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TA Instruments Acquires Assets of Bose Electroforce Group

TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of certain assets related to the Bose ElectroForce Group, from the Bose Corporation of Framingham Massachusetts. The Bose ElectroForce group manufactures dynamic mechanical...

From TA Instruments 28 May 2015

Oxford Instruments Enters into Joint Venture with GD Intressenter AB, Comprising Omicron Nanotechnology and Scienta Scientific

Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for industry and research, today announces that it has entered into a Joint Venture with GD Intressenter AB of Sweden (“GDI”) to...

From Oxford Instruments 28 May 2015

Mass Spectrometric Measurement of Plasma and Flame Chemistry

The mass spectrometric analysis of the ionised and chemically unstable reactive species generated in flame and high-pressure plasma environments requires their rapid transit through vacuum through to the mass spectrometer with minimal interaction.

From Hiden Analytical 28 May 2015

Bruker Launch New Contour Elite 3D Optical Microscopes, Combining 3D Surface Metrology with High-Definition Microscopy

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the release of its new Contour Elite 3D Optical Microscopes, which for the first time fully integrate high-definition microscopy imaging with industry-leading three-dimensional (3D) optical metrology functionality.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 28 May 2015

3D Printing Enables Standardized Bird Egg Rejection Experiments

New research that tests the benefits of using 3D printed eggs for study on how birds reject eggs has been published in the PeerJ journal. Brood parasites try to slip in their eggs into other bird’s nests. However, birds have the ability to identify and reject these eggs.

By Alessandro Pirolini 27 May 2015

Castrol EDGE Fuses Video Games Technology and Real World Driving Experience in Titanium Trial Driving Challenge

Castrol EDGE has premiered its latest Titanium Trial driving challenge, featuring Formula Drift professional Matt Powers driving his Roush Stage 3 Mustang whilst wearing a state-of-the-art Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 headset: blind to the real world around him, but fully-immersed in a rapidly changing 3D virtual world.

From Castrol 27 May 2015

Materialise Releases Latest Mimics Innovation Suite

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, global 3D Printing pioneer Materialise announces the launch of the latest Mimics Innovation Suite, including the Mimics® 18.0 and 3-matic® 10.0 software solutions. The new and improved tools increase user-friendliness, reduce segmentation time and make design and modeling even more realistic. It’s also possible to 3D print the results in full color. In addition, the visualization capabilities have been expanded with a fluoroscopy view and virtual X-ray simulation.

From Materialise 27 May 2015

Researchers Develop Commercially Viable Polymer Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency

A group of scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have developed a new type of polymer solar cell based on 'inverted' architecture and well-designed materials, which has an improved efficiency of 10%.

26 May 2015

Shape Memory Composite Helps Design Customisable Footwear for Women

A consortium of EU-funded project Demo ShopInstantShoe has developed a novel modifiable female shoe using a unique memory shape composite consisting of Nitinol material and leather.

26 May 2015

Researchers at Columbia Engineering Create the First Single-Molecule Diode

A new technique has been developed by a research team from Columbia Engineering in order to create the first ever single-molecule diode.

By Alexander Chilton 26 May 2015

New Viscous Sheet Simulation Technique Enables Color 3D Printing

Changxi Zheng, assistant professor of computer science at Columbia Engineering along with China's Zhejiang University researchers has created a method that enabling hydrographic printing, with exact alignment. Hydrographic printing is a well-known industrial process that transfers color ink of a thin film to the surface of 3D structures to color them.

26 May 2015

Innovative Method to Design High-Current, High-Performing Superconductors

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois have shown that superconductivity could be boosted by radiation bombardment.

26 May 2015

Novel Electronic Devices Self-Destruct When Triggered By Heat

Researchers at the University of Illinois (U. of I) have developed electronic devices that self-destruct when heated. This study was led by Scott R. White, an aerospace engineering professor at the U. of I.

22 May 2015

ORNL Researchers Develop Temperature-Controlled Shape-Memory Polymer

A research team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Washington State University and the University of Idaho has succeeded in developing a shape-memory polymer that can change from its original shape, through a sequence of temporary shapes, before finally returning back to its initial form.

22 May 2015

Materials Testing 2015 to Showcase Bloodhound SSC Vehicle

The world’s most comprehensive show in the field of materials testing, non-destructive testing (NDT), diagnostic technology, and condition monitoring, Materials Testing 2015, will be held from 8th to 10th of September in Telford, United Kingdom.

22 May 2015