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XEI Scientific and University of Southern California Announce Advanced Materials Publication on Downstream Plasma Cleaning

XEI Scientific Inc. reports a new publication from their user group at the Ming Hseih Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

From XEI Scientific 18 Mar 2015

Using Dimensionless Maps to Predict the Stiffness, Strength and Toughness of Structures

Researchers from Rice University have embarked on a study to design universal maps to forecast the characteristics of biomimetic and natural platelet-matrix composites.

18 Mar 2015

Researchers Discover Second Natural Quasicrystal in Ancient Meteorite

A joint research team from Princeton University and the University of Florence have announced the discovery of a 4.5 billion year old quasicrystal in a meteorite from an isolated region in Russia.

18 Mar 2015

Exeter Analytical Offers High Performance Manual Model 440 CHN Microanalysis System

Competitively priced, the Manual Model 440 CHN Microanalysis System from Exeter Analytical Inc. offers labs running smaller numbers of samples a no-compromise entry point into high performance CHN analysis.

18 Mar 2015

VDI Conference 2015: Trinseo Automotive to Highlight ENLITE Structural Polymers

Trinseo, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastic, latex and rubber, is set to participate in the 2015 International VDI Conference “Plastics in Automotive Engineering.” The VDI Conference serves as an excellent opportunity for Trinseo Automotive, previously known as Styron, to showcase its top-notch engineering capabilities and commercial successes with key global automotive players throughout the industry.

18 Mar 2015

HORIBA Scientific Launches Swift V.2 for Ultra Fast, High Definition Confocal Raman Imaging

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and optical spectroscopy systems for over 50 years, announces the release of their newest SWIFT v2 ultra fast confocal Raman imaging module.

From HORIBA 17 Mar 2015

Olympus Launches Enhanced DSX Systems for Industrial Inspection

Enhancing the efficiency and productivity of tasks throughout manufacturing, quality assurance and application development, the Olympus DSX series has been upgraded to enable improved measurement results in a shorter time frame.

From Evident Corporation - Industrial Microscopy 17 Mar 2015

Piezo Stages with Millimeter-Scale Travel Released by piezosystem jena GmbH

piezosystem jena GmbH has now released stages with a large travel range of up to several millimeters to offer a more complete line of customized solutions.

From piezosystem jena, Inc. 17 Mar 2015

New Diamond Technology to Tackle Drilling Costs from Hardide and Cutting & Wear

Hardfacing specialist Cutting & Wear today announced the development of a new TSP (thermally stable polycrystalline) diamond hardfacing material that will increase the life of drilling tools operating in highly abrasive environments by up to 10 times and cut the cost of drilling operations.

From Hardide Coatings 17 Mar 2015

Researchers Identify New Method for Manufacturing Perovskite Solar Cells

A research team at Brown University have developed a new technique to produce light-absorbing perovskite films for use in flexible, thin and high efficiency solar cells.

By Alexander Chilton 17 Mar 2015

New Research into 3D Printed Small Molecules Could Enable Customised Chemistry

Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have synthesised small molecules using a simple technique, thus removing a key hurdle that restricted the investigation of a class of compounds providing great potential in the field of medicine and technology.

17 Mar 2015

Revolutionary Bio-Inspired Material Features Superior Anti-Penetration Properties and Flexibility

A joint research team from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has drawn inspiration from fish scales to create a radical material which balances outstanding anti-penetration characteristics with flexibility.

By Beth Ellison 16 Mar 2015