision fluid dispensing systems manufacturer, introduces the xQR41 Series MicroDot™ needle valve.

24 Jun 2015

ILIUM Technology Introduces Ultra-low, Ultra-wide Range Conductivity Meter and Sample Independent Smart Probes

ILIUM Technology announced today the availability of its Model 2100 ultra-low, ultra-wide range conductivity meter and sample independent smart probes.

23 Jun 2015

Intertek to Present Corrosion Monitoring Methods Used on Iconic Infrastructure Projects

Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, will present and discuss the innovative structural health monitoring system developed by its instrumentation team and utilised on several key public...

From Intertek Group PLC 23 Jun 2015

Lucideon Publishes New Testing Brochure

Lucideon, the international materials technology company, has published its new Testing Brochure.

23 Jun 2015

University of Manchester Invites Leading Researchers to Participate in Graphene Week 2015

The University of Manchester will be hosting the Graphene Week 2015 organized by the Graphene Flagship – a one billion euro research initiative. The initiative aims to bring all academic and industrial graphene researchers together to discuss about the progress being made with the new material in the last decade, generating new opportunities, jobs and economic growth.

23 Jun 2015

‘Molecular Movie’ Shows How Ring-Shaped Molecules Break Open

For the first time, researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have tracked the ultrafast structural changes in quadrillionths-of-a-second steps during the opening reaction of ring-shaped gas molecules.

23 Jun 2015

Picosun ALD Breaks Through in Medical Technology

Picosun Oy, the leading supplier of high quality Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology for industrial manufacturing, provides the advanced ALD coating solutions to enable the next generation of cutting-edge medical technology.

From Picosun Oy 23 Jun 2015

Porphyrine-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks Hold Promise for Solar Cells

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new material based on porphyrine metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for photovoltaics.

22 Jun 2015

ThyssenKrupp and Maxion to Develop Carbon Fiber-Aluminum Hybrid Wheels

ThyssenKrupp Carbon Components has established a cooperation with Maxion Wheels to develop new ultra-lightweight, carbon fiber-aluminum hybrid wheels for premium vehicles.

22 Jun 2015

OWIS Releases LIMES 124-IMS High-Precision Linear Stages with Integrated Measuring System

For years, they are among the best sellers under the high-precision linear stages – the OWIS® LIMES 124. With their excellent positioning properties they are particularly suitable for use in research and devel-opment, where highest precision is required.

From OWIS GmbH 22 Jun 2015