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Michelman Conducting Five Product Presentations at European Coatings Show 2015

Michelman, a global developer and manufacturer of water-based coatings, surface additives and polymers will be conducting five product presentations at the European Coatings Show 2015, being held from April 21-23, 2015 i...

From Michelman Inc 20 Apr 2015

New ICP-MS is Received with Great Interest at Analytica Expo in Moscow

Analytik Jena’s PlasmaQuant ® MS was presented to the public at the Analytica Expo in Moscow during a workshop held at the Analytik Jena booth. Used for element trace analysis, the system is suitable for a wide range of routine applications in environmental analysis, food safety, mining, chemistry, and petrochemistry.

From Analytik Jena US 20 Apr 2015

Picosun Develops Printed Circuit Board Protection with ALD Technology

Picosun Oy, the leading provider of high quality Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment and solutions for global industries develops a novel, production-scale method for printed circuit board protection for various indu...

From Picosun Oy 20 Apr 2015

New Discovery About Rare Element Californium

Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, a Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University, has discovered that californium is a transitional element that enables the linking of one part of the Periodic Table of Elements to the next.

17 Apr 2015

Dragon Spacecraft Begins Mission to Resupply the International Space Station

On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station based in Florida, beginning SpaceX’s sixth cargo delivery to resupply cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) via NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The launch took place at 4:10 pm EDT. Among the two tons of cargo were science payloads that will help robotic explorers and NASA astronauts to prepare for future missions to Mars.

17 Apr 2015

Hosokawa Micron Announces New Mini Cyclomix for Blending of Pharmaceutical Formulations for Dry-Powder Inhalers

To support R&D work for the blending of DPI (dry-powder inhaler) formulations, Hosokawa Micron has developed the Mini Cyclomix lab mixer.

From Hosokawa Micron Ltd 17 Apr 2015

HiPoSwitch Project Develops High-Efficiency, Lightning-Fast Gallium Nitride Power Switches

The European HiPoSwitch project has developed novel nitride (GaN) transistors for high efficiency, high speed gallium nitride power switches.

By Will Soutter 17 Apr 2015

NACE International Honors Exova Corrosion Specialist

A prestigious industry award has been given to Stuart Bond, Group Corrosion Business Development Manager, of Exova.

17 Apr 2015

Graphene-Based Photodetector Rapidly Converts Light into Electricity

Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) have shown that a graphene-based photodetector can convert light into electrical signals within 50 femtoseconds.

By Will Soutter 16 Apr 2015

Carbon Nanotube Film Holds Promise for Creating Composites for Use in Aircraft Manufacture

MIT aerospace engineers have successfully designed a carbon nanotube(CNT) film that is capable of heating and solidifying a composite without requiring large ovens. The heated film causes solidification of the polymer, when electric power is supplied and it is wrapped over a multilayer polymer composite.

16 Apr 2015

Micro Gas Chromatography System Reduces Analysis Time of Volatile Compounds

Masoud Agah, Virginia Tech's Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering associate professor has designed a credit-card-sized gas chromatography platform that is capable of analyzing volatile compounds in few seconds He received the National Science Foundation award to conduct this research and has been involved in the development of micro gas chromatography systems for the past few years.

16 Apr 2015

Study of Interactions Between Floral Form and Pollinator Performance Using 3D Printing

Eric Campos and colleagues from the University of Washington have produced artificial flowers using 3D printing so as to study the effect of flower shape on the foraging mechanism of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta.

16 Apr 2015

X-ray Fluorescence Detector Reveals Structural Changes in Lithium-Ion Batteries

A team of researchers at DESY's X-ray source PETRA III, has observed structural changes in lithium-ion batteries for the first time. Led by Dr. Ulrike Bösenberg, the researchers performed fluorescence studies, which revealed that the internal structure of the battery material was significantly damaged following just a few charging cycles. The study results will appear in the latest edition of the academic journal Chemistry of Materials.

16 Apr 2015

Minus K Congratulates the Winners Educational Giveaway

Minus K Technology has to-date granted over $20,000 of its superior performing patented Negative-Stiffness low-frequency vibration isolators to universities in their U.S. Educational Giveaway. Purdue University – ...

From Minus K Technology 15 Apr 2015

New Technique Helps Create Homogenous Cylindrical Objects Totally Invisible in Microwave Range

A team of physicists from ITMO University, Australian National University and Ioffe Institute have successfully created homogenous cylindrical objects which are totally invisible in the microwave range.

15 Apr 2015